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It does make me laugh how people that get temperatures much much colder than the UK always scoff at anything under 40C being "hot", surely at some point in the year even 20C would feel "hot" to them
I can't imagine anyone scoffing at temps over 100F as not being way too hot. I would venture even in Phoenix in summer 103 is hot.
Our temps are colder than the UK in winter, and warmer in summer. But at some point in late May to mid June you rapidly acclimatise to hotter temps. In March 75F is nice and warm, in July it feels cool if that makes sense. Same thing happens in November to early December going the other direction.
What I hate more than anything is temps on a roller coaster in winter from warm to freezing. Ugh.
The averages are skewed by cold snaps. Miami is routinely 83-85 F in January and no one bats an eye. It can be called a hot winter.
Actually the standard deviation in Miami in winter is small compared to large swaths of the Eastern US. Avg std dev on the high temp in winter is around 6F, and 8.5F on the low. That is at the airport.
To myself 30°C is when it can start to feel hot. 10°C is just too cold. Any time of year. So I go out with winter clothes on any time of year that happens (sometimes even in summer).
77F is certainly comfortable for being outdoors all day long etc., but yeah I really don't think many people on earth would refer to it as "hot" except really cool summer areas where high temps were 60F (16C).
Any temperature can feel hot under certain conditions. 25C with no wind and high humidity feels pretty oppressive, and even 20C can feel very warm if there is no breeze and full sunshine. 25-30C with low humidity is fairly nice, although 30C is still a little too warm for me - maybe occasionally it's okay, but not every day or most days.
I remember a stretch of sunny weather in May 2012 - it was basically sunny for a week to ten days - and we had days with temps of 27C with dews in the 40s F, and that was very pleasant - proper blue dome weather - with a gentle caressing breeze. Last year, however, we had days with temps of 23C and dews of 20-21C, and that felt muggy and warmer than it otherwise would have done. We also had a day in August with a max temp of 31C, and the dews reached 22C (rounded) - I don't think I've ever felt mugginess like that in the UK before, or anywhere to be honest. It was a tropical day.
We also had a day in August with a max temp of 31C, and the dews reached 22C (rounded) - I don't think I've ever felt mugginess like that in the UK before, or anywhere to be honest. It was a tropical day.
Amazing for England. That's what a typical Florida afternoon is like in the summer.
Any temperature can feel hot under certain conditions. 25C with no wind and high humidity feels pretty oppressive, and even 20C can feel very warm if there is no breeze and full sunshine. 25-30C with low humidity is fairly nice, although 30C is still a little too warm for me - maybe occasionally it's okay, but not every day or most days.
I remember a stretch of sunny weather in May 2012 - it was basically sunny for a week to ten days - and we had days with temps of 27C with dews in the 40s F, and that was very pleasant - proper blue dome weather - with a gentle caressing breeze. Last year, however, we had days with temps of 23C and dews of 20-21C, and that felt muggy and warmer than it otherwise would have done. We also had a day in August with a max temp of 31C, and the dews reached 22C (rounded) - I don't think I've ever felt mugginess like that in the UK before, or anywhere to be honest. It was a tropical day.
Yeah I remember that day in August last year... it reached 34c here and the dew point was 22c or 23c... that's the most uncomfortable I've ever felt and I've travelled a lot!
Boone NC is always lucky to get cooler weather and more snow. Summers are fantastic down there. People there also enjoy lower taxes. Makes me jealous to move down there.
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