What's The Humidity Really Like (Houston, San Antonio: camper, moving to, car)

[210]

Originally Posted by Muhnay

Ever take a shower, step out and drip in sweat, ever felt like you could cut the humidity with a knife? Thats San Antonio.

Not really but great way of over exaggerating the humidity in SA.

[MichelleSG]

I agree with 210, that's way over exaggerated.

[irnag]

I thought I had experienced humidity in SA until I moved to Indiana. And there is nothing like humidity in the midwest. It only needs to get into the high 80s and the humidity is unbearable. In SA if the humidity gets in the 90% range, it will rain and cool things off. And in SA, the hotter it gets the drier it gets so the humidity will drop. In the midwest, the hotter it gets, the more humid it gets and the air just stagnates to the point where you feel like you can't breathe. We have days where the humidity is 100% and it's not raining. Go figure. The worse weather I remember in SA are the drizzly rain days when the temp is in the 40s.

[210]

Originally Posted by irnag

The worse weather I remember in SA are the drizzly rain days when the temp is in the 40s.

I hate those days the most. During winter when it's low 40's and slightly raining with a wind, damn I hate that weather.

[Robert123]

This is a totally stupid addition, but SA is the only place I've lived where it often drizzles really lightly such that you have to use wipers, yet having the wipers on the lowest, intermittent setting is too much. So you have to constantly turn the wipers on and off manually (I'm sure they've invented some cars with automatic sensors now or something, though).

[irnag]

Originally Posted by Robert123

(I'm sure they've invented some cars with automatic sensors now or something, though).

I don't know about that, but I feel your plight. I have often wished the intermittent wipers had an adjustable delay mechanism.

[Miranda2]

I just thought about my experiences with humidity in CA. I grew up in San Francisco and its wet and drippy 8 months of the year. Yes its cool and breezy there and not hot and sticky, but its always wet! My hair was frizzy for most of my life and I didnt know any better. The Fog dampens everything. So everywhere you live has its ups and downs.

[Soulmate2001]

My family and I live Mn, We are looking to move to San Antonio in August.
How Humid does it get in June- Sept? I have a 5 year old and 22 month.

My husband lived in New mexico and loved it I love warm weather But not sure about the humidity in the Summer.

[ChrisSA_wxatUIW]

Most of -those sayings- that everyone has are practically true.
Like "If you don't like the weather in Texas, wait 5 minutes", and "We always have a drought, and it's always broken by a flood"

What you have to remember is that the higher the temperature, the higher the capacity for moisture. I know that the coastal areas of California tend to stay fairly "cool", where as South Texas is warmer: So- South Texas has the capability to hold more moisture than much of the west coast- but even then (like others have already said) SA is not as bad as some other places in the world and the US.

On a scale of 1-10, on the subject of humidity, if we give El Paso (in the desert of west Texas) the number 1 and Houston/Galveston (in the hot and humid subtropics on the coast in east Texas) the number 10, San Antonio is a 5. Right in the middle. Some days we can be a 6 or 7; on the other hand some days we can be a 4 or 3.

To summarize, yes San Antonio may be a little more humid than what you're used to, but it's not terrible -its tolerable-. Most of SA's residents very much enjoy San Antonio's climate. (That may be why we have a pop. just under 1.5 million)

Hope I could help!

[Chaka]

I don't know how MN compares to IN, but SA humidity is nothing compared to Northern IN (I'm just guessing the humidity there is a little closer to MN, could be wrong). SA is right at the 'border' of two major zones, with the eastern portion being a tiny bit wetter and greener and just a few miles east of SA being a bit more humid. The west end of town tends to be drier. It's crazy but in such a small zone you can find multiple climates.

It's insane. Mr Chaka used to live on the NW side (Bandera/1604), in summer it was much drier than my place downtown/slightly SE. In winter his place was colder than mine.

In any case, I find the humidity perfectly tolerable. Some days it's blech, but it's not like Houston or the South. FWIW - I grew up in the very dry so Cal almost desert climate, lived in CT and IN and assorted tropical (very humid!) places, so have experienced the range.