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That's because you live right next to the beach. Guess what? The Inland Empire is plagued with Santa Ana winds come fall and winter. It's usually Single digit humidity when those winds blow.
Don't try to sell coastal Los Angeles weather as the normal when most new comers are too poor to live anywhere but the Inland Empire, where the weather is worlds apart from coastal LA. We all know your beach neighborhood is craaaaaazzzzy expen$$$$$ive.
It's still the "dry" west coast, but it has never been dry to me.
I hated this time of year when I lived in OC and downtown San Diego (less than 1/4 mile from the Bay)—I would be scratching my inner thighs and arms like crazy until mid March as my skin dried out. Recent summers had been getting remnants from storms working their way up from Mexico that were humid with no breezes and temperatures approaching or exceeding 100 for a 3-4 day period in August and/or September even near the coast, not just inland.
Being near the water AND getting a breeze—as I do—mitigates humidity. I definitely feel it more once I start moving just a few miles inland or when I am in non coastal humid cities that do not get such breezes.
Miami is tolerable (depending upon where you live, can be outright enjoyable) in the summer; I find dry, desert cities intolerable that time of year.
Not saying I hated dry cities, especially coastal ones —just that I often felt the climate was slightly overrated just as humid cities can get an undeserved bad rap (not as bad as some make out for reasons so described above).
I think a difference in LA is that the average days have that medium humidity. However, the hottest days turn into Phoenix. High temperatures + high humidity is rare in SoCal. It's happening more frequently lately as tropical moisture makes its way from Mexico into the Southwest. But overall, when heat waves hit LA, it's usually a very dry heat coming from inland desert areas.
This is correct, in my experience. We might have 3-5 days per year with high heat AND high humidity. It's miserable, but it has not, so far, lasted long.
This is correct, in my experience. We might have 3-5 days per year with high heat AND high humidity. It's miserable, but it has not, so far, lasted long.
It's just perfect beach weather. On the coast the worst that it even gets is high80s. That inly sucks because we don't have AC over here.
Dry = more comfortable, but hard on the body (nose, sinuses, respiratory system, skin, etc.) Humid = less comfortable, but helpful to the body
Having lived in extreme examples of both, I go with humid.
Not completely true. The human body cannot properly cool itself in humid air. When you sweat the process of the sweat evaporating off your skin cools you off - much like an evaporative cooler chills a house. In humid air your sweat doesn't evaporate as well (or in some cases at all). So while humidity may be great for concealing wrinkles, it puts you at a significantly higher risk of suffering from heat stroke.
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Iowa's not the epicenter of humidity or heat, but it gets pretty damn hot and humid in the summer. This summer I was in Durango, CO, and put on a long sleeves in 80 degree weather, because it felt 10-15 degrees cooler than what 80 degrees feels like in Iowa.
It's still the "dry" west coast, but it has never been dry to me.
It's never been dry for you because you live right on the ocean. You have no idea how bone dry it gets anytime the Santa Ana winds blow over in the Inland Empire and canyons.
It's never been dry for you because you live right on the ocean. You have no idea how bone dry it gets anytime the Santa Ana winds blow over in the Inland Empire and canyons.
I used to live in the high desert amigo so trust me ik, but that was an extreme, And very few people lived out there.
I much prefer humid over dry. When I'm in a dry climate I get nose bleeds, itchy skin, and just dislike it. I just feel better when it's humid.
Cool and humid is the best but even hot'n'sticky is better than hot and dry if it comes down to it. I'd take New Orleans over Yuma any day
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