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Kingston, WA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 15.5% less rainy days than Kingston.
- Rochester has 18.4% more Sunny Days than Kingston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 11.0% worse than Kingston
 Kingston, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny152  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index2.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Kingston    4 Reviews

My wife, 3 boys and I moved here at the beginning of 2011. Kingston is very quiet, has friendly neighbors, reasonable home prices, nice farmers market, good schools,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Kingston is wetter, windier and cooler than nearby cities. It lies in Puget Sound's 'convergence zone', where weather fronts typically collide. This makes for some  More

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Over 17 years ago

plenty of power outtages during the  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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