A place with NO severe weather?

[liznboys]

Is there somewhere in the world that doesn't get ANY type of severe weather? No hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, blizzards, flooding, extreme cold, etc... NEVER gets any of it. Does it exist?

 

[BrerLizzie]

*BUZZZZZ* I't's time to wake up now!!! You're dreamin' lol

 

[binny]

Yep! Southern Idaho

Mild winters. almost no tornadoes ( will occaissionly hear of a cow thats been picked up and dumped somewhere though lol) no earthquakes ( at least not in the 50 years) no huge amounts of snow, no hurricanes ( doh ) not much of anything other than the 2 weeks of pretty hot summer taht we get

Come on up

 

[huey duey & luey]

I know Aruba is out of the hurricane area. Not sure about any other natural disasters
Tara

 

[yourtravelpro]

Aruba

 

[Alice28]

We here in Portland, OR get lots o' rain, but rarely severe weather. No hurricanes, no tornados, mild earthquakes, blizzards.....there was a minor flooding a few years ago when one of the rivers peaked, but not horrid and wretched. I think some property was wrecked, but not any deaths. Beautiful summers and the rain keeps things green almost year round. And despite being so far north, it really doesn't get that cold in the winter. It snows maybe once or twice a winter, sticks for a few hours and then melts. (Usually- we have had two bad snow/ice storms the 10 years I have lived here, but I am sure people in the midwest or NE would laugh at the panic Oregonians go into when it snows more than 1/2").

 

[doxdogy]

Wow I know where I am going to retire too. What is the cost of living like up there? Only two weeks of hot summer? I would be in HEAVEN.

Originally posted by binny
Yep! Southern Idaho

Mild winters. almost no tornadoes ( will occaissionly hear of a cow thats been picked up and dumped somewhere though lol) no earthquakes ( at least not in the 50 years) no huge amounts of snow, no hurricanes ( doh ) not much of anything other than the 2 weeks of pretty hot summer taht we get

Come on up

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Originally posted by binny
Yep! Southern Idaho

Mild winters. almost no tornadoes ( will occaissionly hear of a cow thats been picked up and dumped somewhere though lol) no earthquakes ( at least not in the 50 years) no huge amounts of snow, no hurricanes ( doh ) not much of anything other than the 2 weeks of pretty hot summer taht we get

Come on up

They do get fires though because there is no rain.

 

[grinningghost]

In "Perfect". You know that place Walgreen's is always talking about.

 

[LisaZoe]

I was also going to mention the Portland area of Oregon - actually the whole Willamette Valley is very nice. Some areas east of Portland on the Columbia River do get some of the worst of the cold weather we get in the area - and that is mostly a bid deal because we so rarely have to deal with any noticable amount of snow (as Alice28 mentioned, it usually melts quickly).

There is a lot of rain but less than some areas get that people don't think of as rainy. Of course, in those places the rain comes in heavy storms that dump a lot of water and move on while in this area the annual rainfall is spread out over more of the year. The nice thing about that is it keeps things green so we haven't had any forest fires to worry about in decades. This also means that the ecosystem had adapted to dealing with water so flooding is usually only an issue close to rivers and creeks. Even then it is nothing like the midwest sees.

As for heat in summer, we usually don't see really high (upper 90s and over) until late July or early August and they usually end in early September. We don't, though, have the high humidity so many other places (like WDW) get with that heat so it's usually not too bad. For the WDW trip my DD and I took in September, I thought I'd be OK with the heat as we were just getting over our high temps for the summer. However, I had not anticipated just how much the humidty would affect the perceived temperature. We have days here that some might call humid but it was nothing compared to what I felt in WDW.

Now, for those who may wonder, cost of living is higher in the Valley than in other areas of Oregon because of an influx of people moving from other states, mostly California and Washington. Again, though, it's not bad when you look at many parts of the US.

 

[minniecarousel]

If you don't mind an occasional mild earthquake (OK - & if you're around for the once-a-century BIG ONE) California weather is perfect. We get almost no rain in the summer - here in NorCal, we have that "natural air conditioning= fog. I'm a little inland, so it gets hot in the summer, cools down at night & extremely low humidity. I guess it's why I live here!

 

[liznboys]

Interesting!!!

 

[snoopy]

We ocassionally have icy winters, humid summers are the norm, and once we had a freak tornado touch down, but for the most part, the weather is never severe here in Washington, D.C.

 

[Pin Wizard]

According to our tour guide, Aruba. "One happy place!" Or is it "One happy island'?

 

[NMAmy]

One thing I loved about New Mexico--the weather!

Mild winters with some snow but early springs and late fall. Hot summers but no humidity and it cools off the minute the sun goes down. No tornados, no hurricanes, no earthquakes. You do see a lot of wildfires and flash floods though. DD was terrified when we moved to Michigan because she'd seen the movie Twister and was sure that it was just one tornado after another! She still freaks out when the alarm goes off.

Every place has it's problems--you just have to pick what you want to live with.

 

[liznboys]

Originally posted by snoopy
We ocassionally have icy winters, humid summers are the norm, and once we had a freak tornado touch down, but for the most part, the weather is never severe here in Washington, D.C.

What about the blizzards in recent years?! I thought those were pretty severe! LOL

 

[snoopy]

Blizzards? I think the people up north and in the midwest might laugh at what we call blizzards.

I'd suggest a little more south, like North Carolina, for easier winters, but then you have to deal with hurricanes.

Maybe Oregon is the place after all.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Aruba Weather & Climate
In Aruba the newspapers almost never publish a weather report. They don't need to. Around here, "sunny and warm" is not news. With an average rainfall of less than 20 inches a year, an average daytime temperature of 82° Fahrenheit (27° Celsius), a location completely outside the hurricane belt, and the constant cooling influence of the trade winds, Aruba is one of the most temperate islands in the Caribbean. And just as comfortable in July as it is in January.

The difference between median day and night temperatures, and between summer and winter temperatures, is just 3.6°. The rainfall occurs mainly in short showers during November and December.

Aruba's weather in a word -- perfect.

 

[liznboys]

Originally posted by snoopy
Blizzards? I think the people up north and in the midwest might laugh at what we call blizzards.

I'd suggest a little more south, like North Carolina, for easier winters, but then you have to deal with hurricanes.

Maybe Oregon is the place after all.

snoopy-Well....I grew up in Michigan, just to the east of Lake Michigan, so I know a blizzard when I see one. This area (Maryland/D.C.) has had some severe blizzards. Not every year, but a few in the past 10 years.



I'm not looking to move anywhere, I was just curious if such a place existed. I'm interested in weather.

 

[snoopy]

I guess I never really thought of our blizzard here as severe, but when I really think of it, we have had some doozies. I hate winter, I try not think about it too often.