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Lawton, OK vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 66.7% less rainy days than Lawton.
- Elko has 6.5% less Sunny Days than Lawton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 6.8% worse than Lawton
 Lawton, OKElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny247  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low27  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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