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I think the Houston heat and humidty that's more like a sauna is much more bearable in the summer than the dry heat of Phoenix that's more like a blast furnace. During the summer, Houston does get rain. Some days it might rain all day everywhere in Houston. But almost everyday somewhere within the city of Houston it will rain for maybe 20 to 30 minutes, so there is some relief, whereas in Phoenix, it gets hot and stays hot for such long a period of time with no relief, I think that 112 degree desert heat day after day would get old real quick. I think it would feel extremely brutally hot to have a job outdoors constantly working in it, such as a roofer, or highway maintenance person. They should get bonus pay for having to work outdoors in Phoenix during the summer, in my opinion.
I think if Houston saw the sea breeze summer rain like Miami does, it will be more bearable. But it doesn’t and the more inland you are, the hotter it will feel. What I don’t see on here is the low country and coastal Georgia. I never felt hotter at any point when mixed with humidity than I did in Savannah in 2016. Even Houston in my experience didn’t compare. That was some wild heat there.
I think the Houston heat and humidty that's more like a sauna is much more bearable in the summer than the dry heat of Phoenix that's more like a blast furnace. During the summer, Houston does get rain. Some days it might rain all day everywhere in Houston. But almost everyday somewhere within the city of Houston it will rain for maybe 20 to 30 minutes, so there is some relief, whereas in Phoenix, it gets hot and stays hot for such long a period of time with no relief, I think that 112 degree desert heat day after day would get old real quick. I think it would feel extremely brutally hot to have a job outdoors constantly working in it, such as a roofer, or highway maintenance person. They should get bonus pay for having to work outdoors in Phoenix during the summer, in my opinion.
You do not get large number of days in Phoenix with temperatures at or above 112. It happens but it is rare. Highest average temperature is 106 in July. So there may well be a couple of 112 days but there will also be some 100 days.
And note we who live in these desert climates simply do outside stuff early. In Vegas it generally does not get to 100 until after noon. So you can still do things outside. Just have to schedule appropriately.
I think if Houston saw the sea breeze summer rain like Miami does, it will be more bearable. But it doesn’t and the more inland you are, the hotter it will feel. What I don’t see on here is the low country and coastal Georgia. I never felt hotter at any point when mixed with humidity than I did in Savannah in 2016. Even Houston in my experience didn’t compare. That was some wild heat there.
Ah yes, land of the Gnats.
Yeah, there's the addition of compressional heating going on there because of downsloping from the Appalachian Mountains.
I am surprised people voted for Miami and Atlanta but not Orlando. I feel like Orlando is far worse than those too, since it's inland.
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Originally Posted by atadytic19
To pick Atlanta at all you would either have to have a vendetta against Atlanta or never been to the other cities in the poll in the summer.
A lot of posters simply just pick the first city that comes to mind, or what triggers their emotions, rather than actually understanding the data or thinking logically about the situation. For instance, I'm sure that Atlanta and Miami simply accumulate some votes just by default of their larger populations and traffic, as there'd naturally be more people with "vendettas" against both, respectively. Meanwhile, Orlando, with its much smaller population, would simply be ignored.
It then ties into the circumstance of vote-splitting. A vote that otherwise might have gone to Orlando instead goes towards, say, Houston or NOLA. And, then, due to the aforementioned factor, Atlanta and Miami wind up accumulating more votes. Same thing with Dallas or San Antonio relative to, say, Phoenix. You then have this poll, which looks at first glance like a clear two horse race between Phoenix and Houston, but it's actually just two different contingents voting in isolation.
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