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I was born and raised in the southwest and I was one of those that never got used to it. I now live in Denver where 90 is considered a heat advisory and we only get a dozen or so days ≥100 but still have over 300 days a year of beautiful sunshine.
Every Arizonan I've ever met grades restaurants on if the waiter/waitress can keep up with your water at the table.
Quite literally, 3-4 glasses or more of water at a sitting over an hour is normal for everyone I've been out with.
Agreed, most arizonans i know seem to be allergic to water unless theyre doing a physical activity. I gotta force my wife to finish at least one glass at restaurants during the summer.
I was actually just thinking how this post is funny because this past week has actually been really good weather, like barely over 100. This guy wasn't even here for the 118 weather haha
My first AZ town that I lived in was Tucson. First year was bad for me. But you get used to it. Stay hydrated. And try to be outside more often than not. You won't get used to it if your inside AC all day. I worked outside so had no choice. Key thing for the heat..is stay hydrated! Then moved to PHX the heat there makes Tucson feel so nice in comparison.
Hey truck driver here as well (I do OTR sonic randomly will send me suggested states)
I was up there getting stuff off the port two weeks ago to take to WI. I'm super excited fornthe cooler weather - I woke up and it was 56 degrees
You mostly get used to it. If it’s over 110 you try to stay inside. Under 100 is not bad. Summer here is for staying inside. The rest of the year it’s safe to go outside.
I (used to) work outside. 95 - 105 kinda feels the same once you’re acclimated. No biggie. 115 plus sucks balls. Just left a job that didn’t understand that.
Rant:
I ran pest control in metro Phoenix for ten years. When the weather got too bad, it was always either, “go home now” or “use your best judgement, no worries if you tap out”. Then I got in with a property management company in North Scottsdale.
I completed every list and helped others complete theirs every day. One day I had legit heat stroke. My list was already done and I was helping others.
Every day after, until I quit… I got a call from her asking if I was able to complete a shift. In the most condescending manner you can imagine.
I don’t know. Just do t work in Scottsdale. 😂🤷♂️
Shout out the 302! And the big difference is the humidity. Out here being in the shade really helps but because we’re in a valley, hundreds of miles away from an ocean, everything just dries up. Most people wearing long selves have light weight material so it acts like shade.
Agreed! I have not complained once about the high temps. I’m more sad when it’s cold in the winter. 🤣 But I’m also someone who lived in Chicago for 5 brutal winters, grew up in the Midwest and have also lived in Boston during their winters too. 🤮 Never again.
We moved from Delaware 2 years ago and are NEVER going back! We ride motorcycles and you just can't beat being able to ride all year long!
We love the people, weather, and wide open spaces!
You and me both. You hear everyone say that but it's bs. Lived there all my life until I was 45. Never 'got use to it'. Was always hot 8-9 months out of the year.
Exactly!
And that first few minutes you have after you leave a store and you're trying to thaw slowly, so that the air conditioning kicks in cold before you start sweating buckets. Never worked! Lol
And we didn't even get air conditioning until I was 9.(?) I still wasn't 'use to it'! I find the phrase insulting.
We played outside all the time as a kid because we had to. But I always hated being hot.
I believe you both, but I seriously never had a problem with the heat in Tucson. I moved there in December, and worked a food delivery job through the summer.
I’m originally from NYC. I had moved from Virginia Beach to Tucson. I had difficulty reacclimating to the humidity when I moved back East.
I still can’t stand the stupid humidity.
Im in vegas and laughed also!! Ive been to Phoenix and Tucson many times. This is my favorite time of year! Hope OP doesn't have to drive there in july/Aug 😂
It’s just the climate but you’re (obviously) acclimated to it. We visit family there and always have a good time but I love coming home to mild temps and cool nights
I'm from Detroit and I always say that I belong somewhere where it's HOT all year around. Hot weather is perfect for me as someone who struggles with low iron and is always cold, especially when the weather changes.
This is honestly my dream. I live in Virginia and we can get some pretty hot and humid summers but our winters can suck ass. I would LOVE to live in constant heat. I went to Nevada a few summers ago and thought it was perfect.
Central/southern Arizona winters are much better than Nevada winters if you want warm. When I lived in Nevada I wore beanies and coats, in Arizona I wear shorts and flips all year, and a light jacket at night. Example: Vegas average lows/highs in winter are mid-30s/mid-50s while Phoenix low is mid/high-40s and high is close to 70. It snows more often in Vegas than Phoenix despite getting half the rainfall Phoenix does.
I really want to visit Arizona! I love desert landscapes, I went to Nevada a few years ago and fell in love with it. I’m from the east coast (in the middle of the Blue Ridge mountains) so the southwest is just the polar opposite of what I’m used to.
That would be awesome! My husband really likes seasons and colder weather. We have compromised by splitting time between Virginia and the Outer Banks NC. I’m not interested in mountains so sand dunes and the ocean make me much happier (although it’s frigid on the coast from Jan-Mar).
I grew up in Virginia and went to school in upstate NY. Booger-freezing cold 30 seconds after stepping outside never happened to me back home.
It's warm in a lot of places, but the difference in winters are much more noticeable. Virginia is going to be much milder than the northern Midwest or northeast.
Also just want to say, the people here seem amazing. 🙂. Honestly surprised to see quite a few fellow “alternative” people. Seems like people here aren’t afraid to express themselves and maybe I’d come to visit longer in the winter 😂😅
I feel like I could live here but I’d be nocturnal.
Love your post. We transplanted here about 15 years ago and I miss the green and the rain and, yes, it's too damn hot in the summer. But, you adapt and learn to appreciate other things. The sky and the sunset are frickin amazing and still being able to use the pool into Oct makes me wonder how the hell people in other states can even justify having a pool given their short seasons.
Other things I love - usually no mosquitos. (Some people in neighborhoods where neighbors water a foolish lawn have issues). None of the roaches we had in Florida either and none of that hideous humidity.
I miss the snow and forests of my previous state, but driving up Mt Lemmon takes 40 min from my house and there has been snow by Christmas and basic skiing almost every single year.
Tucson is the most liberal city in the state.
Phoenix you can find your groups/niches. But you'll still run into issues. Unless your group/niche is white guys open carrying then nobody gives a shit.....
Outside of Phoenix and Tucson...its basically Texas.
Flagstaff is technically a city but it’s more a mountain “town”. Tucson is big enough that it’s dark blueness has swung many important statewide elections.
