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Phoenix, Arizona. 5:30am. Expected high is 113º today.
It was 118º last Friday.
It was 118º last Friday.
It's the humidity. I lived in Houston as a kid from 1975-1980 and it was just killer. Houston was where I first learned the term 'heat-wave'.
I’ve met people that moved from Phoenix & they say the Houston heat is worse. I don’t know how true that is though lol
We have a saying out here…"It's a dry heat". Typically, humidity around here is less than 10%.
Your body cools down by sweating. When the air is humid it's already full of moisture so the sweat your body produces is much less efficient in cooling you down. Texas, at least the part I lived in (Houston), is very humid in the summer. Coming from the dry heat of AZ that's probably why they tell you it's worse.
Finally a little cooler in Bethlehem PA. Current 84 with high of 88. No 90s showing in the seven day.
Yea still really hot in the sun, but at least you can hide in the shade better when it's dry. Need too get inside to AC eventually when it is hot and humid.