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Besides the south, what are the states that don't have four distinct seasons?
Out West the seasonal changes vary significantly with elevation. San Francisco is very close to Washington DC in terms of lattitude, and the seasonal variations aren't nearly as dramatic as DC. Sure, there are some changes, but you don't get the range you do on the East Coast. Seattle is further north than Boston, and the changes aren't even close to as dramatic even though Seattle has more seasonal variation than San Francisco.
Out West the seasonal changes vary significantly with elevation. San Francisco is very close to Washington DC in terms of lattitude, and the seasonal variations aren't nearly as dramatic as DC. Sure, there are some changes, but you don't get the range you do on the East Coast. Seattle is further north than Boston, and the changes aren't even close to as dramatic even though Seattle has more seasonal variation than San Francisco.
I'm kind of the opposite and can't handle the heat, especially heat with really high humidity.
Quick question, though: One of your three options is not like the others. Gainesville and most of AZ are hot for a good part of the year and mild in the winter. Have you ever been to Santa Fe in the offseason, though? I agree that it's beautiful, but at 7,200' in elevation, it has a large daily fluctuation in temps which means it's pretty cool at night in the summer, and can be downright frigid from, say, November to April.
Yeah, that was my one exception. The beauty makes it worth enduring the cold in winter. Santa Fe gets 325+ sunny days per year, so that helps and the days can be tolerable, at around 55°. (Of course it can also be below freezing) It's about the same in WA, in summer; warm/ hot in the day, cold at night. (50-55°) I definitely prefer warmer nightly temperatures, but as long as the day is warm, I'm good.
I will look into Las Cruces.
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FWIW, the Weather Channel said that heat is the number one weather killer in the US. So yeah, give me a snowy winter over the blazing heat inland SoCal, LV, Phoenix, Texas, Florida, etc. https://weather.com/news/news/2019-0...r-in-2018-noaa
FWIW, the Weather Channel said that heat is the number one weather killer in the US. So yeah, give me a snowy winter over the blazing heat inland SoCal, LV, Phoenix, Texas, Florida, etc. https://weather.com/news/news/2019-0...r-in-2018-noaa
According to your source, weather related deaths (400 total) have been steadily going down each year, including but not limited to heat related deaths. And actually, the only number to rise above the 30 year average was deaths due to cold. Also, according to your source, traffic accidents due to weather were not included in those statistics.
But I've got those! Weather is a factor in 21 percent of traffic accidents, and over 5000 deaths occur per year in weather related traffic accidents! Around 1700 of those deaths are due to icy or snowy road conditions. None are due to heat. https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/q1_roadimpact.htm
I like the change of seasons. Just went through a dreary New England winter and now being rewarded with the rebirth of nature. What was a brown/yellow tint just a few weeks ago has bloomed into a spectrum of vibrant colors - lush green lawns, bright yellow daffodils and forsythias, purple shrubs and flowering trees, red buds on the maples. Everything being reborn all at once.
I like the change of seasons. Just went through a dreary New England winter and now being rewarded with the rebirth of nature. What was a brown/yellow tint just a few weeks ago has bloomed into a spectrum of vibrant colors - lush green lawns, bright yellow daffodils and forsythias, purple shrubs and flowering trees, red buds on the maples. Everything being reborn all at once.
Yep, spring is my second favorite season - well, it runs neck to neck with fall! But heck, I like winter around here too. My only dislike really is that by September I am tired of the heat. To me, March through June is GREAT. Like you said, so lush and green, so many flowering things - I just love it. July and August here are hot, but at that point I'm not tired yet of it being hot, if that makes sense.
So we usually go on vacation in September! My favorite September vacation is Maine - I'm pushing for that again this year.
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