Kingman is a medium sized town (population around 40,000) in the north-western corner of Arizona, on old Route 66 (and modern IH-40) - large enough to have a Wal-Mart but small enough to find your way around with no problem. Kingman is far enough west to be central to a lot of the United States that we love - a good starting place for travel - and far enough south that the winters are very mild.
East of Kingman is the Grand Canyon (170 miles) and the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest (250 miles). South of Kingman is Phoenix ( S.E. 185 miles) and the London Bridge at Lake Havasu City (S.W. 57 miles). 
North and west of Kingman is Hoover Dam/Lake Mead (75 miles) and Las Vegas (103 miles) and Death Valley is about another 100 miles beyond Las Vegas. In the winter you can drive to a ski resort in under 4 hours or sunbathe on a beach on Lake Mead in under 3 hours. Or do both on the same day and spend the evening in the casinos in Las Vegas and still sleep in your own bed that night!
Kingman is located in the Hualapai (pronounced WALL-ah-pie) valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai Mountains at an elevation of 3,400 feet. It was founded in the early 1880's by Louis Kingman, a surveyor for the Santa Fe Railroad, and has been the county seat of Mohave County since 1887. It was incorporated in 1952.
The average temperatures and precipitation are given in the table below (which I stole from a Chamber of Commerce handout):
| Month | Daily Max. | Daily Min. | Average Daily Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55.3 | 31.4 | 1.02 |
| February | 59.6 | 31.5 | 1.05 |
| March | 64.7 | 36.5 | 1.06 |
| April | 73.2 | 43.9 | 0.77 |
| May | 82.3 | 50.9 | 0.20 |
| June | 91.3 | 58.4 | 0.14 |
| July | 97.4 | 67.2 | 0.75 |
| August | 94.7 | 65.4 | 1.37 |
| September | 90.6 | 58.2 | 0.69 |
| October | 79.8 | 48.6 | 0.62 |
| November | 66.5 | 38.3 | 0.66 |
| December | 57.5 | 32.6 | 1.02 |
| Year | 76.1 | 47.1 | 9.35 |
They go on to state (in a footnote) that Kingman receives 3.4 inches per year of snow, sleet or hail, based on a 30 year average.
