arizona: I am looking to move from hot and humid Long Island to Arizona soon. I have osteoarthritis and my son has respiratory problems. I have lived on Long Island for 44 years and I am so tired of our short summers,high humidity,and tired of my damp smelling basement,automobiles which can get "salt-pitted" mirrors,etc. I want to move out west to a much drier state.|||May I suggest you consider a few alternatives. While the desert is noted for it's low humidity, it is also known for it's very high temperatures. I have lived in both areas that are humid and deserts and people who move from an area that does not have high temperatures like coastal New York find they do not like the long hot summer temperatures of the desert such as Yuma, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and other desert locations where low temperatures during the night can often be in the 90s. Higher elevation locations which are nearly as dry but cooler could be more acceptable and worth considering as well. They may not be as large of a city or have the conveniences that you may be used to (I don't know how much value you place in being in or near a large metropolitan area.) but have a climate that may be both beneficial and not as extremely hot. Flagstaff, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Santa Fe, NM, are possibilities. If you really like mountain coolness and don't mind the elevation problems (most people acclimate within a week or two) then I would look even higher, but smaller towns like Ruidoso, or Cloudcroft in NM or Show Low (Love that name and how it got that name.) in AZ. Just a suggestion, don't want you moving to an area that you end up hating like some do. Good Luck on your choice. Choose carefully because moving again is very difficult.|||If you don't want to deal with the hot summers in Arizona but still want low humidity, you can also try southern New Mexico. It's in a different desert than and while it can get hot in the summer, it doesn't get as hot as Arizona. That's because the elevation in on average higher. The nights can cool off quite a bit, especially in the mountain areas. I noticed a previous poster mentioned Ruidoso and Cloudcroft. They are in the mountains but because of their more southerly latitude, their winters are relatively mild. Even though they don't have large populations, they are very popular with tourists. The humidity can get into the single digits, especially in the winter. The lowest humidity I've ever seen here is 1%.|||Palm Springs California is hot but dry except when a subtropical air mass moves in from the east as it does a few times a summer. But remember this air mass also moves into Arizona and New Mexico. Currently at 3PM in Palm Springs the temp is 106 and the humidity is 10% Phoenix weather is 102 and the humidity is 18%, Albuquerque is 72 degrees and 68% humidity with scattered thunderstorms.|||Any of the cities in southern arizona are fine. They are the least humid in the country. Phoenix is 50% to 23% Yuma is 52% to 22% Tucson is 52-25% Or Las Vegas is the least humid in the entire country 39-21%