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in 2011 it broke 100f 30 days in a row in Austin. 2012 was a bit of a ball buster too, this year is predicted to break records (though it hasn't been too bad so

in 2011 it broke 100f 30 days in a row in Austin. 2012 was a bit of a ball buster too, this year is predicted to break records (though it hasn't been too bad so far). I assure you Austin does not win on weather.

w1ntermute 13y ago
I think this is highly dependent on the individual. I despise the heat, and definitely prefer Seattle's weather to Austin's. But I know plenty of people who are the opposite.
jlgreco 13y ago
I assume places in Austin at least come with AC. It doesn't get anywhere close to 100f in Seattle but you'll still some solid stretches 85+F which, while absolutely peanuts in most places, is pretty brutal for someone used to AC. It is one thing to be brutally hot during the day when you are outside, and an entirely different thing to be rather hot at 3am when you are trying to sleep.
- jdbernard 13y ago
  Growing up in Austin it was a shock to learn there were places where you would not have AC.
- gte910h 13y ago
  There is only so far A/C goes. 100F is likely to still be 85F except in new construction.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    At least you'd have some pleasant contrast. Walking into your apartment in the summer to be met with air at least as warm as outside is not very cool. Temperature contrast is vastly underrated, and almost impossible to get in Seattle either way (never gets cold enough in the winter to be that different than a comfortable indoors temperature either).
    - gte910h 13y ago
      These do wonders: http://www.amazon.com/Chill-Its-6602-Cooling-Towel-Blue/dp/B001B5I57I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369968548&sr=8-2&keywords=cooling+towel http://www.amazon.com/Chill-Its-6602-Cooling-Towel-Blue/dp/B... (I live in Atlanta, 95% humidity, 90 degrees, way too often)
- jstelly 13y ago
  I moved from the Dallas area to the Seattle area and I've had AC everywhere I've lived (except the first place). Sure I've had to install it in one case, but it's not that expensive compared to the benefit if you're used to AC. Also, I think Seattle wins on weather too, but I lived in the southern heat for a very long time so maybe my perspective is warped.
keithepley 13y ago
2011 was just a really bad year, a record 90 days over 100 (previous record was 67). But the heat's not the only thing to consider. Austin averages 300 days of sunshine each year, while Seattle has only 58.
- Avshalom 13y ago
  Yeah but 242 of those days are too hot to do anything. So it's kind of a wash you know? EDIT TO ADD: Look I'm not saying that Seattle's weather is perfect, nor that there is a perfect location, but whatever Austin is doing with its weather, it sure as hell aint winning.
  - bennyg 13y ago
    That's not true. I love the warm weather - and absolutely dread overcast/rainy. I don't have Seasonal Affective Disorder, but to say that the sun doesn't brighten my day would be wrong. It's all relative.
    - jstelly 13y ago
      Seattle is closer to Hawaii. I've found Seattle to have acceptable sun by spending a few weeks out of the year vacationing to Hawaii or California. Summer in Seattle is so much better than Summer in Texas; it's the rainy winter that you have to break up.
- Crake 13y ago
  omg. only 58 days of sunshine!? I think I need to move to this place for at least part of my life.
  - snogglethorpe 13y ago
    It doesn't sound correct though. I lived in the Seattle area for many many years, and it got plenty of sun, summer and winter, and most of the non-sunny weather was best described as "mild." Moreover, on sunny days, it's not oppressively hot most of the time. The area's rep for bad weather is pretty undeserved (yeah I know the joke "shhh, don't tell, some Californians might hear!"). I don't like Seattle for cultural reasons, but the climate is very nice.
genwin 13y ago
Is 100f 30 days in a row worse than 7 months in a row of mostly overcast and rain? Not so assured.
- Crake 13y ago
  Oh god yes. I looooooooove rain and cloudy days, but hate heat and sunlight. No Texas for me, I think!!

w1ntermute 13y ago

I think this is highly dependent on the individual. I despise the heat, and definitely prefer Seattle's weather to Austin's. But I know plenty of people who are the opposite.

jlgreco 13y ago

I assume places in Austin at least come with AC. It doesn't get anywhere close to 100f in Seattle but you'll still some solid stretches 85+F which, while absolutely peanuts in most places, is pretty brutal for someone used to AC. It is one thing to be brutally hot during the day when you are outside, and an entirely different thing to be rather hot at 3am when you are trying to sleep.

jdbernard 13y ago
Growing up in Austin it was a shock to learn there were places where you would not have AC.
gte910h 13y ago
There is only so far A/C goes. 100F is likely to still be 85F except in new construction.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  At least you'd have some pleasant contrast. Walking into your apartment in the summer to be met with air at least as warm as outside is not very cool. Temperature contrast is vastly underrated, and almost impossible to get in Seattle either way (never gets cold enough in the winter to be that different than a comfortable indoors temperature either).
  - gte910h 13y ago
    These do wonders: http://www.amazon.com/Chill-Its-6602-Cooling-Towel-Blue/dp/B001B5I57I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369968548&sr=8-2&keywords=cooling+towel http://www.amazon.com/Chill-Its-6602-Cooling-Towel-Blue/dp/B... (I live in Atlanta, 95% humidity, 90 degrees, way too often)
jstelly 13y ago
I moved from the Dallas area to the Seattle area and I've had AC everywhere I've lived (except the first place). Sure I've had to install it in one case, but it's not that expensive compared to the benefit if you're used to AC. Also, I think Seattle wins on weather too, but I lived in the southern heat for a very long time so maybe my perspective is warped.

keithepley 13y ago

2011 was just a really bad year, a record 90 days over 100 (previous record was 67). But the heat's not the only thing to consider. Austin averages 300 days of sunshine each year, while Seattle has only 58.

Avshalom 13y ago
Yeah but 242 of those days are too hot to do anything. So it's kind of a wash you know? EDIT TO ADD: Look I'm not saying that Seattle's weather is perfect, nor that there is a perfect location, but whatever Austin is doing with its weather, it sure as hell aint winning.
- bennyg 13y ago
  That's not true. I love the warm weather - and absolutely dread overcast/rainy. I don't have Seasonal Affective Disorder, but to say that the sun doesn't brighten my day would be wrong. It's all relative.
  - jstelly 13y ago
    Seattle is closer to Hawaii. I've found Seattle to have acceptable sun by spending a few weeks out of the year vacationing to Hawaii or California. Summer in Seattle is so much better than Summer in Texas; it's the rainy winter that you have to break up.
Crake 13y ago
omg. only 58 days of sunshine!? I think I need to move to this place for at least part of my life.
- snogglethorpe 13y ago
  It doesn't sound correct though. I lived in the Seattle area for many many years, and it got plenty of sun, summer and winter, and most of the non-sunny weather was best described as "mild." Moreover, on sunny days, it's not oppressively hot most of the time. The area's rep for bad weather is pretty undeserved (yeah I know the joke "shhh, don't tell, some Californians might hear!"). I don't like Seattle for cultural reasons, but the climate is very nice.

genwin 13y ago

Is 100f 30 days in a row worse than 7 months in a row of mostly overcast and rain? Not so assured.

Crake 13y ago
Oh god yes. I looooooooove rain and cloudy days, but hate heat and sunlight. No Texas for me, I think!!