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When I was young, in 1978, I went to the US. Hess Open in Phoenix, in August. It blew my mind, how hot it was. Then in 1998 my wife and I moved to Arizona, but in a cooler spot two hours north of Phoenix in the mountains. Love Arizona after we lived in a crowded beach town in California.

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We spent 25 years in Prescott, which is 1.5 hrs NW of PHX, and is at 5000+ ft. Due N. a couple of hours, Flagstaff 7000ft. We thought that the weather in Prescott was fantastic: 4 seasons, half dozen 2 day blizzards that melted in 3 days, and July-Sept monsoons keeping the highs under 90F. Flagstaff OTOH, brrrrr. True fact: in late spring early summer Flagstaff is occasionally the coldest place in the US (outside AK).

Most people don't realize that Phoenix and Tucson, where nearly all the people are, are not at all like the 2/3 of the rest N and E.

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