Try the weather of Yuma, Arizona

Snowy weather arrived early this year in many parts of the world. But for retirees, there’s no reason to endure another winter. Once you’re no longer tied to a job, you are free to spend the coldest winter months in a balmier climate, or you could permanently move to a place with better weather.

Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest city in the United States, with the sun shining an average of 90 percent of the time, according to the National Climatic Data Center. This desert city also has the distinction of being the least humid and having fewer days of precipitation than any other U.S. city.
I t’s a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041.

Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2008 estimated population of the Yuma MSA is 194,322, though more than 85,000 retirees make Yuma their winter residence.

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