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Jul 8, 2024
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j-woot
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Dang, beat me to it!
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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
dYrtbYkerYder
Jul 8, 2:06pm
Where I am in AL right now, it's 92 with 60% humidity, and it's a heat advisory.
dYrtbYkerYder
Jul 8, 2:08pm
The hottest place I could find in the SE right now is West Point, MS - 96 w/50%.
dYrtbYkerYder
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
dYrtbYkerYder
Jul 8, 2:24pm
In fact, it almost can't happen in nature for it to be 100% humidity above 92°.
dYrtbYkerYder
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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