The most pleasant month in Phoenix ... (Miami: house, to live in, best)

[49erfan916]

December!

[veritased]

I gotta say I am enjoying this cool weather... I want to be so chilled to the bone, that I say, bring on those 110F days again!
Even now, the memory of those weeks in August is fading away

[Jnvlv247]

Highs in the low 60s and 50s with lows in the low 40s and 30s don't usually show up until around the end of Dec and Jan so this is a little cold for now Although these are outliers and only occur in a few day snaps with rain usually accompanying them.

Kind of wish we got more 75-80 degree weather but that's fall for you here. This is why I chose March as the best month

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Jnvlv247

Highs in the low 60s and 50s with lows in the low 40s and 30s don't usually show up until around the end of Dec and Jan so this is a little cold for now Although these are outliers and only occur in a few day snaps with rain usually accompanying them.

Kind of wish we got more 75-80 degree weather but that's fall for you here. This is why I chose March as the best month

Yep, today's averages were 71°F/50°F, tomorrow's 71°F/49°F

[Hal Roach]

Originally Posted by MN-Born-n-Raised

I need to correct you on this one. The linguistic characteristics from people living in WI, MN and the Upper Peninsula of MI come from the Norwegians, Germans, and Swedes. More specifically, their long vowels and sentence structure influenced the upper Midwest accent. i.e. the word "know" is often pronounced "knooooow". Then there are the pockets of accents on the Iron Range (Hibbing, Ely, Tower etc) and the UP of MI that intertwine Finnish dialects. Folks pronounce the word "them" like "dem".

Much of the Canadian accents was shaped by the influx of UK and Ireland immigrants. But Canadians have a wide range of accents depending which coast they live in. From Newfoundland (heavy Irish) to the French accents of the province of Quebec.

In short, a "Canadian accent" is very much Canadian (process is pronounced "prooo-ces" and about is pronounced "abooooot". It's called ‘Canadian Raising’ which has nothing to do with long vowel structure of the upper Midwest accents. You can hear examples of Canadian Raising here. Canadian raising and other oddities

In conclusion, Canadian accents are specifically located in Canada for the reasons I just described.

How aboat Janet Yellen's accent? Absolutely hideous, but I guess that is Wisconsin. Spoke with a realtor in northern Wyoming last week..she had the Minisoda accent, too. Must be the I-90 syndrome. But Dana Perino on Fox speaks with a perfectly nuetral Western accent, and she is from SE Wyoming, on I-80.

[MN-Born-n-Raised]

Originally Posted by Hal Roach

How aboat Janet Yellen's accent? Absolutely hideous, but I guess that is Wisconsin. Spoke with a realtor in northern Wyoming last week..she had the Minisoda accent, too. Must be the I-90 syndrome. But Dana Perino on Fox speaks with a perfectly nuetral Western accent, and she is from SE Wyoming, on I-80.

While I agree Janet Yellen's voice is punishing to listen to, she is a daughter of Polish immigrants and grew up in Brooklyn. She went to Yale, taught at Harvard, and worked mostly in the Bay area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Yellen Absolutely nothing Midwest about her.

Same with your other example: Dana Perino was born in WY but grew up in Denver (and attended college in CO too). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Perino so if she sounds like someone who is from Colorado (no accent), that makes sense.

You are getting your regional accents confused with one another.

[doolish1]

i cant wait to move out there

[popwar]

Probably May . I can say for myself and others from out of state that we want to move here to be warm year round and not have to deal with cold snaps that most of the country has. Winter temps should be low 70s on average for the high, even in the dead of winter. Atleast thats my idea of a winter, no winter.

[Pink Jazz]

Originally Posted by popwar

Probably May . I can say for myself and others from out of state that we want to move here to be warm year round and not have to deal with cold snaps that most of the country has. Winter temps should be low 70s on average for the high, even in the dead of winter. Atleast thats my idea of a winter, no winter.

That is often the misconception by a lot of snowbirds that our average winter highs are in the 70s to the 80s, while in truth the averages are generally in the 60s. In truth our average winter temperatures are more like Houston than they are like Miami, but Houston usually flies under the radar as a warm climate city. Houston just generally sees more atypical extremes in the winter (both warm and cold).

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by Jnvlv247

Highs in the low 60s and 50s with lows in the low 40s and 30s don't usually show up until around the end of Dec and Jan so this is a little cold for now Although these are outliers and only occur in a few day snaps with rain usually accompanying them.

Kind of wish we got more 75-80 degree weather but that's fall for you here. This is why I chose March as the best month

Yes, the temperatures now are quite a bit below average for the end of November, which is fine because I like variety in the weather (so long as it's not too cold). Sunny & warm practically every day becomes monotonous. The storm that moved in early this morning was more reminiscent of a cold front during the late winter or early spring based on the how strong the winds were, and how much the daytime temperatures dropped (from low 70s down to the 50s).

Originally Posted by Pink Jazz

That is often the misconception by a lot of snowbirds that our average winter highs are in the 70s to the 80s, while in truth the averages are generally in the 60s. In truth our average winter temperatures are more like Houston than they are like Miami, but Houston usually flies under the radar as a warm climate city. Houston just generally sees more atypical extremes in the winter (both warm and cold).

Our winter weather is more comparable with southern CA than anywhere else. In fact, whenever a Pacific winter storm hits the CA coast, it's almost guaranteed that we will have the effects from it in some shape or form the following day. The average winter temperatures in L.A. are almost identical to those in Phoenix, except L.A. is slightly warmer.