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hsmamato2 · 12-29-2010, 01:12 PM

Hello all- I just discovered these forums last night!

we're we're thinking of a trip out west next fall- and I am completley LOST just thinking about it! I have read some here,and already am learning,but I guess an intital question is....what is a good season to visit? i.e. grand canyon,disneyland, vegas or Phoenix...etc. was thinking early fall type of trip.....but I'm so unfamiliar with all things west!

skiingfast · 12-29-2010, 02:27 PM

Fall is really hot in LA. But better in the inland desert. It's a bit of give and take.

pinktink83 · 01-02-2011, 04:29 PM

Really hot in LA? I don't think its ever really hot in LA, lol!

There's always a nice ocean breeze! Of course, I live in Phx, so its all relative I suppose.

Aug/Sept is still very hot in Phx...90s-110s. Oct/Nov/Dec starts to cool off...80s-90s, 70s if we're lucky. By Jan the monsoons have started up again so its cools down a lot...60s-70s! Yay! :D Vegas weather will be similar. Both are deserts.

Grand Canyon/Northern AZ is a completely different story. Its up in the pines/mountains so its very cool there. By Sept its cooled off nicely, and by Dec there's usually snow.

So a good month would be Sept/Oct. Warm enough to do the beach thing in LA, but cool enough in Phx to not completely melt, and gorgeous in Northern AZ, but no snow to mess with!

skiingfast · 01-02-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pinktink83

Really hot in LA? I don't think its ever really hot in LA, lol!

There's always a nice ocean breeze! Of course, I live in Phx, so its all relative I suppose.

Yes, LA basin is warmest in the fall as the heat comes east from the desert not from the ocean. At this time it is cooling elsewhere.

12-29-2010, 01:12 PM	#1
hsmamato2 Tink in Training-Good Girl,Bad temper Little house on the prairie was the HEIGHT of t.v Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,684	trip West- seasons? Hello all- I just discovered these forums last night! we're we're thinking of a trip out west next fall- and I am completley LOST just thinking about it! I have read some here,and already am learning,but I guess an intital question is....what is a good season to visit? i.e. grand canyon,disneyland, vegas or Phoenix...etc. was thinking early fall type of trip.....but I'm so unfamiliar with all things west!

01-02-2011, 04:29 PM	#3
pinktink83 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 652	Really hot in LA? I don't think its ever really hot in LA, lol! There's always a nice ocean breeze! Of course, I live in Phx, so its all relative I suppose. Aug/Sept is still very hot in Phx...90s-110s. Oct/Nov/Dec starts to cool off...80s-90s, 70s if we're lucky. By Jan the monsoons have started up again so its cools down a lot...60s-70s! Yay! :D Vegas weather will be similar. Both are deserts. Grand Canyon/Northern AZ is a completely different story. Its up in the pines/mountains so its very cool there. By Sept its cooled off nicely, and by Dec there's usually snow. So a good month would be Sept/Oct. Warm enough to do the beach thing in LA, but cool enough in Phx to not completely melt, and gorgeous in Northern AZ, but no snow to mess with! __________________ DH PinkTink83 DS11 DD9 DS DD3 Disneyland (CA) 5/06: 1st w/ kids! {Trip report} SeaWorld 8/07: 1st w/ kids! {Trip report} Disneyland (CA) 10/08: 1st Halloween! Daddy/Son Legoland 5/09 Mommy/Daughter American Girl Place LA 1/11{Trip report} Disneyland (CA) 11/11: 1st Christmas! *Disneyland (CA) 1/13: Carsland!

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12-29-2010, 02:27 PM	#2
skiingfast Has had no bacon Skiing fast to chocolate But, will he succeed? Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Drive to DL, Fly to WDW Posts: 28,456	Fall is really hot in LA. But better in the inland desert. It's a bit of give and take.