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We currently have dew points within the 17-19c range, and in the evening, when the temperature cools down a bit, say, below 25c, I start feeling uncomfortable because I sweat super fast and the water remains on my skin instead of evaporating like it would in a higher temperature. I don't know if it feels hotter but it definitely feels less comfortable for me. I've already been in dry 39c in southern Italy, and it was definitely super hot and the sun was beating on my head, but at least this was some kind of heat I could understand and withstand.
Last night I joined some friends by bike and we stayed out for the evening, and it took almost two hours for the skin on my back to be dry again, even if it was warm and it should have dryed pretty fast. Note that I was just sitting on a chair, not doing any physical activity... The sweat remained on me.
Also, being covered in water and wet clothes, I start feeling pretty chilly once the temperature reaches 20c and yet the dewpoint is still around 18c. I can't help sweating and yet I start shivering whereas it is mild.
I don't find this nice at all, and the air feels heavy when saturated with water.
I guess I would hate Miami or the american south, but I understand someone accustomed to these climates would not feel fine in super dry air. I have never felt anything described by people who complain about it, I guess my body is better suited to live in moderately humid to dry climates.
Also, being covered in water and wet clothes, I start feeling pretty chilly once the temperature reaches 20c and yet the dewpoint is still around 18c. I can't help sweating and yet I start shivering whereas it is mild.
I just moved to Las Vegas from Eastern Pennsylvania and there is a major difference between the dry heat and the high humidity levels back east.
I was just out for a walk on my lunch break at work and I wear a dress shirt and a tie... it's currently 105°F outside and although you "bake" in the sun... I noticed I don't sweat a bit. Whereas if I were back home it could be 80°F but have nearly 100% humidity and it's instant sweat and grossness as soon as you walk out the door.
Now don't get me wrong... it's dam hot in this sun, and quite dangerous if you don't take proper precautions if you're outside for a long time... and if there's a breeze which you get plenty of here in Vegas it makes it WORSE. Plus... when surrounded by concrete you feel the radiation bounce off the ground and makes it feel that much hotter.
So it's all a matter of preference of course.... and I still have to experience an entire summer here before giving my full opinion... but so far I'm better with the 100°+ dry heat than the awful humidity. It's supposed to be 110+ this weekend so my thoughts may change rather fast... LOL!!
water is real though... all of this would not be a problem if I didn't sweat as much, but maybe within a few years my body will get used to it, who knows.
LOLLL hahaahahahahah thats funny people who think that 90 in miami feels warmer than even 105 in phoenix clearly have not been to phoenix. But as for what i preffer id take a lil humidity cuz when its super dry its quite unbearable for the eyes and and even the nasal passage. Thats why id take august in phoenix over June because the monsoonal moisture helps a little bit on that. And i have been to pleanty humid places...Miami, Chennai, Wash DC, to name a few
chennai is the only one that could compare to phoenix in terms of how hot one feels. ALSO Mecca is not a dry heat!!! It gets quite humid there with dew points in the mid 70s!
If humidity doesn't make a difference, why are steam rooms sometimes 90 degrees lower than saunas yet feel as hot? A sauna can be 180 with no humidity and feel just as hot as a 90 degree steam room with full humidity. Why do people act like humidity doesn't make a difference?
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