It's 84º with 42% humidity and it feels hot, sticky and miserable.

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Svnla
Down here in the deep South, upper 90's temperature and mid 90's humidity are normal in the summer. Heat index = temperature + humidity = Miserable.

AC is not a luxury but necessary.

I don't know how people survive before electricity and AC.

It really isn't that bad. It is certainly nice to have AC, but it is far from necessary.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

It's 84F with 40% humidity here in Indiana right now and this is kind of normal

 

[KillerCharlie]

OP is a pansy when it comes to weather. I just moved to the northwest from a brutal north midwestern climate. The local Seattle weatherman has a term for people living in the northwest US - "Northwest Weather Wusses."

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Svnla
Down here in the deep South, upper 90's temperature and mid 90's humidity are normal in the summer. Heat index = temperature + humidity = Miserable.

AC is not a luxury but necessary.

I don't know how people survive before electricity and AC.

It really isn't that bad. It is certainly nice to have AC, but it is far from necessary.

Sure, if you were born there and are completely acclimated. As for me... No thanks. I'll stay here in the Bay Area, where it's 78F and 52% humidity. It's an absolutely beautiful day today.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
OP is a pansy when it comes to weather. I just moved to the northwest from a brutal north midwestern climate. The local Seattle weatherman has a term for people living in the northwest US - "Northwest Weather Wusses."

I've been in places with this kind of weather for most of my life and it's still not something I'm used to nor do I see myself getting used to it.

Not only that, but days like this in Seattle (from my understanding) aren't the norm and so why do you think they are pansies if they are being exposed to something they aren't used to?

If I could have it my way, it would be a bit more dry.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Hah, 42% is nothing.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

It's 78% here

 

[FoBoT]

you get used to it, after a while

or you move back to the PacNWest

our summer has been decent, no more than about a week at a time of 90F+ 90%+
nothing really bad like the last 2 years

and the corn is getting enough rain, no draught

 

[illusion88]

http://www.weather.com/outlook...4121?from=recentsearch

110 with 10% humidity. Ahhh... desert heat. We get 16.5 inches of rain each year, and 62 inches of snow. The mountains get about 500 though....

 

[biff 24 2000]

Here in Okinawa its 5:20am its 82F and 90% humidity

 

[sandorski]

25c, 57%...not bad here. Little warmer than I prefer, but better than the 35c of 5 days ago.

 

[Vonkhan]

NYC summers pwn j00

 

[Eli]

That was exactly my point, guys. 42% sounds low, but it feels miserable compared to what we're used to. Usually when it's in the 80s and 90s here, the humidity is in the lower 20s or teens.

 

[Regs]

NJ is its about the same. Maybe 89 degrees with about 42% humidity. There is no breeze and the sun is beaming UV rays. The air is just thick.

 

[bignateyk]

Quit your bitching. I'm stuck in yuma, az for 2 weeks. Last week it was close to 120 degrees. Whoever said that dry heat out west is alot nicer than humid but lower temperature in the east needs a swift kick in the groin.

I'd take 90 with 50% humidity over 120 with 10% humidity any day of the week.

 

[invidia]

AC in the deep south is pretty much a neccessity. Try sleeping thru the summer with no AC at 80-85F nights with 95% humidity.


Anything below 60F is considered freezing to me.

 

[jiggahertz]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Quit your bitching. I'm stuck in yuma, az for 2 weeks. Last week it was close to 120 degrees. Whoever said that dry heat out west is alot nicer than humid but lower temperature in the east needs a swift kick in the groin.

I'd take 90 with 50% humidity over 120 with 10% humidity any day of the week.

Lemme guess, YPG?

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Where I am we had a temp of 98 with 72% humidity.. It's never fun here in the summer.

QFT, humidity of only 42% would be a godsend.

 

[Fenixgoon]

93 @ 39% humidity, currently, where i live

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Quit your bitching. I'm stuck in yuma, az for 2 weeks. Last week it was close to 120 degrees. Whoever said that dry heat out west is alot nicer than humid but lower temperature in the east needs a swift kick in the groin.

I'd take 90 with 50% humidity over 120 with 10% humidity any day of the week.

Lemme guess, YPG?

yep.

 

[SludgeFactory]

People like to boast about all these mid-90/90 days in the South, but that just doesn't happen. 95 deg and 95% relative humidity gives you a heat index of 153 deg. I'm not sure what that would feel like, but I think you walk outside and fall over dead after about 3 steps.

When the temp gets into the 90's (even the 80's) down here in the Gulf states, the moisture content of the air can't rise enough to keep it completely saturated. I've lived in Louisiana most of my life, it's uncommon to go much above an 80 deg dewpoint (which would be 100% humidity at 80 deg) at any point of the year. On the worst hell-days, where the heat index is like 116, the temp might be 100 and the relative humidity at 50%. That's an awful, hideous amount of moisture in the air that's oppressive and stifling, but it doesn't "sound" impressive if you don't account for how the air can hold more and more moisture as it gets hotter.

I suppose somebody who's spent time in the Persian Gulf will come in here and trump whatever griping we can muster on this subject.

 

[EGGO]

42%? How I'd love that. Usually, I'd have to wait until the thunderstorms come in.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: Eli
That was exactly my point, guys. 42% sounds low, but it feels miserable compared to what we're used to. Usually when it's in the 80s and 90s here, the humidity is in the lower 20s or teens.

When I lived in Atlanta and it was 96 deg and whatever humidity (probably low 40's that day), my friend from San Diego was absolutely miserable while I was thinking this isn't all that bad compared to Louisiana, heh.

But you don't ever "get used to" that 100 deg, 50% RH, 115+ heat index type of day that I mentioned earlier. You deal with it, bitch about it with the coworkers, and go about your business. To me, the real slap in the face is the way that it doesn't cool down at night for most of the summer. The temps pull back down to high 70's/low 80's, but the moisture content of the air barely drops, so then you've got near 100% humidity all night. It feels like ass outside at 3 AM.

 

[jiggahertz]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Quit your bitching. I'm stuck in yuma, az for 2 weeks. Last week it was close to 120 degrees. Whoever said that dry heat out west is alot nicer than humid but lower temperature in the east needs a swift kick in the groin.

I'd take 90 with 50% humidity over 120 with 10% humidity any day of the week.

Lemme guess, YPG?

yep.

Good luck with that, spent a week there about a month ago when temps were around 110. I preferred it to lower temps and higher humidity. Luckily I spent most of the time in the A/C of the RV.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Quit your bitching. I'm stuck in yuma, az for 2 weeks. Last week it was close to 120 degrees. Whoever said that dry heat out west is alot nicer than humid but lower temperature in the east needs a swift kick in the groin.

I'd take 90 with 50% humidity over 120 with 10% humidity any day of the week.

hehe, i think 120f is an exception to that rule/saying. Although, just think how bad that would be with moe Humidity! Oy vey!! :Q