“Wish I lived in Texas...are their any illinois-like weather areas in Texas?”
Take from a life-long Texan -
Texas is a land of extremes, for the most part, and if it’s cold or hot or moderate depends on which season of the year it is and whether a “cold-front” has entered the state and how far it gets before it weakens.
In the far north panhandle area it gets much colder and it snows a lot more than in the rest of the state. That would be Amarillo and Lubbock. But when it is hot, they are hot as well. In none of these descriptions would they track with Illinois-like weather. They are described in relation to the rest of Texas, not the midwest.
Dallas-FW, Austin, San Antonio, Houston etc are very humid gigantic cities and the humidity along with seasonal heat can be crushing. When a dry norther blows through DFW it can be beautiful after it warms up a bit. The others don’t typically get a strong norther being too far south, but occasionally even they will briefly get cold.
The most “moderate” climate is along the coast and a bit inland from it. But there snow, and even cold temps are unusual.
People in Texas depend heavily on air conditioners and heating, in season. They adjust their outdoor activities according to the weather at a given moment and they make adjustments as best they can.
I have been to Illinois and a few other midwestern states. I was there in summer and to me it was unbearably hot and humid at that time. We got a bit of relief when cool air dropped down from Canada, during my trip. Otherwise, I found it utterly stifling. There was not a hint of breeze and the humidity was worse than anything I imagined possible.
At that time I was living in relatively dry West Texas, although I was born and lived originally in Fort Worth.
If you want to move to Texas, you will have to make adjustments to Texas and in very little way would it be like Illinois. No matter where in Texas you went. But you might find some days that are hot and humid in one of the cities I mentioned, that would remind you of hot, humid days in Illinois. But what’s good about that??
They are there but you have to hunt for them.
I wish I lived in Texas...can’t stand the heat...are there any Illinois-like weather areas in Texas?>>>>>>>>>>>>>
There are mountains in West Texas in Alpine, they are located in a geographical feature known as the Great Plains.
The Davis Mountains are far less hot than the rest of flat land Texas.
http://www.davis-mountains.com/pages/Davis%20Mountains/davis01.html
well here in st augustine it;s frigging freezing today nad yesterday , we’re in the north east part of FL