Hot weather and daily life
It's been nice in Phoenix. I've grown to actually like it when it get's hot. Of course the good parts that follow assume you can move past the down side of it being really (really) hot. Luckily this is something most people that live out here figure out how to do after their second summer.
So what's good about it being hot:
Well for one thing, it's less crowded. In the stores, on the roads, in general. If you go out when it's 110+ out, you don't have quite as many people to deal with.
Also it's a really, really nice in the morning. If you get up early, it's unbelievably great out. It's 80 or 90 degrees, very low humidity, the sun is low so there's plenty of dramatic shadows and not a lot of glare. There's also a general bustle of people out and about enjoying the mild temperatures before the day gets going. There's never a cloud in the sky.
The evenings are fun too. Around 7 or so the temperature starts dropping. Not so fast that you can be immediately comfortable outside but fast enough that the real impact of the heat is softened up quite a bit. We're lucky enough to have a pool and this is a great time to jump into it.
You get a lot done around the house during the day. It's too hot to do things outside so you end up enjoying the indoors. It's nice during the summer to catch up on things you meant to do in the house during the winter.
