The weather websites lie. It was 107° in Cañon City at least one day this week. Whereas in New England, it's all about the humidity, out here it's all about the sun. Perhaps it's because the sun goes through less atmosphere at this altitude, perhaps it's because there are fewer clouds in such a dry climate, but that sun beats down with a fury. Shade is a big deal. I'm just glad I can wear shorts to work now.
The sad part is that much of this sort of misery could be avoided. I lived in Phoenix back in the '70s, and remember seeing all these transplanted New Englanders, Chicagoans and others who just couldn't seem to get it through their heads that they were IN THE DESERT! They'd go driving up I-17 or across I-10, a hundred and more miles from nowhere, with NO WATER. They head up super long, super steep grades, ignoring the "turn your air conditioners OFF" signs, with NO WATER. You see the pattern here.
The City Fathers of Phoenix aren't much help - they plant all this greenery and pump ground water to keep it alive so the desert won't look like a desert. In 50 years (or less) there's probably going to be a giant sinkhole where Phoenix used to be. The developer-idiots have built enough outdoor swimming pools to measurably raise the humidity - no joke when it's 110 degrees - and the air quality is almost as bad as Denver - worse than L.A. If you want to see what a desert city should look like, try Tuscon - nice town.
I remember these flabby old people, mostly women, whining about how they "miss the four seasons." Idiots - who could possibly miss shoveling three feet of wet snow in the dark? Probably how they killed their husbands so they could afford to move to Arizona.
The point is, to survive in the desert you have to learn how to do it - not just go home and hope the A/C is working.
Nobody asked - just my opinion.