Brutal heat and humidity lately

[tmorris1]

It has been horrible in MN too lately. We had a dew point of 81 this morning. 1 shy of the record of 82 in 2011. I'm not sure it got out of the 80s overnight because the ground was dry. Supposed to be 96 today and currently 71% humidity.

 

[Touring5]

Interestingly:

The highest dew point ever recorded on Earth is 95°F (35°C), observed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on July 8, 2003.

This record occurred alongside an air temperature of 108°F (42°C), resulting in an extreme heat index of approximately 178°F (81°C). The Persian Gulf's exceptionally warm waters contribute to these unique humidity levels, making this the most humid conditions ever documented globally.

Highest Dew Points in the United States

• Melbourne, Florida: 91°F on July 12, 1987 (unsubstantiated record).
• Appleton, Wisconsin: 90°F on July 13, 1995.
• Moorhead, Minnesota: 88°F on July 19, 2011 (verified state record).
• Newton, Iowa: 88°F on July 14, 2010.

 

[FZ1]

It's been hotter than hades here in the middle of iowa lately. I was going to go for a 30+ mile bike ride today but nope'ed out at 20..

Temps in the mid 90's and high humidity combined to push the dew points into the 80s and the "feels like" temps as high as 120⁰!

I've been comparing my location to Bradenton Florida and quite often the dew point and feels like temps are comparable or higher.. Right now we're even uglier than Phoenix

Hopefully the rest of you all aren't melting like we are!

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Hang in for 3 more weeks. Temps will start to get better. Shorten your rides and drink more water.

 

[fantastic]

My weather station showed 98.4F yesterday's high / Feels like 115.3F

 

[SeaJay]

I've been comparing my location to Bradenton Florida and quite often the dew point and feels like temps are comparable or higher.. Right now we're even uglier than Phoenix

Come on down and join us in Florida to cool off!

 

[Hermann]

It's so humid I actually experienced "Corn Sweat" on a 9am morning cycle ride. It was in the MO river bottom east of KC . Miles of tall corn along MO 210. You could almost drink the air. Was defininly was wearing the air.

 

[82StudebakerDaytona]

It is the "DeepS." controlling the media's narrative. No one was talking about heat index in 2011 when Little Rock hit 114 degrees on the thermometer. We are a bunch of pussies now-a-days and cannot take the heat. Military uniforms used to be made of Wool. I'm a Kansas Farm Boy. No one had AC in our homes or vehicles back then. My Parents lived through the Kansas Dust Bowl Era-no rain and plenty of heat. I picked up a "hitchhiker" July 4,1982 in western Kansas. He complained all the way to Denver that my 1982 Celica did not have AC. AC was an option and I did not need it.

 

[loneryder]

I would say it is unfair to compare the same temperatures. 95 degrees in Alabama is exhausting, but 95 degrees in Las Vegas is not, or here in Colorado Springs.
However, if you compare the hottest days in Alabama and Arizona, it is equally exhausting, just different. The hottest day in Alabama I ever witnessed was 101, and it was brutal. The hottest day I witnessed in AZ showed, as I said before, 127 degrees, but let's say, for real, it was 118. It was equally brutal, just different. You need a higher temperature in dry heat to be as exhausting as humidity.

No you can’t compare the Alabama humidity to Az heat. As a kid I lived in Alabama with no AC. It was just the way it was. We finally got a window ac for the living room. Cars didn’t have ac but they had a lower vent on each side and those window wings where you could open them and get that 460 ac. It wasn’t that we were poor, only the wealthy had AC.
One June I rented a Harley in Phoenix and rode up to southern Utah. Riding back down to Phoenix I drank 2 liters of water and still got so hot I had to stop at a 7-11 couple of miles from the dealership and stand in the food cooler for several minutes. I apologized to the lady and she said it happens a lot. I had never been that hot in my life. Like sticking your head in a hot oven.

 

[I<3oil]

Currently 96, feels like 118*



and we're supposed to hit 101-103* for a high today

 

[edyvw]

No you can’t compare the Alabama humidity to Az heat. As a kid I lived in Alabama with no AC. It was just the way it was. We finally got a window ac for the living room. Cars didn’t have ac but they had a lower vent on each side and those window wings where you could open them and get that 460 ac. It wasn’t that we were poor, only the wealthy had AC.
One June I rented a Harley in Phoenix and rode up to southern Utah. Riding back down to Phoenix I drank 2 liters of water and still got so hot I had to stop at a 7-11 couple of miles from the dealership and stand in the food cooler for several minutes. I apologized to the lady and she said it happens a lot. I had never been that hot in my life. Like sticking your head in a hot oven.

At the same time, when you find shade you can actually cool off, in AL, you just can’t.
Like I said, it is different.

 

[alarmguy]

Except for people like @GON who truly experience high heat temperatures I don’t buy into mass media with this baloney “feels like”temperature all over the country.

What a crock that is, mass media having you believe your experiencing temperatures like 117° in Phoenix, Arizona.

We come down to a society where we have to actually tell the people that 117° is the real temperature, not the phony temperature that the mass media tells you. This stuff just cracks me up, literally.

118°Not the “real feel” but the real temperature good God
There is only one temperature and it is taken with a thermometer, anything else is BS

 

[The_Eric]

I suspect that the "feels like" temps are so humans can better judge for themselves what's healthy for them to take in. 117 in AZ is hotter than all get out and you should govern yourself accordingly. 95 with high humidity and a high dew point affects people just as bad too - the high humidity and dew point in the air means that we can't cool ourselves as easily and (I'm guessing) affects us the same or similar to AZ's 117.

