How far north should I go to not depend on A/C? (hotel, tenants)

[councilor j]

I have several different cities on my weather app that I check just for the heck of it. I have Brookings Oregon on there, i know the pacific NW is having a heat wave now but normally it’s been very cool weather, I’m talking about 50’s for lows and 60’s and 70’s for highs, even in July. I honestly didn’t know that anywhere in the summer in America had summer temps that low. That’s like late fall weather in Alabama.

[Lizap]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Highlands, North Carolina perhaps? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highla...rolina#Climate


Things get cooler when you go high enough up in elevation.

Highlands is a small, remote resort town with few year-round residents. There are a few days where an a/c is needed.

[Lizap]

Originally Posted by Prickly Pear

I feel like the southern Appalachian mountains have some of the best weather in the US.

We get alot of rain and at times, high humidity. A/C can help with the humidity.

[Minntoaz]

A lot of areas in Seattle and Washington state would satisfy this. Duluth, MN also might work out. They hardly get above 80 and it’s right off the Great Lakes. Minneapolis area doesn’t require AC but definitely is nice to have one. Most people have ac in the twin cities.

[Kaszilla]

Originally Posted by Minntoaz

A lot of areas in Seattle and Washington state would satisfy this. Duluth, MN also might work out. They hardly get above 80 and it’s right off the Great Lakes. Minneapolis area doesn’t require AC but definitely is nice to have one. Most people have ac in the twin cities.

The Twin Cities often reach Temps above 90 degrees. And maintain Temps above 80 degrees for most of the summer. It's pretty miserable without AC.

[509]

Places that I have lived WITHOUT air conditioning.

Berkeley, CA.
Vancouver, Canada
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Kelly Creek, Idaho
Pine, Idaho
Colville, WA
Camp 43, CA


Places that I have lived, where you NEED air conditioning.

Boulder City, Nevada
Searchlight, Nevada
Benson, Arizona
Wenatchee, WA
Davis, CA

I currently have a second home ten miles from my primary home in Wenatchee. It doesn't have nor need air conditioning.

The key point is getting a ”house that is designed with nature”. My current home I call a ”super non-sense house” designed by engineers at Bonneville Power Administration.

Totally designed to waste energy for no good reason by totally ignoring nature. I think engineers have NO CLUE about how much the natural world influences INSIDE home temperatures.

[Prickly Pear]

Originally Posted by Lizap

We get alot of rain and at times, high humidity. A/C can help with the humidity.

Never said y’all didn’t need A/C, just had the best weather. Warm rain is the best rain.

The US doesn’t have Mexico City otherwise that would beat it

[mike0421]

Mendocino California.

[GraniteStater]

Phelps, WI in the Northwoods:

Here is the forecast this week.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...6#.YvE0yHbMKUk

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by kitty61

Vermont is beautiful and mild compared to states south of there.

I just pulled the weather almanac for Burlington VT. It was 93F on July 20th. I count 10+ days of 90+ this summer. Typically, it's also very humid when Vermont has a heat wave.


I owned a townhouse condo at 2000 feet at Killington for 26 years I sold a year ago. The full time residents have all installed mini splits. I spent a couple of summers there over the years when I was between things. I had a window AC rigged into a casement window in the master bedroom.



It's around 10 degrees cooler at the top of the mountain but where people live, there are a lot of days where outside at 1pm is pretty miserable.