JUST RIGHT Elevation...

When considering the weather, Kingman, Arizona sits in just about the right place and at a good elevation to escape most of the severe conditions surrounding it...
True, it gets hot here, in Summer, but sits high enough to avoid the intolerable heat to the west; Areas like Needles, California and along the Colorado River....

I watch the cars and trucks  coming off the Interstate(I-40) in summer, knowing what a relieve it was for me when I was driving a truck. Up, out of that furnace(120 or so degrees F) to a much cooler temperature. It is like being able to breathe again...
Sitting quite a bit higher than the Colorado River area(Arizona-California line), Kingman is what one might call the cooling off point. From here on east towards Flagstaff, the road continues to climb. Sometimes, by the time one gets to Flag(as we call it), even a jacket may be in order. It cools off quite drastically...

Now, in Winter, the temperatures prove to be just the opposite...
To the west(Needles, California and such), you might find people running around in T-shirts, riding motorcycles back and forth; Things that people in the north would do in Summer...
In the meantime, to our east, Flagstaff, Arizona(much higher than Kingman) is buried in snow and ice.
Once the traffic gets past our town,  the road conditions become very much intolerable and slippery.

While Flagstaff and the interstate highway up there may be treacherous, we seldom have any snow. If we have snow, it (usually) is just enough  to cover the ground...and it is gone in about an hour or so...Not bad at all. I  don't know of anyone around here that even OWNS a pair of snow chains. I can watch the trucks and cars coming  down the hill all covered with snow, but with a light jacket, we just go on about our business, as usual...

At times, I have entertained the idea of moving away from here(just restless) but when my thoughts come back to the weather...Well! I think maybe I should stay where I'm at...