Humid hot weather vs Dry hot weather

[invidia]

It's 79F, with 95% humidity here (3am). Earlier it was around the low 90s with 80-90% humidity. Is this worse than the Las Vegas 120F 5% humidity weather this week?

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Hot, humid weather FTL. I hate it. I prefer a dry heat. :thumbsup:

 

[CKent]

Dry air absorbs more sweat, cooling you off better. Makes sense. I'd rather be in the arctic circle right now, fwiw.

 

[Eli]

I would rather be in 120º with 5-10% humidity than 90º with 100% humidity any day of the year. No contest.

 

[tasmanian]

The difference is like steping into a steam room and steping into a sauna.

 

[invidia]

So I should be complaining about the my Floridian crappy 95% humid weather and not my friends on the West coast and Las Vegas.

 

[Random Variable]

The dew point temperature is a better measurement of the amount of moisture in the air than the relative humidity (which can sometimes be misleading).

A humid 90F can be quite uncomfortable, but a dry 120F literally feels like stepping into a furnace.

 

[shocksyde]

If it's 120 F w/5% humidity, then you can find some shade and be perfectly fine.

If it's 90+ F with 95% humidity, you can find some shade and still sweat your balls off.

No contest.

 

[spaceman]

id rather 90f and dry than 75f and very humid.

 

[Homerboy]

#1 no poll = useless
#2 question doesn't even have to be asked. Common sense.

 

[marleymarl]

I was in Vegas a few days ago and let me tell you, if you're not used to that 120 degree heat and the dryness, it can really fvck you up. Im from the east coast and im STILL recovering from the dust, smoke (from the casinos) and dehydration. When I stepped off the plane and inhaled all that humid air my lungs did a little dance.

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Hot, humid weather FTL. I hate it. I prefer a dry heat. :thumbsup:

QFT

 

[Kelemvor]

It's not the Heat, it's the Humidity!

 

[sdifox]

When you can't sweat, that is when you know you are in trouble.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The dew point temperature is a better measurement of the amount of moisture in the air than the relative humidity (which can sometimes be misleading).

A humid 90F can be quite uncomfortable, but a dry 120F literally feels like stepping into a furnace.

Agreed. 120 degrees is still 120 degrees, humidity or not.

 

[Kelemvor]

Well, 120 was a bit high.. Even 75 degrees with 90% humidity sucks because you just feel gross. It's like you haven't showered in days and are just all sticky and nasty. I'd rather have it hot but dry.

 

[vi edit]

I've lived in the Midwest and I've lived in Phoenix. Dry heats are bearable. You can walk out to the mailbox or from your car to your door without feeling like this swealtering cloud of misery is drapped around your shoulders and you weren't drenched in sweat by the time you got there.

You get in the shade in an arid environment and there is some relief. With humidity the only escape is air conditioning.

That being said, there are certainly some risks with that much heat - you can blister your feet just walking from your lounge chair to the pool. The concrete turns into a griddle waiting to fry something. Your nose and lips dry out and crack. You can get a sunburn in minutes because the UV is so much higher. Car interiors turn into ovens with every possible part a potential burn hazard to your flesh.

120 is still damn hot. No doubt about it. But I prefer it to humidity.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: marleymarl
I was in Vegas a few days ago and let me tell you, if you're not used to that 120 degree heat and the dryness, it can really fvck you up. Im from the east coast and im STILL recovering from the dust, smoke (from the casinos) and dehydration. When I stepped off the plane and inhaled all that humid air my lungs did a little dance.

Haha, I grew up in LV and when I go to the east coast in the summer, I think I'm drowning when I get off the plane.

 

[arcas]

The good thing about the dry heat out west is that swamp coolers work well (basically they're big fans with water misters...the mist evaporates due to the low humidity and cools the air). A swamp cooler just won't work here in the southeast where 70% humidity or higher is common.

I had a buddy who was a forestry student at U. Maine some years ago who wound up taking a summer job with a logging company in Arkansas. After his first day on the job, he sent the following one-line email: "It's 95F and 75% humidity. I'm gonna die."

 

[slsmnaz]

I lived in Phoenix the last 7 years but used to spend my summers growing up in Memphis. I would choose the AZ heat over the Southern humidity any day.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Eli
I would rather be in 120º with 5-10% humidity than 90º with 100% humidity any day of the year. No contest.

Move here

 

[manowar821]

I love both. I'd rather it be humid, though. I like to swim through the air, rather than walk.

I'm serious, too. I love it hot and sticky.

 

[BoomerD]

Yesterday it was 108 here with 17% humidity...Fcking hot...but tolerable. I've lived in places where 100 degrees was like living in a sauna...fcking unbearable. If it's gotta be HOT, then let it be DRY heat instead of WET heat...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Eli
I would rather be in 120º with 5-10% humidity than 90º with 100% humidity any day of the year. No contest.

Move here

Whew, that's rough. I'd still rather be there than anywhere it's 80º+ and 80%+ humidity, though.

I like Oregon's summers. We get desert heat when it does get hot, so typically if it's in the 90s, the humidity is in the teens.

Our all time record high is only 107º.

The 9 months that fall outside of summer leave something to be desired, I guess.. but oh well.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I'm thinking that 80-85 with 50-60% humidity sounds just about right.