Give me rain, any day, over a dry, parched, brown countryside, dust, relentless sun, and chapped lips.
I really prefer the climate in New Orleans to many because we get over 60" of rain a year. That is something I'll miss when we move to Missouri, though I think they still get 30-35" of rain a year there. Lots more than in some irrigated desert locations that are now cities and suburbs in drier regions.
Actually, the most perfect weather in the entire planet (of course with the exception of Cuernavaca, Mexico) is in SW Oregon. Where I live we get abot 35 inches of rain a year. All in a few months from late November to early April. Very little (if any snow) Summers are warm but humidity is very low - no bugs- All the beauty of the West without the dessert views. Lots of ponderosa and cedar forests.