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Is it just City-Data or Americans in the Far West in general who are like whiny little girls when it comes to any form of humidity above 50%? It's a pattern I see often here and wondered from those who live in the western 1/3 of the country if they were all like that.
West Coasters can deal with heat all right, but humidity adds an extra layer of misery to it. It's sticky and nasty.
We wonder why people in the Midwest/East start whining about being too hot when it hits 26C. That's not really hot, unless it's humid, and then it is.
People in Texas are more used to it, I think. It's mostly the Upper Midwesterners and New Englanders who start wilting at 26C/80F with humidity. And, I sympathize. One of the most uncomfortable places I have ever visited was Portland, Maine during a June heat wave. It was very humid and there was no a/c in the little stone church where our friends were getting married. I thought my husband and the other groomsmen in their tuxedos were going to pass out.
I was curious enough to look up the weather data for that date (June 21, 1997). It hit 84F/28.9 C with a dewpoint of 71. Man, did it feel oppressive to this Southern Californian.
As someone who spend childhood summers near Bakersfield and was in Bakersfield regularly during the summer I would say Valdosta, GA is worse. Bakersfield is dry. Its really a desert with very low rainfall and low humidity. The hot humid summers in the south are very oppressive. I have spend summers in places similar to Valdosta. It is horrible.
You cannot just go by temperatures but heat index. I would almost guarantee Valdosta has a higher heat index in the summer than Bakersfield. Bakersfield might have a high temp of 100 but the heat index is in the lower 90's. Valdosta might be in the lower 90's but the heat index is over 100.
That being said both have lousy summers.
This. Nailed it.
In Bakersfield, you can always sit in the shade with a glass of cool water and fan yourself (or better yet, catch a breeze), and you have a shot at being "comfortable". Not 65 degrees and sunny in Seattle, comfortable, but relative to Georgia? Comfortable. Do that in Valdosta, and you'll just die sooner. Or at least wish you would, as the spandex in your undies welds itself to your skin, as you sweat, drip, and repeat, all day long.
I lived in the Memphis area where it regularly exceeded 35 C/ 95 F in the summertime for a couple of years. I am originally from the north but it was amazing to me watching the people born & raised in the area run around in the 35 C heat as if it was a comfortable fall day or something. They didn't get hot, didn't complain about the (horrific) heat, and didn't seem to be bothered by it at all.
Mind blown even more when I traveled to Phoenix and saw people running around in triple digit heat seemingly unbothered by it. 110 F? No big deal! We are just out here sitting in the sun, hiking, jogging or just out and about in the heat of the day.
On the other hand, I broke into a sweat within 5-10 minutes of just standing or light activity in that weather. I find even 27 C weather a bit uncomfortable but not intolerable. I suspect that if I had grown up in a hot climate I would appreciate or at least tolerate heat better.
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Now that is a matter of perspective.
I lived in the Memphis area where it regularly exceeded 35 C/ 95 F in the summertime for a couple of years. I am originally from the north but it was amazing to me watching the people born & raised in the area run around in the 35 C heat as if it was a comfortable fall day or something. They didn't get hot, didn't complain about the (horrific) heat, and didn't seem to be bothered by it at all.
Mind blown even more when I traveled to Phoenix and saw people running around in triple digit heat seemingly unbothered by it. 110 F? No big deal! We are just out here sitting in the sun, hiking, jogging or just out and about in the heat of the day.
On the other hand, I broke into a sweat within 5-10 minutes of just standing or light activity in that weather. I find even 27 C weather a bit uncomfortable but not intolerable. I suspect that if I had grown up in a hot climate I would appreciate or at least tolerate heat better.
I didn't grow up in a hot climate, yet I took to Phoenix like a fish to water. I also work outdoors so after my first year here, I adapted to the climate here. Now anything between 60 and 110 is no big deal for me. Below 60 is cold, and over 110 is when it starts to get hot
I didn't grow up in a hot climate, yet I took to Phoenix like a fish to water. I also work outdoors so after my first year here, I adapted to the climate here. Now anything between 60 and 110 is no big deal for me. Below 60 is cold, and over 110 is when it starts to get hot
Yet my mid 90's and dews over 75f would send you packing.
I find anything higher than 85 F too hot with humidity. Above 95 F if there is no humidity is still hot for me. 80 F with humidity isn’t too bad for summer if it goes down into the 60’s at night, which it usually does up where I live.
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