I'd HAPPILY take your 117 with 3% humidity for our 103 with 71% humidity!

Gosh, tough decision for me. The temps in AZ keep folks from doing a lot of things that I enjoy doing and for sure don't like being stuck inside hiding from the temps. Just last week local temps were around 100 degrees F but with the humidity it was 116. I was mowing my yard.
Now, if I was in AZ, I most likely wouldn't have a yard with grass to mow. Not the landscape I like looking at. Thinking I'll keep the grass and adapt.

Whether it's mowing or riding my Valk, I'd prefer to do it during daylight hours and not have to wait till it cools off after dark.

We each make our own choices.
Edited: What I do know is, I'll take either location versus some of the places I've lived in the past with the opposite weather conditions. Snow is a four letter word. No interest in frigid cold temps at all.

Rams