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Miami and Phoenix are the two most brutal hot weather climates in the country. Pick your poison cause long term either will wear most people out to where they become prisoners to the AC..
i wouldnt call Miami brutal, its not even the worst summer climate in Florida, most of Florida in summer is hotter than Miami, Miami's hottest month is 89 F, while Orlando and other central florida and gulf coast cities are hotter. Miami gets alot of relief from sea breezes too. Also Phoenix isn't the hottest climate in the Arizona, places like Yuma and Lake Havasu are hotter.
Think about your question this way. When you are warm, do you feel better in front of a fan or in a room with no circulation?
The fan does not lower the temperature nor the humidity, but it certainly feels cooler. There is an explanation as to why, but for the sake of discussion, common sense tells you a breeze is better than no breeze.
And a breeze in 115 is worse than no breeze in 115. Anyone experienced that? Cactus have follicles on them to protect from the hot wind.
And a breeze in 115 is worse than no breeze in 115. Anyone experienced that? Cactus have follicles on them to protect from the hot wind.
Agree- above 100 F, breeze can make it feel even worse. In the 90s, wind still helps take the edge off. Wind is actually more effective in moderate humidity than in very low humidity. A good example would be the Santa Ana winds in Southern California in fall vs. the trade winds in Hawaii in summer.
Dry heat and humid heat both suck. That is why when the debate over which s more tolerable comes up, my standard response is that I would rather have a short summer than a long one regardeless of atmospheric moisture.
That's not true, I live down here and 90F(which is nothing, it gets up to high 90's in the summer) feels like 100, 95 feels like 115, etc. It's brutal.
Miami isn't brutal by any means. People all over the east coast experience similar humidity and higher heat during summers during heatwave. It does not feel like 115 if you eexperience 115 you would agree. Especially in PhoenIx where the sun constantly shines. Realistically there are are very few tropical places that can be compared to the heat of a hot desert. South India is amongst one of them but I cant really think of much else
Miami isn't brutal by any means. People all over the east coast experience similar humidity and higher heat during summers during heatwave. It does not feel like 115 if you eexperience 115 you would agree. Especially in PhoenIx where the sun constantly shines. Realistically there are are very few tropical places that can be compared to the heat of a hot desert. South India is amongst one of them but I cant really think of much else
Your statement was "places along the coast get less humid than places in the middle of the state because of the breeze", that is false.
You are correct as I did say that, but meant it felt cooler because of the breeze just as much of Hawaii has the trade winds which makes it more comfortable.
That said, I wonder if the coast line is less humid than areas that are not getting any breeze. However not being a climatologist or someone in a related field, I don't know.
And a breeze in 115 is worse than no breeze in 115. Anyone experienced that? Cactus have follicles on them to protect from the hot wind.
I have not, but it makes sense. That would be a strange sensation, getting breeze which normally would help to cool you off, but instead would be helping to bake you.
You are correct as I did say that, but meant it felt cooler because of the breeze just as much of Hawaii has the trade winds which makes it more comfortable.
That said, I wonder if the coast line is less humid than areas that are not getting any breeze. However not being a climatologist or someone in a related field, I don't know.
No it isn't. Taking MIA and MCO as the examples, Miami (in terms of relative humidity) is a little higher in the afternoon, Orlando is a little higher at night/in the morning. This is simply because usually Orlando is hotter than Miami in the day and cooler at night. There is practically no difference in summer dew points.
Phoenix would feel hotter as the sun is blazing down constantly. Also in Miami you get relief from clouds and thunderstorms. No comparison really IMO.
This, i also feel that drier heat make the sun more intense, when back in Jogja (dry season)
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