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C+. I like that it actually gets thunderstorms in July and August but it's too hot and needs way too much AC to be comfortable. Winters are good, temperature wise. It's too dry year round but at least its rainfall is more evenly distributed than Southern California. I like the high sunshine hours though.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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'Orrible climate! As bad its own way as Kerguelen and the east coast of Greenland is in its. I can do better in Spokane.
What the link provided by Papa Fox doesn't show is the Houston-like humidity Phoenix gets starting in late June/early July that is a consequence of the annual "monsoon" and astronomical evaporation rates from irrigating the Salt River Valley from one end to the other. That goes on clear to October and is enough to make a brass statue wilt. Heat indices of 130 are not that unusual.
Winters are pleasant for those who tire of 36 degrees and a wild northwest gale and the three weeks in march bookending the spring equinox and a similar period of time in early November are delightful. But even in the winter you are subject to wind even if the rain from the storms that slam ashore in southern California don't make it that far east.
We don't get Houston like humidity. In terms of actual water content, Houston's normal dewpoint in both July and August is 74°F/23.3°C, while ours is 58°F/14.4°C in July and 62°F/16.7°C in August. And unlike Houston, we still see days both months with dews in the 0° to 9°C range(32° to 48.2°F)
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