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Old 06-24-2021, 04:25 AM   #101
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Well, I must admit that I have never lived in Florida, so my observations are not foolproof. However, back in my professional days, I HAVE, visited the Miami area on many occasions during Autumn, Winter and Spring, and I always found it sticky and warm/hot. Even during December or January visits. May have just been coincidence.
Perhaps a coincidence.
I don't think the many Florida residents on this site would classify Dec/Jan as "sticky".
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Old 06-24-2021, 05:12 AM   #102
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Well, I must admit that I have never lived in Florida, so my observations are not foolproof. However, back in my professional days, I HAVE, visited the Miami area on many occasions during Autumn, Winter and Spring, and I always found it sticky and warm/hot. Even during December or January visits. May have just been coincidence.
The Miami humidity is definitely different from the humidity of Central and for sure North FL . What sticks out is when you wake up in the AM then step outside in Miami.
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S. Fla.

You get used to it, by acclimatizing and adapting, but it takes decades. And even then, no you do not simply go for a run at 1pm in July.


It depends on the person. I am uncomfortable in humidity. I have never and will never “get used to it”. I have lived the last 40 years in a humid summer location. I still hate it and sweat just as much as year 1.
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Also don't forget East Tennessee, Northeast Georgia Mountains and Northwest South Carolina. They have the same weather and major mountains too.
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I'm a big fan of East TN and NW SC, both of which are more tax friendly than NC.
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I'm a big fan of East TN and NW SC, both of which are more tax friendly than NC.
But neither of those areas are very cool in the summer. Neither area has very high elevation. In my opinion for cool summer weather with less humidity in the southeast you need to be at a high elevation--at least 4000 feet elevation. From my summer place at Sugar Mountain near Banner Elk (5000 elevation) I occasionally drive to Johnson City TN (2000 feet elevation). It will be very comfortable in Banner Elk, mid 70s but close to 90 degrees in Johnson City TN.

The OP's question was about cool less humid areas. East TN and NW SC are not cool in the summer.
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Old 06-24-2021, 01:46 PM   #106
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It depends on the person. I am uncomfortable in humidity. I have never and will never “get used to it”. I have lived the last 40 years in a humid summer location. I still hate it and sweat just as much as year 1.
That is the key. It depends on the person.
We will play Pickleball and the last hour typically has a heat index of close to 100.
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I drove 40 from Barstow to Memphis a couple years ago and remember thinking Oklahoma east was so green!
There is a distinct difference in western and eastern Oklahoma...basically two totally different climates/geography. It's divided basically in the middle (where eastern OKC can have wildly different weather than western OKC) and is called the Cross Timbers. We are on the eastern side of OKC and we have hills, trees, and well...looks very much north Georgia with the exception that the trees aren't nearly as tall.

Speaking of humidity, here is the current dewpoints and heat index. Miserable. Terrible. Nasty. Just as bad as south Florida right now...but no breeze.

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A good tool is weather-and-climate.com, where they have annual and monthly humidity ings for specific locations.

You will not find anywhere in the east or south with super low humidity, but differences especially combined with temperature differences do vary quite a bit.

I think this is more useful than anecdotes.

Except "relative humidity" doesn't tell us a whole lot.
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might want to look at central Mexico:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Plateau

plenty of beach dwellers (Acapulco, etc.) move over to their second homes up there for the summer to get away from the heat.
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A good tool is weather-and-climate.com, where they have annual and monthly humidity ings for specific locations.

You will not find anywhere in the east or south with super low humidity, but differences especially combined with temperature differences do vary quite a bit.

I think this is more useful than anecdotes.

The problem is that they only show average humidity, which includes night and skews the numbers a lot. Might be good for comparison but not actual day numbers that anyone cares about like when it gets hot in the afternoon.
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There is a distinct difference in western and eastern Oklahoma...basically two totally different climates/geography. It's divided basically in the middle (where eastern OKC can have wildly different weather than western OKC) and is called the Cross Timbers. We are on the eastern side of OKC and we have hills, trees, and well...looks very much north Georgia with the exception that the trees aren't nearly as tall.

Speaking of humidity, here is the current dewpoints and heat index. Miserable. Terrible. Nasty. Just as bad as south Florida right now...but no breeze.



Except "relative humidity" doesn't tell us a whole lot.
Many if not most folks find relative humidity useful. But please direct us to your favorite sites which track average dew point by location, that could advance the discussion.
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Many if not most folks find relative humidity useful. But please direct us to your favorite sites which track average dew point by location, that could advance the discussion.

Weatherspark.com uses dew point:

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We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
I swear by dew point as well.
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Sounds like I’m not missing anything, the SE is humid. No surprise. Just wish I could enjoy humidity, since so many places in the SE are lower COL compared to the SW.

Ended up in SE AZ to avoid cloudiness and humidity. It can be crazy hot, of course, but , surprisingly I don’t mind the heat so much because I can hid in the AC for the worst of it. Payoff is blue skies and amazing winters. Did I say no humidity?? [emoji41]
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I’ve lived in the South all my life, places like Vidalia Ga, Birmingham, Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Oak Ridge TN, Richmond, Atlanta, now Roanoke, and extended business trips to Florida, Maryland, and I forget where else. You never get used to the hot and humility. DC is one of the worst.

When I first read the title of this thread I thought, “yeah, that’s where the unicorns live.”
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I’ve lived in the South all my life, places like Vidalia Ga, Birmingham, Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Oak Ridge TN, Richmond, Atlanta, now Roanoke, and extended business trips to Florida, Maryland, and I forget where else. You never get used to the hot and humility. DC is one of the worst.

When I first read the title of this thread I thought, “yeah, that’s where the unicorns live.”
I have heard people from here say DC is particularly bad. Having lived here in Northern VA and in Texas, I have to disagree. It seems pretty mild to me.
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I have heard people from here say DC is particularly bad.
In so many ways.
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In so many ways.
Yes, especially recently.

Every day you are faced with gut-wrenching choices: mountains, beach, museums or monuments?

Today I chose to run the river but it was brutal having to choose.
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I’ve lived in the South all my life, places like Vidalia Ga, Birmingham, Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Oak Ridge TN, Richmond, Atlanta, now Roanoke, and extended business trips to Florida, Maryland, and I forget where else. You never get used to the hot and humility. DC is one of the worst.

When I first read the title of this thread I thought, “yeah, that’s where the unicorns live.”


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Yep, that is what I thought too. Unicorns…

At least I don’t seem to be missing anything.
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Yes, especially recently.

Every day you are faced with gut-wrenching choices: mountains, beach, museums or monuments?

Today I chose to run the river but it was brutal having to choose.
How recent?
2016-2020?
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I have heard people from here say DC is particularly bad. Having lived here in Northern VA and in Texas, it seems pretty mild to me.
Only bad thing is the infamous DC,NoVA traffic. When I asked when does rush hour traffic start in the AM while visiting, the front desk clerk told me - 530am.
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If you guys would just live in Connecticut like civilized human beings, you wouldn't have all this agita.
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