| Yeah that kind of heat is pretty extreme to be sure. Rest assured however that even though those sort of temps are not enormously unusual, neither are they typical. Typical is around 100 or so for the high - HOT to be sure, but actually surprisingly managable (because of the famously low humidity). I'm sure those sunny 65 degree days in mid-January will more than make up for it. We're actually retiring down there as well - though not quite in Tucson. We've bought land out near Benson where it's a little higher and a little cooler. Been to to Tucson in late July and early August (during the summer monsoon) and loved it. Didn't find the heat to be at all hard to take at all - though it was only around 100 or so - rather then the 112 you mention. Ken | 
