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High humidity kills me. 33C and a humidity of 85% is akin to somewhere in the tropics or the Gulf (yuck). Give me a scorching dry 40C any day.
OP, you might be new here, but over half of us in the Weather section are non-Americans. So please consider using Celsius figures too - Not all of us are bothered to convert these.
Hmm interesting one. 110F is very hot, but you can at least sit in the shade and immediately feel cooler. The other would have no relief whatsoever, but at least 80F isn't really that hot, just very muggy.
I'd say 80F will feel cooler.
Are you kidding? That is insane sounding. Which cities?
A band across the lower part, where the climate is mediterranean. It's not insane. Many people don't have air conditioning, it's way more pleasant a climate than the Southern US, where it's incredibly humid, or parts of the middle east where it's routinely in the 40s, or parts of India where it is both!
What feels cooler to you?
80F with 95% humidity
95F with 20% humidity
In that case, neither would be a big deal. A warm, muggy and kinda hot, dry day. Big whoop.
I do recall going to the Upper Midwest (Madison, WI) in a heat wave (96-98 and pretty high humidity(though I don't recall the dew point). It was shockingly hot and oppressive. Far worse than a 100F day out West. That said, once the sun went down, and it dropped into the high 80s, I went for a nice jog through the arboretum, sweating like a pig, but otherwise ok. I do not think I would not have done that on a 110 degree day out west.
Since I haven’t experienced both scenarios I really can’t answer here.
Closest I had felt was a dry 38°C / 100°F with about 20% humidity and
27°C / 80°F with a dewpoint of 22°C / 72°F.
First one felt like someone has just opened the door of an oven and the
latter like being wrapped in a wet towel. So both are uncomfortable to me, just
in different ways.
I'm aware. It's a way better comparison though. Maybe 90 F with 70% humidity (which would probably be a DP in the 76-79 F range)
110 F with 20% humidity= 112 F heat index
80 F with 95% humidity= 86 F heat index
90 F with 70% humidity= 106 F heat index
90 F with 80% humidity= 113 F heat index
I think the OP wanted humid vs dry. Maybe 80/95% and 90/20% would work.
I experienced 81F / 27C with a dewpoint of 77F / 25C on 3 consecutive mornings last summer. It's silly to compare that with 110º, no matter how muggy it is.
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