why are Houston houses so cheap? (Dallas, Austin: car, ranked, deal)

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by DaBears02

I honestly don’t find much a difference in the summer between all the Texas cities. Houston is slightly more humid than the other 3 and the others all get slightly hotter than Houston. The heat index in all 4 is typically the same or similar from my observation. Personally I prefer Houston’s summer to Austin’s. The shear heat feels worse imo whereas I don’t really have much trouble dealing with the extra humidity. Everyone is different though.

Your observation doesn't correlate with the weather records. One merely needs to look at a dew point comparison.

[Texas100]

I think we are making way to big of a deal out of humidity. Humidity isn't that big of a deal, Sure it's humid in Texas. The climates of All 4 major Texas metro areas are all classified as " Humid Subtropical" we are in good company. Other world cities are also quite Humid. Like Dubai, Hong Kong (try buying a house in Hong Kong and see what it will cost you), Mumbai, Jakarta
Bangalore, Manilla and many others. Also here in the states we have Miami, Tampa and all of Florida as well as New Orleans and practically the whole Southeastern US. Heck here in Texas everything East of the 35 is Humid. Don't take it personal it's really not a big deal. We are only talking about 4 months a year
That you need to make adjustments. Humidity is overrated and it has not been a problem.
This is a hair splitting argument that carries very little weight.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by Texas100

I think we are making way to big of a deal out of humidity. Humidity isn't that big of a deal, Sure it's humid in Texas. The climates of All 4 major Texas metro areas are all classified as " Humid Subtropical" we are in good company. Other world cities are also quite Humid. Like Dubai, Hong Kong (try buying a house in Hong Kong and see what it will cost you), Mumbai, Jakarta
Bangalore, Manilla and many others. Also here in the states we have Miami, Tampa and all of Florida as well as New Orleans and practically the whole Southeastern US. Heck here in Texas everything East of the 35 is Humid. Don't take it personal it's really not a big deal. We are only talking about 4 months a year
That you need to make adjustments. Humidity is overrated and it has not been a problem.
This is a hair splitting argument that carries very little weight.

Humidity is overrated, lol. Sure pal.

[mojo101]

If humidity is such an issue,why do so many retirees move to Florida and not Sun City?

[DaBears02]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

Your observation doesn't correlate with the weather records. One merely needs to look at a dew point comparison.

You sure about that?

August average heat index:

Austin:
98F
42% humidity
Heat index - 106F

Houston:
94F
55% humidity
Heat index - 106F

They’re pretty much the same in terms of heat index, which was my original point.

https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...id%20afternoon.

https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...id%20afternoon.

[txdad99]

I honestly don’t find much of a difference between any in humidity… the other big 3 cities are all less humid than Houston but it doesn’t really make a noticeable difference. No matter where you are in the state, you can’t escape the brutal heat.

[Texas100]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

Your observation doesn't correlate with the weather records. One merely needs to look at a dew point comparison.

It is all relative. You see the hotter the temperature and full sun are the humidity is less important because you feel the heat more than you do the humidity. That is at dewpoints under 75 degrees. Dewpoints over 75 degrees are rare with the exception of Brownsville and maybe Corpus.

Dallas today reached an unbelievable 80 degree dewpoint. With a heat index of 117 degrees. Q

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by DaBears02

You sure about that?

August average heat index:

Austin:
98F
42% humidity
Heat index - 106F

Houston:
94F
55% humidity
Heat index - 106F

They’re pretty much the same in terms of heat index, which was my original point.

https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...id%20afternoon.

https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...id%20afternoon.

Yep I am. Houston's humidity is not close to 42% on average. It tends to be in the high 70's.

https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...tes-of-America

Austin on the other hand tends to be in the mid 60's

https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...tes-of-America

And that's a significant difference.

It's a bit crazy in both cities today, but par for the course, Houston is at 98/118 (20 degrees more on the "feels like" temperature). Austin is hot too but at 97/112 but still 6 degrees cooler (and typically better than that). Sorry, anyone that says it's a nothing burger is kidding themselves.

[DaBears02]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

Yep I am. Houston's humidity is not close to 42% on average. It tends to be in the high 70's.

https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...tes-of-America

Austin on the other hand tends to be in the mid 60's

https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...tes-of-America

And that's a significant difference.

It's a bit crazy in both cities today, but par for the course, Houston is at 98/118 (20 degrees more on the "feels like" temperature). Austin is hot too but at 97/112 but still 6 degrees cooler (and typically better than that). Sorry, anyone that says it's a nothing burger is kidding themselves.

My post specifically used afternoon humidity since that coincides with the high temperatures. At the peak of the day in August, Austin typically sits at 42% humidity and Houston sits at 55% humidity. Both typically have a heat index of 106. You used humidity stats for the entire day so let’s look at that.

August weather:

Austin:
Temperature - 86.5F
Humidity - 63.8%
Heat Index - 94F

Houston:
Temperature - 85.2F
Humidity - 75.1%
Heat Index - 95F

Austin’s heat index is 1 degree lower for the entire day and both cities have the same heat index at the peak of the day. All data points to them being similar.

Also Houston does not have a 118 heat index today. Both cities are sitting at 101F with a 112F Heat Index.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by DaBears02

My post specifically used afternoon humidity since that coincides with the high temperatures. At the peak of the day in August, Austin typically sits at 42% humidity and Houston sits at 55% humidity. Both typically have a heat index of 106. You used humidity stats for the entire day so let’s look at that.

August weather:

Austin:
Temperature - 86.5F
Humidity - 63.8%
Heat Index - 94F

Houston:
Temperature - 85.2F
Humidity - 75.1%
Heat Index - 95F

Austin’s heat index is 1 degree lower for the entire day and both cities have the same heat index at the peak of the day. All data points to them being similar.

Also Houston does not have a 118 heat index today. Both cities are sitting at 101F with a 112F Heat Index.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/ho...orecast/351197

It came down slightly since my post but still at 115.

You're welcome to look at your source. I gave you mine and it clearly shows that Houston's humidity is indeed in that '70s range that I spoke of.