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Which U.S. state has the most livable, hospitable climate right now?

Asked by Jeruba (55824points) September 9th, 2020
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Not too hot, not too cold, no fires, no floods, no hurricanes, no blizzards, no earthquakes, no drought: is there one?

None is being spared the pandemic nor the economic fallout, and probably not the political madness either; but just environmentally, where is the best place to be right now?

 
You can float on top of a flood, and batten down for a tornado or hurricane, and bundle up for a blizzard and wait it out. But what can you do when the wildfires come and take your breath away?

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Zaku's avatar

I’m going with:

H A W A I I
High 88F, scattered clouds, winds 18 MPH, humidity 46%, and clean air

kritiper's avatar

Oregon.

Jeruba's avatar

Did I forget to mention no volcanoes?

Oregon fires:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/us/us-west-coast-fires-wednesday/index.html

SergeantQueen's avatar

Wisconsin

janbb's avatar

I’m happier in my hurricane prone New Jersey so far than I would be in California or the West. Winters are relatively mild, summers can be hot but not boiling and autumn is usually lovely. We can have a dry summer from time to time but nothing like the droughts of the West.

I’m hoping my kids decide to move out at some point.

Demosthenes's avatar

Reno is pretty perfect right now. Kind of wish I was still there. I was born in Nevada so I’m partial to it, and the southern part is very hot, but northern Nevada can be idyllic. No fires there now, no floods, nice temperatures, although smoke from California fires does make its way over there (but right now it’s nice). I’d rather be there than in the Bay Area right now, that’s for sure.

LostInParadise's avatar

I go along with @janbb, but would include other Mid Atlantic states – New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. These states have relatively mild summers and winters. Not many hurricanes if you stay away from the ocean, no volcanoes, infrequent and small earthquakes, not much likelihood of drought or wildfires.

janbb's avatar

@LostInParadise I’ll agree with that.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@Jeruba only the Big Island has an active volcano, some of the islands it has been millions of years since they had a flowing active volcano in Hawaii.

jca2's avatar

If “right now” means September 9th, then I’d say anything from Maine down to Pennsylvania is probably just about perfect at this present time.

I live in southern NY, not too far from NYC, and the summers are not awful but once in a while we have a really sucky winter, with lots of snow and ice, and for me, that’s getting to be a big of a drag. Maybe one day when I’m retired and don’t have to drive in it, it will be better.

johnpowell's avatar

Two days ago I would have said Oregon.

But right now we have a fire burning two miles away and are being told to prepare to evacuate. A view from our kitchen window taken 60 seconds ago

But two days ago it was 80º, sunny, no humidity, and no bugs. Oregon has delicious summers when we are not on fire.

zenvelo's avatar

Virginia on Chesapeake Bay seems about perfect to me. Or Connecticut.

JLeslie's avatar

Virginia and Maryland. Rarely very crazy hot. Rarely any tornados or earthquakes. Once every 20 years Maryland gets slammed with a very snowy winter. Maryland gets some tropical storm bits and pieces once in a great while, but much less often relative to other states. Most areas there are lots of nice trees that keep you cool from the sun. Virginia is quite cold in the mountains, but it’s a big state, you can steer clear of that.

NorthEast Florida isn’t bad also. Never over 100 degrees, cools off in the winter. Basically, 6 months of springlike weather, 3 months hotter than most people like, but we have air conditioning. The other 3 months more up and down, but mostly good. Near Jacksonville the hurricanes almost never come on shore, they state dents in to the west, and the hurricanes usually go north to North Carolina.

Smashley's avatar

NY if you include a basic, northeastern winter as hospitable. Farther south it’s a pretty mild, actually. Natural disasters do happen here: flooding, hurricanes, blizzards, earthquakes, tornados, but they’re all pretty tame on compared to the states that really deal with them. We dodge the worst of everything. It gets hot, it gets cold, weather can be wild sometimes, but we are spared the extremes that others deal with.

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