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But I'm talking about during Summer and we are discussing heat here. In order to get convectional precipitation you need high dew points. Severe weather season in the Plains is peak during late March-early May so obviously heat and humidity don't fuel those storms, they're fueled by contrasting air masses meeting up.
Btw not trying to be argumentative so I apologize if I come across that way, I'm just giving you my reason for preferring humid heat to dry heat. (Since it seems to be against the Weather Forum bible to prefer that lol) I hate prolonged drought like what we've been having here this Spring, which has been accompanied by dry heat (by our standards). I hate seeing a seering sun and brown grass day after day after day. I think that's what's fueled my dislike for dry heat honestly.
I do enjoy the nice evenings that dry warmth provides though.
Heat is still heat, and you either like the desert or you don't. Dry heat is more comfortable, at least for me. I do fine in the 90's or even 100 degrees, if low humidity. As long as I have plenty of water.
That's inhumane. I bet people are near a water source or in A/C or sitting still and being lazy.
Isn't that what summer is meant for?
But after all it's Florida, so yeah obviously a lot of people are going to be near water. I went boating and fishing that week, and also cooked out and went to outdoor dining in the evenings. But the heat was intense especially at midday.
People out west have such bad skin complexion. It is due to the dry and hot weather. I don't have much wrinkles and yet I don't use moisturizer either. Benefits of havin humid weather here in the east coast.
One of the side-effects of dry heat, is the longer your body becomes accustomed to it, your body becomes increasingly sensitive to humidity. Just hear the moans, groans, screams of Las Vegans during our monsoon season when the humidity levels soar to 20-30%, and Las Vegas is the driest of the driest with our >4 inches of precip. a year, compared to Phoenix @ 7-8 inches and Tucson @ 10-11 inches.
I'm moving to Tucson sometime this year and I'm not sure if my body can take 10-11 inches of precip. a year/more humidity, and it will be a test for me!
22 years in the desert now, my body can't even deal with San Diego in the summer time anymore, sweat, sweat, sweat!
My family doesn't understand why I refuse to go back to MN in July for a family reunion, or travel anywhere west of the Rockies. You really want to see me go crashing to the sidewalk, overwhelmed with the heat and humidity?
The greatest luxury of all, living in Las Vegas: no mosquito's, no gnats, no woodticks, and no flies. Just 2 flies managed to sneak into my house this year!
I hate either kind of heat but prefer humid. There is a chance clouds will roll by and shield the treacherous skin piercing sun and create something interesting like a T storm to cool things down quickly.
I just can't cope with dry heat, unless its below 85 F at which point I don't even call it heat.
I've lived in both the 120+ degree Arizona climate and the 90 degree 99% humidity climate of other states, and I disagree. I loved the Arizona climate. Humidity sucks the life out of me. Even 80 degrees plus 90% humidity was worse than 120 degrees dry heat.
People out west have such bad skin complexion. It is due to the dry and hot weather. I don't have much wrinkles and yet I don't use moisturizer either. Benefits of havin humid weather here in the east coast.
Yup. The only exception is the Pacific Northwest, and even then you're just trading bad skin for allergies and constant sickness.
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Dryer air is more comfortable at higher temps
