Want perfect weather year-round? This U.S. map shows where to find it.
Yahoo News used data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to calculate the number of days in each county across the United States with nice weather, based on daily climate data from 2022 to 2024. Nice weather is defined as daily maximum temperature staying between 60°F and 85°F and rainfall remaining below 1 mm.
San Diego County in California came the closest to having four seasons of beautiful weather, logging about 330 — or about 11 months — of nice weather days per year. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Aleutians East Borough in Alaska had the fewest nice weather days in a year, just 11. People willing to compromise on rain and temperature ranges may still be able to reach their version of climate perfection outside of the California Coast though. Many counties in Florida boast warm temperatures throughout the year, but there's a rainy season from May through October. People with high heat tolerance may also enjoy Southwestern areas, like Phoenix, where half of the year can reach over 85°F, but winters are rarely cold.
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Washington Post
43 minutes ago
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Confidence: Medium Still hanging on to decent weather Monday and Tuesday. We could see a few more clouds, maybe a stray shower (particularly Tuesday) and a hint more humidity. Highs are a bit warmer, or within a few degrees of 85. Confidence: Medium The rest of next week starts to slowly re-humidify as highs climb from mid-80s toward 90. Thunderstorm chances also return. Confidence: Medium A 13-year-old boy died in Mount Airy, Maryland, after getting trapped in a storm drain during Thursday's flooding storms, according to the Mount Airy Police Department and news reports. Mount Airy received about four inches of rain Thursday afternoon into early evening, one of the highest totals in the region. 'Mount Airy Police and Fire Departments, along with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and other emergency responders, worked tirelessly in an attempt to rescue the individual. 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