Good place in the states for year-round disc golf?

[Peterb]

I'd say SF since we have a great scene and DG 365 days a year. Plus a ridiculously good economy. Then again, we don't need anymore people here and the rent is extremely high. So look elsewhere please ;-)

 

[BirdieMachine]

Albuquerque doesn't have many courses otherwise it would be pretty awesome. Low humidity, little precipitation and temps ranging from mid 40's in winter to upper 80's in summer for avg highs. Pretty awesome weather year round. Too bad they only got like 4 courses.

 

[bobmcnelly]

Here are climate stats for some cities. These are arranged in order by an "index" formula I created from the stats. You may want to create your own index formula based on whatever you feel is important (i.e. some people don't mind excessive heat, some don't mind wind, etc.).

90+, 32-, and Precip are number of days per year. Snow is inches per year. Wind is avg mph.

Rank	90+	32-	Precip	Snow	Wind	Index	Location
1	3	0	35	0	7.5	332.7	LOS ANGELES AP, CA
2	2	7	33	0	6.0	332.5	SANTA BARBARA, CA
3	2	0	42	0	7.0	329.0	SAN DIEGO, CA
5	22	0	31	0	6.2	327.1	LONG BEACH, CA
6	3	17	46	0	6.9	317.4	SANTA MARIA, CA
7	3	2	63	0	10.6	309.9	SAN FRANCISCO AP, CA
8	12	3	96	0.2	11.0	282.5	GALVESTON, TX
9	0	4	119	0.2	6.8	276.8	EUREKA, CA.
10	108	11	37	0	6.4	274.4	BAKERSFIELD, CA
11	25	0	98	0	12.8	274.4	KAHULUI, HI
12	74	16	58	0	7.8	273.5	SACRAMENTO, CA
13	33	0	96	0	11.3	273.2	HONOLULU,HI
14	26	6	105	0	7.8	271.2	APALACHICOLA, FL
15	83	21	52	0	7.5	270.8	STOCKTON, CA
16	108	20	45	0.1	6.4	264.6	FRESNO, CA
17	133	27	26	1.2	9.2	258.3	LAS VEGAS, NV
18	5	27	120	1.9	10.9	257.9	CAPE HATTERAS, NC
19	175	1	17	0	7.8	257.9	YUMA, AZ
20	48	0	109	0	10.9	257.4	KEY WEST, FL
21	57	5	115	0	8.5	248.8	DAYTONA BEACH, FL
22	168	5	36	0	6.2	248.3	PHOENIX, AZ
23	59	15	110	0.2	8.3	246.3	PENSACOLA, FL
24	106	5	77	0	12.0	246.2	CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
25	122	2	73	0	11.3	243.0	BROWNSVILLE, TX
26	75	14	104	0.3	8.4	242.7	LAKE CHARLES, LA
27	63	0	126	0	8.3	241.2	VERO BEACH, FL
28	87	3	106	0	8.3	241.0	TAMPA, FL
29	130	16	62	0.9	9.7	240.9	DEL RIO, TX
30	144	17	53	1.2	8.3	240.7	TUCSON, AZ
31	108	59	49	5.3	8.8	239.5	EL PASO, TX
32	72	12	114	0.2	8.2	238.8	NEW ORLEANS, LA
33	53	32	114	0.7	8.6	237.8	CHARLESTON AP,SC
34	62	0	131	0	9.2	237.5	MIAMI, FL
35	101	63	51	4.6	11.1	237.4	MIDLAND-ODESSA, TX
36	36	48	115	2.1	9.1	237.0	ATLANTA, GA
37	83	14	105	0.3	9.6	236.9	PORT ARTHUR, TX
38	106	10	91	0.1	9.9	236.4	VICTORIA, TX
39	2	29	155	11.4	8.8	236.2	SEATTLE SEA-TAC AP, WA
40	44	40	117	2	8.6	236.2	WILMINGTON, NC
