Which of the four big Texas metros is for me? (Houston: lofts, condos)

[bamba_boy]

Originally Posted by Scitats

The gauge may read lower in Houston but I assure you it feels hotter than any other metro in the state. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio generally have one month where it is humid which happens in the spring. Houston has a near constant level of high humidity. Couple that with the fact that in the hottest, most humid part of the summer, there is generally no wind to be found in Houston. Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio may have higher temperature readings than Houston, they are from my experience much more comfortable in the summer months due to lower humidity and the fact that they actually get breezes in the summer months.

It's all in the semantics . .. humid heat vs higher temps but drier. The difference between Houston and Dallas/Austin/SA in August is just the differenced between being a lobster steamed vs a lobster microwaved.

[Metro Matt]

Houstonians stay younger looking because the humidity provides moisture to the skin.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Scitats

TDallas, Austin, and San Antonio may have higher temperature readings than Houston, they are from my experience much more comfortable in the summer months due to lower humidity and the fact that they actually get breezes in the summer months.

"Much more comfortable" is really a stretch.

From the two I've lived in at least (Houston and Austin) the difference was not huge. Austin is average 10% less humid than Houston. But it has fewer cloudy days, so when I lived there I aways felt like the sun was constantly beating down on me during the summer, with no relief.

Really, I find it silly for Texans to argue about this. All of these are hot as heck in the summer. I only brought it up because someone incorrectly said Houston was "hotter" temperature-wise than the others in the summer, which is not true; in fact, it's usually the opposite.

[Metro Matt]

San Antonio, Austin, & Dallas all usually have higher temperatures than Houston when the humidity heat index isn't factored in.

I remember living in Arlington during the summer of 2001. It was hotter then hell & one of the worst on record. That summer was one of the worst I've ever experienced my whole 30 years of living in Texas. It was one of those occasional ones where North Texas receives hot/dry air blowing in from the desserts out in West Texas. The thermometer pegged 110 degrees for several weeks straight, the grass turned that ugly North Texas yellowish brown as it was burnt to a crisp, grass fires were out of control, city fined you if you watered your grass, etc. It was absolutely horrible.

From Wiki:

"Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, though it is located in a region that also tends to receive warm, dry winds from the north and west in the summer, bringing temperatures well over 100 °F (38 °C) at times and heat-humidity indexes soaring to as high as 117 °F (47 °C). When only temperature itself is accounted for, the north central Texas region where Dallas is located is one of the hottest in the United States during the summer months, usually trailing only the Mojave Desert basin of Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California."

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

^^^Just about every I know (even my friends in Houston) find the summer heat in Dallas more tolerable than in Houston. Its the difference between being in a furnace or being in a steam room.

[Lakewooder]

So Dallas gets like 14 days a year over 100. Big deal. I feel sorry for you if you lived in Arlington, Matt -but you don't have to take it out on the rest of us for the rest of your life.

[feufoma]

Originally Posted by Scitats

The gauge may read lower in Houston but I assure you it feels hotter than any other metro in the state. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio generally have one month where it is humid which happens in the spring. Houston has a near constant level of high humidity. Couple that with the fact that in the hottest, most humid part of the summer, there is generally no wind to be found in Houston. Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio may have higher temperature readings than Houston, they are from my experience much more comfortable in the summer months due to lower humidity and the fact that they actually get breezes in the summer months.

Yeah, that's it there's no wind in Houston. What an idiot

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by Scitats

The gauge may read lower in Houston but I assure you it feels hotter than any other metro in the state. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio generally have one month where it is humid which happens in the spring. Houston has a near constant level of high humidity. Couple that with the fact that in the hottest, most humid part of the summer, there is generally no wind to be found in Houston. Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio may have higher temperature readings than Houston, they are from my experience much more comfortable in the summer months due to lower humidity and the fact that they actually get breezes in the summer months.

Your comment makes very little sense. I've spent enough time in Dallas, Austin, S/A and Houston to know better. Dallas has slight humidity and is actually hotter temperature wise than Houston. The breeze you speak of is a hot breeze and does nothing to relieve the temperature. It is much like Phoenix Arizona with slight humidity. It amazes me that people love to bicker over who has the more comfortable seat in the oven, it's ridiculous. Hot is Hot.

[Scitats]

Originally Posted by feufoma

Yeah, that's it there's no wind in Houston. What an idiot

Why call me an idiot? Fact is, Houston doesnt get as much wind as Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin. It has below average wind speeds all year long, especially in the summer, while the others have above average during the summer. Ill let you find Houston.
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[Ivan Kamen]

I think Dallas/Fort Worth would be your best bet.