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Zhenja92 t1_jcv8zq7 wrote

Ellensburg usually has a few really hot weeks in the summer (low 100s in past years, but we have been above 110 at least once a year in recent years). In the winter, lows are typically in the teens or 20s and highs in 20s-40s, but we get at least some sub zero days. We can get up to a few weeks trapped in a fog bank (temperature inversions trap fog over the city, and we are actually colder than Snoqualmie Pass.) Wind is the biggest issue - if you can't stand wind, this is not the community for you. Yakima is lower and typically warmer but also a bit drier. Wind is not as big an issue there. Ellensburg is a big horse community.

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kaucosie OP t1_jcv999y wrote

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking to know. I’m sure even at 110 it’s not nearly as bad as the 100 w/ 98% humidity that I’m getting now (or at least equal)

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Zhenja92 t1_jcvnmi8 wrote

You are right about the heat. It is a very dry heat. Up to about 105, I am fine sitting outside in the shade. I will admit that the few 110+ days we have had in the last few years (never had those before) are pretty incredibly hot, but still nothing like 95 and 95% humidity that I used to get in DC in the summer. In the winter, I don't care about the cold, but I like that (except whe we are in a fog bank) it is generally sunny. I can take cold, but I need my sun.

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kaucosie OP t1_jcw5a2l wrote

Definitely agree. I really don’t mind the cold or wind at all, as long as it’s sunny. I can’t handle humidity in the summer anymore at all, and can’t really go outside after 10am these days. I did a road trip from Cincinnati to Seattle last summer and got my first taste of 100° dry heat, it was amazing.

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