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Where it doesn't go above 100 or below freezing? Looking for a low humidity climate without extremes of heat and no ice,and without the INSANE CA. COL!
There is nowhere in the state that doesn't get below freezing for at least a few days each winter. And those areas that have the least freeze chances are the ones that have the best chance of being over 100F at least some part of the summer. The mildest weather, all things considered, is going to be at those places where the elevation is above 6,000 ft. (Silver City, Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, etc).
You're basically asking for the impossible, based on physical laws. Places in the world with dry climates typically will have wide fluctuations in temperatures, even on a daily basis. Air with high relative humidity has much less fluctuation. The reason is that as the air warms, the water in the air has to warm also and this keeps the air temp. from rising quickly. At the end of the day, the mosture in the air keeps the air from cooling rapidly, and so this minimizes the daily fluctuations. But since NM is a very dry climate, the level of moisture is so low that the temperatures will rapidly go up and down depending on whether the sun is beating down or not. The extreme of this effect is on the moon. The night and day temperatures are vastly different because they have no atmosphere at all. So the bottom line is, if you want the kind of weather you're talking about, you need to be closer to the ocean. The ocean keeps the temperatures moderated, since the water temp. hardly moves at all based on the sun being out or not.
Your best bet is a desert area close to an ocean. Try Mexico.
Yep,thanks to all the info on these forums and the city-data profiles of cities,I have been able to eliminate many areas.
I am 63 so want good health care nearby,and my adult son and his 13 yr. old daughter would want recreation/attractions like amusement parks,laser tag,paintball, and go-karting. Not a retirement community for sure,lol!
I lived in Tucson,AZ as a teen when my AF dad was stationed there,and it was my favorite of every place we lived.I'm thinking if it is only in the 100's a few months of the year,it might be just the right place.
I know ocean side would have the 'ideal' climate,but Mexico is not an option and neither is CA.
Yep,thanks to all the info on these forums and the city-data profiles of cities,I have been able to eliminate many areas.
I am 63 so want good health care nearby,and my adult son and his 13 yr. old daughter would want recreation/attractions like amusement parks,laser tag,paintball, and go-karting. Not a retirement community for sure,lol!
I lived in Tucson,AZ as a teen when my AF dad was stationed there,and it was my favorite of every place we lived.I'm thinking if it is only in the 100's a few months of the year,it might be just the right place.
I know ocean side would have the 'ideal' climate,but Mexico is not an option and neither is CA.
Thanks anyway.
It's off-topic and there is no doubt a Tucson forum out there, but average highs in Tucson are at 94.5 and up from June through September and as a former recent resident I can tell you daily temps consistently reach the 100s throughout each of those months, as well as the latter half of May and beginning of October. It usually hits freezing at night with some regularity in December and January.
I would imagine most of southern New Mexico is pretty comparable temperature-wise, although probably at least a bit cooler.
Where it doesn't go above 100 or below freezing? Looking for a low humidity climate without extremes of heat and no ice,and without the INSANE CA. COL!
I don't know where you live now, but I've been all over the west including CA. Lived in the LA to San Diego area for many years. Lived in Hawaii right before I came here.
IMO, the climate where I currently live is better than at least 90+% of CA.
The only part of CA that has a superior climate to where I live now would be the southern coastal areas. If you get very far north in CA, the coast gets quite foggy, dreary, and cold. The inland areas are all very hot in summer unless you are in the mountains... and if you are in the mountains you'll normally get dumped on with snow in the winter. The inland areas tend to have bad air pollution also unless you go to the very far north.
NM is the sunniest state in the country in winter. That's a big plus that makes winter "cold" much more tolerable. And it isn't even that cold even at higher elevations. I live at 7000ft and the avg high in Jan is 50F. And in July the avg high is 82F. Very tolerable. It is nothing like much of the country that experiences dreary cold winters or punishing hot humid summers... or both.
Our climate pattern is pretty much the opposite of CA. It is usually sunny in winter, and we get our rain in the summer in the form of afternoon thundershowers... typically from early July to early Sept is the "wet" season. In CA it's dry as a bone all summer, and then the winters are very wet (especially up north).
One of the negatives that applies to NM is that it tends to be windier here, particularly in the spring we can get some very windy days that are annoying. The rest of the year it isn't bad though. Another negative is that the comparatively low winter snowfall means we don't have much water... not many rivers, streams, and lakes.
Overall I think it is tough to beat the climate compared to the rest of the country.
Since you want a lot of activities near and good medical, check out the Albuquerque and the Las Cruces-El Paso area.
NM is the sunniest state in the country in winter. That's a big plus that makes winter "cold" much more tolerable. And it isn't even that cold even at higher elevations. I live at 7000ft and the avg high in Jan is 50F. And in July the avg high is 82F. Very tolerable. It is nothing like much of the country that experiences dreary cold winters or punishing hot humid summers... or both.
I was thinking of this, but ya I guess AZ is just as sunny in winter.
KHW/m^2/day in December
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