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Ridgecrest, CA vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 98.1% more rainy days than Ridgecrest.
- Elko has 17.2% less Sunny Days than Ridgecrest.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 12.8% worse than Ridgecrest
 Ridgecrest, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  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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