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I have been to both Miami and Honolulu in summer. Honolulu felt much better due to lower humidity and just as important trade winds that seemed to blow most of the day. Miami seemed to be more stagnant and humid overall in summer.
This is the reason why Honolulu feels a lot better.
Than Miami, but why does it feel better than Washington DC?
I was in DC/Baltimore in June 2014 and it was about normal weather there 85-90 and VERY humid. I thought I was going to die after just walking 10 minutes. I spent a whole week in Honolulu in July 2012 and it was warm/hot 80-85 every day but nothing like the humidity in DC, so felt much more tolerable. And there was always the breeze of the ocean.
I was in DC/Baltimore in June 2014 and it was about normal weather there 85-90 and VERY humid. I thought I was going to die after just walking 10 minutes. I spent a whole week in Honolulu in July 2012 and it was warm 80-85 every day but nothing like the humidity in DC, so felt much more tolerable.
Interesting that it was so humid in Washington DC. The wiki stats could be wrong, but indicate on average lower dewpoints there. Could have been more humid than normal, of course. Was the wind speed also higher in HNL? That makes a ton of difference I find in how I perceive hot weather.
Interesting that it was so humid in Washington DC. The wiki stats could be wrong, but indicate on average lower dewpoints there. Could have been more humid than normal, of course. Was the wind speed also higher in HNL? That makes a ton of difference I find in how I perceive hot weather.
Edit: I've looked at some data for July in both places and seems the real difference is in the humidity levels. Humidity is quite low in Honolulu even compared to parts of Florida with low minima.
Yes, humidity makes a large difference. And yes, so does wind; it's unfortunate that wind speeds are not commonly listed in climate data, because wind differs greatly from place to place.
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