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Old 02-01-2017, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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At what dewpoint does it start to get uncomfortable?

For me, 18C.
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Old 02-01-2017, 05:37 PM
 
Location: Broward County, FL
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At what dewpoint does it start to get uncomfortable?

For me, 18C.
I would say about 20-21 C for me.


18 C still feels rather moderate, I guess that's what happens when you live in Miami.
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Old 02-01-2017, 05:57 PM
 
Location: New York
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18C is "lightly" humid to me, 20C is humid, and 24C+ is muggy.

Our average max dew point in July is 21C, which is near perfect.
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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I haven't really noticed to be honest. Maybe 18C? Dew points in the mid teens are the norm in the summer.

The most humid combination I can find last from last summer was a temp of 28C with a dew point of 21C, and I'd say that definitely feels humid to me. Temp earlier in the day was 31C with a dew point of 19C, which is kidna humid too (at least by our standards).

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Old 02-01-2017, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Okay, since this summer was fairly humid I'm gonna have to raise the figure to 19C-20C. I think I grew quite accustomed to the occasional 18C dewpoints this year.

We had a really crispy spring with dewpoints as low as -15C! I remember feeling rather sticky when the dewpoint soared up to 16C the next day. Lol.

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I haven't really noticed to be honest. Maybe 18C? Dew points in the mid teens are the norm in the summer.

The most humid combination I can find last from last summer was a temp of 28C with a dew point of 21C, and I'd say that definitely feels humid to me. Temp earlier in the day was 31C with a dew point of 19C, which is kidna humid too (at least by our standards).
That's really humid, even for worldwide standards. Okay, maybe this would be considered the norm in the Gulf Coast and the tropics.

31C and 19C DP combo was the norm in this muggy summer.
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Broward County, FL
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28 C with a 21 C dew point would be like a late October day here lol
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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28 C with a 21 C dew point would be like a late October day here lol
What's the highest dewpoint you guys can get?
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:29 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Okay, since this summer was fairly humid I'm gonna have to raise the figure to 19C-20C. I think I grew quite accustomed to the occasional 18C dewpoints this year.

We had a really crispy spring with dewpoints as low as -15C! I remember feeling rather sticky when the dewpoint soared up to 16C the next day. Lol.


That's really humid, even for worldwide standards. Okay, maybe this would be considered the norm in the Gulf Coast and the tropics.

31C and 19C DP combo was the norm in this muggy summer.
It was in the late evening. The dew point had two peaks - one in the early morning and one late in the evening. I guess this is pretty typical for most places? It's unusual for the highest dew point to coincide with the highest temperature.

I always thought Sydney was pretty humid, but I guess when you guys get heatwaves they usually come from the dry interior rather than a big, hot body of water like the Gulf of Mexico.
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Broward County, FL
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What's the highest dewpoint you guys can get?
Not sure what the record highest is, but we seem to hit 80 F (27 C) about once a year. Highest I remember seeing is probably about 82 F (28 C or so).


Weird, dew points of 77-79 F (25-26 C) are fairly common but hitting 80 F seems to be harder than expected here.
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Broward County, FL
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It was in the late evening. The dew point had two peaks - one in the early morning and one late in the evening. I guess this is pretty typical for most places? It's unusual for the highest dew point to coincide with the highest temperature.

I always thought Sydney was pretty humid, but I guess when you guys get heatwaves they usually come from the dry interior rather than a big, hot body of water like the Gulf of Mexico.
We seem to have a DP peak from about 11 AM until 7 PM (DP hovers around 25-26 C around this time a lot) and then it "drops" to 23-24 C in the afternoon.
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