Is East Asia the most humid (either relative humidity, or with high dewpoints) temperate or non-tropical region? (climate, hot)
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Since humid subtropical Chinese and Japanese climates have a reputation for extreme humidity, does it even surpass say, other humid locations such as the American South, even along the Gulf Coast and Florida, or other subtropical climates in Australia, South America (say Argentina etc.) in humidity?
Is it the region with the most humid summers, due to the monsoons, outside the tropics?
The east Asian places may have humidity, but their temperatures barely go over 33C (they mostly just hover around 29C-33C). So I wouldn't say that they are 'killers' with humidity, but I still that they are more humid than the US east coast since they're very cloud/rainy in the summer most of the time (since they have low sunshine hours).
Btw, subtropical dry parts of Australia (the northwest - Broome, Port Hedland, Wyndham) and the Gulf of Arabia (Doha, Dharan) have an extreme heat index - 38C (100F) weather with high humidity/dewpoint. I think they would win here.
The east Asian places may have humidity, but their temperatures barely go over 33C (they mostly just hover around 29C-33C). So I wouldn't say that they are 'killers' with humidity, but I still that they are more humid than the US east coast since they're very cloud/rainy in the summer most of the time (since they have low sunshine hours).
Btw, subtropical dry parts of Australia (the northwest - Broome, Port Hedland, Wyndham) and the Gulf of Arabia (Doha, Dharan) have an extreme heat index - 38C (100F) weather with high humidity/dewpoint. I think they would win here.
East Asian is more humid than Australia or United-States, look Wuhan in Central China.
Wuhan July 1981-2010 averages : High : 32.9°C Mean : 29.5°C Low : 26.0°C Rainfall : 224.7 mm Sunshine hours : 220.2 h
Wuhan sometimes reach 45-50°C heat index (and more)/28-30°C dew point during the summer months.
A lot of China Cities are very hot and humid during the summer months (Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing...)
The east Asian places may have humidity, but their temperatures barely go over 33C (they mostly just hover around 29C-33C). So I wouldn't say that they are 'killers' with humidity, but I still that they are more humid than the US east coast since they're very cloud/rainy in the summer most of the time (since they have low sunshine hours).
Btw, subtropical dry parts of Australia (the northwest - Broome, Port Hedland, Wyndham) and the Gulf of Arabia (Doha, Dharan) have an extreme heat index - 38C (100F) weather with high humidity/dewpoint. I think they would win here.
Also, Wyndham's a tropical savannah (Koeppen Aw) climate. Port Hedland is in the tropics and has tropical temperatures. You were right in that could call Dhahran or Doha subtropical, for sure. I was wrong about those two.
Also, Wyndham's a tropical savannah (Koeppen Aw) climate. Port Hedland is in the tropics and has tropical temperatures. You were right in that could call Dhahran or Doha subtropical, for sure. I was wrong about those two.
Yeah, Wyndham and Port Hedland are also tropical - which I forgot to mention (after Broome).
India is pretty humid too. Take New Delhi for example, the low in July (the 2nd wettest month) is 26.6 C and the low in August (the wettest month) is 25.9 C.
The east Asian places may have humidity, but their temperatures barely go over 33C (they mostly just hover around 29C-33C). So I wouldn't say that they are 'killers' with humidity, but I still that they are more humid than the US east coast since they're very cloud/rainy in the summer most of the time (since they have low sunshine hours).
Btw, subtropical dry parts of Australia (the northwest - Broome, Port Hedland, Wyndham) and the Gulf of Arabia (Doha, Dharan) have an extreme heat index - 38C (100F) weather with high humidity/dewpoint. I think they would win here.
Actually they do go above 33. Only the deep tropics (e.g. Singapore, Jakarta) rarely go above 33. Here's the highest temperature in 2013 for some major east asian cities.
Beijing: 38
Tokyo: 37
Shanghai: 41
Hong Kong: 36
But cities on the persian gulf have to take the cake. 40+c with 25-30 dewpoint. They say the record dew point was in Dhahran in 2003 with 35c.
Even Beijing is more humid than Dallas in July and August. Not to mention Shanghai, Hong Kong.
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