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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Needles. One of the best climates on Earth. Supremely legendary.
I live in Phoenix, which is only a few degrees cooler than Needles, and I think you are alone here, otherwise Needles would have like 1 million people instead of the maybe 5,000 that they do
I live in Phoenix, which is only a few degrees cooler than Needles, and I think you are alone here, otherwise Needles would have like 1 million people instead of the maybe 5,000 that they do
Why does a very hot place like Phoenix have over a million people though?
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Why does a very hot place like Phoenix have over a million people though?
Phoenix was a center for copper and gold mining in the past, pre Air Conditioning, and it's convenient location near Mexico, Las Vegas, LA and San Diego, as well as nice weather from Oct-May, with June and Sept mixed bags, and July&Aug the only truly bad months, are all the things that let it take off, plus our summers are cooler than the Colorado River Valley cites (Yuma, Havasu, Bullhead City) thanks to 330m of elevation
Phoenix was a center for copper and gold mining in the past, pre Air Conditioning, and it's convenient location near Mexico, Las Vegas, LA and San Diego, as well as nice weather from Oct-May, with June and Sept mixed bags, and July&Aug the only truly bad months, are all the things that let it take off, plus our summers are cooler than the Colorado River Valley cites (Yuma, Havasu, Bullhead City) thanks to 330m of elevation
Phoenix is not dramatically cooler than these cities though. It still manages to get average temps above 40C for two months. That's still extremely hot. 1C difference is hardly anything.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Phoenix is not dramatically cooler than these cities though. It still manages to get average temps above 40C for two months. That's still extremely hot. 1C difference is hardly anything.
When you actually live here, every degree F above about 104 is significant, so the 4 degrees between Bullhead's 111 and Phoenix's 107 is a big deal
Also, their is a very noticeable difference in annual rainfall even though all 4 places are desert. Phoenix get's 8" per year, while Yuma gets 3" and Havasu and Bullhead get 4"
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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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At this level of heat, whether the avg high is 107 or 111 isn't going to make a fat load of difference in comfort. That is like saying a city is sprawling relative to a nearby town because the average low in winter is -37C instead of -40C. You are going to get frostbite in the same level of discomfort regardless.
Above 40C it's hairdryer hot regardless. There is a bigger difference in comfort between 35 and 40C than 40C to 45C.
I'm telling you that after living here 15 years, that locals notice the difference between 105 and 110, really
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