Question for U.S. folks. Does this place exist ?

Question

Is there anywhere in the 48 contiguous states, that is not uncomfortably cold during winter, is not uncomfortably hot in summer and is not at risk from tornados, hurricanes, floods, landslides and forest fires etc ?

Answer 1

If you find this Garden of Eden please let the rest of us know. Depending on what your idea of "uncomfortable" is, I can think of several nice places to go but they're not free of risk from natural disasters. Basically, you just need to be what we Floridians call a "snow bird". You live somewhere up North or the mountains in the Summer months and go South to FL or any of the other Southern states, or the Southwest during the Winter. Then you have perfect weather year round!

Answer 2

Maybe Prescott or Sedona, Arizona. They'll still get fairly cold though in the winter and can even get some snow. Forest fires are a concern there though as is the freak flooding.
A lot of the Pacific Northwest doesn't get too hot or cold, but you have to deal with incessant rain much of the year and frustrating hipsters.
Austin also has a fairly moderate climate and the hurricanes will usually not make it that far inland. There is though, again, flooding and they have periodic droughts with the occasional rash of brush fires.
San Diego is pretty close. But you've got wildfires, possible landslides, and occasional flooding. And, of course, the risk of a tsunami.
Yeah, no perfect place.

Answer 3

Not that I know of. In Buffalo, NY we've been having some hot summers and not that bad of winters. Not like years ago. We made world news with our winters - the Blizzard of 77. That was an experience I can tell you. Now the south-towns get the brunt of the snow. Earth shifting off its axis and all that from what we've been told.

So far we don't suffer from tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, forest fires, landslides, earthquakes, excessive bugs. That's why I stay where I am no matter what happens.

We do get an occasional weird winter storm, or I should say, fall storm like we did last Oct 11th. Very strange.

Answer 4

Vermont gets down in the 20's and teens sometimes in the winter. Not too hot in the summer. Not tornadoes or hurricanes, never seen a landslide here or forest fires, sometimes there can be a flood but only once in while.

Answer 5

Hurricanes eliminates the entire coastal area, going inland a few hundred miles. Floods eliminates anything near any river, especially the big ones. Not too hot in the summer lets out anything south of New England. Not too cold in the winter lets out anything north of Florida. Forest fire lets out anything near woods or brush. I'd say you were out of luck.

I've heard that the California coast is nice, but you have the occassional earthquake and hurricane. The New England coast is nice, but probably too cold in the winter and again, you have the occasional hurricane.

You could try Lake Woebegone.

Answer 6

Asheville, NC

Average high temps in summer are low to mid-80s.
Average low temps in winter are high 20s to low 30s (but that's pretty much only in the middle of the night.)

I've never seen a tornado in Asheville.

Hurricanes occasionally make it through the mountains, but by the time they get to Asheville they are usually just rainstorms.

I'll admit that it floods occasionally, like if there is heavy rain for several weeks in a row and the rivers rise too much for the banks to handle...then some streets occasionally flood. But never the whole city.

Landslides...nope.

Forest fires are a minimal risk because Asheville gets enough rain that most of what would normally burn in a forest fire stays moist, so nothing ever burns long enough to get out of control.

So, anyway...that's pretty close to what you asked for.

Answer 7

Southern California is the closest......San Diego area. Year round great weather, no tornado's/hurricanes, floods, etc.
Landslides & forest fires.....occasionally, but probably woulnd't effect you at all.
That other person was right also......central Georgia.

Answer 8

Nor anywhere in the world. It is either tropical with the bugs, rains and critters that go along with monsoons, hurricanes etc. Tornados are everywhere. Or you can live in frigidly cold areas. Places in between have all the different weather hazards so go figure--no where is worry free.

Answer 9

No place is immune to all of the above, but San Diego is probably the best of what is available. It is not on a direct fault line, so earthquakes are relatively rare and less severe than the rest of CA.

Answer 10

Northern California. Some places here flood but it never gets too out of hand.
It is uncomfortably expensive, though.