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Funny story: Today, the high in Phoenix was a comfy 81 degrees, whereas Minneapolis soared to a sweltering 95. In fact, if I read correctly, MSP was the hottest major metro in the US for May 24, 2010.
Explain that one to me?
Simple, the Twin Cities were way above average, and Phoenix was way below average.
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During yesterday's NBA game in Phoenix they announced it was 75F at 5PM [couldn't get any better even if it is quite uncommon]. Probably as unsually cool in Arizona as it is hot in Minnesota lately.
The weather in general has been freakish the last couple of years.
During yesterday's NBA game in Phoenix they announced it was 75F at 5PM [couldn't get any better even if it is quite uncommon]. Probably as unsually cool in Arizona as it is hot in Minnesota lately.
Pretty much the whole country has been having unusual weather patterns this year from the cold snaps in Florida to the snowfall in Houston. Even here in Los Angeles I believe we are having below normal temperatures for this time of year. But to stay on topic, both AZ heat and MN cold are temperature extremes and I seem to handle cold better than heat although my heat tolerance has gotten somewhat better over the years.
That's what I notice when I go to SD in the summers.... The sun sets there at like 7:45. In Minnesota it's light out until 10 pm sometimes (not light light, but twillight to where you can still see)
That's insane!! Everything is still slightly visible outside Til 10:00PM?
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And you can't have this in AZ:
nor do you have this in the center of a major city:
Nice pictures Badger!!
Here's for Arizona;
Natural Scenery:
San Francisco Peaks- Flagstaff, Arizona
Phoenix:
http://hollycatherine.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/phoenix-az.jpg (broken link)
Golf Course in Phoenix:
About an hour drive away:
Tucson (My personal favorite city):
http://www.movetoaz.com/graphics/Catalina-Snow.jpg (broken link)
Pima Airplane Museum: (I loved this museum! and JFK's Airforce One, it's a great experience to visit this museum, recommended to anyone with a hobby for planes/history)
Anyways, I can't do any justice for either Tucson or Phoenix by posting pictures of them. They're simply not photogenic cities, you have to see them in person to like them and see what they're about.
But out of all of the places I've been to in Arizona, (Flagstaff to skii, Tucson, Phoenix, Sedona-Oyster Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Yuma) I recommend visiting all of those places. Well besides Yuma, there's really nothing special there lol.
These two states are completely polar opposites.
One is harshly cold, the other is scourging hot.
One is a red state (for now) the other is a blue state.
One's got mountains everywhere, the other has lakes everywhere.
One is in the desert, the other is more lush green and tree filled.
This really is a matter of personal preference in which state you'd prefer to live in. Hot or Cold. Your pick.
Nice photos OmShahi & bgrn198 and shows the wonderful diversity of landscapes\ geologic differences. Strange that nobody has posted photos of the most beautiful place in Arizona [if not the entire nation]: Grand Canyon. No state can match the sheer drop of cliffs and the Colorado river.
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Nice photos OmShahi & bgrn198 and shows the wonderful diversity of landscapes\ geologic differences. Strange that nobody has posted photos of the most beautiful place in Arizona [if not the entire nation]: Grand Canyon. No state can match the sheer drop of cliffs and the Colorado river.
Thanks Sur, I didn't bother posting it. Everyone knows it. In fact if you have ever seen a Arizona license plate/Arizona Quarter, you'd know how much of a great deal it is to Arizona.
I just thought I could put up pictures of the overshadowed areas of Arizona instead.
That's insane!! Everything is still slightly visible outside Til 10:00PM?
That is true here in Michigan too. You can see quite well until 10pm during summer, even after 10 sometimes. We are at the extreme western end of the eastern time zone, that has something to do with it however. Acording to the originol time zones we should be central, but auto and railroad execs had it changed in the early 20th century so we would be on the same time as thier eastern bosses. As a result it is light here after 10 during summer.
That's insane!! Everything is still slightly visible outside Til 10:00PM?
It's not quite so insane, if you go north far enough, you can have months without a sunset in the summer, but in the winter you'll barely ever see the sun. Around the summer solstice here we also get sunrises at around 5:00 AM, but it starts becoming light out about an hour earlier than that.
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Everything is still slightly visible outside Til 10:00PM?
and shows the wonderful diversity of landscapes\ geologic differences. Strange that nobody has posted photos of the most beautiful place in Arizona [if not the entire nation]: Grand Canyon. No state can match the sheer drop of cliffs and the Colorado river.
