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Old 09-04-2012, 08:29 AM
 
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Good day to all. I hear so many different things about the weather from people. I have decided to place a forum asking a question . I know there are many informative people reading this post. How long dose the Humility last also is it a problem year round.
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Old 09-04-2012, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Summerville SC
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The humidity is here all year, but is only uncomfortable in the hotter months. Let's face it, we are in an area of the country surrounded by a warm ocean and many wetlands (they don't call it the Lowcountry for nuthin') and of course, there is more moisture in the air than more arid areas.

Most of the year is delightful. I watch the dew point more than the thermometer. When the dew point gets above 70 most people start to feel the humidity. Mid 70's to 80 dew point with a high temperature is downright miserable. Fortunately, we don't have a great many of those days.

On the miserable days, we adjust our outdoor time. Only a moron would decide to exercise at high noon with a heat index over 100. One may be able to do that in Arizona and be fine, the body can cool with a very low dew point, perspiration evaporates. Here, even athletes can get into trouble because the high moisture in the air prevents evaporation and overheating results. Tried to tell my brother in law that once...

I would say the humidity is a problem from mid June to Mid September, and probably at its very worst mid July to mid August. However, everything is air conditioned so it's really not a huge problem in our daily lives.

Not much different from being in the north in the dead of winter. Really, how much time do people spend outdoors in colder climates in December, January and February? Personally, I spend much more time outdoors here than I did while living in New England.
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Old 09-04-2012, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Summerville
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Kathy that was one of the best explanations of the humidity I have read in a long time....
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Old 09-04-2012, 09:31 AM
 
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I was 100% correct in posting here. WOW your response were not only very helpful but was text book.

Yes I also agree about not going out during winter. I do have to disagree I would add NOV to the list up north .
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Old 09-04-2012, 09:51 AM
 
Location: Mt. Pleasant - Charleston, SC
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Kathy that was one of the best explanations of the humidity I have read in a long time....

I agree.
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Old 09-04-2012, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Goose Creek, SC
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Kathy said it as well as it can be said but to put it another way...

It seems there have been a lot of questions lately that have warranted a response similar to this from me. Almost enough that I want to put it in my signature (not being sarcastic at all)

Almost everything East and or South of I-95 in South Carolina is swampland. It is either actively swampland or has been "reclaimed" for use as whatever (residential, commercial, etc). That's why it floods, that's why we can't have basements for the most part, that's why we have gators, bugs, lizards, frogs, etc.

To answer the humidity question, even the "dry land" is wet when compared to other parts of the country.

Adding to the already wet land here, we have a big honkin' ocean right next door. The mid Atlantic is warm and pleasant to swim in when compared to the Pacific. I was visiting my dear old Grandpa in LA when I was 12 and we went to the beach. I got about waist deep in the Pacific in August and said "**********" because the water was about 30 degrees too cold for me.

The mid Atlantic also churns out hurricanes which are fueled by warm water. They either go north or south. If they go north, even if they don't hit us directly, they dump a lot of that warm water on us. If they go south, they throw warm water from the gulf of Mexico at us in the form of rain (any one remember last week?).

Coastal South Carolina has what is commonly known as a sub tropical climate. It doesn't get as hot or as humid as one would expect in a tropical paradise but it does get pretty warm here and there is a lot of water near the surface ready to evaporate.

Kathy is right, humidity can make all the difference. There have been days when I went to walk my dog and expected a sauna but it was ok despite high temperatures because the humidity was relatively low. Other days with lower temperatures and higher humidity and or no wind were unbearable and the walks were mercifully short.
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Summerville SC
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Kathy that was one of the best explanations of the humidity I have read in a long time....
Thanks!

I hate to admit this, but I'm sort of a weather geek. I drive my husband crazy during hurricane season!
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Old 09-05-2012, 06:35 AM
 
Location: Summerville, SC
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Kathy, you must be a hurricane charter!
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Old 09-05-2012, 06:08 PM
 
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Great answer Kathy
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Old 09-05-2012, 06:29 PM
 
Location: Bishkek/Charleston
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Kathy taught me much. I some times think it's like bathing in your sweat, but I love it.
Go above I-95 and it's an oven in the summer and it's colder in the winter, below 95 we get the ocean breeze in the summer and it's warmer in the winter.
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