IT IS HOT AF HERE
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8/22/2018
You need to know one important thing before moving to Tucson. It's easily 115 degrees throughout the months of June and July. The temp never drops below 80 (at around 4:00 in the morning.) It remains at least 105 from July through September. There is NO LET UP in the heat factor or the insanely bright bright sun that will blaze your retinas out... so you better have really excellent sunglasses and several backups as well.
Now the locals claim there is a monsoon season here. What that means here is that it might rain heavily in one neighborhood of the city for about 20 minutes. It doesnt ever last long and you can bet that wet pavement dries up the instant the rain stops. It doesn't rain often at all, TBH. I've lived in Portland, OR, so I do know real rain. This place does NOT have real rain. And it isnt a monsoon by any means at all.
There will be a lot if static lighting everywhere though, so don't let that kill you.... if the heat hasn't yet. Dont let your pets out, because they will fry from heat and sun, and be dead in the yard within minutes.
I dont know why Tuscon government has not enacted some way to put up cheap shaded parking in grocery store lots. Your car WILL BE at least 200 hundred degrees when you exit the store with your popsicles. So good luck getting them home before they melt. On not exaggerating at all. It's HOT AF HERE.
There are a lot of sad poor poor people on the streets here. A lot of unemployment. Not a whole lot of extra curricular activities.... because its HOT AND BRIGHT AF all the time!
Just dont move here. Save youself!!!
Abster | Tucson, AZ