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Jul 8, 2024
2:38:01pm

j-woot All-American

Clearly the people in McKinney aren’t living right.

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j-woot

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POLL: 115 and dry heat, or 100 and 95% humidity, which would you rather endure?

Archaea

Jul 8, 1:54pm

Dry heat you can find shade and get relief. Shade does nothing for humidity

LeonMarek

Jul 8, 1:55pm

The sweet, sweet relief that only death could bring.

foofcoug

Jul 8, 1:56pm

Lol the heat index of 100 with 95% is 185. there's no comparison.

supertux

Jul 8, 1:59pm

Dang, beat me to it!

j-woot

Jul 8, 2:01pm

The forecast

Still Blue

Jul 8, 2:00pm

I stepped out of a car once in Mexico to 90+ degrees and 95% humidity. It was

Hoopster

Jul 8, 2:01pm

That’s an equivalent heat index of 185F. Whoever voted for that enjoys pain.

j-woot

Jul 8, 2:01pm

Check out the heat index in McKinney, Texas—sweltering heat for sure!

Brisco

Jul 8, 2:18pm

Clearly the people in McKinney aren’t living right.

j-woot

Jul 8, 2:38pm

It’s fairly rare for it to get to 100 with 95% humidity, no? But when it does,

Japan Coug

Jul 8, 2:04pm

So rare, in fact, that there is no record of it ever hitting that high of heat index anywhere.

supertux

Jul 8, 2:14pm

I’ve experienced pretty close to that in Houston. Galveston not as hot but 95%

ledfoot

Jul 8, 2:39pm

highest recorded heat index is 178. obviously 95% humiditiy isn't rare. I live in FL so I'm very familiar. But 95%

supertux

Jul 8, 2:58pm

I think it's almost physically impossible for the second to occur in nature, but I've lived

Indy Coug

Jul 8, 2:06pm

100 degrees with 95% humidity is pretty uncommon. Humidity typically drops as

Jul 8, 2:06pm

Where I am in AL right now, it's 92 with 60% humidity, and it's a heat advisory.

Jul 8, 2:08pm

The hottest place I could find in the SE right now is West Point, MS - 96 w/50%.

Jul 8, 2:11pm

Alachua, FL showing 98 w/ 51%

supertux

Jul 8, 2:20pm

94 with 56% at my house in FL

supertux

Jul 8, 2:18pm

And here come the thunderstorms. That's the other thing, that heat will produce

Jul 8, 2:24pm

In fact, it almost can't happen in nature for it to be 100% humidity above 92°.

Jul 8, 2:17pm

Are you a meteorologist?

TNT

Jul 8, 2:45pm

Humidity is terrible plus add in gnats its agonizing

BulldogCoug79

Jul 8, 2:08pm

This would be a tougher question if the humid scenario had temps of 90 or so.

garyfan

Jul 8, 2:09pm

Maybe we should do a poll where the high-humidity scenario is actually possible.

Japan Coug

Jul 8, 3:10pm

Agreed. I was in Vegas two weeks ago and 110+ didn't feel like anything. Last week on July 4, I was working in the

WDaddy

Jul 8, 4:13pm

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