Portland has more humid summers than people think (Phoenix: live in, stats)

[Mini-apple-less]

Looking at the historical stats, Portland summers feature many days with dewpoint highs over 60F, and 65F dewpoints are not that uncommon either. Truth be told, you can have several days in a row or the majority of a week in the summer in Portland where every afternoon is in the 80s, muggy with 50-60% humidity and sunny.

I think people mistake rainlessness for lack of humidity but the two are not necessarily correlated. Los Angeles and Phoenix are very humid in the summer, but are also dry in terms of rainfall (though Phoenix is wetter than Portland in July and August).

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Mini-apple-less

Looking at the historical stats, Portland summers feature many days with dewpoint highs over 60F, and 65F dewpoints are not that uncommon either. Truth be told, you can have several days in a row or the majority of a week in the summer in Portland where every afternoon is in the 80s, muggy with 50-60% humidity and sunny.

I think people mistake rainlessness for lack of humidity but the two are not necessarily correlated. Los Angeles and Phoenix are very humid in the summer, but are also dry in terms of rainfall (though Phoenix is wetter than Portland in July and August).

That isn't really that humid, when it is 80-99% like it is on the east coast, then it is humid.

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Originally Posted by urbanlife78

That isn't really that humid, when it is 80-99% like it is on the east coast, then it is humid.

It's not as humid as the East Coast of course, but I think dewpoints above 60 in general feel "muggy" and they are far from rare in Portland/the Willamette Valley.

[Nell Plotts]

So move to a community that better fits your needs & expectations.

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Originally Posted by Nell Plotts

So move to a community that better fits your needs & expectations.

I'm not complaining, just pointing it out. I don't even live in Portland anymore.

[58rhodes]

Portland has always had warm Summers

try DC that can have 50 days in a row with above 90 degree temps and 100% humidity

[Nell Plotts]

Originally Posted by Mini-apple-less

I'm not complaining, just pointing it out. I don't even live in Portland anymore.

You seem to lack any frame of reference. If you don't live in Portland any more why do you 'care' so much.

I refer folks to Cliff Mass, PhD's book on weather in the pacific northwest. There are so many different micro-climates.

[VelouriaPDX]

I've lived in Portland for 10 years and have never once felt it was humid. I grew up on the east coast, so I suppose it's relative.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Mini-apple-less

It's not as humid as the East Coast of course, but I think dewpoints above 60 in general feel "muggy" and they are far from rare in Portland/the Willamette Valley.

It is all relative, for me, I wouldn't call that muggy.

[The Cactus Leaguer]

Portland has the greatest summer weather in the US. Warm but not hot, low humidity, long days, cool nights. It is God's gift to us as a reward for enduring the eight months of cool cloudy drizzle.

Not sure why the title of this thread suggests otherwise. Humid summers? Compared to where?