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For me, Sunny Corner wins out because of its pleasant climate year round with some snowfall. Record highs just touch 35C/95F, virtually the same as Paradise/Mt. Rainier.
Thunder Bay comes a close second, loses out because of the potential for heat in summer (record high 40C/104F). Great most of the time though. Mt. Rainier would be a great place to spend a winter but all that snow would get tiring in the long run. Snowflake, AZ is a total misnomer and summers are too warm, though not too bad by Arizona standards.
When I hear "Thunder Bay" I always think of a very hot and tropical climate with lots of thunderstorms year round like Singapore. Then I realise that it's a boreal climate in frigid Canada. Yuck.
Thunder Bay by far, being closest to my ideal. Although Mount Rainier has cooler summers and more snow, the winter temperatures are too warm for my taste.
And, Weatherfan2, to be fair Thunder Bay does get thunderstorms in the Summer, although not nearly as often as a tropical place.
Snowflake. Sunny Corner comes in 2nd place as it is much wetter (and presumably much cloudier) than Snowflake.
The winter lows are harsh by my standards (average Jan low is below the record low here) but the winter days probably warm up quickly and have plentiful sunshine. The rest of the year has mean afternoon temps in the 16 - 32 C range. Rather nice, considering.
I get the impression that all these place names are misnomers, with the exception of Mt. Rainier, which is exactly what it says on the tin.
If you mean a rainy place, it's also a misnomer as Mount Rainier gets far more snow than rain.
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