AT THEIR BEST IN MAY

 

 

            May is the sunniest month for much of northern Europe and Alaska.  However, it is still spring in those areas, and not yet as warm as it will get in the summer.  For areas that get uncomfortably hot in the summer, May often has the best weather.  This is true for many destinations in Southwestern United States. 

 

          The beach areas listed below are at their best for sightseeing.  Water sports enthusiasts will want to wait for warmer waters in later months.  Both Ireland and Scandinavia are at their sunniest and driest, but by no means their warmest.  As a rule of thumb, you can usually assume that if a place is at its best in a particular month, then the months on either side of the featured month will have pretty good weather too

 

 

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

BERMUDA ISLANDS, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

APACHE COUNTRY, ARIZONA

BOTTOM OF GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT

CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE, NC

CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK RESORT AREA, ARIZONA

CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA

EL PASO, TEXAS

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (ECUADOR), PACIFIC OCEAN

LAKE HAVASU, ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AZ & NV

LORETO NATIONAL PARK, MEXICO

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT

PAINTED DESERT, ARIZONA

PALM SPRINGS RESORT AREA, CALIFORNIA

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN LAKES, ARIZONA

TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA

ULAAN BAATOR, MONGOLIA

WICKENBURG DUDE RANCH COUNTRY, ARIZONA

 

 

 

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Last edited in January of 2010