Does a near-perfect weather place exist?
 

Yep, I'm a whiner. I don't want to ride on a given day because it's too hot/humid...or it's pouring rain...most mornings are 80+ degrees with humidity in the 80-90%, blech. I want riding to be fun, not miserable. Back in March, when it was 40 degrees in the AM and 60 in the PM, that was nice commuting weather!

Does anybody here live in a cool, low-humidity area where it doesn't frequently rain? And where is that magical place?

Nice here from about Apr through Sept. Cool mornings, warm, but not hot, in the afternoon. Our 'hot' is 85F. Nov through Mar make us appreciate the nice weather :)

Yes. Around here it gets to 50-60 degrees once the sun's up, and is rarely over 80. It doesn't rain much either.

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Silicon Valley near the San Francisco Bay.

I find that no matter how hot it is in the "real world," it's always cool and breezy on my bike. Last Sunday, I rode 40 miles in 92-degree heat with a real-feel temp over 100. Never even broke a sweat...until I brought the bike to a stop.

My advice is, don't stop.

Coastal California, in particular La Jolla, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco.

Michigan is surprisingly decent during the non-winter months. Low humidity, except for an average of about 21 days a year. For what you'd save on housing costs vs. the above, probably 2/3 less on average, you can own a Florida destination as well. It appears that Tim Allen's Pure Michigan TV ads are working. It was packed up north this week except offshore, with lots of out of state visitors.

Lake Michigan from Harbor Springs, Michigan
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Yep Quebec province. One of the few places in the world where it is getting colder possibly because of climate change. A slight heat wave is coming though. By heat wave one should understand temperatures are going back to historical average temperatures.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...ictions/52012/
http://globalnews.ca/news/1856489/co...ord-in-quebec/
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...-quebec/40394/

I've been wondering the same thing since 1995. I have a whole laundry list of weather characteristics I would want but at this point, after 47 years in Oklahoma, I would settle for someplace where the wind doesn't blow.

Did you forget October through March?

Around here, there are a group of people called "snow birds" who come for the Pacific Northwest summers, then head south for the winter.

When I attended a conference in San Diego, the natives complained that the daytime temp was always in the 70s and they missed having four seasons. Don't know if it's true but I had no sympathy for them

The "banana belt" of Colorado. Low humidity, arid nearly throughout the year, summer temperatures rarely exceed the low 80s. It doesn't rain or snow here frequently. :)

Near perfect weather place does exist. It's called "childhood". Now HTFU and ride! :)

Michigan???? Are you crazy???? You don't suggest Michigan!!!!!!! Hot as hell in the summer here usually and frigid cold in the winter. Mix in Florida like humidity along with some of the worst mosquitos in the world and you have summer here. Temps in the winter often stay in the single digits for weeks at a time. High of 9 for the day? Makes for a hell of a commute to work on two wheels. If you are going to suggest the midwest, either Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, Kentucky, possibly Southern Illinois, Iowa, etc.

BTW - it is currently 66° and 84% humidity. It is only 8:16 am. Gonna be a nice and really humid day here.

Before moving to Colorado Springs in 1992 I grew up in Chicago and lived in Iowa for 12 years so I "feel" ya. Most summers are dry here (10-15% humidity) with late summer temps rarely exceeding 95. Winters are much drier and more mild than the midwest and if it does snow, anything under 4 inches is gone by noon if the sun shines. But there have been wetter, more humid summers, and wetter, snowier winters. Like last summer, winter and again this summer. I finally started riding on rainy days, just to ride which is still not bad since you still dry pretty good in 30% humidity. And I am going to buy studded snow tires for next winter which means, of course, it will end up being dry again so you may want to swing by Colorado Springs and ride this winter. My advice...ride harder, ride faster; build up a real endorphin addiction...that'll keep you riding!

I sure as heck wouldn't suggest that the OP's state, IA, is perfect, there are far worse places to commute in. I grew up in New Orleans and the hot days in IA just don't seem that bad to me. It's all relative.

I just moved my step son out there. I almost didn't come home! I was surprised to find out how little it snows there, but I enjoy a little winter. I suppose I'd always be able to get my fill in the mountains. I miss the snowier winters of my childhood around here and we rarely missed school. Now school is out is they predict snow.

I asked one of the locals how his day was going while it was raining, "Way to wet and cool for July!". The other days out there where paradise though. We managed to fit in a little fun around moving chores:)

Monterey/Carmel, CA, San Diego, CA and Christcrhuch, New Zealand

Even if you move to a place with more moderate temps, I think your body adjusts to the local climate over time just to give you something to gripe about.

Personally I'd never want to live any place that didn't get adequate rainfall at least. At times we just have to put up with less than ideal weather, otherwise the world would be uninhabitable.

But then can you afford to Live there?

Coastal California is the very definition of perfect cycling weather year round. That is why so many pros either came from here or train here off season. Bib shorts and short sleeves, maybe a windbreaker, are all you need.

Oh, but you want quiet rural roads too? Not so much.

As long as you're not too thirsty. (Just steering the pot a little :D)

Does a near-perfect weather place exist?
 

Israel. Very similar climate to SoCal

I tend to rather like St Andrews or Skye (both Scotland). A bit more wind than most might prefer though. Edinburgh is actually quite temperate and less windy.

San Diego, CA; my hometown for 10+ years. Monterey? - You must be joking.

I like the weather in DC. We get all four seasons, and all types of weather, except perhaps drought. Makes you really appreciate the nice days, and suffering through the bad ones is somehow satisfying. Overcoming the elements and all. I think it would really get a bit boring to have "perfect weather" all the time.

Mediterranean and subarctic climates are near the ideal Goldilocks climate. Neither too humid nor too dry. Tropical and arctic climates at the extreme.

People can adapt of course but I suspect most people would be happy with moderate heat and not too much cold.