Best places for short term summer heat relief (moving, vacation, children)

[MsMaeMae]

I see lots of talk about moving to warmer climates for retirement, or snowbirds with 2 homes. For those of us living in very hot, humid climates, do you have any suggestions for places to get away for the hottest part of the summer. We will never own multiple homes. We will likely stay here where our children are and the COL is low. But, I feel as housebound in the summer as some do in the winter in cold climates. I can’t stand walking out into an oven every day. I would like to try renting different places in cooler climates for a few months every year. Any suggestions about where to start?

[WellShoneMoon]

Well, there's always Alaska. But I have to tell you, once I was in Fairbanks in July and the temperature was 90 degrees!

[jim9251]

Leadville, Colorado

[Copymutt]

Head high into the Appalachians, close for you. Should be lots of rental choices.

[Brian_M]

Just look for elevation. I'm in the SE too, a half-days drive from Asheville, NC and Mt Pisgah on the blueridge parkway ~ we were up there a couple weekends ago. Overnight temps in the lower 60s, daytime in the upper 70's, low humidity (Asheville was still hot). Was wonderful, but Very hard to come home.



Anyway, I look for elevation to escape the heat. The higher you get, the cooler.

[MichiganGreg]

Originally Posted by Brian_M

Just look for elevation. I'm in the SE too, a half-days drive from Asheville, NC and Mt Pisgah on the blueridge parkway ~ we were up there a couple weekends ago. Overnight temps in the lower 60s, daytime in the upper 70's, low humidity (Asheville was still hot). Was wonderful, but Very hard to come home.



Anyway, I look for elevation to escape the heat. The higher you get, the cooler.

This^^
Higher elevations are always the easiest escape. Other than that, you need to go to higher latitudes- and that has its own challenges.

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by WellShoneMoon

Well, there's always Alaska. But I have to tell you, once I was in Fairbanks in July and the temperature was 90 degrees!

Coastal Alaska is almost always cool, even in summer. Low to high 60's is the norm for high temperatures.

But then, there's an excellent chance that it will also be raining. Maybe not such a bad thing though, for those smoked out by forest fires elsewhere.

[ansible90]

Up here in VT this summer we have had the same 90+ degree heat wave as the rest of the country. This past week has been lovely. But we had several weeks of never ending heat this summer.

[joyeaux]

Sorry, OP, I can't give you a specific town to look at. But I get what you're asking.
Just head North: up a latitude or up a mountain range.

CDer's, can you name names of towns to look to to rent/vacation for a bit (or more) of the Summer months?

[maineguy8888]

Northern Maine has perfect summers. Average 2 days per summer in the 90s. 30-40 days in the 80s. 30-40 days in the 70s. Moderate humidity.
(Coastal Maine can be much cooler and foggy. Conversely, if the wind is blowing from the west, they can be like the rest of Maine--other than the northern third--and have at least two weeks of 90 degrees plus. Along with higher humidity.)

Rent a Maine camp for a month. You will never regret it.