Welcome to Nonsoon season!! (Tucson, Scottsdale: average, humidity, water)

[Captain-Jack]

Maybe the lack of rain has to do with all of the Chemtrails in the sky.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by kell490

I went to Miami and Fort Lauderdale in August 2010 I spent all day outside no way that is worse then Phoenix when it's 112 25% humidity. The sun is way more intense here and it cooled off at night in Florida while it was humid in the 80's is nothing. I think most of you midwest transplants never spend more then a few minutes outside of your AC. I worked outside all day yesterday and today it was rough.

Believe me, I have worked construction in the summer in Phoenix, and it is better than what I experienced in Little Rock, AR today, at 12 Central Time, it was 96° with a Dew of 79°, 58% humidity and the heat index was 114°. I don't think Phoenix has ever had a heat index of 114, due to the fact that when we get temps of 110, the humidity is low enough that the HI is 5-10° LOWER than the air temp

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I don't think Phoenix has ever had a heat index of 114, due to the fact that when we get temps of 110, the humidity is low enough that the HI is 5-10° LOWER than the air temp

If kell490 is correct and it truly was 112°F with 22% humidity, that is a heat index of 117°F. As most people already know, relative humidity is usually it's highest during the morning and as the sun comes up the air will slowly dry out and the humidity will go down, with relative humidity being its lowest during mid day when it is the hottest outside.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by cjseliga

If kell490 is correct and it truly was 112°F with 22% humidity, that is a heat index of 117°F. As most people already know, relative humidity is usually it's highest during the morning and as the sun comes up the air will slowly dry out and the humidity will go down, with relative humidity being its lowest during mid day when it is the hottest outside.

I doubt that figure, that would have been a dewpoint of 62°, and in the 15 years I've lived here, I have never seen a dewpoint above the 54-55 range at the hour the temp is 110+

[AZDesertBrat]

Originally Posted by Renegade007

I would say 75% of Phoenicians would not be able to handle Chicago style heat. Or Gulf Coast heat where it's 85 degrees and 85 percent humidity. Now that is truly the definition of miserable. It's a whole different animal than 115 degrees and 10 percent humidity. Give me the 115 degrees and 10%. Eight days a week.

I kind of have to agree with you about people handling the heat/humidity in Chicago. I lived in Detroit for five years and got a good 'education' about that! lol I had never experienced the combo like that, since I was born and raised in AZ, but I got used to it. The really bad part was that it was humid like that 24/7 where, here, it fluctuates some depending on what's going on at the moment. Rain storm? 100% humidity. A few hours later when the sun comes back out and dries it up some, maybe 50% humidity and a ton cooler. Humidity is so unusual here that I can feel it instantly when I step outside even at a small percent. I don't mind it and it's really nice if you can catch a small breeze to go with it.

[ScottsdaleMark]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I doubt that figure, that would have been a dewpoint of 62°, and in the 15 years I've lived here, I have never seen a dewpoint above the 54-55 range at the hour the temp is 110+

Just looking at last year solely, I think our highest heat index was August 14, 117 with low dewpoint for the day of 49 ... heat index of 113. August 16 was 112 with 54, heat index of 111. July 31 was 110 with 56 dewpoint and June 29 was 110 with 55, both heat index of 110.

I'm not much on heat indices but for what it's worth that's the 2015 data.

I know personally having visited Arkansas in the summer last year, I just about died walking through the more verdant spaces during the heat of the day. So much of the South is so green and leafy that the evapotranspiration ("corn sweat") can make a big difference in certain locations . I do pretty well with some humidity but dew points of 70+ during the heat of the day, I have a harder time with.

I guess I prefer being baked to being steamed.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by ScottsdaleMark

Just looking at last year solely, I think our highest heat index was August 14, 117 with low dewpoint for the day of 49 ... heat index of 113. August 16 was 112 with 54, heat index of 111. July 31 was 110 with 56 dewpoint and June 29 was 110 with 55, both heat index of 110.

I'm not much on heat indices but for what it's worth that's the 2015 data.

I know personally having visited Arkansas in the summer last year, I just about died walking through the more verdant spaces during the heat of the day. So much of the South is so green and leafy that the evapotranspiration ("corn sweat") can make a big difference in certain locations . I do pretty well with some humidity but dew points of 70+ during the heat of the day, I have a harder time with.

I guess I prefer being baked to being steamed.

Same here, this humid heat in the south is a whole other animal!

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by Captain-Jack

Maybe the lack of rain has to do with all of the Chemtrails in the sky.

Contrails, my friend. Contrails.

[BIG CATS]

Originally Posted by kell490

I went to Miami and Fort Lauderdale in August 2010 I spent all day outside no way that is worse then Phoenix when it's 112 25% humidity. The sun is way more intense here and it cooled off at night in Florida while it was humid in the 80's is nothing. I think most of you midwest transplants never spend more then a few minutes outside of your AC. I worked outside all day yesterday and today it was rough.

Uhhh, we worked outside year round. That meant anything from 95 and humid down to -20F. Lets see YOU do that. Ever worked outside where the cold literally hurt you and you had 5 minutes to jump in a truck to thaw out, then go back outside and work again? Ill say, hands down, Midwesterners are the hardest workers out there. Didnt matter if there was 12" of snow on the ground, you got up earlier, dug your car out, and slid all the way to work, which was also open for business.

[AzScorpion12]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

Uhhh, we worked outside year round. That meant anything from 95 and humid down to -20F.Lets see YOU do that. Ever worked outside where the cold literally hurt you and you had 5 minutes to jump in a truck to thaw out, then go back outside and work again? Ill say, hands down, Midwesterners are the hardest workers out there. Didnt matter if there was 12" of snow on the ground, you got up earlier, dug your car out, and slid all the way to work, which was also open for business.

I did the same in the N'east and you'll never hear me complain about the heat here. The humidity here is nothing compared to Ma where it literally chokes you the moment you step out the door.