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The high temp in Dallas tomorrow will be 86, Tuesday 85 and Wednesday 89. It's not always 105 degrees here. I think people think the Summers here are like Phoenix or Las Vegas. We aren't in the desert.
Unlike Phoenix or Las Vegas it is not a dry heat.
Today in Dallas it is currently 97 degrees, and feels like 108 degrees. Tomorrow is high 87 low 75 only due to severe thunderstorms, with 1.5 inches of rain predicted. Usually thunderstorms are interspersed with sunshine. When the sun comes out after summer rain, the steam rises off the streets. Moisture condenses on every cool surface, especially your skin when you leave your air conditioned car or building. Forget about wearing glasses outdoors.
(I will take a Chicago winter over Phoenix or Las Vegas weather also, I'm not picking on Dallas specifically, just summer heat)
But, Dallas is also in Tornado Alley, and has seen about 100 tornadoes in the last 60 years. Ironically, the worst Chicago weather disaster was not in winter but a summer heat wave in 1995 that killed over 700 (fyi Chicago temps were about the same as average Dallas temps during the heat wave).
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Today in Dallas it is currently 97 degrees, and feels like 108 degrees. Tomorrow is high 87 low 75 only due to severe thunderstorms, with 1.5 inches of rain predicted. Usually thunderstorms are interspersed with sunshine. When the sun comes out after summer rain, the steam rises off the streets. Moisture condenses on every cool surface, especially your skin when you leave your air conditioned car or building. Forget about wearing glasses outdoors.
(I will take a Chicago winter over Phoenix or Las Vegas weather also, I'm not picking on Dallas specifically, just summer heat)
But, Dallas is also in Tornado Alley, and has seen about 100 tornadoes in the last 60 years. Ironically, the worst Chicago weather disaster was not in winter but a summer heat wave in 1995 that killed over 700 (fyi Chicago temps were about the same as average Dallas temps during the heat wave).
The south is just incredibly muggy after a rain. So uncomfortable.
The high temp in Dallas tomorrow will be 86, Tuesday 85 and Wednesday 89. It's not always 105 degrees here. I think people think the Summers here are like Phoenix or Las Vegas. We aren't in the desert.
Dallas summer's aren't ideal for me, but they are still way easier to deal with than Chicago winters: less expenses required, less time wasted for preparation, less risk of catching disease, not to mention more fruitful to high QOL (agriculture, leisure, etc).
True but Dallas is in the top 5. Texas is just hot.
A large part of this may come from just how warm the Gulf is. Even places in tropical Mexico just inland from those waters are averaging temps in the mid 90s, and rainfall isn't low either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A...C3%A1n#Climate
Dallas summer's aren't ideal for me, but they are still way easier to deal with than Chicago winters: less expenses required, less time wasted for preparation, less risk of catching disease, not to mention more fruitful to high QOL (agriculture, leisure, etc).
A large part of this may come from just how warm the Gulf is. Even places in tropical Mexico just inland from those waters are averaging temps in the mid 90s, and rainfall isn't low either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A...C3%A1n#Climate
Yes, Mexico is hot, I would agree.
And while it's not hot in the winter in most of Texas, it can certainly hit 80 in many Texas cities during Thanksgiving or Christmas. I find this odd as well.
And while it's not hot in the winter in most of Texas, it can certainly hit 80 in many Texas cities during Thanksgiving or Christmas. I find this odd as well.
80F in those times of year is not odd, that's just a matter of low-latitude. You see the same situation in Louisiana and especially Florida.
But what truly is special is that some areas in South Texas can see temperatures in the 90s, even 100s, during winter. That happens during compression heating as winds downslope from the nearby Sierra Madre Oriental ranges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laredo,_Texas#Climate
Dallas summer's aren't ideal for me, but they are still way easier to deal with than Chicago winters: less expenses required, less time wasted for preparation, less risk of catching disease, not to mention more fruitful to high QOL (agriculture, leisure, etc).
A large part of this may come from just how warm the Gulf is. Even places in tropical Mexico just inland from those waters are averaging temps in the mid 90s, and rainfall isn't low either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A...C3%A1n#Climate
When Dallas gets hot, it typically blows in from the Southwest deserts. When we do get some humidity in the Summer, that's what typically comes from the Gulf. For the most part though, Summers tend to be sunny and not too humid.
When Dallas gets hot, it typically blows in from the Southwest deserts. When we do get some humidity in the Summer, that's what typically comes from the Gulf. For the most part though, Summers tend to be sunny and not too humid.
The land mass size + warm Gulf water SSTs cause the South, including Texas, to retain quite hot temperatures, wherein average summer highs are in the 90s. The same goes to parts of Asia.
When Dallas gets hot, it typically blows in from the Southwest deserts. When we do get some humidity in the Summer, that's what typically comes from the Gulf. For the most part though, Summers tend to be sunny and not too humid.
This is pretty much like Central Texas as well. When it gets to 99-102, the air was sunny, drier, and tolerable but towards the evening, it becomes uncomfortable and muggy. I would assume Dallas is less humid than Chicago in the Summer but of course, the air temperature is higher in Dallas than it is in Chicago.
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