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Lawton, OK vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 5.6% more rainy days than Lawton.
- Rochester has 27.1% less Sunny Days than Lawton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 11.0% worse than Lawton
 Lawton, OKRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny247  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low27  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 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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