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The worst of the summer heat and humidity has to be any location along the Upper Gulf Coast and the deep south stretching northward along the Mississippi River. The humidity is absolutely terrible in these areas and summer cold fronts are rare. Florida is almost always humid and very warm because it has a sub-tropical climate. The heat in the southwest is awful as well because you have to hydrate yourself so much because of the constant loss of water in the desert climate. The high plains is terrible as well because of the occasional intense summer heat with very low humidities and dry blast-furnace winds. Another area with high humidity and heat is the eastern seaboard, especially south of the mason dixon line.
The best summer weather is in the Upper Midwest and the UP of Michigan. Northeast Minnesota has great summer weather with lows cooling into the 40s and 50s a lot of the time during the middle of summer. The northern lower peninsula of Michigan has great summer weather as well. Other areas with great summer weather include interior New England, Maine, Upstate New York, the Allegheny Plateau in Pennsylvania, and the higher elvevated areas of the Northern Rockies. In the southeast the best summer weather can be found in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Cumberland Plateau also has fairly mild summer weather compared with the rest of the southeast. Also, the West Coast cities near the Pacific Ocean also have great summer temperatures nearly all the time, unless the Santa Ana winds take over in California!
The best summer weather is in the Upper Midwest and the UP of Michigan. Northeast Minnesota has great summer weather with lows cooling into the 40s and 50s a lot of the time during the middle of summer. The northern lower peninsula of Michigan has great summer weather as well. Other areas with great summer weather include interior New England, Maine, Upstate New York, the Allegheny Plateau in Pennsylvania, and the higher elvevated areas of the Northern Rockies.
What if someone does not like mornings cooling to the 40's and 50's F?
I live around Toronto. Our summers comparable to central MI but still too much cool spells.
Generally I don't like northern summers; warmth is not consistant enough to be satisfying,
but I find summer around northwestern Ohio along Lake Erie nice.
I have yet to see a morning below 59 F or an afternoon high below 79 F there.
dew point of 80? wow, that's getting up near nasty middle east dew points.. I think the worst I ever saw was a dew point of 85 in Quatar. that's pretty much weather that makes you wish you were dead, almost
Not too bad here on Long Island, NY. At 11:23am it's 86 degrees (supposed to hit the mid 90's), humidity is 40%. Sitting here with all windows open and a fan circulating the air and I'm very comfortable. As long as the humidity is low it's quite bearable.
dew point of 80? wow, that's getting up near nasty middle east dew points.. I think the worst I ever saw was a dew point of 85 in Quatar. that's pretty much weather that makes you wish you were dead, almost
Yes it is nasty!!! It just makes me wish I were some place else, right now the dew point here is 79, the heat index is 105
I found this information on the web. I live 50 miles north of Waco; I new I was in the tropics as my body told me so.
Cities with the highest heat index all summer may have lower temperatures but higher humidity such as Waco, Texas, and Key West. They top other places that have higher temperatures.
The highest dew point ever recorded: A dew point above 70°F is quite humid. Very high dew points are often found near shallow, subtropical seas. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf, recorded a dew point of 95°F on July 8, 2003. In the USA, the highest dew points (above 80°F) occur near the Gulf of Mexico and in parts of the upper Mississippi Valley.
I have a friend that worked for Fina and was in Saudi for five years. He said it was so unbearable. I don't doubt it with that humidity. I think he said the temps were like 130 degrees. Ugh!!
Very high dew points are often found near shallow, subtropical seas. In the USA, the highest dew points (above 80°F) occur near the Gulf of Mexico and in parts of the upper Mississippi Valley.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf, recorded a dew point of 95°F on July 8, 2003. I have a friend that worked for Fina and was in Saudi for five years. He said it was so unbearable. I don't doubt it with that humidity. I think he said the temps were like 130 degrees. Ugh!!
Mmm, subtropical seas... So that's why SC has such nice summers.
Toronto also gets dewpoints above 80 F once every few years.
(Only in major heat waves of course)
For me dewpoints that high are tolerable,
however dewpoints in the 60's and 70's are much more desireable.
Ouch, that is extreme.
Sounds like the air would be like breathing boiling water.
But at least it's not butt-numbing cold.
we are advanced beings here in the north we have coats, hats, gloves, insulated boots. In hot climates all you can do is sweat you cant go to the store and buy a cooling shirt that will keep you at a frosty 70 degrees.
No, but you can participate in a time-honored southern tradition:
Get some cold beer, and float around your local swimming hole.
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