I'm curious, for the detractors, have you ever experienced 95 degrees with an 85 dew point and tried to be active in it?

 

[Legs4Arms]

I suspect that the "feels like" temps are so humans can better judge for themselves what's healthy for them to take in. 117 in AZ is hotter than all get out and you should govern yourself accordingly. 95 with high humidity and a high dew point affects people just as bad too - the high humidity and dew point in the air means that we can't cool ourselves as easily and (I'm guessing) affects us the same or similar to AZ's 117.

I'm curious, for the detractors, have you ever experienced 95 degrees with an 85 dew point and tried to be active in it?

I couldn't imagine living in a place where you're constantly darting around from one place to another to get into air conditioning.
I usually lift weights for 40 minutes then do 30 minutes of THR cardio 4 nights a week.
To your question though, walking around in 39C Mexico heat at 50-60% humidity felt like I walking on a glue trap sidewalk

 

[#18FAN]

I'm leaving phoenix after 5 days of 116 117 118 116 in the shade with lows never dropping below 92F glad as he'll i am going to Wisconsin with high humidity and 85 temps maybe a day big deal I'll pedal out 40miles in it tomorrow. Heck a week ago I was doing that with Canada smoke added on it.

 

[fantastic]

Except for people like @GON who truly experience high heat temperatures I don’t buy into mass media with this baloney “feels like”temperature all over the country.

What a crock that is, mass media having you believe your experiencing temperatures like 117° in Phoenix, Arizona.

We come down to a society where we have to actually tell the people that 117° is the real temperature, not the phony temperature that the mass media tells you. This stuff just cracks me up, literally.

118°Not the “real feel” but the real temperature good God
There is only one temperature and it is taken with a thermometer, anything else is BS

And the correct tool for measuring humidity is a Hygrometer. Utilizing two scientific measuring tools by combining them to reveal feels like: "Relative humidity is an important metric used in weather forecasts and reports, as it is an indicator of the likelihood of precipitation, dew, or fog. In hot summer weather, a rise in relative humidity increases the apparent temperature to humans (and other animals) by hindering the evaporation of perspiration from the skin." Source wikipedia

Never heard someone complain so much about Apparent Temperature AKA "Feels Like". Fact is it's saved many lives & is why it's heavily used for weather reporting.

 

[alarmguy]

And the correct tool for measuring humidity is a Hygrometer. Utilizing two scientific measuring tools by combining them to reveal feels like: "Relative humidity is an important metric used in weather forecasts and reports, as it is an indicator of the likelihood of precipitation, dew, or fog. In hot summer weather, a rise in relative humidity increases the apparent temperature to humans (and other animals) by hindering the evaporation of perspiration from the skin." Source wikipedia

Never heard someone complain so much about Apparent Temperature AKA "Feels Like". Fact is it's saved many lives & is why it's heavily used for weather reporting.

It doesn’t take into account, the wind blowing on the skin or not blowing on the skin because it can’t and doesn’t know if you’re in the wind or not.

I see it as a new mindless society, unable to think for themselves. It’s heavily used in weather reporting as an attention grabber in my opinion.
Heck some stations it’s hard as heck to find out the real temperature. I don’t know anyone who alters outdoor activities based on “feels like” we live in a coastal area, it’s always humid and we know if 96 and humid means to take it slower though we mostly do not.
Before that a more dry area away from the coast with higher temps all summer …

You can get the real temps at http://noaa.gov
They will also post “alerts” for high heat index’s but don’t skew the real temps maybe since they don’t sell advertising?

 

[alarmguy]

I couldn't imagine living in a place where you're constantly darting around from one place to another to get into air conditioning.
I usually lift weights for 40 minutes then do 30 minutes of THR cardio 4 nights a week.
To your question though, walking around in 39C Mexico heat at 50-60% humidity felt like I walking on a glue trap sidewalk

It’s really what you’re used to.
Our last home if 16 years for months during the summer temperatures were 93° or higher, I would cut my lawn if it was 101 we were in the middle of the state of South Carolina, the air was a little dryer then the coast but the coast had more humidity and at the same time a lower temperature and also a seabreeze.

So being where we are now to give you an idea, heat index is above 100° are not uncommon.

I played Pickleball for exactly 2 1/2 hours from 10 AM to 12:30 (90 to 96°) outdoors, bright sunshine little wind which is very unusual as far as little wind. I then went home, drank a lot of water and cut my lawn for another hour finished at 2 o’clock. Obviously soaked from head to toe with sweat and took a shower.

I actually enjoy it in the workout! I know people think I’m crazy and maybe I am

Tomorrow back to Pickleball starting at 10 AM
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 108. Light southwest wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.
Actually, a little cooler for Tuesday more wind

 

[alarmguy]

It is the "DeepS." controlling the media's narrative. No one was talking about heat index in 2011 when Little Rock hit 114 degrees on the thermometer. We are a bunch of pussies now-a-days and cannot take the heat. Military uniforms used to be made of Wool. I'm a Kansas Farm Boy. No one had AC in our homes or vehicles back then. My Parents lived through the Kansas Dust Bowl Era-no rain and plenty of heat. I picked up a "hitchhiker" July 4,1982 in western Kansas. He complained all the way to Denver that my 1982 Celica did not have AC. AC was an option and I did not need it.

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Thank you! I agree! I’m glad I’m not the only one reading some of these posts!