I now know what people are talking about when they say "dry heat"

[Reverend_Smitty]

I spent the last 4 days in Vegas and though it was 100 degrees and still hot as balls, the lack of humidity made it bearable. Now I'm back home on the east coast, it's 88 degrees with 120% humidity and it's so uncomfortable out there I don't even want to leave the house.

[Scout1071]

1. There is a huge difference.

The humidity is all the difference. Just makes you sticky. And makes me cranky.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. I don't know. I spent a week in Vegas one summer when it was

125 degrees. My Keds melted on the sidewalk. I'm not sure there is much different between being roasted alive or boiled alive. I'll take 90 degrees with 100% humidity over 125 degrees and dry as a bone any day.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. that is pretty hot

it was only 95-105 the whole time we were there, but I could at least breathe...the humidity takes away my will to live!

One more thing about the dry heat, it completely chapped my lips to the point where they were almost bleeding. They don't even get this bad in the winter. I plan on spending the next couple of days applying a lot of chapstick

[ihaveaquestion]

6. Big difference between 100 and 125!

125 is nearly a slow roasting temp.

100 is bearable if the humidity is below 40 - 50%.

Humidity is so bad because your sweat doesn't evaporate off your body, keeping your skin hotter.

:evilfrown:

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. I checked the weather one day

and they said it was 10% humidity, I didn't even know it could get that low...no wonder my lips dried out!

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Yep, I was caked in chapstick when I was out there.

It's bad! I hope your lips feel better soon.

[micrometer_50]

13. Right now in Tucson,

It's 106 degrees and 7% humidity.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. When I was out there...

The "feels like" temperature was supposedly the same as what we had back home even though the air temp was 25-35 degrees hotter and the humidity was 60% lower.

Bullshit! :)

[kick-ass-bob]

3. I can't stand it when its 75 in the morning and humid.

Barely breathable
x(

[Ready4Change]

5. I'm in MD. I've relatives in CO.

They come here and roast in the summertime, and freeze in the winter, all due to humidity. In CO they can be in shirt and jeans nearly all year (During actual blizzards seems to be the one exception.)

Humidity sucks!
:scared: :grr: (Closest I could find to cold/hot smilies.)

[Scout1071]

8. It's true. 20 degrees in the mountains is not nearly as cold as

20 degrees here on the prairie.

[bertha katzenengel]

11. I never knew 'til I moved from So. Cali. to Maryland.

There is no escape. I sweat in air conditioning if I do more than walk across the room.

[ucmike]

12. its not the heat, its the stupidity.

2 years at arizona state taught me the difference between dry/humid heat.

i remember setting the ac in our apartment to 85 and being quite comfy when it was 112 outside.

[NMMNG]

14. There's a difference

I was in AZ and the temp was 108 and bearable because it was so dry. Here it is in the upper 80's or low 90's and it's hard to breathe because of the humidity. Sometimes even the low 80's can be hard on breathing because of the humidity.