I envy and admire thru hikers!
that said, I won't be thru hiking any time soon for multiple reasons. I do love to section hike so that's why my post. I know that every season and year is different and that short term weather forecasts always have to be considered, but...
In a perfect world, what time frames are bests for different AT sections, avoiding the worst of snows, black flies, "hiker hoard", hot and muggy weather. My ideal hiking is around 50-70 degrees daytime, 30-50 degrees nite, plenty of water in springs and creeks , no black flies, minimal mosquitoes and ticks, not way crowded hiker highway. I know reality strikes in spite of the best planning and as you can probably tell I've made all these mistakes on my sections before, :/ but...
In a perfect world...