41	100	33	83	4	6.6	236.2	REDDING, CA
42	109	18	85	0.9	8.9	235.8	AUSTIN, TX
43	109	51	59	3.1	10.3	235.1	SAN ANGELO, TX
44	96	50	67	4.6	11.9	235.0	ABILENE, TX
45	70	28	110	0.4	7.7	234.9	SAVANNAH, GA
46	33	51	116	7.8	10.5	234.4	NORFOLK, VA
47	97	37	79	2.6	10.7	234.4	DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX
48	65	0	133	0	9.6	234.2	WEST PALM BEACH, FL
49	113	21	82	0.7	9.1	234.2	SAN ANTONIO, TX
50	81	14	116	0	6.5	233.7	GAINESVILLE, FL
51	51	50	111	2.4	7.3	233.0	ATHENS, GA
52	39	63	111	5.5	7.4	232.1	CHARLOTTE, NC
53	81	15	116	0	7.8	231.9	JACKSONVILLE, FL
54	84	22	110	0.2	7.5	231.1	BATON ROUGE, LA
55	33	84	98	17.1	8.6	230.9	PENDLETON, OR
56	10	40	152	6.5	7.9	230.1	PORTLAND, OR
57	15	54	139	6.4	7.6	229.6	EUGENE, OR
58	109	33	80	1.4	11.1	229.4	WACO, TX
59	37	63	117	6.3	7.0	229.4	GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AP, SC
60	99	18	105	0.4	7.6	228.9	HOUSTON, TX
61	10	77	118	22.7	11.8	228.8	NEW YORK (JFK AP), NY
62	76	39	109	0.5	6.7	228.1	COLUMBUS, GA
63	90	35	99	1.5	8.3	228.1	SHREVEPORT, LA
64	78	39	108	0.4	6.6	227.9	MONTGOMERY, AL
65	74	22	121	0.4	8.8	227.5	MOBILE, AL
66	94	88	55	11.7	8.7	227.5	ROSWELL, NM
67	62	113	61	11	8.9	226.8	ALBUQUERQUE, NM
68	37	68	112	16.6	9.4	226.8	WASHINGTON NAT'L AP, D.C.
69	113	0	112	0	8.0	225.8	FORT MYERS, FL
70	29	80	115	9.1	7.5	225.4	GREENSBORO-WNSTN-SALM-HGHPT,NC
71	106	2	116	0	8.5	225.2	ORLANDO, FL
72	68	75	83	9.5	12.2	225.0	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
73	38	75	113	7.5	7.6	224.8	RALEIGH, NC
74	55	80	101	7.3	4.8	224.6	MEDFORD, OR
75	66	53	111	2.8	6.8	224.4	TUPELO, MS
76	67	53	107	5.1	8.8	224.4	MEMPHIS, TN
77	54	57	117	1.5	7.1	224.3	BIRMINGHAM AP,AL
78	81	92	63	10.2	12.4	223.1	LUBBOCK, TX
79	73	56	104	5.2	7.8	222.8	LITTLE ROCK, AR
80	48	63	118	2.7	7.9	222.7	HUNTSVILLE, AL
81	74	55	107	1.1	6.4	222.7	AUGUSTA,GA
82	80	44	110	0.9	7.4	222.2	MACON, GA
83	7	99	118	22.7	8.9	222.2	ISLIP, NY
84	29	72	127	11.5	6.9	221.8	KNOXVILLE, TN
85	104	64	71	5.8	11.6	221.5	WICHITA FALLS, TX
86	81	51	107	1.2	6.2	221.3	MERIDIAN, MS
87	73	57	109	1.8	6.8	220.4	COLUMBIA, SC
88	16	62	147	6.6	7.0	220.3	SALEM, OR
89	6	98	118	26.2	11.4	220.3	BRIDGEPORT, CT
90	8	97	125	15.2	7.4	220.2	ASHEVILLE, NC
91	82	47	110	1	7.0	220.1	JACKSON, MS
92	23	92	118	18.4	7.1	219.9	LYNCHBURG, VA
93	0	0	200	0	12.5	219.2	LIHUE, HI
94	72	76	91	10	10.2	219.1	TULSA, OK
95	92	34	115	0	6.2	219.1	TALLAHASSEE, FL
96	72	74	97	6.2	7.6	219.1	FORT SMITH, AR
97	33	149	69	24.7	7.1	218.4	YAKIMA, WA
98	42	83	113	13.8	7.7	218.1	RICHMOND, VA
99	27	88	119	23	7.9	218.0	ROANOKE, VA
100	49	71	121	4.3	6.0	217.9	CHATTANOOGA, TN

