Thread: What an April

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Not that we are known for hot weather in the UK it does get up to 80c and even has on the rare occasion it can hit 100c, having said that the worst thing about hot weather in Wales is high humidity levels, I don't really do hot weather myself, 65c with a light breeze suits me just fine.

I remember it it didn't get very cold in the UK (not near Bournemouth where I'm from anyway) compared to over here, I could scrape the windscreen with a credit card but it's a damp cold that gets in your bones and says there.
Over here, although it's very cold, freeze your tongue to a lamp post cold (yup, I had to try it but to be fair I was only 45), it's dry cold and I don't really feel it too much.

The Canadians around me are bundled up like Scott of the Antarctic and I'm out there shoveling snow in a t-shirt a lot of times. They probably think I'm crazy but you remember what they say about mad dogs and Englishmen eh?

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Not that we are known for hot weather in the UK it does get up to 80c and even has on the rare occasion it can hit 100c, having said that the worst thing about hot weather in Wales is high humidity levels, I don't really do hot weather myself, 65c with a light breeze suits me just fine.

Are you sure you got your scales right? Maybe it's me but it seems unlikely that the temp has gotten to the boiling point of water (100c/212°F) in Wales but you like it best at 149° F.

Had the heater on for a while tonight. I'm hoping my winter isn't too long and cold. Think I'm gettin' soft.

Sounds like y'all is talkin about where I live. We get all the abovementioned.

The weather here is like a baby's diaper, changes daily. Temps are layered in the state. North is typically 15-20°f, cooler than the south end of the state.

Humidity in the summer that rivals with the state of Florida. Wet, icy, cold winter and springs.

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

I hear the ugly weather is headed your way, Mike.

I bought a new sleeping bag to use on my trip in a couple of weeks.

Rated comfortable down to 30'F.

I hope it works!

Originally Posted by BobH

Yes, high humidity is hard to take when temperatures are high and it also makes very cold temperatures chilling to the bone too.

Bob

Actually high humidity keeps the temperature down.

I grew up in New York and summer temps ran around 90 with 60-70% humidity. That's uncomfortable to be sure. Here in New Mexico we get triple digits but the humidity is in single digits. During the monsoon season in August the humidity rises to around 30% and that keeps the temps to the low to mid 90s.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Actually high humidity keeps the temperature down.

I grew up in New York and summer temps ran around 90 with 60-70% humidity. That's uncomfortable to be sure. Here in New Mexico we get triple digits but the humidity is in single digits. During the monsoon season in August the humidity rises to around 30% and that keeps the temps to the low to mid 90s.

This does not make sense to me.

Does this mean that the humid air comes in at a lower temperature and from a different direction?

No, it's the way an evaporative cooler works. You take hot air and add humidity and it cools the air. Of course the more humid the air the less efficient it is so in my neck of the woods with single digit humidity it can really drop the temp. In very hot and humid air it only keeps the temp from getting that much worse.

Of course if you live in the tropics and the air blows in hot and really humid...well....se la vie.

It's little comfort I know.

I don't know the science so i can't argue but, I live in the most southern town in Canada - south of Northern California and I'm a 5 minute walk from Lake Erie.

During the height of the summer when I have to mow the grass twice a week sometimes, it gets so hot that it hurts to be outside and it gets so humid with it that it's like sitting in a swamp.

I don't know about the humidity cooling it down but my personal experience is that it stops the sweat evaporating and makes me feel hot, damp and uncomfortable.