Are there any places in Texas with a mild to cooler climate? (Houston: houses, to buy)

[Campeador]

Originally Posted by Powered_by_Espresso

No.

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[CptnRn]

Alpine, TX


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[southeasttexas]

You beat me to it! I think Alpine is the overall coolest and dry city in TX.

[HookTheBrotherUp]

Alpine, Marfa, Ft Davis and immediate areas are cool during the summer months. For a nice change, go to Big Bend, in the basin it could be 108 degrees, but at the top where the hotel is, it can be a cool 68 degrees the same day.

[Watchful]

Originally Posted by Campeador

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HAHA!

That is why I am now in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Campeador

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Basically

[stan4]

Originally Posted by Perma Bear

Or is it pretty much oppressive dry desert heat or oppressive humid heat?
Not trying to troll I'm genuinely curious and would love to buy a rental one day in case my family betrays me and drives me from my home.

All summers are hot.
The humidity is what varies (from dripping to dry).

The winters vary WILDLY from place to place and even in one place (literally 70s one day and 13 inches of snow later that week).

[ScaryTucson]

For tiny towns, AS ALREADY NOTED by others --- Fort Davis / Alpine / Marfa are the coolest spots in Texas without a harsh winter.

One Place LEFT OUT
Near a metro area, there are a few mountain homes on the outskirts of El Paso (in the foothills which are expensive because building permits are limited in that area as it is largely undevloped or govt owned). They are however trying to build more higher-elevation El Paso homes. This would be the best climate in Texas near any major city, still fairly mild winters, yet much cooler summers due to elevation (similar to Ft Davis).

San Angelo has milder "feels like" summers than most of Texas (except for a few bouts of hot weather), but on average generally. For instance, the record high in San Angelo is the same as the record high in Amarillo, but San Angelo is much milder in the winter.

Amarillo has a few hot days, but it RARELY has the same long-term patterns of hot days as the rest of the state. The average high in the hottest part of summer is 92/65, that's almost the same as Albuquerque. Problem with Amarillo is the terrible wind and cold in the winter, Amarillo is one of the windiest places in the country (likely windier than El paso). Quite a bit of Amarillo does smell like cow manure, but depends on wind direction and what part of town you live in.

Abilene is another spot that is not as hot in summer (especially the western outskirts that are a bit higher in elevation), the avg high is 94/72 in the hottest part of summer. Yes, there are days over 100, but it's much rarer than say Dallas-FT Worth or Wichita Falls, and the humidity is usually much lower.

The hill country is NOT really MUCH cooler if you go by "FEELS LIKE", Kerrville is one of the cooler spots there, but it is a small city and "cooler" is relative. For the hill country area, places like Kerrville may appear a bit cooler on paper, but that's because it is often cloudy in the summer, and the humidity on those cloudy ("cooler") days is quite a bit higher than normal and higher than most of the rest of TX except for the gulf coast areas.

I'd rather deal with a San Angelo summer than a Kerrville one, generally speaking. San Angelo is more populated and almost like a "real city" compared to Kerrville, which is kind of in the boonies.

[jackalope48]

Inside in the air conditioning.

[pepsik]

Could someone explain me why humidity in Dalls/Houston/Austin even higher than in Orlando/Tampa at now? I`ve just looked it on internet..
Dallas has humidity around 90%, Orlando has a 84%. What`s the matter??