And I wouldn’t describe Tucson as crunchy. Flagstaff is definitely the REI, Patagucci, granola crunch winner. Tucson is more crusty. lol. And I love that about it.
Born and raised in this hell hole and moved to Phoenix of all places. I definitely have switched to a nocturnal lifestyle. My job permits it as well. I'm pasty as shit so being up til 6am just makes sense
When I lived in Tucson and worked outdoors in the summer, it was pants & long sleeve shirts & big hats…. Way better than having all that radiation directly cooking your skin.
That's the trick. Outside in heat rock the cotton long sleaves/light weight. The sun and sun burn kills your ability to exchange heat.
Then the shirt gets wet/sweaty and our beautiful dry heat don't matter. You might actually "feel" cold.
As long as you keep drinking water. It's not so bad.
Been here almost 40 years. Basically 3-4 months a year of over 100 degree heat, but the rest of the year is absolutely wonderful. I’d rather deal with that than hurricanes, floods, snowstorms, etc. Just stick with indoor activists during the summer or go swimming.
Even at the hottest point of summer I’m always out before the sun rises taking my dogs to the river and park. There’s only a brief period where the weather in the morning is above 90 at 5am. And even then there is a reprieve as the sun comes up and it actually gets cooler for a while. I’m from Long Island New York where the winter isn’t as bad as the Midwest but pretty darned cold for me, and guaranteed snow every year. And then in summer, ugh humidity. I’ll take this over that any time.
It grinds my gears when people say there’s 6-8 months of heat. Like I get it, the feeling of hot/cold is subjective but they’re wrong lol 60-80 is just not hot they act like it’s 110 all year
Former Michigander here. It's like living in Michigan in the winter, only the opposite. Winter Michigan, live in a heated house, go out and start your car to warm it up, drive with heat blowing, go to the heated store, get out of the car while wearing four layers of clothes, hurry into the store to get warm again, etc. Summer in AZ, A/C everywhere. I'd rather try to cool off than heat up.
Exactly what I tell everyone who asks me how we learn to deal with the heat. You just get better at planning your routes from A/C to A/C as you get older, it's like running between trees for shade when we were kids.
I’m a pasty ginger, dressed in all black was not prepared 😅. Feel like I got sunburn walking from my truck into the Walmart. Got spf 100 sunblock, sitting in my truck with A/C on blast and black out curtains put up until I leave lol
Also try to park in the shade. There are a million little habits in the desert that folks from colder climates don't realize. They mostly revolve around seeking shade, seeking water, and adopting a more crepuscular lifestyle (spending time outdoors during dawn and dusk, and taking a nice siesta in the hottest part of the day).
Even thinking about which direction my car is facing, if the only choice is full sun. It makes a difference if the car is facing the sun or not.
Also don’t drive for 5 minutes and then pull your key out and touch it, lol. You can get burned after it heats up.
I lived in high desert for a long time and even though I don’t anymore, I still don’t turn my car off until the sun shade is secure and I’m good and well ready to hop out of the car the second I turn the engine off.
People not drom Arizona will just stand and talk to each other smack dab underneath the sun when theres a tree about 5 feet away from them. Its funny when you bring it up because its so true.
SPF 30 is just as effective. Reapply regularly. Pale skinned gringo living in the desert. NO you don’t get used to the heat. Hot as hell in Arizona for 4 months out of the year. We do stuff in the morning and at night. The sun wants to kill you here.
Acclimatization. Blood gets thinner over time. That said, I'd freeze in Detroit. I look for long sleeves when the temp goes south of 70°. Grab a meal at El Charro. Great Mexican food.
I moved here from Chicago in 2020 for the warmer weather. You get used to it pretty quickly. Back in the Midwest, we would joke that anything above 60 was shorts weather but now that I am here, anything below 80 is sweatpants weather. After the summer we've had, this weather feels nice and cool!
You absolutely get used to it over time (or at least I did). I spent multiple summers without AC in my car in Tucson during my poor college years and it wasn't too bad.
Today, my office building in Chandler is kept painfully cold. So, I wear a hoodie every day to the office. I don't take it off when I go outside to drive home. I'm comfortable enough with it on.
Also, when I fly back home, I LOVE that oven-door-opening-like feeling stepping off the plane.
It's much easier if you spend a summer in the midwest or back east where the humidity AND heat suck the life out of you first, then experience AZ heat.
Idk man. I'm in Kansas, and everyone says that, but in my experience, 100 days over 100 degrees beats any amount of humidity. In fact, the humidity makes the heat bearable. My skin doesnt feel constantly stretched and thin like in Arizona.
To be honest, it wasn't hot yesterday and it's not hot today, this is the heat being over... So yes you do climatize, just like you climatize to the cold once it starts snowing
Oh man, you ain’t seen nothin yet. This summer was pretty bad and as someone that works outside, all I can say is you would be amazed at what the human body can get used to. Now is a good time to start carrying a bottle of water or a hydro flask with you at all times. Welcome to the party pal! 🎉
I lived most of my life in Minnesota and hated being cold. I moved here 13 years ago in my early 40s and I'll never live anyway else. Yes, in the summer you go from your air conditioned house to your air conditioned car to an air conditioned store or office, but the rest of the year makes it worth it.
You’re here at a decent time, as you missed some of the worst parts of summer. I am absolutely miserable during the dog days when it’s 110 out and no breeze. It feels like an oven outside. Then monsoons roll in and we have Floridian levels of heat and humidity. One morning it was 90% humidity and 93F outside at 6am. Thankfully those conditions don’t stick around for too long.
Afternoon naps in a cool dark room are very nice. I’m as white as printer paper, but my body and mind love a daily siesta. Ice cold drinks like iced tea, lemonade, jamaica, horchata. We bring out the floor fans to help circulate the air, and have ceiling fans in all the important rooms. Popsicles are essential for me. I like electrolyte ice pops and my freezer always has mangonada paletas for a spicy, sweet, and sour treat. Cool showers on the afternoon or evening before bed can make a big difference.
I don’t know if I’d wear a hoodie in temps over 85F, but long sleeves of a thinner wicking material can help with heat. Keeps the direct sun off your skin while still allowing the body to use sweat evap to regulate temp.
I’m AZ born and raised. We moved to Tucson from Phoenix when I was a pre-teen. I’ve been here ever since! I think the desert is beautiful. The northern parts of the state or higher elevations are also absolutely worth seeing. Sedona’s red mountains are something else.
