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mightbearobot_ t1_iraagpo wrote

Reply to comment by TheDadThatGrills in Where is there the most fall color? [OC] by cremepat

As a former Wisconsinite living in Arizona, I miss this more than anything. So much so, I take 2 days off work just to catch yellow leaves in flagstaff lol

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Kapusta96 t1_irafxzy wrote

Boston guy here who was just in Flagstaff for the first time last week. Of all the things I expected to see on that trip, yellow-orange foliage in Arizona was not among them, but Flagstaff did it!

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mightbearobot_ t1_iraja2c wrote

Southern Arizona and Northern Arizona might as well be 2 completely different states. Not to mention, we have 7 different biomes in AZ!

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Rat-Majesty t1_irbi2rk wrote

Yet somehow, flagstaff is the only place worth visiting.

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MacJeff2018 t1_ircq07e wrote

If you’re into birding, SE Arizona (including the Tucson area) is fantastic.

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Rat-Majesty t1_ird1wyq wrote

Mostly jest. I went to Biosphere2 last year and enjoyed myself.l thoroughly.

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mightbearobot_ t1_irbku2h wrote

You just need to check out more places. Northern AZ is beautiful

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mmarollo t1_irbf743 wrote

Isn't Flagstaff the place with the highest intra-day temperature ranges? Like freezing at night and over 100 in the day at certain times of year?

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mightbearobot_ t1_irbfd37 wrote

It’s at high elevation, about 7k feet so yes, it does experience varying temps. Sometimes as much as 40 degree from low to high in a day. I’m not sure where it stands nationally among all cities, but it does have a wide temp range usually

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Whydmer t1_ircowve wrote

Flagstaff can go from freezing Temps at night in early June to highs in the mid 90's in late June. (night time lows can still be in the upper 40's to low 50's) Up until the last 10 years residential properties with AC were almost unheard of.

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Whydmer t1_ircoiye wrote

Flagstaff has never reached 100 degrees. The temp differential is huge during the drier atmospheric times though mid 30's to 80 might be about the extent of the diurnal swing.

Edit: a residential area just outside of the town limits at a slightly lower elevation and down slope from the mountains will hit the very low 100's on the hottest days. It is where 2 large forest fires hit earlier this year. 100°, and windy at 6,800 feet elevation is not comfortable.

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