is it hot in Utah now? (living in, vs., mold)

[hueimo]

I'll be moving over in 5 days, I noticed that this week is getting warmer. so, do you feel that the tempurature is hot. and is it still very dry as the winter time? thanks.

[stycotl]

where are you moving from?

it is hot and dry here, but even now it is only in the upper 80's (or at least early this afternoon here in provo).

it gets hotter, and the sun can be very powerful here with dry, high altitude air. but it is still nicer than humid heat in my opinion.

here, if you stand in the shade, you will actually feel a difference. even in southern utah in the red rock deserts, dry heat is more comfortable than humid heat (again, in my opinion).

[hueimo]

Originally Posted by stycotl

where are you moving from?

it is hot and dry here, but even now it is only in the upper 80's (or at least early this afternoon here in provo).

it gets hotter, and the sun can be very powerful here with dry, high altitude air. but it is still nicer than humid heat in my opinion.

here, if you stand in the shade, you will actually feel a difference. even in southern utah in the red rock deserts, dry heat is more comfortable than humid heat (again, in my opinion).

I'm moving from Hawaii. the dry weather is what my husband worries about. In your opinion, why is dry better than humid? my husband's skin and lip cracked when we went there for visiting in May.

[stycotl]

somehow i hadn't caught in your other post (eggs and milk) that you were from hawaii. i'm a little unobservant sometimes.

dry weather certainly takes a while to get used to. some people acclimatize in just a few weeks, though i have heard of rare individuals that it takes months. cracked lips, bloody noses, cracked skin, breathing trouble--all of those can be issues, and i bet that there are more that i am not even aware of. combine that with high altitude, and some lowlanders suffer miserably when they come here.

*but* there is hope around the corner. as i mentioned earlier, you can be more comfortable in dry heat. a humid 100-degrees can feel like 120, and it doesn't matter where you go. sun or shade, it is still a humid, sticky, pipingly stagnant 100 degrees.

but in an arid climate, 100 degrees is certainly hot, and the sun can feel disproportionately strong. but then you step into the shade, and it's 85 degrees, and the breeze that was roasting you alive is now somewhat cool on your skin. go down to the canyons of southern utah and it will get even better. it can be 110 degrees in the sun, but in the slot canyons and narrows of some of the national parks, it will be a cool 70-something. some of those canyons are deep and narrow enough that it is almost like spelunking--it can get downright chilly in them even with a 110-degree inferno outside in the sun.

now, get into mold problems, central air vs. swamp coolers, and various other issues, and i really prefer dry climates. no closet mold, not so much in the way of problems with rotting floorboards and building framework. even with my rifles, in a humid climate they rust, and i end up scrubbing rust off of steel barrels every time i want to use them. in the desert, they stay dry.

i am sure that others have other reasons that i haven't even realized, about why thy like the dry climate.

good luck. aaron out.

[cottonwood2420]

Originally Posted by hueimo

I'll be moving over in 5 days, I noticed that this week is getting warmer. so, do you feel that the tempurature is hot. and is it still very dry as the winter time? thanks.

It is extremely hot and miserable here right now!

[kaytidid]

Originally Posted by cottonwood2420

It is extremely hot and miserable here right now!

Eh, miserableness is in the eye of the beholder. I LOVE this weather!

[Haai]

Originally Posted by hueimo

I'm moving from Hawaii. the dry weather is what my husband worries about. In your opinion, why is dry better than humid? my husband's skin and lip cracked when we went there for visiting in May.

You're in for a very extreme surprise. Utah's climate has bipolar disorder; Summer temperatures in Utah can reach the triple digits, and winter temperatures dip below freezing. You get five months of searing heat and sometimes up to six or seven months of cold weather. Some days begin cold and then warm up, or vice versa. Droughts are also very common in the state, and I'm not sure how things are in 2008.

[DP525]

Originally Posted by hueimo

I'll be moving over in 5 days, I noticed that this week is getting warmer. so, do you feel that the tempurature is hot. and is it still very dry as the winter time? thanks.

It's like the bowels of HELL!! Um, well maybe not that bad. It is very interesting how the spring went from 60's and rainy to 90's and sunny in a matter of a couple of days.

Don't worry about your skin drying out. The sweat will keep it moist.

[chazcrew]

Spring? What spring? We seem to have skipped it entirely this year.

[Chickrae]

From my past years of living in northern Utah it seems spring and fall is often skipped. It's very hot in the summer and then barely cools down before it stops snowing. Then it snows and all of a sudden it's hot. That was the only thing that bothered me the 27 years I lived there as my favorite seasons are fall and spring. After that long winter and tons of snow I think the hot weather has been a welcome. I am not there but just going by what my children have said that still live there.