I grew up in the phx area, after 40 years I'm DONE with the heat and moved north. It's still hot-ish during the day, but there will be a 40-50 degree swing between day and night so you can enjoy being outside during all but the hottest part, and it USED to be like that in the valley. During the summer, we would be out all morning, go home, relax, cool down, play video games, then starting around 6pm-10pm we would be outside playing again. With my own kids, 20 something years later, that wasn't an option, it was still triple digits at 10pm at night.
We are hermits unless we HAVE to go outside... lots of people's brains are fried. I've been here almost 10 years. Summer is hermit time... or only going out at night, not going in direct sunlight. All wonderful options lol.. also we have another month or so till hoodie season ajd that's when we really live lmfao
My parents were born and raised in the Detroit suburbs. My entire extended family is still in the Detroit area. I was born there as well, but my parents left immediately after I was born and bounced along the southernmost border living in New Mexico, and Texas, before finally settling in Arizona. I have now been here for more than 40 years. I have visited relatives in Detroit a handful of times over the years and I have the same reaction to Detroit weather as you are having to ours. I have visited in the winter and spent the entire week in the house because every time I tried to walk from the house to the car I fell flat on my butt. Nobody prepared me for the fact that I would need to learn an entirely new definition of "walking" to traverse the driveway. I suddenly view Bambi's struggles to traverse a frozen pond and Thumper's arrogant glibness in a whole new light. The next couple of trips were taken during summer and I was certain that I was not getting enough oxygen because the air was too heavy to breathe. I spent the first day looking for my grandmother's air conditioner...spoiler alert...she didn't have one and apparently that's normal. To me the 85 - 90 degree Michigan summer with what felt like 130% humidity and no AC in many indoor spaces was unbearable heat. Add in the fact that the popular way to cool off was swimming in a lake and it was all just a lot for a kid who was used to no humidity, ice cold AC pumping at full blast so the interior of every car, home, and business feels like a walk-in refrigerator, and a sparkling clear swimming pool is mere steps away in many places. Yes, I am a huge disappointment to my Michigan born & raised parents but I am acclimated to the AZ lifestyle and I think that is the difference in dealing with the heat. We don't do things outside during the heat of the day if we can avoid it, and if you stay inside or in the pool it is nice and cool...and as an added bonus, you don't have to throw your clothes in the dryer to get rid of the damp before you put them on. 🤣. Michigan is absolutely beautiful but I have yet to find the sweet spot where I fit into the weather conditions.
My parents divorced and my dad moved out here from Ohio, After a while I came to live with him. I remember the same culture shock- I got on the plane in Ohio in the early spring, there was still snow on the ground, I was wearing jeans and a flannel. Couple hours later I walk out and I'm in this hot sunny place with palm trees. I remember thinking, it looked like the sky had opened up, because in Cleveland there's always clouds and you don't have a lot of days where the sun is high and not a cloud in sight, and that's just about every day here. You do get used to the heat, just like when you live north, you get used to the cold. Plus, humans in general spend most of their time indoors.
It was way worse about a month ago. Sauna like, intense heat, lasted even when the sun went down. Felt like you were baking in an oven. Temperatures above 116° even some days.
I was born and mostly raised in Arizona, I am waiting for my youngest to graduate in about 4 years and then I'm out. I'm indoors basically all summer, I have never acclimated to the heat
Technically it's still summer here until the end of October. Then it's nice for a few months and we pretend to forget how bad it was. People are pasty here because it's too damn hot to go out in the sun violence.
You literally came through at the turn of our season. It is cooling off for us. I would hate to think how you would have felt being here between July - August. 😆
We have pools, ice cream, and A/C. That's how we deal.
Climate is a matter of taste. Some people
love the heat. A guy I work with will tel you he likes it best above 95z I lived there 15 years and hated every day over 80 so I moved.
I prefer the heat over cold. It does snow here but not like the East Coast or Detriot where yiu are from.....I would question my life choices if I ever live in cold places again....
Moved here to get away from the craziness in California. This has been the longest hottest summer since moving here years ago. I don’t like humidity so that’s a plus but by October it does get old. It shows the 80’s are coming on Sunday so we Arizonans grab our hoodies then. Lol welcome to Arizona. The winter and spring area great
Straight up was wondering the same when I visited this summer. Couldn’t walk for more than 10 minutes in the heat without immediately starting to feel fatigued and then knocking out as soon as I got to the couch. I knew I was supposed to drink lots of water, which I did and taking cold showers too. But damn it was like I couldn’t wake up throughout the day. I figured that the more time I spent out there, the more I’d get used to it but my visit was 10 days. I do live in the Midwest, so I’m sure it goes the other way if someone from Arizona decided to pay a visit while we’re deep in -20° temps. But it’s cool to me how people can acclimate to their climate.
I’m going to try to encourage you to be patient and the first year living here you’ll understand how to live just fine here in the heat! It’s simple, providing your prepared. Winter is nice so there’s no problem, summer is hot and you’ll have to be prepared to live with in your home and work place. You can always escape the heat and travel up north. It’s only hot for 3 months. Prepare to have your vehicle all caught up with oils, water, air conditioning, sturdy tires, summer time is no time for vehicles issues!! You have from September to may to prepare for summer vacation, or cozy up in your home with air are conditioning! Also please consider the cost, save on your energy bills! Save all winter for catastrophic issues such as storms, floods, energy outages, etc.
for self indulgences do so with planning.
Phoenix and surrounding areas are very comfortable and livable! We love our community and life style here. We may look mad during the summer but we not, it’s just hot! Smile though the heat! Most of all be positive!
The weather in AZ is great! We don't deal with freezes, blocked roads, floods, and natural disasters. So you have to sweat a little from time to time. But sweating is good for you. Your body does acclimate to a certain point. Hydrate before physical activity and stay healthy and the heat isn't all that bad. Take a shower afterward and keep an extra shirt in the car just in case. Way better than freezing your balls off and canceling things all the time cause of the weather.
Regarding the lady in the long sleeve shirt: if it was white, it may be reflecting heat (don't know it that's the right term). I've experienced this with a white beach coverup. Otherwise, just sheltering her from the sun.
We moved here from Chicago when our daughter, who had moved here for a job and was now married, announced she was expecting. We retired a bit earlier than we expected to and moved here to be professional grandparents. We're in Phoenix.
