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I believe I posted this elsewhere, but this has been the biggest adjustment for me. It gets hot during the day, yes, but it also gets hot during the day in most other states. However, you do get a cool down at night in other states. But in Dallas, the temps stay in the upper 80s and lower 90s until well after midnight. It's horrible.
A lot of that can be due to UHI from all the concrete, which retains the heat of the day, preventing temps from cooling off.
A large part of that is the UHI. Louisville metro is notorious for this and one of the recommendations was for an additional 200,000+ trees planted in the city limits.
I think someone else found proof later in this thread so I don't need to address that. And yea, to me 80+ in fall is bad. It gets hot in those Halloween costumes.
I think someone else found proof later in this thread so I don't need to address that. And yea, to me 80+ in fall is bad. It gets hot in those Halloween costumes.
Halloween is for elementary school kids, anyways, so the weather that day won't impact me. Even if it does, if the weather were warm, then one could always, you know, show a little bit more skin with those costumes...
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A large part of that is the UHI. Louisville metro is notorious for this and one of the recommendations was for an additional 200,000+ trees planted in the city limits.
True, bit it is interesting that Dallas, a large city, averages slightly warmer summer nights than Houston, another large city.
Halloween is for elementary school kids, anyways, so the weather that day won't impact me. Even if it does, if the weather were warm, then one could always, you know, show a little bit more skin with those costumes...
True, bit it is interesting that Dallas, a large city, averages slightly warmer summer nights than Houston, another large city.
Houston is much closer to the Gulf, true, but you would think that would cause its nights to be warmer. Instead, average summer lows for both airports in the city are lower than at Dallas.
The older I get, the less cold tolerant I am. I don't even like winter in the Birmingham, Alabama area. I have never liked heat, either, but am way more tolerant of it than I used to be. I would prefer the dry heat of the Southwest, which I actually like (within reason, I'm not saying I like a dry 110°F), but we have too many family connections in this region to relocate.
I can't stand the cold. Rather live in the heat. Arizona for 15 yrs.,but it's not that "dry" in the summers. Last 3 summers there, it was hot and w/ an elevated dew point. Not comfortable. But, even w/it drier, try it 105-112 for 4 1/2 months and see how great you feel! It's all they talk about on the Phoenix board. If you search, you can see what an issue it is. Trapped in heat for months. He*l on earth. I'm in the South now, it's hot, but much better overall!! We get clouds, rain and cooler days sporadically. Yippee.
I can't stand the cold. Rather live in the heat. Arizona for twenty yos.,but it's not that "dry" in the summers. Last 3 summers there, it was hot and w/ an elevated dew point. Not comfortable. But, even w/it drier, try it 105-112 for 4 1/2 months and see how great you feel! It's all they talk about on the Phoenix board. If you search, you can see what an issue it is. Trapped in heat for months. He*l on earth. I'm in the South now, it's hot, but much better overall!! We get clouds, rain and cooler days sporadically. Yippee.
Absolutely love the summer. When the sun goes down this place is heaven. Pool parties everyday, clear summer nights, beautiful women everywhere dressed and showing off.
The summertime is our wintertime, and if you call sitting poolside in the wintertime torture, I guess I will be tortured until I die, me and 5 million people and counting.
Cold, definitely cold. I'd take Minneapolis over any place in the South or Desert Southwest any day of the year. I love being outside in the cold - walking, hiking, cross-country skiing, ice skating... To me, it's invigorating, as opposed to hot weather, which seems to sap my energy like a sponge.
I found a bunch of YouTube videos some time ago, of backyard hockey rinks in places like Connecticut and Ontario (and other Northern locations, obviously); I thought "Man, that really looks like fun!" Not just the skating and hockey playing, but the creativity that was involved in the design and construction. One family's backyard rink had a nearby warming hut/changing room/sauna. Now THAT's real Northern living!
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