Visiting Arizona and LA in August..

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Anonymous wrote:It's like 120 in Phoenix in August. You'll be the one crying for a/c, not just the kids.

Averages for August are more like 100-105 highs. Lows are 20-25 degrees cooler though which means early morning can be very bearable. August is better than July because the monsoons come to Arizona in August.

Thanks, I live in Phoenix. August is so hot my pool is unbearably feels like a warm bathtub. But thanks for sharing the average weather temp.

Sorry -- Tusconan posting and 120 seemed too high to me for August (really don't think it ever gets to 120!) so I pulled the averages offline. I guess this is why we always say Tucson is so much better than Phoenix! Does it really not cool down overnight? Tucson summer nights are fabulous -- feels like velvet on your skin, and the mornings are usually tolerable for a couple of hours. But I take your point that it is very hot. For August, if you really want to see Arizona, the Canyon and other places with high elevation are your best bet (and hope for no fires).

I usually think 100-110 for June, 105-115 for July, and back to 100-110 for August, then into the 90s for September.

Anyway, OP might want to think about Santa Barbara down to San Diego for August.

When it's in the 100s it will get down to the 90s overnight, not a big difference. And does it really matter if it’s 112 or 120? I mean, it's not like one is pleasant and the other starts to feel hot. Summer is hot. Temps are well above 100 for a lot of it and it doesn't cool off appreciably at night. Nobody would vacation here for fun in the summer unless they had to.

It absolutely matters. 110 in the shade is tolerable. 120 is an oven. Ten degrees makes a diff

No it really doesn't. You are not going to go golf, hike, run, swim, etc if its only 110 instead of 120. I have to watch a kid swim, while I'm in the shade, several days a week for 45 minutes. We're outside, in the shade, and it's unbearable. Its been about 110 for 2 weeks.

I do golf at 110. 120 I won’t. My kid works at Dutch Bros. At 110 they still work outside in the drive thru in 5 min shifts. At 115 they go inside. 5 degrees makes a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different places! If you are within 3 miles of the coast in LA you probably won't even need air conditioning. Arizona will be a blazing hot hellscape.

Is this accurate ? Hard to believe that one could be this far from the coast & not need a/c.

I don't agree with this in August and into the fall (Sept/Oct). We live a few miles from the coast.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different places! If you are within 3 miles of the coast in LA you probably won't even need air conditioning. Arizona will be a blazing hot hellscape.

Is this accurate ? Hard to believe that one could be this far from the coast & not need a/c.

I don't agree with this in August and into the fall (Sept/Oct). We live a few miles from the coast.

Where? In Santa Monica in 2023, the high was above 80 in August-October for 6 days, and only once was it above 85.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/us/ca/los-angeles/KLAX/date/2023-10

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Anonymous wrote:Very different places! If you are within 3 miles of the coast in LA you probably won't even need air conditioning. Arizona will be a blazing hot hellscape.

Is this accurate ? Hard to believe that one could be this far from the coast & not need a/c.

I don't agree with this in August and into the fall (Sept/Oct). We live a few miles from the coast.

Where? In Santa Monica in 2023, the high was above 80 in August-October for 6 days, and only once was it above 85.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/us/ca/los-angeles/KLAX/date/2023-10

Ugh apparently when you select historical data for Santa Monica it only pulls the data from the LAX station. But should be comparable.

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Anonymous wrote:It's like 120 in Phoenix in August. You'll be the one crying for a/c, not just the kids.

Averages for August are more like 100-105 highs. Lows are 20-25 degrees cooler though which means early morning can be very bearable. August is better than July because the monsoons come to Arizona in August.

Thanks, I live in Phoenix. August is so hot my pool is unbearably feels like a warm bathtub. But thanks for sharing the average weather temp.

Sorry -- Tusconan posting and 120 seemed too high to me for August (really don't think it ever gets to 120!) so I pulled the averages offline. I guess this is why we always say Tucson is so much better than Phoenix! Does it really not cool down overnight? Tucson summer nights are fabulous -- feels like velvet on your skin, and the mornings are usually tolerable for a couple of hours. But I take your point that it is very hot. For August, if you really want to see Arizona, the Canyon and other places with high elevation are your best bet (and hope for no fires).

I usually think 100-110 for June, 105-115 for July, and back to 100-110 for August, then into the 90s for September.

Anyway, OP might want to think about Santa Barbara down to San Diego for August.

When it's in the 100s it will get down to the 90s overnight, not a big difference. And does it really matter if it’s 112 or 120? I mean, it's not like one is pleasant and the other starts to feel hot. Summer is hot. Temps are well above 100 for a lot of it and it doesn't cool off appreciably at night. Nobody would vacation here for fun in the summer unless they had to.

