Windy in Tucson? (Phoenix, Chandler, Casa Grande: wood floors, house, buying)

[cdaq]

One of my biggest annoyances with Albuquerque is the wind. It usually starts up around March and doesn't stop until June. How is the wind in Tucson?

[azdr0710]

typically, Tucson is not a windy city....however, a hot, dry wind is now blowing and is forecast thru the weekend....wind does happen here and can last a couple days, but it's not common....

are you sure ABQ is consistently windy from March thru June??....don't know how different Tucson is from ABQ, wind-wise

[vjsoto]

Originally Posted by cdaq

One of my biggest annoyances with Albuquerque is the wind. It usually starts up around March and doesn't stop until June. How is the wind in Tucson?

Tucson is one of the windier cities I've lived in... It's similar to El Paso (my hometown), which I'd imagine is pretty similar to Albequerque. I've also lived in Dallas, Houston, Idaho Falls, Orlando, and Phoenix (Chandler). All of those cities aren't as windy as Tucson.

I guess it's all relative. I currently live at a higher elevation (Green Valley), which tends to be a bit windier than downtown Tucson, but not by much.

Just FYI, here are statistics for anual wind speed averages. According to the stats, Tucson is a little less windy in the spring time, but not by much.

Month________JAN__FEB__MAR__APR__MAY__JUN__JUL__ AUG__SEP__OCT__NOV__DEC
Albuquerque__8.0__8.8__9.9_10.7_10.5__9.8__8.9__ 8.1__8.4__8.2__7.9__7.6
Tucson_______7.9__8.1__8.6__8.9__8.8__8.7__8.4__ 7.9__8.3__8.2__8.1__7.8

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...d/avgwind.html

[Marcy1210]

I came from the Colorado Springs area, and that place is WINDY!! We may have a couple of days here and there in Tucson that are windy, but nothing like COS where it's windy all the time--trash toter blowing away, patio furniutre flipped over, gas grills tossed around--windy. COS is awful for allergies with all the dust and pollen blowing around!

[Jenmar1024]

I can not say how windy it is in the actual city limits of Tucson but I have lived in the NW area and i'm now in Corona and I can tell you that every freakin day it's windy.

It's like Florida, they get rain everyday...we get wind everyday.

When we were in the NW we would constantly have to stand up our basketball hoop stand (yes, it was filled with water), the trampoline we had in the back even got blown over the 6 ft wall and landed in our neighbors yard once. There were many weeks I would have to wait and listen for the garbage trucks and then take the can(s) out, otherwise i'd be chasing trash down the street.

Here in Corona it usually starts off a nice calm day but by mid morning early afternoon it picks up and sometimes it blows so hard my dogs don't even want to be out in it.

Good Luck to you.

[MrsBreeder]

I live in Catalina and it is constantly windy up here. Friends from Tucson are surprised when they visit.

[Jukesgrrl]

Originally Posted by Marcy1210

I came from the Colorado Springs area, and that place is WINDY!! We may have a couple of days here and there in Tucson that are windy, but nothing like COS where it's windy all the time--trash toter blowing away, patio furniutre flipped over, gas grills tossed around--windy. COS is awful for allergies with all the dust and pollen blowing around!

I live in the NW suburb of Tucson and all of those things you describe have happened at my house. I even came home from work one day to find a five-foot-tall wooden hutch that I kept on my covered patio to store gardening equipment lying flat in the back yard with one of the doors torn off. I have to pick up turned over plant pots all the time and I have found mail from as much as two blocks away blown into my yard.

My mother is an artist and she painted a large picture specifically to hang on my covered patio. After it was blown off the wall innumerable times, I had it bolted to the house. It still banged against the wall so badly that we had to remove it because the noise was very annoying.

As for the allergies, I don't see how it would be any different here. I have burning, watery eyes and sore throat off and on all twelve months a year. I've lived all over the country from Washington, DC, to Washington State and the dust in my house in Tucson exceeds anyplace I've lived to date. I always advise people against getting dark wood floors or cabinets here since they are difficult to keep clean as surfaces are always covered with dust. I also have the ductwork professionally cleaned yearly to mitigate dust.

At least several times a year, the dust blowing on I10 between Phoenix and Tucson becomes so extreme that the road is either closed and/or there are numerous accidents, even fatalities, due to lack of visibility.

[MrsBreeder]

Just a year or two back...wasn't there a huge pileup on I-10 at Casa Grande due to wind/dust? I remember it making the national news.

[Marcy1210]

[quote=Jukesgrrl;19707162]I've lived all over the country from Washington, DC, to Washington State and the dust in my house in Tucson exceeds anyplace I've lived to date. I always advise people against getting dark wood floors or cabinets here since they are difficult to keep clean as surfaces are always covered with dust. I also have the ductwork professionally cleaned yearly to mitigate dust.

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Where were you when I was buying furniture??? Naturally, I went with a mahogany finish...

[coatimundi]

Tucson's windiness is partially dependent on where exactly you're living and the time of year. The people in the northwest who describe lots of wind live in the middle of a flat plain along the Santa Cruz River. Anywhere flat is going to be windier. When you get right up against the mountains, you won't get as much wind unless you're exposed (e.g. - have a nice view). The canyons are generally quiet.

But it's always windier when it's hot. This time of year is bad for it. If you want to do anything outdoors, you have to do it before about 10am, not only because of the heat, but also because it gets very, very windy.

It isn't as bad as the Front Range though, no. Probably about the same as Albuquerque though.