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very nice, desert -joshua trees-hot and dry.

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Yucca Valley: Climate/Economy/Prices - 1/6/2013

Yucca Valley is a unique and mystical environment of amazing natural beauty. It has a small-town vibe, not much traffic, quiet neighborhoods and wide-open spaces, incredible star-filled night skies and sunny days. Summer can be hot: a few days of highs around 110. Increasing humidity is an issue: residents have been complaining that it is more humid than it used to be. In dry heat swamp coolers work well but when it's humid they don't work. Swamp coolers are very inexpensive to run. New HVAC units use less electricity; install solar panels and it's free. I don't like being cooped up inside in the summer: running errands in the morning and going out after 7 is wonderful. But not every day is hot. Anything under 100 is usually acceptable. It can snow in the winter -- this is the high desert, after all. Hawaii it isn't. But if you love the desert expansiveness, it can be heaven. I love it: the feeling here is like no other. Houses are incredibly cheap right now. If you have a way to make a living (jobs aren't plentiful or high-paying)or better yet, if you are retired you could have a very pleasant life in Yucca Valley. [read more...]

bad move if you need to work - 1/13/2012

I moved here for the cheap housing but am working in PS at a minimum wage job and hoping to sell and move away[read more...]

Weather in Yucca Valley - 11/1/2011

Having lived in Yucca Valley for 40 years now, I would like to comment on the climate. I don't know if we (my wife and I) are more sensitive to heat than others, but it seems as if the summers have become increasingly more humid and last longer than years ago. I disagree that it is affordable to cool a home here. For the months of July, August and September, our average electric bill is well over $200 a month. That is keeping the house around 74 degrees. Winters can feel quite cold when the north wind is blowing. The high desert is definitely a land of extremes with wind, high/low temperatures. I think one can have 'desert burnout' after many years of looking at dirt and Joshua trees and miss the beauty that newcomers behold. I still love the wildlife and blue skies.[read more...]

Real Temperature - 1/17/2007

The average July temperature is not 77 degrees, but 100. If the summers were really that cool, the place would be a bustling resort. It's pretty there, however, with a green desert and wonderful views of the San Gorgonio and San Jacinto mountains. The smog rolls in once in a while from LA, then blows out again. Most of the time the air is good and the skies very blue. Yucca is a quiet, laid-back desert community where you can get away from the "real" world and relax...that is, when the ground isn't rocking with earthquakes.[read more...]

Inexpensive for now - 9/12/2006

Housing is relatively inexpensive for California. Its rising quickly as more and more people realize the value of this of this hidden gem.[read more...]

Low cost and close to everything - 5/25/2006

Yucca Valley is located about 30 minutes North of Palm Springs, CA. The cost of housing here is substantially lower than in Palm Springs. During the summer months, the average temp is approximately 20 degrees cooler, but we still enjoy very low humidity. This keeps the cost of cooling homes very low. We are at an altitude of 3500 ft above sea level, so there are great mountain views. Driving times to Las Vegas, San Diego, Disneyland, or Magic Mountain are all about 3 hours.[read more...]

Yucca Valley - 5/12/2006

very nice, desert -joshua trees-hot and dry.[read more...]