Besides south Fla, Where is it warm???

Right now, this minute, I doubt that there are many places better than the RGV. The wind is down and headed for 74 cloudy degrees today. Be quick though, rain and 54 degrees for a high this Friday.

Lots of great answers!

To clarify, my question was really about Right Now. With the arctic blasts and different weather patterns this year, the norm ain't holding true this year.

Love Yuma, Tucson, Quartzsite, San Diego, Parker, Lake Havasu, but due to my brothers wedding headed south this year. Just left south Florida to Keaton Beach where its in the mid 60's.

Not wanting to head back south, looking for the next spot....

A long time ago, I asked an older fellow in a truck camper where he lived. He replied, "Wherever it is 75 degrees". That has been my goal every since. Another buddy said he wanted to get a generator to run his AC. Andy told him that was the dumbest thing he ever heard. "Just go where you don't need AC", was his advice. Makes sense to me.

Without a doubt warm/cold are very subjective words. I do know I can't just sit inside a 300 square foot RV all day with the furnace running or even the AC for that matter. RV'ing is so much nicer when you can spend time outside exploring, reading, working, visiting.

I do know the longer we're doing this RV snowbird thing the warmer we want it. If that's ageing, or blood thinning who knows. 60/70's use to feel nice, now it's 70/80's. Lows of 40/50's for hours on end just don't cut it anymore like it use too.

pjsky wrote:
Yuma AZ has the warmest yearly average temperature in the continental USA.

To include the summer months doesn't help Snowbirds much. I only care about Dec-Mar averages. I have heard that Yuma is one of the fastest growing cities in the country, there might be a connection.

Actually I find weather historical statistics very important to understanding what kind of weather to expect.

The temperature trend he mentioned is typical of all desert areas. They cool off rapidly as the sun reaches a point about an hour before sundown.

That makes desert areas much better in the summer than damp areas which heavy vegetation in the summer. Because you get cool nights, rather than suffering with heat and humidity when never get better at night.

But everyone has to remember that historical temps are averages. Every place in this country can get freezing weather if the conditions are right. True southern FL is least likely to have it - and if freezing weather occurs - it will not last as long there as anyplace else.

As I've said - it all depends upon your goal.

My personal goal is to avoid freezing temps if possible. We got into a camp hosting position in Nov and Dec, which was colder than historical averages this year. We had four days/ nights down to 19 degrees. We only had three days when the temps did not get above freezing. Some ice and some snow.

I was very happy with my 'entry level' TT staying in the low-mid 70s internal temps all the time. I was prepared for cold weather and never had any problems keeping the water flowing. Never worried about my tanks and water lines.

We were outside every day. Actually we have been healthier this winter than when we were living in the S&B where we wouldn't go out.

But, we are moving farther south for next winter.

It all depends upon what a person want. Frankly, I would not want to be somewhere where I had to run the AC in the winter.

GoPackGo wrote:

* I lived in Florida for over 15 years but I'm spending my first winter in Arizona this year and the main difference I notice, compared to Florida, is that it gets much colder at night here. It's nice during the day, especially with all that sunlight, but the temps drop like a rock starting at sunset, and end up going lower.

A statement like the above might not mean much if you have a S&B (or park model) for a winter place, but in a RV it sure can. It starts off with everyone calling it an early night in the park and heading back to their RV (happy hour.) Then it is a chilly cooking experience in front of the grill for supper. Then it's attempting to heat a poorly insulated RV during the evening TV hours (then into the night.) Then it carry's onto the morning and when it gets warm enough to leave your 300 square foot cocoon. Can it be done, sure it can, just make sure you're not paying too much for the experience if you're in an RV.

So not only should a place be warm, but the number of hours in a day it's warm is important to a RV'er. That's why weather statistics are pretty much worthless when it comes to solely judging the quality of life for an RV'er. A high of 70 means nothing if it is only for one hour.

Yuma AZ has the warmest yearly average temperature in the continental USA.

I think that you will find that it is generally warmer in southern Florida then any other part of the country on a daily basis during the winter. Of course there are ups and downs, but southern Florida will be consistently warmer.

Most will say that you want to be south of Orlando to be warm. I would also say that when you get south of Port Charlotte it is another zone warmer then Orlando.

* I lived in Florida for over 15 years but I'm spending my first winter in Arizona this year and the main difference I notice, compared to Florida, is that it gets much colder at night here. It's nice during the day, especially with all that sunlight, but the temps drop like a rock starting at sunset, and end up going lower.

Tim

silversand wrote:
50f warmer than our location here this month would be 46f. 50f warmer than our February temps here would be a dismal 42f. No where near warm...not even close.

I suppose if one lived in the Mid Atlantic, 50f warmer in winter would be borderline acceptable. So, the ~70% (the rest of the snowbirds living north of the mid Atlantic states) living in the 13 coldest states in the US would be MIGHTY disappointed spending their winters in a place merely 50f warmer!

Fifty degrees is noticeable to most of us. January's highs in the Midwest (where an awful lot of Snowbirds come from) average in the lower thirties. 30+50=warm enough for many of us.