Regarding BF's post - Where to retire ?
Mar 28, 2022 00:19:42 #
Some like it hot , but Phoenix
often carries that to extremes,
hence the photo ! If you're
considering a move to Arizona,
keep in mind that the summer
heat between mid-June to mid-September can be brutal !
Lake Havasu recorded the highest temp ever recorded in Arizona in
1994 - a scorching 128° !
Phoenix high temp records
include the following -
118° - 1950/'58/'89/
'06/'11/'16/'17
119° - 2013/2017
120° - 1990
121° - 1995
122° - 1990 (4 days after
the 120° temp)
Incidentally - it usually IS a dry heat, but during the monsoon season, it
can smell/feel like a steamy sauna, with temps topping 115° and
humidity approaching 50% !
often carries that to extremes,
hence the photo ! If you're
considering a move to Arizona,
keep in mind that the summer
heat between mid-June to mid-September can be brutal !
Lake Havasu recorded the highest temp ever recorded in Arizona in
1994 - a scorching 128° !
Phoenix high temp records
include the following -
118° - 1950/'58/'89/
'06/'11/'16/'17
119° - 2013/2017
120° - 1990
121° - 1995
122° - 1990 (4 days after
the 120° temp)
Incidentally - it usually IS a dry heat, but during the monsoon season, it
can smell/feel like a steamy sauna, with temps topping 115° and
humidity approaching 50% !
Mar 28, 2022 04:51:44 #
Wow reminds me of my deployed times in Iraq and Afghan at night temps could reach 121 with if any breeze very dry. Mornings you shower and get dress to head for chow open the door walk out and within just a few steps you are soaking wet from sweat. We had to drink water and more water. Dust would almost k**l you and no matter what you did you had to shower and clean everything to include your weapons oil them down
Mar 28, 2022 05:41:16 #
Slimshady
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
Never made it to Phoenix Big A but my son was stationed in Yuma and we spent a couple weeks there. Way to hot for me. It was over a 100 most days but you’re right,it is good dry heat
Mar 28, 2022 07:00:02 #
Big A wrote:
Some like it hot , but Phoenix br often carries t... (show quote)
Sounds like the air fryer i got for Christmas. Set a fan in front of a piece of chicken and 6 minutes later done.
Mar 28, 2022 07:26:33 #
Been there for work a few times, nice to visit, but couldn’t live there.
Mar 28, 2022 07:56:26 #
Mar 28, 2022 13:24:32 #
Yep ! It DOES get toasty ! Still beats New England winters by a country mile, though ! At least out here
I don't have to bundle up with five
or six layers to go out in winter -
I'm in T-shirt and shorts about
98% of the time, all year long !
I don't have to bundle up with five
or six layers to go out in winter -
I'm in T-shirt and shorts about
98% of the time, all year long !
Mar 29, 2022 01:29:53 #
I grew up in that climate. I moved. Happy Happy Happy. Evaporative Coolers work best for the money. Glad I left. I really don’t get the attraction. If when retired can go anywhere. It use to be cheap was the only attraction.
Grandparents had a place in Tempe for Winter to avoid the snow in Minnesota.
You were saying wrap up in layers … many leave for winter.
Grandparents had a place in Tempe for Winter to avoid the snow in Minnesota.
You were saying wrap up in layers … many leave for winter.
Mar 29, 2022 01:48:38 #
Jeremy wrote:
I grew up in that climate. I moved. Happy Happy Happy. Evaporative Coolers work best for the money. Glad I left. I really don’t get the attraction. If when retired can go anywhere. It use to be cheap was the only attraction.
Grandparents had a place in Tempe for Winter to avoid the snow in Minnesota.
You were saying wrap up in layers … many leave for winter.
Grandparents had a place in Tempe for Winter to avoid the snow in Minnesota.
You were saying wrap up in layers … many leave for winter.
Yeah - those who could afford to do so ! Until my retirement, I couldn't ! Just really happy to get away from snow, ice and frigid weather - I'll take four months of heat over long, cold, miserable winters every time !
If I ever get desperate enough to see any of it again, it's just a short drive north to snow country ! Bye-bye, winter blues (and blahs) ! Also, body aches and pains are less frequent
and less severe - I feel so much
more spry/sprightly since moving
to a better, warmer climate !
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