Great chart! I will most likely reference this whenever I decide to move. Thanks!

 

[Stardoggy]

Yuma, AZ...175 days 90+....oofda.

 

[dreadlock86]

I'd say SF since we have a great scene and DG 365 days a year. Plus a ridiculously good economy. Then again, we don't need anymore people here and the rent is extremely high. So look elsewhere please ;-)

yeah, you also have millions of people and one course. no thanks!

Albuquerque doesn't have many courses otherwise it would be pretty awesome. Low humidity, little precipitation and temps ranging from mid 40's in winter to upper 80's in summer for avg highs. Pretty awesome weather year round. Too bad they only got like 4 courses.

yeah but there are several great courses within a reasonable drive. i'd go to sipapu and taos every other weekend during the summer if i lived there.




as for grodney's list, there are 17 texas cities listed. i can't imagine anyone wanting to live in more than like 3 or 4 of them, especially disc golfers.

 

[scarpfish]

Food for thought. Places with good weather are also places that often have a lot of people. Places with a lot of people tend to have high land values. Places with high land values tend not to have as many courses in relation to the number of people who will be using them. San Diego comes to mind.

I honestly don't think I would have been turned on to this game so much if I were introduced to it in an area where courses are constantly crowded. I'll accept a little winter weather for plentiful courses that I can finish playing in the same amount of time I might be standing in line elsewhere.

 

[Stardoggy]

Food for thought. Places with good weather are also places that often have a lot of people. Places with a lot of people tend to have high land values. Places with high land values tend not to have as many courses in relation to the number of people who will be using them. San Diego comes to mind.

I honestly don't think I would have been turned on to this game so much if I were introduced to it in an area where courses are constantly crowded. I'll accept a little winter weather for plentiful courses that I can finish playing in the same amount of time I might be standing in line elsewhere.

:clap::clap::clap:

 

[ambroze]

My guess would be the Tampa/Clearwater/Ft. Myers area. There looks to be a lot of course in that area including Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale.

 

[dreadlock86]

Food for thought. Places with good weather are also places that often have a lot of people. Places with a lot of people tend to have high land values. Places with high land values tend not to have as many courses in relation to the number of people who will be using them. San Diego comes to mind.

I honestly don't think I would have been turned on to this game so much if I were introduced to it in an area where courses are constantly crowded. I'll accept a little winter weather for plentiful courses that I can finish playing in the same amount of time I might be standing in line elsewhere.

:thmbup::thmbup::thmbup:

 

[Peterb]

yeah, you also have millions of people and one course. no thanks!

Fact. GGP is WAY too crowded and there's little liklihood of any new courses any time soon. Best to move somewhere else. One place to check out would be the central valley. From Bakersfield to Redding there is excellent golf, great scenes, not too many people, and only occasionally temps where its too hot for golf. Oh and its cheap to live there relatively.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

^For suuuuure. Last place on earth i'd live for DG. Takes an hour just to get a few blocks across town

 

[tom12003]

It's infrequent for Charlotte to have days below freezing, but I played this weekend when it was 28 degrees. Nightime lows and mornings during the winter are frequently below 32. Summers can be bad. Two or three years ago we had almost 2 weeks straight where the highs were over or close to 100, but that was unusual. Low to mid 90s for a high isn't uncommon, but you can always play in the morning to avoid the worst of it. Also humid during the summer.

Charlotte's courses are very wooded with a lot of shade which helps beat the heat during the summer. Renny probably has the least shade and is brutal during hot days, but there are so many to choose from that have 80+% of shade.

 

[3j0hn]

Those numbers for Los Angeles are quite a bit off from what you will experience more inland where most of the courses are. It's definitely +90 more than 6 days a year at the Oak Grove course. It might even have been over 90 at least six days in October last year (and two days in November!).

 

[DerekTonn]

Just as I can't fathom playing at 20ºF, but 105º is very doable to me. I think most people's "normal" is relative.

Was just looking at pictures a few friends of mine took while playing this afternoon here in Minnesota. In -22 F (air temperature, not wind chill). I went for about a mile walk this afternoon too. Didn't think it was terrible, though my ski mask froze to my lips (lol).

Sounds like I'm the opposite of you. 20 F? I might debate just wearing two shirts and a sweatshirt and skip the coat (for more mobility off the tee). But 105 F? If there's any kind of humidity in the air, it sounds as though hell has a disc golf course.

 

[mashnut]

Fact. GGP is WAY too crowded and there's little liklihood of any new courses any time soon. Best to move somewhere else. One place to check out would be the central valley. From Bakersfield to Redding there is excellent golf, great scenes, not too many people, and only occasionally temps where its too hot for golf. Oh and its cheap to live there relatively.

Yeah but that Bakersfield to Redding area has such bad air quality that it's downright unhealthy to spend every day out disc golfing.

 

[Curtis_Valk]

Sounds like I'm the opposite of you. 20 F? I might debate just wearing two shirts and a sweatshirt and skip the coat (for more mobility off the tee). But 105 F? If there's any kind of humidity in the air, it sounds as though hell has a disc golf course.

True we are opposite, but it seems to me that we adapt to whatever climate our locale dishes out. I bet if I was "up there" permanently I'd find a way to cope with 20 degrees and if you were "down here" you'd find a way to cope with 105 and we'd both be fine.

The difference to me is that cold "hurts" and hot is just hot. As long as I make sure to stay hydrated, 110 is not really that different from 95 as far as how I feel. Extreme cold on the other hand affects how I function. Now as far as the humidity that you mentioned, that is a killer. Dallas has a bit of it but it's not too bad. I wilt at 95 degrees when exposed to Florida humidity though.

The comment that was made earlier about "you can always put on more clothes for cold" I find does not work for me. Blue jeans, a tee shirt (or lightweight long sleeve) and a hat work fine for me in the heat up to 118, but I cannot put enough clothes on to stay warm when you're talking temps in the teens. Yes, I worked one week in Piedras Negras, Mexico during a summer mission trip and it was 118 each day.

