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How about the weather? I hear it is really hot in summer. Is it comparable to Pheonix?

jborden13 13y ago
I believe it was last year that we had 100 days straight of 100+ degree weather. It's a beating... Pretty much Juneish - October are unbearable. The rest of the year is lovely.
- clauretano 13y ago
  The record of days over 100F (not consecutive days, but number of days in the year) was set in 2011, and it was 71 days http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=danncon10 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=danncon10 For what it's worth, I wasn't seeking out info to disprove you, rather I was trying to make the argument that no humans should exist in Phoenix so I was collecting data on that. I thought you might like to have the measured figures.
  - jborden13 13y ago
    I appreciate the correction. It only felt like 100 days straight. That's what I get trying to go from memory.
clauretano 13y ago
It's comparable to Phoenix, if your point of reference is somewhere very mild like SF. While Dallas may have had a hot year, they only average 18 days > 99F[1], whereas Phoenix averages 109 days[2]. When you look at just the last handful of years, Phoenix has been having more than 30 days with a high above 110. [1]: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=d100info http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=d100info [2]: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=psr http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=psr All that said, yes it is typically quite dry in Phoenix. No, that does not make the heat somehow less significant. The sun scars the land and kills most life. It's a rough place to be. Also, the tech scene there is quite meh. There's a few big data centers and some little companies hosting things in them, and there's GoDaddy, but there isn't much else. Don't even think about Phoenix over Dallas unless you really like hiking (that scene is amazing in PHX).
- frakkingcylons 13y ago
  I'd thought I'd add a bit about the Phoenix heat as someone who lived in Phoenix until moving to Austin for university. Saying Phoenix is a 'rough place to be' is an exaggeration. Yeah it gets pretty hot in the dead of summer, however the low humidity makes being outdoors far more tolerable (on average) compared to most places in the southern United States (such as Texas). Even then, I wouldn't think of it as a big deal other than the larger-than-average electricity bill for air conditioning. You're definitely right about the tech scene though, it's why I came to Austin.

I believe it was last year that we had 100 days straight of 100+ degree weather. It's a beating... Pretty much Juneish - October are unbearable. The rest of the year is lovely.

clauretano 13y ago
The record of days over 100F (not consecutive days, but number of days in the year) was set in 2011, and it was 71 days http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=danncon10 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=danncon10 For what it's worth, I wasn't seeking out info to disprove you, rather I was trying to make the argument that no humans should exist in Phoenix so I was collecting data on that. I thought you might like to have the measured figures.
- jborden13 13y ago
  I appreciate the correction. It only felt like 100 days straight. That's what I get trying to go from memory.

clauretano 13y ago

It's comparable to Phoenix, if your point of reference is somewhere very mild like SF. While Dallas may have had a hot year, they only average 18 days > 99F[1], whereas Phoenix averages 109 days[2]. When you look at just the last handful of years, Phoenix has been having more than 30 days with a high above 110. [1]: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=d100info http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/?n=d100info [2]: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=psr http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=psr All that said, yes it is typically quite dry in Phoenix. No, that does not make the heat somehow less significant. The sun scars the land and kills most life. It's a rough place to be. Also, the tech scene there is quite meh. There's a few big data centers and some little companies hosting things in them, and there's GoDaddy, but there isn't much else. Don't even think about Phoenix over Dallas unless you really like hiking (that scene is amazing in PHX).

frakkingcylons 13y ago
I'd thought I'd add a bit about the Phoenix heat as someone who lived in Phoenix until moving to Austin for university. Saying Phoenix is a 'rough place to be' is an exaggeration. Yeah it gets pretty hot in the dead of summer, however the low humidity makes being outdoors far more tolerable (on average) compared to most places in the southern United States (such as Texas). Even then, I wouldn't think of it as a big deal other than the larger-than-average electricity bill for air conditioning. You're definitely right about the tech scene though, it's why I came to Austin.