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These comparisons are so numerous they become boring.
It's pick your kind of poison really. Very subjective. Some people have a greater tolerance for humidity, some for sizzling hot and dry. No correct answer.
And the fact that tropical rainforests, the Deep South, Houston, Panama, etc and other humid heat regions support more life/biodiversity than the desert is proof positive of just how hospitable such regions are compared to the desert.
Yes it does; the humid heat conditions of the SE US are far more conducive to life than the dry desert heat of the SW US. Fact.
Moisture is a factor in that not the heat. Where there is water there will be more life.Again 92 degrees in Alabama is much more hotter than 92 degrees in Arizona.
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Moisture is a factor in that not the heat. Where there is water there will be more life.Again 92 degrees in Alabama is much more hotter than 92 degrees in Arizona.
You said it, I am in Hayti, MO right now (20 miles N of Blytheville, AR) and it is 94° with a dewpoint of 77, and it feels worse than anything I've felt in Phoenix
Moisture is a factor in that not the heat. Where there is water there will be more life.Again 92 degrees in Alabama is much more hotter than 92 degrees in Arizona.
And the point still stands; if the humidity really makes things so inhospitable compared to the desert, then life would be taxed to exist, even with all the water.
While it is true that 92F in Alabama feels hotter than 92F in Arizona... most of Arizona during summer will be far hotter than 92F, with temps easily reaching over 110F. The level of heat seen in much of AZ is far too extreme for the dry heat to provide benefit.
Also, this thread is quite vague. I despise long periods of dryness during summer. Because of this, AZ summer's are far worse than Deep South summers, full stop.
You said it, I am in Hayti, MO right now (20 miles N of Blytheville, AR) and it is 94° with a dewpoint of 77, and it feels worse than anything I've felt in Phoenix
The heat index that 94F with 77 dewpoint produces is far less than what Phoenix has seen many times.
And the point still stands; if the humidity really makes things so inhospitable compared to the desert, then life would be taxed to exist, even with all the water.
While it is true that 92F in Alabama feels hotter than 92F in Arizona... most of Arizona during summer will be far hotter than 92F, with temps easily reaching over 110F. The level of heat seen in much of AZ is far too extreme for the dry heat to provide benefit.
Also, this thread is quite vague. I despise long periods of dryness during summer. Because of this, AZ summer's are far worse than Deep South summers, full stop.
I think you fail to realize the impact of humidity.Yes Arizona may have 7 days of 110 degree weather.Well so does Alabama especially the Gulf Coast. Here in Mobile we can have 7 days straight of 95 degree temps with 100 % humidity the heat index/ real feel would be over 110 degrees easily. So in essence with the aid of elements we have 100 degree + temps majority of the summer because of humidity.
I just looked at today's temps for both Phoenix and Mobile, Al . Phoenix high is 114 and Mobile's high is 90 with a HEAT INDEX of 110 degrees ! Yes 114 is hot but a a region that is clocking 14 degrees lower actually feel 4 degrees lower should be a good indicator. It's 90 in Mobile because of high rain chances.With the slightest change in forecast such as abundant sun that 90 can easily turn anywhere from 95-100. So what do you think the HEAT INDEX would be then ?! Again 92 degrees in Alabama is hotter than 92 degrees in Arizona because 92 in Alabama would have an index of 114 just as it will reach that in Arizona today.
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