How about a trip to Northern California, northern Nevada, southern Idaho, northern Utah and Western Wyoming, US
A Brief Summary
If you’ve ever seen pictures or heard stories of Western US road trips and wondered if, a) you should try one and, b) when and where to go… yes, and these regions in May, are the answers! Stretching from San Francisco and Sacremento in the far West, through Lake Tahoe, Nevada’s “other” gambling mecca, Reno, through the Lakes of northern Utah, the mountains of southern Idaho and into Wyoming, the scenery is nothing short of spectacular. It’s a lot of driving, but well, well worth it. The huge number of National Parks (Yosemite and Yellowstone being the 2 best-known), are aguably at their best during May when the weather is warm and sunny and the final winter snows are melting, with waterfalls at their strongest, spring flowers at their brightest and the huge aray of wildlife on full show after emerging from the bitter winter cold
Location
About the Weather
A climate of real extremes.. Not just from month to month, but frequently from day to day, especially in spring and Autumn. Summers in this mountainous region are sunny and hot, with 30°c being seen on most days and more than 10 hours sunshine from late May to early Sep. Rainfall in summer comes in the way of heavy showers, often thundery in nature, but ones that soon pass. Temperatures above 40°c do occur, although rarely and nights remain relatively cool. Autumns start as Springs end, warm and sunny by day but with cold nights and conditions that vary from mild and sunny to cold and snowy in very short spaces of time. Spring in particular can see wild changes in weather from bitter cold and heavy snow one day to warm, sunny weather the next, and vice versa. Winters are generally cold, sometimes very cold, however they also have 6-7 hours of sunshine a day still with almost all precipitation being snow, often quite heavy snow. Temperatures in mid-Spring and Autumn are around 13-16°c by day
Travel by Air (from UK)
Direct Flight
Yes
Long Haul
9 hours
(Avg from UK)
Weather Summary
Average Rainfall
(per month)
53.8 mm
Average Sunlight
(per day)
9.3 (hrs)
Average High Temperature
21.9°C
Average Low
5.9°C
Cost of living
On average prices are affordable and reasonable
Alcohol
The legal drinking age is 21+
Crime
Higher crime levels. Caution strongly advised
LGBTQ+
State Dependent
Visas
Visas are required for visitation.
So does that sound good? If so, it’s time to get booking and get out there!
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