Is there a significantly different climate in the summer in Amarillo compared to Houston? (Lubbock: lease)

[while parked]

I moved here (Houston) in late August of last year. I knew immediately I had made a climatic mistake. I lived in Denver prior to coming here (semi arid), and convinced myself that I would adapt to the humidity in Houston. Now as my lease is nearing its end, and temps will begin to rise soon, I have decided to leave.
I already have my CDL switched over to Texas, as well as, my
car registration. I would be much less stressful (and cost effective) to stay in Texas. I want
a medium sized city. Not a suburb of a big city, but a city standing alone.
I was looking at Amarillo on the map. Can you tell me the impressions of the
climate differences between Houston and Amarillo? Thank you.

[shoe01]

Differences are night and day, just about. Amarillo gets a lot less precipitation--almost 20 inches a year on average vs. 53 in Houston. Amarillo is more similar in climate to Denver than to Houston, though it is smaller than either, of course.

[Westerner92]

If you're looking into Amarillo, you might also want to look into Lubbock. The summers are practically identical, but Lubbock's winters are milder. Their summers are more like Denver's than Houston's, with low 90s for highs, cool nights, and generally low humidity.

[joqua]

I would describe the differences as being semi-arid Amarillo vs semi-tropical Houston. High plains Amarillo vs lowland coastal Houston. You can research climate data on this City Data web site for both locales.

START HERE FOR TEXAS DATA

[while parked]

Well that's awesome. I have been doing some reading about Amarillo, and
also came to the conclusion that it is similar to Eastern Colorado. I don't
know about it being similar to Denver, however. Denver gets a lot of snow.
About 60 inches a year. The reason I am looking at Amarillo over Lubbock is
because in Denver I was a truck driver. I loaded freight from our dock in
Denver, and delivered it to a 60 mile radius daily. It seems to me that
Amarillo might also be a distribution center of sorts for the area. I am basing this only by what I see on the physical map, however. I welcome your thoughts on this, thanks much.

[catman]

Amarillo's summer is much easier to take than Houston's. It does have real winters, though. I'd take Amarillo's climate over Houston's any day.

[while parked]

Thanks, Catman. Now I have to do some research on the quality of life.
I am sure there are many threads about it. I appreciate your input

[joqua]

Originally Posted by while parked

It seems to me that
Amarillo might also be a distribution center of sorts for the area.

I don't know this for certain, but it's my impression that Lubbock is more central than Amarillo when it comes to being a hub for distribution centers. I'm sure another trucker in the area could answer the question better. As an example: Walmart's distribution center is located in Plainview - a bit closer to Lubbock than to Amarillo.

Also Lubbock is half way between the two major east-west interstates: IH-70 and IH-20

[while parked]

thanks. I would have thought Lubbock is off the beaten path compared to
Amarillo. That's kind of how I was looking at it.