Official Arizona Weather Thread

[Chandler Mike]

I think it's been 100 already, but anyways, you'll wish you never said that.

Reminds me of when i was a kid and thought my dad was so cool mowing the lawn. So I begged to be able to use the lawn mower sometime.

He let me do it, and I think he was smiling as he did. Once I did it once, it became one of my chores. And then I hated it

[KLL]

I moved out here on 5/12/02 and I believe it was 114 degrees that day.

Anyways, I remember a few months later reading back the temperature archives and was amazed that I couldn't distinguish the difference between 85-115 degrees. However, the worst is during Monsoon Season (especially during the month of August), but that isn't as horrible as how the sweltering humidity feels like in the Mid-West and Eastern part of the country.

I would take AZ weather over any other region regardless of any time of year.

[Jersey Girl]

Originally Posted by Chandler Mike

I think it's been 100 already, but anyways, you'll wish you never said that.

Yeah, I know.

BTW, I had the same lawn mower experience as you did. Sucked being the oldest, lol.

[82CardsGrad]

Originally Posted by KLL

I moved out here on 5/12/02 and I believe it was 114 degrees that day.

Anyways, I remember a few months later reading back the temperature archives and was amazed that I couldn't distinguish the difference between 85-115 degrees. However, the worst is during Monsoon Season (especially during the month of August), but that isn't as horrible as how the sweltering humidity feels like in the Mid-West and Eastern part of the country.

I would take AZ weather over any other region regardless of any time of year.

Ditto.... I was born and raised in CT, and moved here in 2001. I grew up suffering through cold, dark, dank, rainy and snowy falls, winters and springs just to get the 40 days or so of decent, sunny weather in the late spring, summer and early fall... In my opinion, the weather here in North Scottsdale from late September thru ALL of May and even into June is 100x better than anything I have experienced anywhere else - with the exception being So. California. And who would really want to live in southern California??? Too much fun to play there, but too expensive to live and play there...
I commute every day down to University and I-10, and the temp differential between my home and work is amazing - minimum of 7 to 10 degrees difference in the mornings and early evenings!

[KLL]

I frequently visit my oldest sis and bro-in-law in NorCal (San Jose to be exact) and to me it's beyond too cold there. True, I consider anything below 75-degrees to be cold and practically shiver when the temps are down in the 50s here, so I know I'm the extreme case.

Back in MI I kept my apartment temp around 90 degrees (even in the summer), so that prepared me for triple digit temps.

I just love warm weather. It reinvigorates me.... Cooler temps wasn't what I couldn't tolerate the most about living in MI. It were those days in which at noon it would be 65 degrees and sunny, but suddenly w/in a span of 6-hours later the temps would drop to around 30 degrees and it would be snowing. It was if as though I traveled from the North to South Pole within a matter of a day. I just couldn't deal with that type of range. A 30-degree drop here is tolerable....the exception though would be during the winter, but those nights are quite rare.

[82CardsGrad]

Originally Posted by KLL

I frequently visit my oldest sis and bro-in-law in NorCal (San Jose to be exact) and to me it's beyond too cold there. True, I consider anything below 75-degrees to be cold and practically shiver when the temps are down in the 50s here, so I know I'm the extreme case.

Back in MI I kept my apartment temp around 90 degrees (even in the summer), so that prepared me for triple digit temps.

I just love warm weather. It reinvigorates me.... Cooler temps wasn't what I couldn't tolerate the most about living in MI. It were those days in which at noon it would be 65 degrees and sunny, but suddenly w/in a span of 6-hours later the temps would drop to around 30 degrees and it would be snowing. It was if as though I traveled from the North to South Pole within a matter of a day. I just couldn't deal with that type of range. A 30-degree drop here is tolerable....the exception though would be during the winter, but those nights are quite rare.

I too prefer the HOT weather versus the COLD weather... No matter where you live in this country, with the exceptions being most of the California coast, and the Florida coasts, you have to deal with weather extremes... While I love HOT weather, I really, really love HOT weather with super-low humidity!!
That said, I'll admit that during the months of November thru March - even April at times, I do love the refreshing cool and sometime downright cold nights up here in North Scottsdale! Not uncommon for the temps to dip below 40 degrees and with no humidity, it feels colder... I love that we can have that and then by noon the next day, be at 60 degrees!!
Just can't beat it...

[Linderbee]

I'll take cold weather any day. You can always put more clothes on. Once you're naked & still melting, there's not much more you can do.

[82CardsGrad]

Originally Posted by Linderbee

I'll take cold weather any day. You can always put more clothes on. Once you're naked & still melting, there's not much more you can do.

Ever lived in extreme cold climates?? It's one thing to play in it, but another to live and work in it.
Here, even if it's 100 degrees or so, air-conditioning does help, no? And at night, with the exception of August perhaps, it's still nice enough to sit outside...

[Ryanwb]

Originally Posted by Linderbee

Once you're naked & still melting, there's not much more you can do.

That's narrow minded thinking

[Linderbee]

Originally Posted by 82CardsGrad

Ever lived in extreme cold climates?? It's one thing to play in it, but another to live and work in it.
Here, even if it's 100 degrees or so, air-conditioning does help, no? And at night, with the exception of August perhaps, it's still nice enough to sit outside...

Does northwest Pennsylvania & Buffalo count?

That's what sucks about the heat...you can't leave your house. Once I get overheated, I can't cool down. It sucks. I hate this heat. Blah.

[Linderbee]

Originally Posted by Ryanwb

That's narrow minded thinking

sigh...

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/...&postcount=120

I don't even think that way anymore...

[Ryanwb]

Originally Posted by Linderbee

I don't even think that way anymore...

That kinda sucks.... do you want pitty sex? I think I could line that up in 3 PM's or less

[Jersey Girl]

Originally Posted by 82CardsGrad

Ever lived in extreme cold climates?? It's one thing to play in it, but another to live and work in it.
Here, even if it's 100 degrees or so, air-conditioning does help, no? And at night, with the exception of August perhaps, it's still nice enough to sit outside...

I do not miss scraping ice off my windshield at 6:30 a.m. in single-digit windchill temperatures for a second. Or having it be so cold that the lock on your car door is frozen shut.

I say you gotta take the good with the bad, no matter where you live.

Originally Posted by Ryanwb

That's narrow minded thinking

[82CardsGrad]

Originally Posted by Linderbee

Does northwest Pennsylvania & Buffalo count?

That's what sucks about the heat...you can't leave your house. Once I get overheated, I can't cool down. It sucks. I hate this heat. Blah.

Buffalo for sure!!! And you're actually saying you would prefer Buffalo over Phoenix?? Ya just don't hear that every day...

[Jersey Girl]

Originally Posted by Linderbee

sigh...

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/...&postcount=120

I don't even think that way anymore...

Tell me when you wanna hit Scottsdale again. I am so sure we can find you a one-night stand there (if that's what you're looking for).