[yasudab]

How hot is it at nighttime during summer? Will i be able to turn off my air conditioning in the evening times?

[desertsun41]

Oh my. Turn off your AC in Vegas? What a horrible way to commit suicide. Tell us you are kidding.

You will have to re-learn some things. During the summer you can not instinctivly grab your car door handle. You must use your shirt tail to grab it or face 3rd degree burns on your hand. If you work construction like so many of us you will have to pull your shirt down to reach into the back of your pick up or you will have that tell-tale burn line across your belly that always identifies you as a pick up truck owner here.

You can only walk your dog at night. The street or sidewalk surface will burn their paws. Most people aside from going to work dont even go outside till the sun goes down. Meaning your food shopping or whatever you have to do, you dont do until that horrible sun goes down.

You will need welding goggles to stop the sun from melting the corneas in your eyes from turning into liquid because no known sun glasses can cut the UV rays as well as a good pair of welding goggles can.

You will drive for half an hour in a parking lot just to wait for some one to come out that are taking up the 3 shaded parking spots in the entire store lot. Even the most lazy people park way way out the back of the mall just to get one of those 3-4 shade spots. Always keep your windows cracked because in addition to the air temp, our local weather reporters have another catagory they report called inside the car temp. Many of us use folding shades for our windshields. They help a lot.

Oh and if you are moving here from some place else, if you have vinyl seats you better trade the car back where you came from because it has no value here. Same goes for a car with no AC.

Durning June and July the sun has been baking the sidewalks and roads all day long. So even at 1AM it remains over 100 degrees due to what we call radiational heating. The roads and sidewalks will continue to give off heat just like charcoal in a BBQ.

Finally, and I can already hear the fists flying on this one, when you hear the temp reported on any news station whether it be local or national, they will report it from the NWS which has an official temp reading at the Airport. The Airport happens to be about the coolest place in the valley. On a day they are reporting 116 degrees which is almost all summer long, you can see every single bank sign, drug store sign or fancy business park sign that has a big digital thermometer that will show 118 to 120. That is the true temp here. We just dont want to scare the tourists ya know. 116 is so much cooler then 120.

[dynimagelv]

DA$% I hate having to agree with DS41 In most cities you see cars circling the parking lot trying to find the closest spot....here....they're trying to find a tree....even if they have to walk 20 miles.....[and I am one that has very little problem with the heat]

We don't turn our air on until the outside temp reaches 105 BUT I have a 42 year old house with TONS of insullation....we usually turn the air on about 2:00pm and leave it on til the sun goes down then we open the doors and windows and turn on the fans.....

[desertsun41]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

DA$% I hate having to agree with DS41 In most cities you see cars circling the parking lot trying to find the closest spot....here....they're trying to find a tree....even if they have to walk 20 miles.....[and I am one that has very little problem with the heat]

We don't turn our air on until the outside temp reaches 105 BUT I have a 42 year old house with TONS of insullation....we usually turn the air on about 2:00pm and leave it on til the sun goes down then we open the doors and windows and turn on the fans.....

See???? I ain't such a bad guy.

Good to see we agree on something.

Have a fantastic day !!!!!!!!!!!!

[MomMom]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

Oh my. Turn off your AC in Vegas? What a horrible way to commit suicide. Tell us you are kidding.

You will have to re-learn some things. During the summer you can not instinctivly grab your car door handle. You must use your shirt tail to grab it or face 3rd degree burns on your hand. If you work construction like so many of us you will have to pull your shirt down to reach into the back of your pick up or you will have that tell-tale burn line across your belly that always identifies you as a pick up truck owner here.

You can only walk your dog at night. The street or sidewalk surface will burn their paws. Most people aside from going to work dont even go outside till the sun goes down. Meaning your food shopping or whatever you have to do, you dont do until that horrible sun goes down.

You will need welding goggles to stop the sun from melting the corneas in your eyes from turning into liquid because no known sun glasses can cut the UV rays as well as a good pair of welding goggles can.

You will drive for half an hour in a parking lot just to wait for some one to come out that are taking up the 3 shaded parking spots in the entire store lot. Even the most lazy people park way way out the back of the mall just to get one of those 3-4 shade spots. Always keep your windows cracked because in addition to the air temp, our local weather reporters have another catagory they report called inside the car temp. Many of us use folding shades for our windshields. They help a lot.