It absolutely matters. 110 in the shade is tolerable. 120 is an oven. Ten degrees makes a diff

No it really doesn't. You are not going to go golf, hike, run, swim, etc if its only 110 instead of 120. I have to watch a kid swim, while I'm in the shade, several days a week for 45 minutes. We're outside, in the shade, and it's unbearable. Its been about 110 for 2 weeks.

I do golf at 110. 120 I won’t. My kid works at Dutch Bros. At 110 they still work outside in the drive thru in 5 min shifts. At 115 they go inside. 5 degrees makes a difference.

Ok. There's a reason it's low season right now and nobody is sitting outside for dinner. The vast majority of people don't care if its 110 or 120. They aren't hanging out in Scottsdale/Phoenix for the summer. The rest of us just suck it up because we live here. Like people in Minnesota in January. It's still not a good time to visit.

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I live in Arizona and in August it is going to be f-ing hot anywhere south of Sedona, Sedona will be hot and you should be aware of that in terms of safety re: hiking. Flagstaff would be lovely. If staying in Phoenix the luxury hotels will be decently priced - try to stay at the Westin kierland or similar. Get shaded lounge chairs and it’ll be somewhat ok.

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Anonymous wrote:It's like 120 in Phoenix in August. You'll be the one crying for a/c, not just the kids.

Averages for August are more like 100-105 highs. Lows are 20-25 degrees cooler though which means early morning can be very bearable. August is better than July because the monsoons come to Arizona in August.

Thanks, I live in Phoenix. August is so hot my pool is unbearably feels like a warm bathtub. But thanks for sharing the average weather temp.

Sorry -- Tusconan posting and 120 seemed too high to me for August (really don't think it ever gets to 120!) so I pulled the averages offline. I guess this is why we always say Tucson is so much better than Phoenix! Does it really not cool down overnight? Tucson summer nights are fabulous -- feels like velvet on your skin, and the mornings are usually tolerable for a couple of hours. But I take your point that it is very hot. For August, if you really want to see Arizona, the Canyon and other places with high elevation are your best bet (and hope for no fires).

I usually think 100-110 for June, 105-115 for July, and back to 100-110 for August, then into the 90s for September.

Anyway, OP might want to think about Santa Barbara down to San Diego for August.

When it's in the 100s it will get down to the 90s overnight, not a big difference. And does it really matter if it’s 112 or 120? I mean, it's not like one is pleasant and the other starts to feel hot. Summer is hot. Temps are well above 100 for a lot of it and it doesn't cool off appreciably at night. Nobody would vacation here for fun in the summer unless they had to.

It absolutely matters. 110 in the shade is tolerable. 120 is an oven. Ten degrees makes a diff

No it really doesn't. You are not going to go golf, hike, run, swim, etc if its only 110 instead of 120. I have to watch a kid swim, while I'm in the shade, several days a week for 45 minutes. We're outside, in the shade, and it's unbearable. Its been about 110 for 2 weeks.

I do golf at 110. 120 I won’t. My kid works at Dutch Bros. At 110 they still work outside in the drive thru in 5 min shifts. At 115 they go inside. 5 degrees makes a difference.

Ok. There's a reason it's low season right now and nobody is sitting outside for dinner. The vast majority of people don't care if its 110 or 120. They aren't hanging out in Scottsdale/Phoenix for the summer. The rest of us just suck it up because we live here. Like people in Minnesota in January. [/b]It's still not a good time to visit[b].

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I absolutely agree. No one comes to AZ in August. I would love to be elsewhere but my kid starts school Aug 10.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different places! If you are within 3 miles of the coast in LA you probably won't even need air conditioning. Arizona will be a blazing hot hellscape.

Is this accurate ? Hard to believe that one could be this far from the coast & not need a/c.

We lived in Santa Monica for 5 yrs. no AC in the house. Only needed it one week when it was around 80 F during the evenings. The rest of the time, not at all.

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Don't go to Arizona. You won't be able to do anything you'll fry.

But coastal CA is a good idea.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't go to Arizona. You won't be able to do anything you'll fry.

But coastal CA is a good idea.

Funny how millions of people live there and are able to do things in August.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't go to Arizona. You won't be able to do anything you'll fry.

But coastal CA is a good idea.

Funny how millions of people live there and are able to do things in August.

But mostly indoors. Like visiting the midwest in the winter. Is that how you want to spend your summer vacation? Off peak is summer, peak is spring.