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Old 01-05-2016, 11:04 AM
 
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Just putting the word out there to all those people that think AZ is t-shirts and shorts weather in winter. Some days you can get away with that attire, but most days are chilly. Maybe Im accustomed to it now, but I wear a hoodie all winter, and at night I wear a thicker coat, especially this winter.
My parents used to go there from November to April and when I visited them in November, March and April it was very warm.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:11 AM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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I have seem 90° at Xmas time in Phoenix.
Living just up the road but at 5000' I have had sunburns fishing in Dec-Feb.
But this year it's cold up here running some 10° or more colder than normal.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Amongst the AZ Cactus
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Remember "warm" is relative. People/friends I have that are from the north, especially for a visit here during the winter, think anything above 40 is warm and indeed many think it's shorts and t-shirt weather. And 50 or above is downright balmy.
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Old 01-05-2016, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I have seem 90° at Xmas time in Phoenix.
Living just up the road but at 5000' I have had sunburns fishing in Dec-Feb.
But this year it's cold up here running some 10° or more colder than normal.
The latest 90 has ever been recorded at the official Phoenix weather station is on Nov. 15. The record for Christmas Eve and Christmas day are 81 and 78, respectively. The record for the earliest 90 is Feb. 24. That said, the coldest time during our "normal" (1981-2010) climate in Phoenix is Dec. 16-30, for which the average high and low are 65 and 44. As of Dec. 30, the climate averages are already beginning their inexorable clime toward the height of summer, slowly at first and then with more speed as the days grow longer and longer.
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Old 01-05-2016, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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All I can say it that the temp recorded on the brand new Cadillac that I rented in Dec of '87 was showing 89° for quite some time while moving around Phoenix. It was too warm for us flying in from WA state to visit the kids anyway.
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Old 01-06-2016, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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The latest 90 has ever been recorded at the official Phoenix weather station is on Nov. 15. The record for Christmas Eve and Christmas day are 81 and 78, respectively. The record for the earliest 90 is Feb. 24. That said, the coldest time during our "normal" (1981-2010) climate in Phoenix is Dec. 16-30, for which the average high and low are 65 and 44. As of Dec. 30, the climate averages are already beginning their inexorable clime toward the height of summer, slowly at first and then with more speed as the days grow longer and longer.
Yeahhhhhh, 90 degrees at Christmas seemed to be a bit of an exaggeration.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:14 PM
 
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How do you get your car down there each winter if you live on the east coast? Or do you have a plan b.
Well, you drive at least the first or 2nd time. Later you can leave a car in Arizona.


Subscribe to satellite radio. Makes the trip a tad easier.


Try to avoid the major cities during rush hour. When lodging get to the other side of any major city so that morning drive is away from daily commuter traffic.


Motel 6 is perfectly fine. I was traveling late one night and had to stop at in East St. Louis. Motel 6 right off highway. Although the area looked a tad rough, I felt safer there than some other "nicer" places.
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Old 06-14-2016, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Yeahhhhhh, 90 degrees at Christmas seemed to be a bit of an exaggeration.
LA can see 90 at Xmas thanks to Santa Anas.

Anywho, back to the point we have warmer winters than 96% of the country. Only places warmer are LA and San Diego (by a hair, and mainly at night, but during daytime during Santa Ana's), Coachella and Imperial Valleys, Rio Grande Valley of Deep South TX and Fl from Ocala southward
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Old 06-14-2016, 11:13 AM
 
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LA can see 90 at Xmas thanks to Santa Anas.

Anywho, back to the point we have warmer winters than 96% of the country. Only places warmer are LA and San Diego (by a hair, and mainly at night, but during daytime during Santa Ana's), Coachella and Imperial Valleys, Rio Grande Valley of Deep South TX and Fl from Ocala southward
You forgot Hawai'i!
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Old 06-14-2016, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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You forgot Hawai'i!
I'm talking lower 48, HI, PR, American Samoa and Guam don't count
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