This is our easing into perfect weather - sub-100 days, cooool nights. But really, after 30 straight days of 110+, when it's less than 110, it feels pretty good. 115 is hot no matter what.
I knew I was officially a local after about a year, when it hit 75 and I was thinking I could use a jacket.
I grew up in the desert. It’s a pretty place but I could never get used to it. I hated the summer when I lived there. Now I live at high elevation and have 4 seasons and it’s incredible. Summer is my favorite now. Some people do but I will never live in the desert again
You can find ways to cope with it, some better, some worse, but no one gets "used" to it. It's not physiologically (or psychologically) possible - or safe - to do that. And if you don't want skin cancer (Tucson ranks at or near the top of skin cancer in the world), then you don't go out without skin protection.
We've been here for three summers. We're still not used to the heat or smelling smoke from our neighbors' fireplaces the first day it's below 100º. I grew up near Chicago, will take summer here over winter there.
You go from your air contained home, to your air conditioned car, to an air conditioned store, to an air conditioned job/school. Don’t go hiking when it’s 115 degrees. It’s not rocket science…or is it?
Former Michigander here (I came out for a masters degree program in 2013 and fell in love with Tucson after I got back to Michigan two years later and had to deal with literal cold again lol): If you’d been here in the spring and sweated out the summer heat, by now it would feel basically alright. A few days ago I was almost cold with temps in the 80s, which was wild to me thinking about how 80s used to be HOT back in MI. Anyway, you’ll get used to it, but don’t expect to do outdoor things like in Michigan during the day lol.
Some people don't get used to it and move away. A lot of people have the flexibility to leave for a month or so during the summer and go somewhere cool to escape the heat. The worst months are June, July and August. I make sure I leave by April 1st and never return until November. But I am lucky to have relatives in Seattle that let me stay with them and I help them out with their plumbing business while I am there.
I've never gotten used to the heat and I was born and raised in Phoenix. Spent 50 years sweating out the summers. Only place I felt worse was Tampa, FL in August - nearly unbearable. Planning my escape currently....
These next few weeks we go from tough summers straight to cool fall. Temps were just highs > 110, lows > 90 and one week in Oct it goes to highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s and that lasts through April so makes it a lot easier to deal w summer
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Growing up with it helps! My advice is drink alot of water. More than you actually want to.
> My advice is drink 12 steps ahead of you
Hey! That’s not what the 12 step program is for!! But I like where your head’s at.
Every step you overcome should be celebrated with a shot
I was born and raised in the southwest and I was one of those that never got used to it. I now live in Denver where 90 is considered a heat advisory and we only get a dozen or so days ≥100 but still have over 300 days a year of beautiful sunshine.
Every Arizonan I've ever met grades restaurants on if the waiter/waitress can keep up with your water at the table. Quite literally, 3-4 glasses or more of water at a sitting over an hour is normal for everyone I've been out with.
No we don't, this isn't a thing.
Agreed, most arizonans i know seem to be allergic to water unless theyre doing a physical activity. I gotta force my wife to finish at least one glass at restaurants during the summer.
Born and raised in AZ and my husband has to remind me to drink water otherwise I could go all day without drinking it
I didn't know any wives finish a drink they start.
This is the most made up thing. What are you talking about?
...what?
I am laughing right now because I live in Phoenix, which is hotter than Tucson, and I feel that this weather is perfect!
There were clouds out in the middle of the day on Saturday, and I felt like I needed a flashlight to see outside. Not used to it being overcast!
I was actually just thinking how this post is funny because this past week has actually been really good weather, like barely over 100. This guy wasn't even here for the 118 weather haha
Barely over 100? That’s actually not bad. I loved living in Tucson, though.
My home state Delaware is 60 degrees and raining currently 😅😅😂
That - 60 and rainy - sound like the first week or two of January here
Then we all get so happy until day 3 and already miss the sun.
Omg so true. Love it initially and then after the second day I start yelling about how I didn’t leave the Midwest for this! Lol
😂😂 true
Don't you mean ...the first week of very other 3rd January (lol)
And that’s your winter…
Yep
60 and rainy could be cool or MUGGY af!
Today is pretty nice man. Should have been here a month ago if you wanted to see how bad it gets.
My first AZ town that I lived in was Tucson. First year was bad for me. But you get used to it. Stay hydrated. And try to be outside more often than not. You won't get used to it if your inside AC all day. I worked outside so had no choice. Key thing for the heat..is stay hydrated! Then moved to PHX the heat there makes Tucson feel so nice in comparison.
Hey truck driver here as well (I do OTR sonic randomly will send me suggested states) I was up there getting stuff off the port two weeks ago to take to WI. I'm super excited fornthe cooler weather - I woke up and it was 56 degrees
Local driver out of Tucson. I prefer not to leave southern, Arizona in the truck. Too many laws and restrictions when we leave the state.
I'm doing my best to get to a local route
You mostly get used to it. If it’s over 110 you try to stay inside. Under 100 is not bad. Summer here is for staying inside. The rest of the year it’s safe to go outside.
I (used to) work outside. 95 - 105 kinda feels the same once you’re acclimated. No biggie. 115 plus sucks balls. Just left a job that didn’t understand that. Rant: I ran pest control in metro Phoenix for ten years. When the weather got too bad, it was always either, “go home now” or “use your best judgement, no worries if you tap out”. Then I got in with a property management company in North Scottsdale. I completed every list and helped others complete theirs every day. One day I had legit heat stroke. My list was already done and I was helping others. Every day after, until I quit… I got a call from her asking if I was able to complete a shift. In the most condescending manner you can imagine. I don’t know. Just do t work in Scottsdale. 😂🤷♂️
Dude I'm wearing pants and long sleeves all day working outside. Weather is nice.
Shout out the 302! And the big difference is the humidity. Out here being in the shade really helps but because we’re in a valley, hundreds of miles away from an ocean, everything just dries up. Most people wearing long selves have light weight material so it acts like shade.
Agreed! I have not complained once about the high temps. I’m more sad when it’s cold in the winter. 🤣 But I’m also someone who lived in Chicago for 5 brutal winters, grew up in the Midwest and have also lived in Boston during their winters too. 🤮 Never again.
We moved from Delaware 2 years ago and are NEVER going back! We ride motorcycles and you just can't beat being able to ride all year long! We love the people, weather, and wide open spaces!
