Phoenix & Arizona
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Antilles
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Last year we had maybe one week like that, this year it has been 2-3. Definitely not the norm, though. Wasn't entirely surprised given during the winter you'll usually have a week where temps fall below freezing and you need to cover some plants overnight, but this year there was maybe one night and we ended up never getting out our covers.
Supposed to have a pretty wet fall and winter this year though. The cycle continues.
Supposed to have a pretty wet fall and winter this year though. The cycle continues.
Big Phoenix
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I just don't get it. 115 sucks balls but it's no different than getting buried under 5 feet of snow.
Palum
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Honestly 115 isn't bad. Coming from more humid climates it sounds absurd and obscene but once you live in it awhile it's really not any different from 95 + more humidity besides sun exposure. Once it starts creeping up higher than around there it gets unbearable though. Was 119 last weekend according to the thermometer, that was significantly less fun despite only 4 degrees difference from the 'heat wave'.
BrutulTM
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As someone who lived in Phoenix for 3 years, I would like to tell you all that you are full of shit with this "not that bad" talk. I moved there in the winter and I remember the first spring I was there I saw the forecast for May 1-5 and it was 108, 108, 108, 108, 108. Fucking horrible. The worst winter doesn't bother me half as much as the average summer in Phoenix and summer there is from May 1st to October 31st.
Nester
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Big Phoenix
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Exactly. No tornados, flooding, hurricanes etc. A/C deals with 115 heat np, nothing stops god from sending a katrina or f5 your way.
Fifey
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How long have you been in Phoenix? Granted there aren't New Orleans type floods but the flash floods can get pretty retarded. Monsoon season sucks dick.
Phoenix is terrible.
Big Phoenix
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Flash floods are only bad if youre dumb and like to drive in washes during them.
swiftkey is terible
swiftkey is terible
lurker
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Phoenix is terrible but not for the reasons you list. Nobody except idiots are in danger during a flash flood and monsoon season is one of the nicest times of the year. It can be 100+ out there and a monsoon will come by and now its 70 and the air is clean of dust and all the plants just got watered. It may rain 4" an hour, but it only rains 15 minutes.
Fifey
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The storm of 96? Was pretty bad, like 100mph winds and pretty nasty hail. If you drive a small car, driving is a little sketchy when the streets flood up to the sidewalk. I'll admit it's rare but it does happen.
I also just enjoy being outside a lot and phoenix is terrible for that.
I also just enjoy being outside a lot and phoenix is terrible for that.
Abefroman
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wut? 8 months out of the year you can be outside every day and not worry about rain fucking up your plans. The flooding this area gets is minor shit compared to other parts of the country that actually get flooding. Most of it is controlled and planned.
Abefroman
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That's weird. I showered way more living in Chicago then out here because the humidity made me feel scummy. Granted I've only lived out here for 2 years but this weather is sooooooo much fucking better then what I lived with my whole life in Chicago.
lurker
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I lived in Northern AZ for about 15 years, not Phoenix but it was hot except for 3 months of winter. I had to get up early and be done doing outside activities like hiking, gardening or house maintenance chores before 10am during most of the year. You almost never saw kids outside playing in the summer.
Antilles
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Suburbs or something? The greater metropolitan area sucks, but central Phoenix is great. 7-8 months out of the year we're riding bikes to bars around Arcadia, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Downtown Phoenix. The last few years have seen a lot of improvement to the central areas as a lot of people have been moving inward.