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I really don't think that this should even be asked, but somehow some Florida people tend to think that the Midwest is just like Florida, except that our winters suck and theirs don't. I've seen it said that at least Florida has no snow, but the humid summers of the Midwest are just as unbearable.
Now I've heard a lot about Orlando and how hot that is. I'm not here to talk about that. Miami, a city on the ocean is more moderated by the presence of a large body of water. I've heard it said that MIA doesn't get anywhere near as hot as Central Florida, which some describe as hell on Earth.
Now, apparently humidity between Miami and Chicago isn't THAT different. However, my concern here is the dewpoint. Does Miami's dewpoint make the heat index THAT much hotter?
I know Chicago has gotten over 100 degrees, where Miami has never exceeded that. However, does the dew point of Miami make its summers that much hotter when it comes to how it feels? Discuss.
There's no guesswork when it comes to summer in South Florida. You know you're going to get reliable humidity and stable hot temperatures. So looking at the summer season as a whole, they just aren't comparable. Different breeds of climate.
Average dew points in summer are 5-10C higher in Miami, average temperature highs 3-5C higher, and average lows 6-10C higher. Miami has a heat index of 38-39C in July, while Chicago has a heat index of 30-31C in July, a big difference if you ask me.
Miami hottest month is 89 F 6 F hotter than Chicago's hottest, plus Miami is more humid.
No contest here.... Miami is already hotter than Chicago's hottest month by May, and even October is warmer in Miami than July in Chicago.... Miami has an average high of almost 91F in August.
As you can see here there are some months in some summer years that can feel and look like Miami, but that can be true almost anywhere in the northern United States in the summer.
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The one thing Chicago has over Miami is that it gets extreme heat (100s) while Miami has never seen it.
True, but those days are pretty rare....
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