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Old 06-06-2009, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I suspect its better that shoveling snow, but I wouldn't know.
Oh, indeed. Of course I did secretly enjoy the occasional Arctic blast. Always encouraged neighborly interaction.

The shower thing is key...but I've always been like that regardless of temps. Ah, the manufactured waterfall. One of the great human imitations of nature!
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:22 PM
 
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If I recall from last year, Austin had 67+ days of temperatures 100 degrees or higher. Does that qualify as a heat wave? And does 10% humidity feel that much less humid?

I'm a native Austinite and have lived there a combined 30 years. I'm currently living in Madison from April into the late fall. I was here last summer from August to Thanksgiving. To me, the humidity is not noticeably different.

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Old 06-08-2009, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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It nearly brings a tear to my eye to see people on city-data.com FINALLY learning what the dew point is and how it works. I've been arguing about this for years
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:40 PM
 
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ive been in austin for the last several days and its been in the low-mid 90's. Im coming from wisconsin and ive found the discomfort levels to be similar to hot summer days in wisconsin
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Old 08-01-2011, 11:22 AM
 
Location: wisconsin
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Oh, indeed. Of course I did secretly enjoy the occasional Arctic blast. Always encouraged neighborly interaction.

The shower thing is key...but I've always been like that regardless of temps. Ah, the manufactured waterfall. One of the great human imitations of nature!
http://www.wunderground.com/US/WI/La_Crosse.html
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Old 08-01-2011, 11:30 AM
 
Location: wisconsin
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It's going to be another hot & humid day with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Dew points in the 70s will cause heat indices in the 95-105F range this afternoon and evening. I think we'll see more clouds today than we did over the weekend and northern parts of the viewing area could even see a few t-storms
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Old 08-01-2011, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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It's going to be another hot & humid day with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Dew points in the 70s will cause heat indices in the 95-105F range this afternoon and evening. I think we'll see more clouds today than we did over the weekend and northern parts of the viewing area could even see a few t-storms
It will be 107 degrees in Austin today and 108 predicted tomorrow. That's actual temperature not heat index. There's not a cloud in the sky, cobalt blue skies and unrelenting intense sun is what's in store for a long time...
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Old 08-01-2011, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Broomfield, CO
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Well I have grown fond of the classic line that most Austinites use to justify their horrendous summers. "Well, it's not as bad as Houston". I LOVE IT!!!

But seriously, I lived in Kansas City for several years and it can get extremely hot and humid, far worse than Austin. However, you are only dealing with July and August and the POTENTIAL for heat indexes above 105F...it doesn't happen everyday, and by Sept, its done. Most summer days in KC are low 90's, with heat index under 100. (however, from what i've heard, this year has been hotter) In Austin, the extreme heat goes on and on for months without any rain or change in patterns. In the midwest, no matter how hot and humid it gets, you can almost always count on thunderstorms or a wind shift to not be far behind as a break from the high heat indexes.



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It will be 107 degrees in Austin today and 108 predicted tomorrow. That's actual temperature not heat index. There's not a cloud in the sky, cobalt blue skies and unrelenting intense sun is what's in store for a long time...
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Old 08-01-2011, 03:21 PM
 
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Actually Houston temps look positively tame compared to ours (that is, unless you look at the dew point).
10 Day Weather Forecast for Houston - weather.com

Yet Dallas is hotter than us (110 predicted tomorrow)
10 Day Weather Forecast for Dallas - weather.com

Even Waco is hotter (also 110 predicted)
10 Day Weather Forecast for Waco - weather.com
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Old 08-02-2011, 08:50 AM
 
Location: West Texas
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Default 30 Year Comparison

My apologies if the formatting is a bit messy, or worse...I think this data should answer everyone's questions and validate everyone's points...


Hot, Humid Weather in Wisconsin

Source -- Hot, Humid Weather in Wisconsin - Current Results

The information here tells how often heat combines with humidity in Wisconsin cities to create uncomfortably muggy weather.
The apparent temperature, also known as the Heat Index, measures how hot the weather really feels, considering both temperature and humidity. For instance, a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 ° Celsius) along with 60 % humidity pushes the apparent temperature to 100 °F (37.8 °C).
These tables list the number of days when the actual temperature and the apparent temperature rose to least 95, 105 or 115 °F (35, 40.6 or 46.1 °C) for an hour or more. The totals are for the 30 years from 1978 to 2007.
The final table breaks the totals into yearly averages for the days when apparent temperatures reach 95 and 105 °F.

1) Total days with the temperature at least 95 °F
City Actual Apparent
Eau Claire 64 215
Green Bay 24 159
Madison 35 207

2) Total days with the temperature at least 105 °F
City Actual Apparent
Eau Claire 0 21
Green Bay 0 16
Madison 0 22

3) Total days with the temperature at least 115 °F
City Actual Apparent
Eau Claire 0 2
Green Bay 0 3
Madison 0 2

4) Average days a year of apparent temperature
City 95+ °F 105+ °F
Eau Claire 7 1
Green Bay 5 1
Madison 7 1

References
Peter Browning and Brian Walawender. 2009. A Climatology of Apparent Temperature. 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change.


Hot, Humid Weather in Texas
Source -- Hot, Humid Weather in Texas - Current Results

The information here tells how often heat combines with humidity in Texas cities to create uncomfortably muggy weather.
The apparent temperature, also known as the Heat Index, measures how hot the weather really feels, considering both temperature and humidity. For instance, a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 ° Celsius) along with 60 % humidity pushes the apparent temperature to 100 °F (37.8 °C).
At low levels of humidity, high temperatures seem cooler than what the thermometer reads. This sometimes is the case for hot weather in Texas.
These tables list the number of days when the actual temperature and the apparent temperature rose to least 95, 105 or 115 °F (35, 40.6 or 46.1 °C) for an hour or more. The totals are for the 30 years from 1978 to 2007.
The final table breaks the totals into yearly averages for the days when apparent temperatures reach 95 and 105 °F.

1) Total days with the temperature at least 95 °F
City Actual Apparent
Abilene 1340 1407
Amarillo 671 293
Brownsville 952 4013
Corpus Christi 743 3671
Dallas & Fort Worth 1610 2467
Houston 501 2917
Lubbock 1023 642
Midland 1525 940
Port Arthur 337 2949
San Angelo 1603 1491
San Antonio 1454 2659
Victoria 894 3269
Wichita Falls 1796 2266

2) Total days with the temperature at least 105 °F
City Actual Apparent
Abilene 28 33
Amarillo 11 0
Brownsville 2 572
Corpus Christi 3 729
Dallas & Fort Worth 52 352
Houston 7 460
Lubbock 33 3
Midland 45 13
Port Arthur 3 392
San Angelo 38 27
San Antonio 5 89
Victoria 3 308
Wichita Falls 177 381

3) Total days with the temperature at least 115 °F

City Actual Apparent
Abilene 0 1
Amarillo 0 0
Brownsville 0 5
Corpus Christi 0 5
Dallas & Fort Worth 0 4
Houston 0 11
Lubbock 0 0
Midland 0 0
Port Arthur 0 12
San Angelo 0 0
San Antonio 0 1
Victoria 0 2
Wichita Falls 2 12

4) Average days a year of apparent temperature
City 95+ °F 105+ °F
Abilene 47 1
Amarillo 10 0
Brownsville 134 19
Corpus Christi 122 24
Dallas & Fort Worth 82 12
Houston 97 15
Lubbock 21 0
Midland 31 0
Port Arthur 98 13
San Angelo 50 1
San Antonio 89 3
Victoria 109 10
Wichita Falls 76 13
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