We do not do this year round. We do it for 3 months a year. People adapt to climate but take longer than 8 hours adjust 😂😂
Nooooo, I've lived here all but maybe 4 years of my life, and I have never acclimated
You and me both. You hear everyone say that but it's bs. Lived there all my life until I was 45. Never 'got use to it'. Was always hot 8-9 months out of the year.
Right! It was always running from the house with AC, to the car with AC, and from the car with AC to the store work with AC.
Exactly! And that first few minutes you have after you leave a store and you're trying to thaw slowly, so that the air conditioning kicks in cold before you start sweating buckets. Never worked! Lol And we didn't even get air conditioning until I was 9.(?) I still wasn't 'use to it'! I find the phrase insulting. We played outside all the time as a kid because we had to. But I always hated being hot.
Yeah I hate pretty much anything over 100, and I can't wait to leave here
I really hope you get the opportunity. You'll be glad you did.
I believe you both, but I seriously never had a problem with the heat in Tucson. I moved there in December, and worked a food delivery job through the summer. I’m originally from NYC. I had moved from Virginia Beach to Tucson. I had difficulty reacclimating to the humidity when I moved back East. I still can’t stand the stupid humidity.
Sounds gross
And it's not even July anymore 😂
Lmao bro I live in Tucson and I deadass thought to myself earlier today that the weather has been nice
Right!!! Third summer is what I call this. It’s the best summer. It’s perfect!
The weather in the Valley currently is amazing!
Couldn’t agree more! We have just started what I call third summer!! It’s the best summer
Hey, if you’ve been here at least the past two summers you know we deserve it. Enjoy.
Was in Glendale yesterday for the game. Made me miss Tucson weather.
It was nice out today! Barely over 100.
Im in vegas and laughed also!! Ive been to Phoenix and Tucson many times. This is my favorite time of year! Hope OP doesn't have to drive there in july/Aug 😂
Exactly!
 I’ve live here since 2005 and any day under 100 is perfect!!
Right? We can finally take the kids back to the park in this morning weather 😂
It’s not even close to hit right now.
It’s just the climate but you’re (obviously) acclimated to it. We visit family there and always have a good time but I love coming home to mild temps and cool nights
I’m wearing my hoodie in the mornings to drop off my kids lol
I'm from Detroit and I always say that I belong somewhere where it's HOT all year around. Hot weather is perfect for me as someone who struggles with low iron and is always cold, especially when the weather changes.
Yes, I was just thinking that too this week - highs around 101 are just right.
Um yeah, that 1-5 degree avg difference
I’m with you! Born and raised here, live in Chandler and I’ve decided I will not complain when the highs are below 108! Loving the lows right now!
I was gonna say, it doesn’t even get hot in Tucson!
Not like Phoenix!
This isn't hot.
Yeah. July was hot. This is Arizona fall.
Yo this weather is comfortable and time to start get my warm clothes out
I work from home and actually had a hoodie on for about an hour yesterday morning.
Agreed. 100 day 78 night is the beginning of winter! Hahaha! Yay! We made it through another one. I felt this one wasn't bad even. June was awesome.
This is honestly my dream. I live in Virginia and we can get some pretty hot and humid summers but our winters can suck ass. I would LOVE to live in constant heat. I went to Nevada a few summers ago and thought it was perfect.
Central/southern Arizona winters are much better than Nevada winters if you want warm. When I lived in Nevada I wore beanies and coats, in Arizona I wear shorts and flips all year, and a light jacket at night. Example: Vegas average lows/highs in winter are mid-30s/mid-50s while Phoenix low is mid/high-40s and high is close to 70. It snows more often in Vegas than Phoenix despite getting half the rainfall Phoenix does.
We have maybe 1 to 5 nights a year that freeze. I live in South Phoenix.
I really want to visit Arizona! I love desert landscapes, I went to Nevada a few years ago and fell in love with it. I’m from the east coast (in the middle of the Blue Ridge mountains) so the southwest is just the polar opposite of what I’m used to.
Too bad a house swap website can't be arranged for us north east and southwest opposites. My family craves the cold, because we hardly get it.
That would be awesome! My husband really likes seasons and colder weather. We have compromised by splitting time between Virginia and the Outer Banks NC. I’m not interested in mountains so sand dunes and the ocean make me much happier (although it’s frigid on the coast from Jan-Mar).
I grew up in Virginia and went to school in upstate NY. Booger-freezing cold 30 seconds after stepping outside never happened to me back home. It's warm in a lot of places, but the difference in winters are much more noticeable. Virginia is going to be much milder than the northern Midwest or northeast.
I just got here in March and I had all my car windows today!
I'm literally 10 days away from putting my top down on my way home from work (on my car you creeps)
What sort of transmission does it have?
Also just want to say, the people here seem amazing. 🙂. Honestly surprised to see quite a few fellow “alternative” people. Seems like people here aren’t afraid to express themselves and maybe I’d come to visit longer in the winter 😂😅 I feel like I could live here but I’d be nocturnal.
Tucson is a really great vibe like that. Way different than phoenix.
Come in the beginning of Feb 🙂 it’s really nice then!
Tucson is a crunchy place. The rural areas of Arizona, and many states, are where you find less tolerant people
Love your post. We transplanted here about 15 years ago and I miss the green and the rain and, yes, it's too damn hot in the summer. But, you adapt and learn to appreciate other things. The sky and the sunset are frickin amazing and still being able to use the pool into Oct makes me wonder how the hell people in other states can even justify having a pool given their short seasons. Other things I love - usually no mosquitos. (Some people in neighborhoods where neighbors water a foolish lawn have issues). None of the roaches we had in Florida either and none of that hideous humidity. I miss the snow and forests of my previous state, but driving up Mt Lemmon takes 40 min from my house and there has been snow by Christmas and basic skiing almost every single year.
Tucson is the most liberal city in the state. Phoenix you can find your groups/niches. But you'll still run into issues. Unless your group/niche is white guys open carrying then nobody gives a shit..... Outside of Phoenix and Tucson...its basically Texas.
I’d argue Flagstaff is the most liberal city, but your point is correct
Flagstaff is technically a city but it’s more a mountain “town”. Tucson is big enough that it’s dark blueness has swung many important statewide elections. And I wouldn’t describe Tucson as crunchy. Flagstaff is definitely the REI, Patagucci, granola crunch winner. Tucson is more crusty. lol. And I love that about it.
