Additionally, the Texas Eagle provides services to and from Chicago. Yuma is served by Amtrak via its triweekly Sunset Limited route between New Orleans and Los Angeles. The nearest full service airports are in: It is regional airport served by American Eagle, providing service with Phoenix Sky Harbor and Dallas-Fort Worth airports. Route 95 (US 95) runs from the Arizona-Sonora border in San Luis south of Yuma, and north to Quartzsite, Kingman, crossing over the Colorado River by Hoover Dam and into Nevada, to Las Vegas and beyond. Interstate 8 terminates at the junction with Interstate 10 at Casa Grande, between Phoenix and Tucson. Yuma is at the mid-point of Interstate 8, half way between San Diego and Casa Grande, each about 170 mi (270 km), about a 2 hour 45 minute drive from Yuma.Yuma County grows 90% of all leafy vegetables in the U.S.Īside from agriculture and tourism, there also is a large military presence, rounding out the top three industries for Yuma.Ī number of movies have been shot in the area, most utilizing the desert landscapes. The Yuma area grows over 175 types of crops, ranging from citrus, alfalfa, cotton, wheat and other grains, dates - and the largest of which is lettuce. The weather makes it a draw for out-of-state visitors and temporary winter residents (called 'snow birds') and a year-round agricultural center.

Mix in tropical storm (Hurricane Nora, 1997), rare dusting of snow (Dec 1932, Jan 1937, Dec 1967) and along a fault zone (the Algodones fault zone in the Yuma Desert record magnitude 7.1 in 1915), and it's not much of a stretch to claim that Yuma is a place of extremes.

Within the U.S., perhaps only Death Valley rivals it for extreme weather.

Yuma bills itself as the 'Sunniest City on Earth', with weather (and weather records) to match: of any populated place in the contiguous United States, Yuma is the driest, the sunniest, and the least humid, has the lowest frequency of precipitation, and has the highest number of days per year – 175 – with a daily high temperature of 90 ☏ (32 ☌) or above.

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