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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsit's 99 degrees here, is that warm or hot?
i'm absolutely melting and my husband is saying it's only warm. granted, it is a dry heat and he's from the east coast, but it's killing me. i don't know how you folks in high humidity places do it, i can barely breathe in it.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i used to drive to illinois in july for my mom's birthday. the weather was absolutely miserable and i only had a car with ac once.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I lived in South Florida most of my life until I moved to North Georgia. And even the heat in the mid-80s was miserable because of the high humidity. It is supposed to be the in 90s tomorrow and I have to go grocery shopping, but I will go from my air-conditioned house to my air-conditioned car and into an air-conditioned store.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)and the car i've been driving the last few days has vinyl seats and blows hot air out of the vents regardless of whether the fan is running. i lost a layer of skin off the back of my legs today.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)My car A/C went out last summer and I went through the summer without it. That was hell. I had to have some car repairs done this past fall and had the mechanic check the A/C and it just needed some coolant.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i am not built for this weather
elleng
(131,031 posts)will be warm later and MAYBE cool around 4 a.m., when it will start moving to HOT again!
I'm from the east coast too, and please tell him that 99 is HOT! I do understand difference between dry heat, which doesn't last, and humid heat, which goes on forever, as lived in Colorado for a yearr. It DOES feel different.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)it's in the 60s by the time i hit my real wind down time, so i'm still sleeping under the comforter for most of the night.
i've spent my whole life here and don't remember it being this hot when i was a kid. and we used to get a rain shower every afternoon. it's rained maybe four times in the last six or eight weeks and the longest one was 20 minutes.
there's a chance of thunderstorms in the forecast through the weekend, but it's probably just a tease.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)99 in Chicago is hot.
99 in Phoenix is pretty warm.
It's all about the humidity.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)all the people and cars and the breeze doesn't get down to the street very well. gross.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Nothing like the smell of a big city on a hot, humid day.
Oddly enough, I'll always be a city girl.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)At least here in Northern California.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)but a few days ago, when the forecast was calling for upper 90s, they were calling it hot and accompanied it with the blistering sun graphic
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)I consider anything under 100 to be a luxury.
don't ask me what the heat index is.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)hope you're staying cool
trof
(54,256 posts)I just cranked the ac up to 75 from 74.
Every little bit helps.
olddots
(10,237 posts)forget the bar b q on the 4th of July we'll cook on the side walk .
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)It has NEVER reached 100 degrees in the metro Miami area where I currently habitate
When I lived in Las Vegas I could tolerate anything up to about 105 and then I just stayed indoors. And at that temperature, imagine breathing while a hair dryer is blowing in your face. Tomorrow it's supposed to hit 117 there and tonight it won't get below 90. That's hot! And up to 130 in Death Valley.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)I'm in NorCal (East Bay) and the other night it was around 60 degrees but with ~90% humidity, and I was sweating like I normally would in like 85-90-degree (or more) heat. A temp that low combined with humidity that high just seems unnatural, though it is admittedly rare around here.
Interestingly, I have a friend from Savannah, GA who once said that he didn't really know what "humidity" was until he moved to the West Coast as an adult. Before that he didn't even think about it, because it was just a normal part of the climate where he grew up.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)it was usually about 30-32 which is ONLY about 87 Fahrenheit but it was as humid as a sauna. Yeah that was hard to take.
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)The air was bone dry and it never bothered me: I wore long sleeves to keep off the sun, drank plenty of water, and never over-heated
A few years later, I had a summer roofing job in the Southwest, with everyday temps in the 110-115 range. It was somewhat more humid, and I thought the work was brutal: we'd knock off every hour or so and sit in the shade drinking water to cool off
Fast forward a few more years to the worst summer days I ever experienced, in the Eastern US: it never broke 90, but the humidity was nearly 100%. After the slightest physical activity, I was drenched in sweat -- that did not evaporate and so provided no cooling. I was packing up my stuff for a move. I'd carry a box a few feet, grab a towel, mop myself off, and stop doing anything for a few minutes so I didn't overheat