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Waynesville, NC vs Alturas, CA

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Highlights
- Alturas has 72.4% less rainy days than Waynesville.
- Alturas has 17.2% more Sunny Days than Waynesville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Alturas scores 5.4% worse than Waynesville
 Waynesville, NCAlturas, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock80106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index4.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock43702443
Reviews for Waynesville    4 Reviews

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

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Over 18 years ago

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

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For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 15 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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