“I think Washington state has the best climate in the country, overall.”
Keep in mind western and eastern WA have entirely different climates. Having lived east of the Cascades my entire life (other than university on the west side), I’ve experienced sort of a symmetrical temperature range here....
Low of -22°F (in 1990s) and high of 122°F (in 2020). Western WA doesn’t seem a range anything like that. And over here, in the Columbia Basin we see 8 inches average annual precipitation, far less than the west side.
Western Washington is probably where I’d like to live. Something rural, but not too far from a large municipality, but not close to the million population city types.
In my life I have seen -25 F several times here in Indiana; and 73F on a Christmas Eve.
I REALLY dont like cold ,especially below 20F.