Compare the heat/humidity in jacksonville with that of Ohio (Cleveland: live, versus)

[schmidt486]

Okay, it is obviously much hotter in JAX than in old Ohio, but can anyone compare them? I always hear people saying.. dry heat versus humid heat. I assume it is really humid in jacksonville, like it is in Ohio. True? A 90 degree day here would be ____ compared to a 90 degree day in jacksonville.

Thanks

[agreatlife]

My mom lived in Ohio, and I would visit her frequently. When I was a kid we traveled around the country all summer long, and usually spent time with Grandmom in Cleveland. Always was hot.

My experience with most of the US is that it is hot, and frequently humid in the summer. That's why I like Florida so much, because, while we have blistering temps and drenching humidity in the summer, so do most of the US (at least east of the Mississippi w regard to humdity). The difference is, IMAO, Florida has mild weather half of the year, while most of the rest of the country has freezing yukky weather. Just my opinion of course.

[aesoprocks!]

i've only driven through ohio, but if it is 85 in ohio, i'd bet it feels like 100 in fla. the humidity is very high in the summer months, which are basically from may to october. in the a.m., at 8 or so, it is already HOT in the summer

[jbm32206]

Any area along the waterways will be humid...that's just how nature treats us. I would venture to say, that since Ohio isn't a coastal city, then the humidity isn't likely to be as it is here in Jax...or any other coastal city during the summer.

[mawipafl]

I don't know the climate of Ohio, but I would guess it's similar to northeastern PA. Comparing there to here ... in the height of summer here (which I consider the end of June, July and August, and the beginning of September) the hot-n-humid weather is similar to the two weeks or so of the intense August hot-n-humid in PA (and probably OH). It makes sense because there is so much water around us, including in the atmosphere in the winds coming across the state from the Gulf. However, it's hard for me to give numbers since everything and everywhere is air conditioned which for me wasn't the case in PA. And my lifestyle has changed - during the heat of a summer day I'm not out there doing anything strenuous.

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by jbm32206

Any area along the waterways will be humid...that's just how nature treats us. I would venture to say, that since Ohio isn't a coastal city, then the humidity isn't likely to be as it is here in Jax...or any other coastal city during the summer.

those people in Ohio who live on that lake, you know, Erie, wouldn't agree with you.
Being a newcomer to JAX I have to admit, Aug can be absolutely awful!

[WitchDoctor]

Agreatlife said it pretty well. It's hot and humid in most of the eastern half of the US during the summer. It's NOT cold and snowy for three months in Florida. I'm from Toledo and I'll take 3 months of Ohio's worst summer to not have to endure five minutes of sleet, snow, freezing rain, and wind chill.

[maine4.us]

Well, I have lived here in Jax for 36 years, and I can tell you the humidity here is awful. Basically we get about two-three months a year when you can get outside and not sweat. Winter this year consisted of about 5 days of 30 degree temps. It has been in the 80's every month except January, and believe we had an 80 degree day in January. I have been running my A/C on and off for a month. You can't open the doors and the windows for all the pollen. So, you either sweat or sneeze, or crank up the A/C. I have watered plants after dark in the summer and was sweating just from carrying a water hose. Many times after watering, I will just turn the hose on myself, to cool off as I am already drenched with sweat. Yes, the winters are mild here. Yes we have seasons. Winter is about a month, spring and fall are about 4-6 weeks each, and the rest is a hot and blistering, humid summer. I don't think it's much more humid, but the length of the season of summer is unbearable. By October, we are still over 90 degrees each day and everyone is praying for the cool down. We don't get a rest from the humidity anytime the temperature is over 80. Any outside activity at all during about 10 months of the year produces fierce perspiration, and requires a shower to be comfortable. During the summer I may take 3 showers a day.

[jbm32206]

Originally Posted by apvbguy

those people in Ohio who live on that lake, you know, Erie, wouldn't agree with you.
Being a newcomer to JAX I have to admit, Aug can be absolutely awful!

You're absolutely right....I was just thinking Atlantic coastal cities. Anything, anywhere over 90 is brutal, in my book!

[1970pelle]

Born and raised in N.E. Ohio.Stayed 27 years.Don't miss it.I'm a pro Florida person.Would not trade it for anything.I love Jacksonville.I remember the hot and humid summer nights in Ohio.I use to go for motorcycle rides on the very hot nights.At 3am it would still be 90 degrees.I feel it gets hotter in Ohio than Florida.I also recall a couple of 4th of Julys and it was cold ,windy and 55 degrees.The winters here are the best.No snow,no shoveling snow,no spreading sidewalk deicer,no car window scrapping.No snow tires the list goes on and on.Sure there is a list here to.But nothing like a Ohio list.