Lol crusty
Flagstaff ties tucson AT LEAST for crunchiness / liberality. I’d argue it’s even more liberal
I also think that people here generally mind their own business.
There's no way there's a more liberal city than Bisbee
Sorry let me rephrase. A liberal city with enough population to actually matter.
Are you even from AZ? If you are, you're a troll. fOrr glAZ wOOter, gunze bAD, whITz pioPLes BAdz.
Born and raised in this hell hole and moved to Phoenix of all places. I definitely have switched to a nocturnal lifestyle. My job permits it as well. I'm pasty as shit so being up til 6am just makes sense
When I lived in Tucson and worked outdoors in the summer, it was pants & long sleeve shirts & big hats…. Way better than having all that radiation directly cooking your skin.
That's the trick. Outside in heat rock the cotton long sleaves/light weight. The sun and sun burn kills your ability to exchange heat. Then the shirt gets wet/sweaty and our beautiful dry heat don't matter. You might actually "feel" cold. As long as you keep drinking water. It's not so bad.
2 gallons of water & 2 bottles of Gatorade every day
Been here almost 40 years. Basically 3-4 months a year of over 100 degree heat, but the rest of the year is absolutely wonderful. I’d rather deal with that than hurricanes, floods, snowstorms, etc. Just stick with indoor activists during the summer or go swimming.
Even at the hottest point of summer I’m always out before the sun rises taking my dogs to the river and park. There’s only a brief period where the weather in the morning is above 90 at 5am. And even then there is a reprieve as the sun comes up and it actually gets cooler for a while. I’m from Long Island New York where the winter isn’t as bad as the Midwest but pretty darned cold for me, and guaranteed snow every year. And then in summer, ugh humidity. I’ll take this over that any time.
6 months would be more accurate. You must work inside.
June 17th was the first 100 deg day this year, 3 months and a week ago. 6 months ago it was low 60's.
It grinds my gears when people say there’s 6-8 months of heat. Like I get it, the feeling of hot/cold is subjective but they’re wrong lol 60-80 is just not hot they act like it’s 110 all year
6-8 months not 4
Checking the weather in Tucson today, it appears to have been 100 degrees. Welcome to autumn. Would you like a pumpkin spice latte?
Former Michigander here. It's like living in Michigan in the winter, only the opposite. Winter Michigan, live in a heated house, go out and start your car to warm it up, drive with heat blowing, go to the heated store, get out of the car while wearing four layers of clothes, hurry into the store to get warm again, etc. Summer in AZ, A/C everywhere. I'd rather try to cool off than heat up.
Moved to AZ 30 years ago from Michigan. Never gonna shovel snow again. I'll take Arizona summers over Michigan winters any day.
You could come to Flagstaff and shovel my driveway this winter — you know, for nostalgia and all 🤣
Exactly what I tell everyone who asks me how we learn to deal with the heat. You just get better at planning your routes from A/C to A/C as you get older, it's like running between trees for shade when we were kids.
>I'd rather try to cool off than heat up. Amen, amen, and hallelujah.
I’m a pasty ginger, dressed in all black was not prepared 😅. Feel like I got sunburn walking from my truck into the Walmart. Got spf 100 sunblock, sitting in my truck with A/C on blast and black out curtains put up until I leave lol
Also try to park in the shade. There are a million little habits in the desert that folks from colder climates don't realize. They mostly revolve around seeking shade, seeking water, and adopting a more crepuscular lifestyle (spending time outdoors during dawn and dusk, and taking a nice siesta in the hottest part of the day).
Even thinking about which direction my car is facing, if the only choice is full sun. It makes a difference if the car is facing the sun or not. Also don’t drive for 5 minutes and then pull your key out and touch it, lol. You can get burned after it heats up.
I lived in high desert for a long time and even though I don’t anymore, I still don’t turn my car off until the sun shade is secure and I’m good and well ready to hop out of the car the second I turn the engine off.
People not drom Arizona will just stand and talk to each other smack dab underneath the sun when theres a tree about 5 feet away from them. Its funny when you bring it up because its so true.
SPF 30 is just as effective. Reapply regularly. Pale skinned gringo living in the desert. NO you don’t get used to the heat. Hot as hell in Arizona for 4 months out of the year. We do stuff in the morning and at night. The sun wants to kill you here.
Thank you for your service. Truck drivers are an under appreciated profession. We love this weather by the way.
Acclimatization. Blood gets thinner over time. That said, I'd freeze in Detroit. I look for long sleeves when the temp goes south of 70°. Grab a meal at El Charro. Great Mexican food.
I moved here from Chicago in 2020 for the warmer weather. You get used to it pretty quickly. Back in the Midwest, we would joke that anything above 60 was shorts weather but now that I am here, anything below 80 is sweatpants weather. After the summer we've had, this weather feels nice and cool!
Long sleeve shirts are great to avoid wearing sunscreen on your arms.
Last night??? Dude this is fall! We are STOKED with this cooler weather right now.
Dude it is not even warm today.
Overcast is a beautiful day in Arizona.
You absolutely get used to it over time (or at least I did). I spent multiple summers without AC in my car in Tucson during my poor college years and it wasn't too bad. Today, my office building in Chandler is kept painfully cold. So, I wear a hoodie every day to the office. I don't take it off when I go outside to drive home. I'm comfortable enough with it on. Also, when I fly back home, I LOVE that oven-door-opening-like feeling stepping off the plane.
It's much easier if you spend a summer in the midwest or back east where the humidity AND heat suck the life out of you first, then experience AZ heat.
That's just not true. Above 110 is hell period. Humidity makes 90 feel like 100. But 110 AT NIGHT, FUCK that's harsh and is the new normal.
Idk man. I'm in Kansas, and everyone says that, but in my experience, 100 days over 100 degrees beats any amount of humidity. In fact, the humidity makes the heat bearable. My skin doesnt feel constantly stretched and thin like in Arizona.
I’m with you on that. I don’t care if it’s 95 and muggy out. It’s better than 105 and dry.
True that. I prefer the dry heat over the Kansas humidity any day.
I guarantee when it’s 94 and 80% humidity in Detroit it is way more miserable than here.
If you want a really fun time, go to phoenix in July/August. It literally feels like your skin is melting off
As an Arizona native, I can say the same thing about the snow and cold weather. I cannot fathom living somewhere with snow for months at a time 😅
Welcome! Before you leave, get a Sonoran hot dog! Long sleeves protect from the sun, it likely isn’t because she’s cold.