 

[DerekTonn]

True we are opposite, but it seems to me that we adapt to whatever climate our locale dishes out. I bet if I was "up there" permanently I'd find a way to cope with 20 degrees and if you were "down here" you'd find a way to cope with 105 and we'd both be fine.

The difference to me is that cold "hurts" and hot is just hot. As long as I make sure to stay hydrated, 110 is not really that different from 95 as far as how I feel. Extreme cold on the other hand affects how I function. Now as far as the humidity that you mentioned, that is a killer. Dallas has a bit of it but it's not too bad. I wilt at 95 degrees when exposed to Florida humidity though.

The comment that was made earlier about "you can always put on more clothes for cold" I find does not work for me. Blue jeans, a tee shirt (or lightweight long sleeve) and a hat work fine for me in the heat up to 118, but I cannot put enough clothes on to stay warm when you're talking temps in the teens. Yes, I worked one week in Piedras Negras, Mexico during a summer mission trip and it was 118 each day.

The hardest part of playing in the cold, for me, isn't the cold! I was perfectly fine today walking in -22 F, and even was a bit WARM (in a pair of sweats, a long sleeve t-shirt, a lined coat, ski mask, with a second hat on top of the ski mask, since a LOT of heat is lost through your head). The hardest part, for me, is:

1. Footing. Cold is often accompanied by snow/ice, and if folks have ever played on ice or in deeper snow, they'd agree that it's laughable to directly compare rounds played in it to rounds played without it when estimating round ratings.

2. Range of motion. I prefer to play in shorts and a long sleeve t-shirt. Gives me complete freedom in my X-step, my reach/pull back, and my follow-through. Especially on the tee. I lose at LEAST 40-50 feet in the Winter (due to #1 and needing to wear layers and/or a heavy coat), which is just something you have to get over and swallow a little pride. i.e. Throwing a disc off the tee on a 260 foot hole in the Winter, that I might throw ~325 feet in the Spring, Summer, or Fall.

3. Wet discs. No matter how hard you try, most of your throws in your Winter rounds will be made with wet discs. Being smart about the discs you choose for their grip/tackiness goes a long way. That, and recognizing that as the temperature drops well below freezing, different plastics will take on different characteristics. I use 3-4 discs in the Winter that I just wouldn't throw in the Spring, Summer, and Fall (and vice versa).

I think Minnesota is a *GREAT* year-round place to play disc golf! But a lot of guys wouldn't like having four distinct seasons to deal with. Whereas for me, that's half the fun/challenge.

 

[ThrowinGhost]

Come to the Monterey Bay in California. Got the 4 Worlds courses from 2011 and the weather pretty much stays between 40 and 80 year round.

 

[Stardoggy]

True we are opposite, but it seems to me that we adapt to whatever climate our locale dishes out. I bet if I was "up there" permanently I'd find a way to cope with 20 degrees and if you were "down here" you'd find a way to cope with 105 and we'd both be fine.

The difference to me is that cold "hurts" and hot is just hot. As long as I make sure to stay hydrated, 110 is not really that different from 95 as far as how I feel. Extreme cold on the other hand affects how I function. Now as far as the humidity that you mentioned, that is a killer. Dallas has a bit of it but it's not too bad. I wilt at 95 degrees when exposed to Florida humidity though.

The comment that was made earlier about "you can always put on more clothes for cold" I find does not work for me. Blue jeans, a tee shirt (or lightweight long sleeve) and a hat work fine for me in the heat up to 118, but I cannot put enough clothes on to stay warm when you're talking temps in the teens. Yes, I worked one week in Piedras Negras, Mexico during a summer mission trip and it was 118 each day.

I was in 29 Palms, CA for a year (out in the middle of the desert), and we regularly had 105º+ temps, and I couldn't even imagine wearing jeans in that. Seriously, I'd sweat right through them in five minutes. If it gets over 90º here (of course there is a bit more humidity here), I'm not excited to play. If it's 20º with some wind, I'm fine with it. I can play 4 rounds in that weather, but after 2 in 90º heat, I'm done. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

 

[Questatement]

I was in 29 Palms, CA for a year (out in the middle of the desert), and we regularly had 105º+ temps, and I couldn't even imagine wearing jeans in that. Seriously, I'd sweat right through them in five minutes. If it gets over 90º here (of course there is a bit more humidity here), I'm not excited to play. If it's 20º with some wind, I'm fine with it. I can play 4 rounds in that weather, but after 2 in 90º heat, I'm done. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Try one of the vitamin C powder packs (1000? mg) in the morning before you go out then put another in your water for every 12oz that you drink during the day.

It will make you immune to the heat.