Trying To Understand The Snow Lovers (icy, temperature, night, towns)
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You don't seem to mind arid/semi-arid climates though. Does dry skin and lack of greenery not bother you as much for dry climates?
I prefer Med climates which have moisture in the winter and relatively mild dewpoints then. Summer dewpoints in Med/arid climates are never as low as during the winter in cold climates. I do love the sun and have considered the desert Southwest but the low dewpoints in the winter are probably the thing that scares me off. CA has much milder dewpoints but it's so expensive. Where I am in Texas has a pretty good compromise. Now and then it has horrendously low dewpoints but sometimes you can get a 70F dewpoint in December so it balances out.
Also, the dewpoint even in dry climates rarely is as low as in cold climates. For instance, the dewpoint in Chicago is 21F. The dewpoint in Los Angeles is 46F. The dewpoint in Vegas is 32. A 21F dewpoint means eczema for me, a 46F dewpoint causes me no problems. The 32F dewpoint in Vegas may be an issue but the high will be 66 in Vegas so no heating is needed during the day, which is what generally lowers dewpoints. If you can keep the heating to a few hours in the morning you can manage dewpoints okay in that kind of weather.
I generally like the humidity in my house to be around 40% or higher for me to not get any skin problems (70F 40% RH). Yes I know there are whole house humidifiers but when it gets down to the single digits and below a lot of times you can't go below 15% humidity or the house windows fog up.
Also about lack of greenery, most dry climates can be nicely green in irrigation. In cold dry climates even if you irrigate it's still brown as its the dormant season. In CA you get greenery in mid winter, very nice due to the Med climate. Yes the summer is dry but the trees are still green and you can still irrigate your lawn and your garden can be lush with lots of tropical plants if you know what you're doing.
Similar to where I am - have snow within about 10 minutes several times a winter, can be skiing in 70 minutes, and can see snow about 10 months of the year, but only experience down here about once every 34 years ( and even then less than an inch)
The ideal winter climate as far as I'm concerned -can have a freshly squeezed orange juice from the trees in the garden, and go for a ski at lunchtime. Could even have a surf after skiing.
You can theoretically do that in a day in LA, but you will spend 4 hours in a car.
Its so frustrating when it snows for hours and all you get is barely a dusting
Thats true. Lol.
Its also frustrating when its January and the biggest snowfall was mid November.
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