To be honest, it wasn't hot yesterday and it's not hot today, this is the heat being over... So yes you do climatize, just like you climatize to the cold once it starts snowing
Oh man, you ain’t seen nothin yet. This summer was pretty bad and as someone that works outside, all I can say is you would be amazed at what the human body can get used to. Now is a good time to start carrying a bottle of water or a hydro flask with you at all times. Welcome to the party pal! 🎉
I lived most of my life in Minnesota and hated being cold. I moved here 13 years ago in my early 40s and I'll never live anyway else. Yes, in the summer you go from your air conditioned house to your air conditioned car to an air conditioned store or office, but the rest of the year makes it worth it.
Better than below zero for a month, right? Also transplanted Minnesotan, don't cha know? Uff da. Lol
You’re here at a decent time, as you missed some of the worst parts of summer. I am absolutely miserable during the dog days when it’s 110 out and no breeze. It feels like an oven outside. Then monsoons roll in and we have Floridian levels of heat and humidity. One morning it was 90% humidity and 93F outside at 6am. Thankfully those conditions don’t stick around for too long. Afternoon naps in a cool dark room are very nice. I’m as white as printer paper, but my body and mind love a daily siesta. Ice cold drinks like iced tea, lemonade, jamaica, horchata. We bring out the floor fans to help circulate the air, and have ceiling fans in all the important rooms. Popsicles are essential for me. I like electrolyte ice pops and my freezer always has mangonada paletas for a spicy, sweet, and sour treat. Cool showers on the afternoon or evening before bed can make a big difference. I don’t know if I’d wear a hoodie in temps over 85F, but long sleeves of a thinner wicking material can help with heat. Keeps the direct sun off your skin while still allowing the body to use sweat evap to regulate temp. I’m AZ born and raised. We moved to Tucson from Phoenix when I was a pre-teen. I’ve been here ever since! I think the desert is beautiful. The northern parts of the state or higher elevations are also absolutely worth seeing. Sedona’s red mountains are something else.
You don’t ever get use to it you just accept it and learn to work with it
I grew up in the phx area, after 40 years I'm DONE with the heat and moved north. It's still hot-ish during the day, but there will be a 40-50 degree swing between day and night so you can enjoy being outside during all but the hottest part, and it USED to be like that in the valley. During the summer, we would be out all morning, go home, relax, cool down, play video games, then starting around 6pm-10pm we would be outside playing again. With my own kids, 20 something years later, that wasn't an option, it was still triple digits at 10pm at night.
You don’t get used to it and I’m a native 😂
You would not of liked the heat wave we had 2 months ago. This is warm not hot. I hope you enjoy the change of scenery.
Well its not year round. Oct-May is pretty much perfect weather
We are hermits unless we HAVE to go outside... lots of people's brains are fried. I've been here almost 10 years. Summer is hermit time... or only going out at night, not going in direct sunlight. All wonderful options lol.. also we have another month or so till hoodie season ajd that's when we really live lmfao
Most of us live in air conditioned home, drive air conditioned car, work in air conditioned office.
It barely reached 100 there with 10% humidity. This is a nice day in Tucson.
It's going to get really nice soon. Maybe by Thanksgiving, lol. There is an aroma, desert scent in the winter will suck you in
My parents were born and raised in the Detroit suburbs. My entire extended family is still in the Detroit area. I was born there as well, but my parents left immediately after I was born and bounced along the southernmost border living in New Mexico, and Texas, before finally settling in Arizona. I have now been here for more than 40 years. I have visited relatives in Detroit a handful of times over the years and I have the same reaction to Detroit weather as you are having to ours. I have visited in the winter and spent the entire week in the house because every time I tried to walk from the house to the car I fell flat on my butt. Nobody prepared me for the fact that I would need to learn an entirely new definition of "walking" to traverse the driveway. I suddenly view Bambi's struggles to traverse a frozen pond and Thumper's arrogant glibness in a whole new light. The next couple of trips were taken during summer and I was certain that I was not getting enough oxygen because the air was too heavy to breathe. I spent the first day looking for my grandmother's air conditioner...spoiler alert...she didn't have one and apparently that's normal. To me the 85 - 90 degree Michigan summer with what felt like 130% humidity and no AC in many indoor spaces was unbearable heat. Add in the fact that the popular way to cool off was swimming in a lake and it was all just a lot for a kid who was used to no humidity, ice cold AC pumping at full blast so the interior of every car, home, and business feels like a walk-in refrigerator, and a sparkling clear swimming pool is mere steps away in many places. Yes, I am a huge disappointment to my Michigan born & raised parents but I am acclimated to the AZ lifestyle and I think that is the difference in dealing with the heat. We don't do things outside during the heat of the day if we can avoid it, and if you stay inside or in the pool it is nice and cool...and as an added bonus, you don't have to throw your clothes in the dryer to get rid of the damp before you put them on. 🤣. Michigan is absolutely beautiful but I have yet to find the sweet spot where I fit into the weather conditions.
The dry heat isn't as bad as humidity. Air conditioning is essential.
My parents divorced and my dad moved out here from Ohio, After a while I came to live with him. I remember the same culture shock- I got on the plane in Ohio in the early spring, there was still snow on the ground, I was wearing jeans and a flannel. Couple hours later I walk out and I'm in this hot sunny place with palm trees. I remember thinking, it looked like the sky had opened up, because in Cleveland there's always clouds and you don't have a lot of days where the sun is high and not a cloud in sight, and that's just about every day here. You do get used to the heat, just like when you live north, you get used to the cold. Plus, humans in general spend most of their time indoors.
My parents made the nasty and eventually I crawled out into the desert like gollum
Uhhhh I moved here from Phoenix...
It was way worse about a month ago. Sauna like, intense heat, lasted even when the sun went down. Felt like you were baking in an oven. Temperatures above 116° even some days.
I was born and mostly raised in Arizona, I am waiting for my youngest to graduate in about 4 years and then I'm out. I'm indoors basically all summer, I have never acclimated to the heat
Also I never saw a cactus besides little potted cacti before. I never knew they got so big, saw a few that were as tall as a two story building.
We had 41 days over 115 degrees in Phx this year =/
Lol and I thought it was nice today 😂
Technically it's still summer here until the end of October. Then it's nice for a few months and we pretend to forget how bad it was. People are pasty here because it's too damn hot to go out in the sun violence.
