It's almost worth the cold winters to pay for the moderate summers here in Michigan. Mid-Michigan gets an average of 6 days per year where it gets 90F or above. For the most part, summer is perfect riding weather. Many years ago, my (former) employer sent me to S. California for training -- every August. In the upper valleys east of LA it got 112-115F every day. I hated it, but I learned to deal with it.