Oh and if you are moving here from some place else, if you have vinyl seats you better trade the car back where you came from because it has no value here. Same goes for a car with no AC.

Durning June and July the sun has been baking the sidewalks and roads all day long. So even at 1AM it remains over 100 degrees due to what we call radiational heating. The roads and sidewalks will continue to give off heat just like charcoal in a BBQ.

Finally, and I can already hear the fists flying on this one, when you hear the temp reported on any news station whether it be local or national, they will report it from the NWS which has an official temp reading at the Airport. The Airport happens to be about the coolest place in the valley. On a day they are reporting 116 degrees which is almost all summer long, you can see every single bank sign, drug store sign or fancy business park sign that has a big digital thermometer that will show 118 to 120. That is the true temp here. We just dont want to scare the tourists ya know. 116 is so much cooler then 120.

Good post. Don't forget that even with a car windshield shade, those steering wheels still get hot! I usually keep a towel over mine...it's part wood so it heats up just from the heat inside the car!

Shut off your air in the evening? No way!

Although I will say that I have an elderly friend of mine...he's 79 years old, born and raised here in town. He says Las Vegas never used to be "this hot"

He remembers his parents not having air conditioning in the house or in the car and it "wasn't that bad". But then again, he remembers the days of horses and hitching posts on Fremont Street!

Maybe LV has gotten hotter over the decades because of the amount of concrete, asphalt and autos on the road...

But desertsun is pretty much right on with the info.

[desertsun41]

Originally Posted by MomMom

Good post. Don't forget that even with a windshield shade, those steering wheels still get hot! I usually keep a towel over mine...it's part wood so it heats up just from the heat inside the car!

Shut off your air in the evening? No way!

Although I will say that I have an elderly friend of mine...he's 79 years old, born and raised here in town. He says Las Vegas never used to be "this hot"

He remembers his parents not having air conditioning in the house or in the car and it "wasn't that bad". But then again, he remembers the days of horses and hitching posts on Fremont Street!

Maybe LV has gotten hotter over the decades because of the amount of concrete, asphalt and autos on the road...

But desertsun is pretty much right on with the info.

Probably not hotter. But what your friend might mean without knowing it is our humitity has increased over the years. Being humid always makes it feel hotter.

With all the new people there are more pools, sprinklers, misters and so on. These all increase the humitity levels. About a dozen years ago I remember 4% 6% and a bad day of 8% or so. Today it is common to see 14-16% all summer long.

[MomMom]

Well, that just might be true desertsun. When I moved here, back in the
70's..it was hot, but it didn't seem as hot as it does now.

I always thought it was because I am getting older and I'm not the tough old bird I used to be....LOL!.

[desertsun41]

Originally Posted by MomMom

Well, that just might be true desertsun. When I moved here, back in the
70's..it was hot, but it didn't seem as hot as it does now.

I always thought it was because I am getting older and I'm not the tough old bird I used to be....LOL!.

They did say last year was the hottest on record here. I dont believe that one bit.

But I agree, I may not be the tough old bird either. The summers are getting harder and harder. I have an easier time in south Texas at my place. It gets to the 90s with very high humity and I seem to have an easier time with that.

Then again I grew up in the north and central east coast where 100% humidity was the norm.

[MomMom]

It all depends on what you are used to. I can't take humidity at all. My nose clogs, I get a sinus headache, I just feel miserable. Although rainy days are nice for a change here, I suffer with my sinuses running amok on those days.

Give me the dry desert, baking oven heat. Takes the dampness out of my bones and I can breathe! AHHHHH!!!!

Actually, the higher humidity is better for your skin and hair, with the heat and low humidity here you have to use lotion and conditioner a bit more often.

And yup I know what you mean about 100% humidity, I spent a lot of time on Long Island when I was much younger...talk about jungle-like conditions. High humidity, hazy...plus we lived near the ocean and were there quite often. Talk about always feeling sweaty

I personally do not miss it. I guess my age is showing, I like the heat.

And no, I don't walk around with a sweater on in 116 degree heat...hehehehe

At least not yet anyway

[dynimagelv]

I agree re: the humidity.....I too remember 2-7% days and a swampcooler would freeze yer azz off