Which city feels hotter in the summer? (compared, moving, difference)

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I believe Atlanta probably has a better climate, but people are acting like San Antonio is Houston or New Orleans. Texarkana was hot; Central Texas area has a more milder climate imo.

texarkana is more consistently humid than central texas, but it's summer temps are mostly lower. and it also has more distinct seasons with generally cooler autumns and winters

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I believe Atlanta probably has a better climate, but people are acting like San Antonio is Houston or New Orleans. Texarkana was hot; Central Texas area has a more milder climate imo.

I feel no climate difference between Houston & San Antonio, and to be honest- I actually feel like it's hotter in San Antonio. We have wind cycles coming in from the gulf that alleviates portions of the heat. San Antonio does not have that luxury.

Look at their temperatures, almost identical. My iPhone right now says 88 degree's for both Houston and San Antonio but says San Antonio is very sunny and Houston has clouds. It's that same difference that hits San Antonio a little harder than Houston, IMHO. And they don't get as much rainfall either- which makes the cool down a longer process.

I'm not trying to portray San Antonio to be an oven, especially because it's identical to any Texas city- bad climate when it comes to heat.

It snowed a few times in Houston this past season, it didn't in San Antonio- I remember reading that in a news paper when I was in school at Austin- they predicted it would snow there but it never did because it was too sunny of a weather.

[desert sun]

Im from Albuquerque but now I live in the San Antonio/Austin area, to me the weather in SA feels just as hot as the summers in Albuquerque, just with humidity, but the humidity dosent bother me when the sun is shinning, it just feels hot, just like Albuquerque, ABQ has the blinding intense sun and San Antoinio gets cloud cover often so its not that bad. I was in Atlanta last summer and it wasnt all that bad, it felt more humid than SA but overall not bad, My girlfriend hates hot weather but she actually can handle the weather here in SA better than in ABQ.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by AlGreen

texarkana is more consistently humid than central texas, but it's summer temps are mostly lower. and it also has more distinct seasons with generally cooler autumns and winters

The Central Texas area may have higher temps, but the humidity ain't as bad as East Texas. I can go days during Waco summers without breaking a sweat (humidity is still pretty high here though).

[desert sun]

what I dont understand is how people dont sweat in cetain climates, I heard people bash the humidity then say they hardly sweat in a dry climate, I guess I just dont see it, if that was the case growing up in New Mexico I would never experience breaking a sweat, I wouldnt even know what sweat was, but I did sweat in NM and my in the car, my back would be soaked, stuck to the seat.

[tablemtn]

"Humidity" is a bit or a misleading measure; it does feel "stickier" in a humid environment than in a dry-heat environment when you are merely standing around.

But if you had to choose between doing physical activity or working outside in a high-humidity 99-degree environment or a low-humidity 117-degree environment, the high heat has a much greater capacity to kill you outright - dry or not.

[Texasboy123]

Imo I think that Houston is hotter then SA. The humidity here is so over powering! When I was in SA the heat was not that bad to me. Since i have lived in Houston my whole life i thought that it was always hot at night in the summer in other cities but I was wrong when i went to California for the first time! I froze!!! It got so cold!! I was shocked!

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

As far as order of hottest in the summer I'd go:

1. San Antonio
2. Tucson
3. Atlanta

As was stated before, Atlanta can be humid during the summer, but it's never constant since it has a high elevation. We also get a large amount of thunderstorms from northern frontal systems which causes a large temperature change (cold air mass from the north hitting a warm air mass from the south = really big thunderstorms). Because of this, when a storm does come the temperature can drop 20 degrees in just a few minutes. Plus,, the really hot part of summer here lasts from about mid june to mid august, with several breaks from the heat in between.

Anyway, we can look at the current weather conditions to get an idea of what summer is like in these places:

San Antonio 82 degrees, 78% Humidity, 7mph winds Forecasted high 92

Atlanta 88 degrees, 54% humidity, 10mph winds Forecasted high 93

Tucson 89 degrees, 9% humidity, 7mph winds Forecasted high 108

I don't really buy this "dry heat" business. I don't care who you are, 108 degrees is HOT.

Perhaps you've never been out West?

[atxcio]

For me, it's like this:

Hot and humid, with high dewpoints but temps <100 (Basically San Antonio or Atlanta) -- You start to feel uncomfortable immediately outside. You begin to sweat within minutes and can "feel" the air. But, after the first few minutes, especially if you have to work outside or are working out, then you just get used to it... it becomes bearable, even for long periods of time. Still uncomfortable, though.

Very hot and dry, but low humidity (Phoenix, ABQ, Tucson to a lesser extent) -- you notice the sun right away. You don't "feel" the air, but after a bit longer outside you feel like you are cooking. Like someone is holding a giant magnifying glass and you're the ant underneath. You feel like if you don't get out of the sun, you'll burn up and die. Completely unbearable in the sun. If there is shade, it's OK -- but some of those desert places don't have much in the way of natural shade! In this dry extreme heat, it's tougher to stay outside for an extended period, IMO. Every surface could burn you. You just look at things like buildings and cars and wonder, how is this stuff not smoldering in front of my eyes?

Although, maybe I'm just used to the humidity having lived in Houston briefly and Austin for a long time. I do *love* to vacation west to the drier climates, but mostly because I love the mountain scenery/skiing/hiking. Phoenix in the summer is as bad as I've ever felt the heat. Brand new rental car, with brand new A/C, and it would feel like 120 deg inside whenever I had to stop at a light. But then again, south Florida was a very close second -- had difficulty breathing in that heat and humidity.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Try the stifling heat/humidity of Sarasota.....plus it seems to never rain here ......imagine the dryness of a desert but with jungle humidity....that's Sarasota; PLUS we are FAR closer to the equator, so the sun angle is "higher" in the sky and far more intense than the cities mentioned by the OP.