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From my experiences, Florida and the lowcountry of South Carolina have the most humid summers. I've never been to TX, LA, etc. I have relatives near Charleston, SC, and remember visiting on a very hot summer day in 2002. The air temperature was 98 degrees, but the heat index was 119 degrees. I've never felt anything that miserable in my life!
I have lived in Florida in the summer months...and coastal locations are actually quite nice. The sea breeze that sways the palms keeps the air moving and cools your body, so you feel the humidity less. I have felt more discomfort in locations with no air movement like Chicago/Phoenix in summer.
Well in humidity, take the lack of wind as well making a place uncomfortable. My guess in terms of most consistant humidity is 20-100 miles off the coast from TX to NC. Although most areas east of the 100 parallel can sometimes have humidity issues barring higher elevations.
I have lived in Florida in the summer months...and coastal locations are actually quite nice. The sea breeze that sways the palms keeps the air moving and cools your body, so you feel the humidity less. I have felt more discomfort in locations with no air movement like Chicago/Phoenix in summer.
No air movement? Summer's here are normally upper 70's to lower 80's, with humidity in the low 50%'s, and wind speeds around 9-10mph.
Summer's here are amazing imo. There is usually a week or so of a heatwave into the 90's or so, but I always laugh when I hear people comment about the "brutal humid summers in the Midwest". That's about 10 days of the summer, not normal.
How many of you in the dead of the summer, with a temp of 90+ degrees (nevermind humidity), have winds at 2 mph? That is what the Gulf in SW Florida is like.
No air movement? Summer's here are normally upper 70's to lower 80's, with humidity in the low 50%'s, and wind speeds around 9-10mph.
Summer's here are amazing imo. There is usually a week or so of a heatwave into the 90's or so, but I always laugh when I hear people comment about the "brutal humid summers in the Midwest". That's about 10 days of the summer, not normal.
Absolutely. Just proof that most people on these boards have absolutely no idea what theyre talking about. Minus the 10-20 days of hot, sticky days in Chicago, the rest of the summer is absolutely gorgeous, amongst the best you get in the States, hands down.
The hottest, most humid summers are all found down south. Places like Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, the Carolinas, Tennessee, most of TX, etc, are incredibly hot and humid. Unbearable is a good word to use to describe it!
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Not on the Gulf
Most people don't live right on the coast, even in coastal cities.
