Houston vs. Dallas (Fort Worth, Center, Post: real estate, 2014, hotel) - Texas (TX) - Page 1021 - City-Data Forum

Jack Lance · 08-10-2014, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dallaz

The air temp was over 100 degrees, so the heat index and actual temp wasn't a big difference.

This is what kills me, some people just refuse to understand what the heat index or feels like temp is. If the heat index in two separate locations is 105 that means that when you take into account the air temperature and humidity levels they feel like the exact same temperature. In other words they are perceived by the human body to be equally as hot. even though the actual temp in one location is lower and the humidity higher.

When the feels like temp in Dallas is 108 it is perceived to be hotter than in locations where the feels like temp is 105 even though the relative humidity is higher in that other location.

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[SIZE=5]What is the heat index?[/SIZE][SIZE=3]"It's not the heat, it's the humidity". That's a partly valid phrase you may have heard in the summer, but it's actually both. The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. This has important considerations for the human body's comfort. When the body gets too hot, it begins to perspire or sweat to cool itself off. If the perspiration is not able to evaporate, the body cannot regulate its temperature. Evaporation is a cooling process. When perspiration is evaporated off the body, it effectively reduces the body's temperature. When the atmospheric moisture content (i.e. relative humidity) is high, the rate of perspiration from the body decreases. In other words, the human body feels warmer in humid conditions. The opposite is true when the relative humidity decreases because the rate of perspiration increases. The body actually feels cooler in arid conditions. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decrease)."[/SIZE]

What is the heat index?

gsupstate · 08-11-2014, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Dallaz

The air temp was over 100 degrees, so the heat index and actual temp wasn't a big difference.

IMO, 105 in Dallas with less humidity, is much more comfortable than 95 in Houston with humidty. I simply detest for my clothing to be damp/wet and that is what happens when I visit Houston.....damp, wet, soggy clothes by the time I leave the airport terminal and get on the rental car shuttle bus.

majicdonjuan · 08-11-2014, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gsupstate

IMO, 105 in Dallas with less humidity, is much more comfortable than 95 in Houston with humidty. I simply detest for my clothing to be damp/wet and that is what happens when I visit Houston.....damp, wet, soggy clothes by the time I leave the airport terminal and get on the rental car shuttle bus.

I don't notice much difference at all in the summer between the two. DFW doesn't really feel much drier or better in most cases to me.

DFW is far from dry in the summer, though it's not quite as humid as Houston, let's not act like we're talking about Arizona or something here.

There are a lot of very humid days in the metroplex in the summertime.

majicdonjuan · 08-11-2014, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dallasboi

Very unbiased post from Reddit.com

This might be the first time I've ever seen Dallas described as laid back and Houston described as having a "Keeping up with the Joneses" mentality.

I've literally always heard the two cities described the exact opposite way. Interesting.