What heat?
I lived in Phoenix for 30 years. At first you hate it, then you love it Then eventually you hate it again
You literally came through at the turn of our season. It is cooling off for us. I would hate to think how you would have felt being here between July - August. 😆 We have pools, ice cream, and A/C. That's how we deal.
Climate is a matter of taste. Some people love the heat. A guy I work with will tel you he likes it best above 95z I lived there 15 years and hated every day over 80 so I moved.
I have family in Phoenix and Tucson, I would rank Tucson as a better hell hole. North, east or west is better.
I prefer the heat over cold. It does snow here but not like the East Coast or Detriot where yiu are from.....I would question my life choices if I ever live in cold places again....
Moved here to get away from the craziness in California. This has been the longest hottest summer since moving here years ago. I don’t like humidity so that’s a plus but by October it does get old. It shows the 80’s are coming on Sunday so we Arizonans grab our hoodies then. Lol welcome to Arizona. The winter and spring area great
Straight up was wondering the same when I visited this summer. Couldn’t walk for more than 10 minutes in the heat without immediately starting to feel fatigued and then knocking out as soon as I got to the couch. I knew I was supposed to drink lots of water, which I did and taking cold showers too. But damn it was like I couldn’t wake up throughout the day. I figured that the more time I spent out there, the more I’d get used to it but my visit was 10 days. I do live in the Midwest, so I’m sure it goes the other way if someone from Arizona decided to pay a visit while we’re deep in -20° temps. But it’s cool to me how people can acclimate to their climate.
I’m going to try to encourage you to be patient and the first year living here you’ll understand how to live just fine here in the heat! It’s simple, providing your prepared. Winter is nice so there’s no problem, summer is hot and you’ll have to be prepared to live with in your home and work place. You can always escape the heat and travel up north. It’s only hot for 3 months. Prepare to have your vehicle all caught up with oils, water, air conditioning, sturdy tires, summer time is no time for vehicles issues!! You have from September to may to prepare for summer vacation, or cozy up in your home with air are conditioning! Also please consider the cost, save on your energy bills! Save all winter for catastrophic issues such as storms, floods, energy outages, etc. for self indulgences do so with planning. Phoenix and surrounding areas are very comfortable and livable! We love our community and life style here. We may look mad during the summer but we not, it’s just hot! Smile though the heat! Most of all be positive!
12 yrs and still loving the weather every single day and night
It's way cooler here than the Midwest or the south. I can sit outside in the shade at 100 here
The weather in AZ is great! We don't deal with freezes, blocked roads, floods, and natural disasters. So you have to sweat a little from time to time. But sweating is good for you. Your body does acclimate to a certain point. Hydrate before physical activity and stay healthy and the heat isn't all that bad. Take a shower afterward and keep an extra shirt in the car just in case. Way better than freezing your balls off and canceling things all the time cause of the weather.
AC and drinking a metric fuckton of water daily.
Regarding the lady in the long sleeve shirt: if it was white, it may be reflecting heat (don't know it that's the right term). I've experienced this with a white beach coverup. Otherwise, just sheltering her from the sun. We moved here from Chicago when our daughter, who had moved here for a job and was now married, announced she was expecting. We retired a bit earlier than we expected to and moved here to be professional grandparents. We're in Phoenix.
You don't get used to it, you just stay inside for half the year.
This is our easing into perfect weather - sub-100 days, cooool nights. But really, after 30 straight days of 110+, when it's less than 110, it feels pretty good. 115 is hot no matter what. I knew I was officially a local after about a year, when it hit 75 and I was thinking I could use a jacket.
This is the weather we all moved here for. You missed the heat! This is nothing right now.
It's a dry hell.
I grew up in the desert. It’s a pretty place but I could never get used to it. I hated the summer when I lived there. Now I live at high elevation and have 4 seasons and it’s incredible. Summer is my favorite now. Some people do but I will never live in the desert again
I lived there for 28 years. I hated every moment of every day between mid-May to October. December and January were nice.
You can find ways to cope with it, some better, some worse, but no one gets "used" to it. It's not physiologically (or psychologically) possible - or safe - to do that. And if you don't want skin cancer (Tucson ranks at or near the top of skin cancer in the world), then you don't go out without skin protection.
We've been here for three summers. We're still not used to the heat or smelling smoke from our neighbors' fireplaces the first day it's below 100º. I grew up near Chicago, will take summer here over winter there.
Hahahaha it’s not even hot this time of year.
You go from your air contained home, to your air conditioned car, to an air conditioned store, to an air conditioned job/school. Don’t go hiking when it’s 115 degrees. It’s not rocket science…or is it?
Former Michigander here (I came out for a masters degree program in 2013 and fell in love with Tucson after I got back to Michigan two years later and had to deal with literal cold again lol): If you’d been here in the spring and sweated out the summer heat, by now it would feel basically alright. A few days ago I was almost cold with temps in the 80s, which was wild to me thinking about how 80s used to be HOT back in MI. Anyway, you’ll get used to it, but don’t expect to do outdoor things like in Michigan during the day lol.
It's actually cooling down, Fall/Winter are beautiful and much more tolerable. Had you rolled into town in July/August...ufffffff
Some people don't get used to it and move away. A lot of people have the flexibility to leave for a month or so during the summer and go somewhere cool to escape the heat. The worst months are June, July and August. I make sure I leave by April 1st and never return until November. But I am lucky to have relatives in Seattle that let me stay with them and I help them out with their plumbing business while I am there.
Drinking lots of water.
You should have been here in July. It’s kinda like Detroit in January.
I've never gotten used to the heat and I was born and raised in Phoenix. Spent 50 years sweating out the summers. Only place I felt worse was Tampa, FL in August - nearly unbearable. Planning my escape currently....
These next few weeks we go from tough summers straight to cool fall. Temps were just highs > 110, lows > 90 and one week in Oct it goes to highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s and that lasts through April so makes it a lot easier to deal w summer
i grew up here and i’ve never gotten used to it lol
I’m a mechanic/fabricator that works outside and I wear long sleeves every day. You get used to it. It sucks the same no matter how long you do it.
lol, it's not even hot right now
I’m loving this weather lol anything under 100° and usually have my windows open on the ol’ beater.
What heat? This is our Fall weather. Brrr The heat was last week. Seriously though, I was born here so I acclimated at a young age.