Any outdoor plant needs a minimum of 6-7 hours of direct sunlight, preferably the morning thru middle of the the day portion. Of course the more sunlight the better. As for the climate you would need to have the first day of frost minimum at the end of October so that your plant has time to finish. The other outdoor challenges are bugs and molds. If during summer you see lots of small white butterflies flying in August you have to treat with BT or spinosad every 10 days. Due to caterpillars that will eat and poo all over your buds. Depending on the amount of rain in your area powdery mildew and bud rot could be problems.
I'm currently working on a series of posts about disease and plague prevention for growing our sacred plant. I will put more details there and share it with you and steemit once it's ready