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Living in the UK I personally find cold weather (by cold I mean our winter temps 0-8°C) feels more severe the more saturated the air is with water. I have no idea about the science of any of this it's just an observation. On the other hand 15 degrees (which isn't cold) and humid feels milder than 15 degrees with low humidity where I live at least even if both experiences are in cloudy weather. Once in 2007 I remember a severe thunderstorm we had (in the midlands) and the humidity went up to 100% with the temp in the teens but the humidity felt incredible. and I thought it was low 20's outside but it was only 16°C according to the local weather station.
How would it be cloudy in a shelter? The most forgiving air is moderate around 50% I think. People seem to think of humidity as an on/off thing. If someone doesn't like cold weather, would that automatically mean 50C is ideal? Probably just a pleasant warm temp instead. And the same goes for humidity, it has the potential to be both too high or low for comfort.
On a dry hot day, being inside a picnic shelter wouldn't be as oppressive as being inside one in a hot humid day. In other words, being in the shade in dry hot weather is more tolerable than being in a shade in humid weather, where the air is much more oppressive.
On a dry hot day, being inside a picnic shelter wouldn't be as oppressive as being inside one in a hot humid day. In other words, being in the shade in dry hot weather is more tolerable than being in a shade in humid weather, where the air is much more oppressive.
But I don't experience this. Even when I've had a picnic in the shade in dry weather it felt like the air was too thin to breath comfortably.
I imagine it all depends on what you've been used to all of your life, I don't know.
Here we're having unusually dry conditions and it's been going on like that since january, except for a two or three weeks of rain/snow in february, otherwise it's been sunny and windy most of 2015 so far.
I know a lot of locals who complain about how cold it's been this winter whereas January has been well above normal and February has been pretty average, really. As soon as there's a light breeze, people complain like it was a hurricane or something.
I tell them that you can shelter from the wind whereas you can not shelter from the humidity (when you're outside). I come from a windier place and the wind and moderate humidity do not disturb me.
Conversely I find humid warm weather to feel hotter than dry warm weather, although I agree that 36c and dry still feels pretty hot.
After upper 60s dewpoints last week, and having returned to 29% humidity right now, I can actually see the pros and cons of both. Probably my complaints about the south were an overreaction. A moderate level is ideal, and below 30% seems extreme to me, however DPs in the 70s for 4 months consecutively is frankly just as extreme the other way and the odd dry day in the shoulder seasons can add some interest. It's hard for me to relate how it would feel in the coastal south because we never never see such high humidity for months at a time. Too much of anything can grow tedious.
After upper 60s dewpoints last week, and having returned to 29% humidity right now, I can actually see the pros and cons of both. Probably my complaints about the south were an overreaction. A moderate level is ideal, and below 30% seems extreme to me, however DPs in the 70s for 4 months consecutively is frankly just as extreme the other way and the odd dry day in the shoulder seasons can add some interest. It's hard for me to relate how it would feel in the coastal south because we never never see such high humidity for months at a time. Too much of anything can grow tedious.
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