I’m in Oregon where summers are warm and dry. I can wear anything relatively breathable and I feel okay, even if it’s 90+ degrees out.
Any dew point above 60 degrees, especially during the summer where we get less than an inch of rain total, is just unfathomable to me. I imagine it’s very uncomfortable and sticky but I would like some insight from people who actually live there.
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I have lived in Oregon and the deep South in different points of my life. Yes, it really sucks. The mornings are especially bad in humid locations. I was on the Oregon coast for work and people freaked out because it was 82 degrees outside. Wish I was there today.
Yeah, we have a dew point of 70 today. It was only 79 when I first went outside this morning but still felt pretty muggy.
It’s worse from mid July to mid August
I went for a run this morning around 8:30 AM and it was oppressive and damn near unbearable.
Yes. When I stepped out of my house this morning I was instantly damp and I wasn’t even sweating.
Last couple years we’ve had some nice dry summer days but usually it’s oppressive and un enjoyable.
We’ve evolved to have gills. I actually don’t even notice most of the time unless it’s either raining or just not as humid. I do sometimes walk out and think how humid it is. I mowed my lawn the other day at about 8:30Am. I remember I thought it was fairly cool so I better get going.
I’m in Oregon as well. I was born and raised in Vegas and was a union carpenter so heat isn’t much of an issue for me. I took a job in Oklahoma for a couple years and it’s the only time you my life that I almost had a heat stroke. It took quite a while to get used to it there
I’m from the Pacific Northwest, the dry side, with family in the west side that I’ve have visited throughout my life.
I’ve lived in TN for more of my life than the PNW now, and I’ll tell you…
Yes.
It is.
“Oh, you’ll get used to it.”
No.
You won’t.
They lie.
Even many people from here hate the summers here.
But, I gotta say, I absolutely love the springs and falls here. Head and shoulders prettier than there.
Except tornadoes. Tornadoes suck.
It’s pretty brutal, especially when we get to wet bulb level. Then it’ll absolutely ruin your day, especially if you work outside.
>Any dew point above 60 degrees
Summer pretty much sits at 75 for us. The bad days, it goes over 80.
I’m a mountain boy at heart, so it’s [absolutely miserable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVxXZhcpRfI) for me. A couple hours of yard work taps me out for the whole day.
Average humidity in Alabama is 85%. I’m used to it but I also know how to deal with it. I live in a city of transplants and notice most newbies have a difficult time.
It’s f’ing chunky out there. Southern New England
I fucking hate it. It’s like soup.
But I have a friend who just moved here form Louisiana and he says that the worst days here are pretty normal back home. So yes it’s bad, but it could be a whole lot worse.
What can I say, I like it hot & humid more than hot & dry. What sucks to me is the torrential downpours we get during the summer, it’s like the skies open up and release all the world’s oceans on top of you in a span of 10 minutes. Being a North Carolinian means being on I40 and hitting a downpour so bad everyone has to pull over and turn on their hazard lights
Yes, As somebody who has lived in Dry and Humid heat in Texas and Tennessee respectively, humidity is the worse of them but dry heat in 100 degrees is nothing to scoff at either, But my god atleast I could shelter from it under a shady tree but with humidity you start sweating like a hooker in church right as you come outside. Like when I was first moving back to Tennessee from Texas we crossed a certain part of Arkansas you could feel it like a wall of water attaching itself to you it was so uncomfortable, sticky and hot.
It can be terrible.
Yes
AC is one of mankind’s greatest inventions and NC summers just reinforce that for me
I’m currently in the greater Atlanta area and it’s 90 degrees with 61% humidity indoors and outdoors where I am. On top of that I work in a professional kitchen with eight ovens less than six feet from the work station I’m using today. I’m quite warm and damp today. I am wearing a summer weight chef’s coat and I’m taking a break in the air conditioned dining room, so it’s not completely unbearable. I lived in Louisiana for a time and experienced 90 degree heat with 90% humidity and you’d think that would mean that I don’t complain about 60% humidity but I do. It will take a couple hours at home tonight before I’ve cooled off and feel comfortable.
One day last week on my day off, the humidity was enough that just standing in line at the cash register at Walmart I was sweating profusely
Mississippi. Can’t walk to my car without sweating. Some days it feels like a sauna.
Grew up in the TX gulf coast and now live in Oregon.
The humidity is NIGHTMARISH down there. Shade does not help. Sweating is ineffective. The only relief is being in water or being in air conditioning.
Yes. Yes it is.
It can be 78° and just sitting there causes you to sweat due to the humidity. You live with fans blowing on you just to feel moderately ok. When you shower, it has to be lukewarm and you will never really feel dry afterwards. Mildew is everywhere unless you have a dehumidifier installed. The air feels oppressive.
In the small chance you have AC, it has to be turned down 10°-15° lower than out west to get the same level of comfort.
And I’m in New England. The mid-Atlantic and South are much much worse. I think I’d die there.
Summer out west was something to look forward to. Summer out east is something I dread as soon as the snow starts to melt.
Southeastern NC here. I like to think of it as a shitty sauna with mosquitoes larger than birds. It’s horrible what makes it worse is I work in the hvac field. Attics are so fun!
I’m in Virginia. Humidity and heat is unreal. Some days I have to change my underwear multiple times because of the sweat.
If you have no frame of reference, then it’s probably worse than you imagine. For me, the nights are worse than the days. You know the days are going to suck but the nights aren’t much better. The low tonight is predicted to be 77. it’s going to cool off from 95, but it’s still not going to be comfortable.
Then there’s the afternoon thunderstorms, these pop up and can drop 1 to 2 inches of rain in an hour. Then once they pass, the evaporation starts and it’s like a sauna.
But I’ll take these summers for the winters where I’m wearing shorts in February.
I’ve lived near Philadelphia all my life and I’ve never gotten used to the god awful humidity. I hate spring because I know the heat and humidity of summer is coming. I’ve been sequestered in my house with the AC on for a week with no sign of the weather letting up. If I go outside my hair puffs up like it’s made from steel wool.
That’s said, fall is spectacular, and winter is not too shabby either, especially if we get some decent snow storms.
I work outside here and 10 minutes into my shift I had sweat running down my face and I don’t sweat easily. It was around 85° and 80% humidity
Yes. I’m from Florida, in New York now. It’s Florida levels of humidity.
I’ve been looking to get more active and go on walks or runs more regularly. 90% of what stops me is humidity + heat.
Greetings from Houston, where it’s so humid it’s like someone breathing into your mouth.
It’s probably worse than you think it is. Walking outside is like walking into someone’s sweaty crotch or armpit and then trying to breathe.
Yes it’s miserable and I don’t understand the I love summer people.
I’m in New York. By 9am the heat and humidity were oppressive. You step out of your bedroom and you are instantly sticky. The vast majority of us do not have central air conditioning.
Yes, and also, bugs!
No, it’s worse. Up north it’s not as bad because once the sun goes down it can cool off substantially. In the south it’s just a little less hot.