It's not so much the cold or heat it's the fluctuations between the two that cause me the most pain and stiffness. Fall and Spring are rough.

When diagnosed, I lived in Minnesota and the cooler/cold weather seemed to be better. However as time passed it did not help at all. I moved to Texas partially for this reason. More of a moderate temp. Range without spikes between hot and cold weather. I know people who moved to Arizona however that did not help them with the drier heat. It affects us all so differently it is hard to say heat or cold is better.

Same here. Extreme cold and extreme heat nail me with pain and just plain exhaustion. Also, the variations in temperatures from beautiful days to cold nights are difficult for me. I am lucky in that I can spend my winters in Arizona where I do feel better most of the time and the rest of the year I'm in Chicago so I don't have to deal with the intense Arizona heat in the summer. Everyone reacts differently and since my RA diagnosis (well before the actual diagnosis) nowhere was good for me. But I do like being in AZ for four months and noit having to deal with the intense cold of Chicago winters. And winter used to be my favorite season.

Wow that really answers my question in so many ways! Thank you everyone! I now realize that Ohios fuctuations have a lot to do with my pain days. The heat still bothers me more, but Ohio usually has high humidity too in summer. We can go from 50 degrees to 80 and then right back down again in spring and fall. I do best betweeen 45-65.

Dry cold Is fine with me. Worst hot and muggy rain pouring down is mainly fine too