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Ridgecrest, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Highlights
- South Lake Tahoe has 331.5% more rainy days than Ridgecrest.
- South Lake Tahoe has 10.8% less Sunny Days than Ridgecrest.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, South Lake Tahoe scores 14.1% worse than Ridgecrest

Climate
 Ridgecrest, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Rainfall52338
 Snowfall014228
 Precipitation2061106
 Sunny279249205
 Avg. July High1038086
 Avg. Jan. Low322122
 Comfort Index (higher=better)7.86.77
 UV Index5.64.84.3
 Elevation229062372443

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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 12 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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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ZIPS IN RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
93555
ZIPS IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA
96150

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