[Hollynla]

Originally Posted by David A Stone

compared to Houston Texas ?


It usually is a tie between Houston and New Orleans for the dubious distinction of......" most humid city "

Agreed. Many who think it's very humid here probably havent been in those places. However, if someone wants to move here and avoid humidity as much as possible, move to the top of a mountain! LOL Okay but really, get above 1200'. The higher you get, the move breeze and wind you'll get which keeps the humidity at bay. At higher elevation you tend to get more snow also. I'm at 2200' and while it does get hot, it's never horribly humid. Being from the New Orleans area, I know humidity well. Also, last year, we had 8" of snow fall and the town of Jasper (10 miles away) was dry. We are also about 6-8 degrees cooler than them.

[Wes59]

Originally Posted by David A Stone

compared to Houston Texas ?


It usually is a tie between Houston and New Orleans for the dubious distinction of......" most humid city "

Hell with the sprinklers left on can't match Houston...

[slingshot]

I went back and checked my records and the heaviest snow that we have received since we have moved to Mena 10 years ago is 10 inches at our house in town.
It came on March 7, 2008.

[slingshot]

I couldn't edit my above post, so here is a pic.....9 inch, not 10 inch.

[edmiii]

Strongly suggest making a visit in August to any area you are considering.

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by edmiii

Strongly suggest making a visit in August to any area you are considering.

I agree.


Anyone moving to a southern city in the US should visit in July/August and anyone moving to a northern US city should visit in January.


That way if you say.........." this isn't bad"...it might be right for you.

[SusanG_O]

I think northern Arkansas gets way too much snow. If you want two to three days of snow on the ground max, then Hot Springs fits the bill. And humidity? Not any worse than East Texas and Central Texas is unbearably humid.
Again, for 2 or 3 days of snow go to Hot Springs or Little Rock. We lived there nine years.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by SusanG_O

I think northern Arkansas gets way too much snow. If you want two to three days of snow on the ground max, then Hot Springs fits the bill. And humidity? Not any worse than East Texas and Central Texas is unbearably humid.
Again, for 2 or 3 days of snow go to Hot Springs or Little Rock. We lived there nine years.

wow, I am surprised you would say that: I guess it is all relavent. We have lived here 9 years and only had 2 with what I would call: a lot of snow. In fact the last couple of years we have almost none. As for humidity I agree with you, unless you are talking the delta or the very southern part of the state the humity is nothing like Texas.

[elkotronics]

wow, I am surprised you would say that: I guess it is all relavent. We have lived here 9 years and only had 2 with what I would call: a lot of snow. In fact the last couple of years we have almost none. As for humidity I agree with you, unless you are talking the delta or the very southern part of the state the humity is nothing like Texas

And that would apply to Van Buren, AR, too, right nmrita? As far as the humidity not being too bad?

[hitpausebutton2]

Im trying to figure out why you want to move to ark base on weather? I moved from Ark to texas for work.. Just make sure you have a job in place before ya move as their isnt much in AR, even in the NW unless you got something with walmart or the schools.

Snow yes NWA is start. Anything south of I40 gets less due to elevation.