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I don't really like humid heat but it's still better than humid cold.
I prefer dry weather in general and short episodes of rain / thunderstorms. I don't like humid weather if it does not create rain / snow / t-storms. I don't like stickyness.
Yes; A day over 100 F usually has a night time low around 65 F and many nights in the valleys drop down into the 50s, even in mid-summer. Therefore the summer average temperatures in the L.A. valleys are actually lower than most of the U.S. when you factor in the nighttime lows. I like the benefit of cool nights meaning that you can open a window in leau of turning on the AC but I also enjoy the humid thunderstorms in climates that have less diurnal range and the fact that you can still go swimming at midnight. In L.A, late night swims only go hand in hand with heat waves.
Valleys see lows in the 60s in reality. 50s lows happen less often as of recent years in summer.
It also depends which valley you are talking about SFV sees cooler lows than SGV and the IE. SFV sees low 60s lows and SGV and IE see mostly mid 60s lows in summer.
The normal 95 F/ 62 F day in summer in the SFV yields a mean temp of 78.5 F which isn't lower than most of the US. SGV would be 94 F/ 65 F and IE would be about 97 F/ 64 F balancing the hottest mixroclimates that average 100 F highs and the coolest valley microclimates averaging low and mid 90s.
As for midnight swims, temps in the valleys at midnight are about 70 F cooling down to mid to low 60s by 6 AM. And with the pool temp at 80 F that makes for an ideal swim... Let me remind you that midnight here is virtually windless in the valleys...
Our normal summer day (I in what bart classifies as SGV) it's about 95 F/ 65 F, with midnights being fine for a swim ( I'm not into midnight swims though). This past summer where we saw upper 90s highs and upper 60s and low 70s lows was great for night swims. August 2012 and July 2006 have been the best though, August of 1998 was a good one too.
I'm actually surprised you think this as you yourself live in a valley... Mission Viejo is in a small valley, seeing low and mid 90s highs and mid 60s lows... Good for night swims...
I 've experienced both in every single summer here in Greece. I think humid heat is worse I was sweating more in humid heat and it was difficult for the lungs too. But dry heat has a feeling that you arre in an oven! Both are terrible. Also humid cold is worse than dry cold!
Dry heat here feels more like being smoked near the fire. Or like being processed into a salai*, local says. Thats what locals said when the extreme haze happened last year. Because dp below 22C in 33/23 C weather for long time means wildfire haze.
*Salai is smoked fish.
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Dry heat here feels more like being smoked near the fire. Or like being processed into a salai*, local says. Thats what locals said when the extreme haze happened last year. Because dp below 22C in 33/23 C weather for long time means wildfire haze.
*Salai is smoked fish.
Yes like smoke. When south winds blow and have for example 38 C it is like a fire. Eyes become red! Terrible!!!
I also imagine the vegetation in indonesia to be much more lush and green than that of Greece, the latter being more accustomed to dry conditions, hence the higher hazard of wildfire in "dry" 22c dewpoint.
We can experience "dry fall" (leaves are brown due to drought and can fall). And accompanied with wildfire haze.
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