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Im moving south. But it's not going to be anytime soon. I have 12 more years for a full pension but might go a little sooner. I have a house in San Antonio that I rent out and now one outside Phoenix so it's going to be one of those two locations. Not because I don't like winter but because I can't keep paying here ridiculous taxes in Illinois. My property taxes alone are more than 10500 here. My house in San Antonio is bigger than this one yet the taxes are just over 5000. It's awful.
Anyway back to the weather models are just over cooking the Midwest and not seeing the convective rains along with brief cool shots. Especially the Euro
Nope, I don't want to see snow again ever if I had my way, so anything that gets colder than Las Vegas in the winter is out
I can deal with the odd snow, but I don't like early or late snows..snow between say Christmas and Valentine's Day I can tolerate. In general I agree though that my goal is to live somewhere where I can mostly do without heavy winter gear..and need no winter tires for the car.
There's a few things about the Phoenix area that are a little worrisome though..I knew it was often 100+ but I perhaps underestimated the amount of 110+ days with 90+ lows. Also, I think if I saw a bark scorpion or a desert centipede in my bedroom I may blow a fuse.
You sure don't wanna move to FL with year round heat as it is and will get much worse soon.
Still a possibility. I like the Tampa St Pete's Beach area a lot. We'll see.
Looks like NWS/Chicago going for mid 90s now over the weekend. Still think storms will keep temps a bit cooler but again I'm not complaining finally a relatively hot summer here (so far). Nothing "historic" as the media hypes were saying but just generally hot.
Still a possibility. I like the Tampa St Pete's Beach area a lot. We'll see.
Looks like NWS/Chicago going for mid 90s now over the weekend. Still think storms will keep temps a bit cooler but again I'm not complaining finally a relatively hot summer here (so far). Nothing "historic" as the media hypes were saying but just generally hot.
Taxes here are insane on nice homes. 20k a year for homes on the gulf plus Ins is even worse. If you like crazy dew points then FL is for you. Just no winter weather at all anymore and nothing like you like up north.
Our official low was 90°F this morning, while not a record max low, it means we've tied for most Consecutive 90°F+ lows at 7 days, with 8/7-8/13/2012!
Not over yet. If it drops to 89f before midnight, you'll break the streak! :0
I actually saw 89f for PHX on my weather app this morn, i immediately thought "I bet firebird is happy that the streak is over' doh
Well, On to some good news
Found this map today. Fingers crossed.
Not over yet. If it drops to 89f before midnight, you'll break the streak! :0
I actually saw 89f for PHX on my weather app this morn, i immediately thought "I bet firebird is happy that the streak is over' doh
Well, On to some good news
Found this map today. Fingers crossed.
I predict that if those doomsayers are right then California could well have a very dry winter(wet season), while the Midwest suffers through unprecedented cold, boy I hope to God that those predictions are wrong, but given how awful 2020 has been such an outcome wouldn’t surprise me.
My upstairs A/C was stuck at 82F in the heat of the day (I had it set to 78) and couldn't lower to below 80 until 10PM at night because my A/C unit was sized for 100F. It got down to 78 by the morning. The downstairs A/C kept 78 all day, it's just the upstairs A/C gets the sun longer. All blinds were closed but it's just record heat.
The heat yesterday was very Desert Southwest-ish. The winds were from the West and were hot and dry, it felt like an oven. I changed a lock on my fence and I could feel the heat but it wasn't bad in the shade. The humidity was 20% so pretty low.
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Not over yet. If it drops to 89f before midnight, you'll break the streak! :0
I actually saw 89f for PHX on my weather app this morn, i immediately thought "I bet firebird is happy that the streak is over' doh
Well, On to some good news
Found this map today. Fingers crossed.
It's still 100°F as of 10pm, I doubt we drop 11°F in the next 2 hours. Predicted low tonight is 88°F, so this mornings 90°F will hold
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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I can deal with the odd snow, but I don't like early or late snows..snow between say Christmas and Valentine's Day I can tolerate. In general I agree though that my goal is to live somewhere where I can mostly do without heavy winter gear..and need no winter tires for the car.
There's a few things about the Phoenix area that are a little worrisome though..I knew it was often 100+ but I perhaps underestimated the amount of 110+ days with 90+ lows. Also, I think if I saw a bark scorpion or a desert centipede in my bedroom I may blow a fuse.
This is a record heat wave. In an average year, we see 18 highs 110°F+ and 10 lows 90°F+, and that's in the city proper and Tempe. The suburbs usually never see 90°F lows
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