What's worse? dry heat or humid heat?

[ringmastery]

I've lived in the south and had my fair share of miserable days in the upper 90's with tons of humidity.

But I haven't been out west to experience the "dry heat" of the desert.

What's worse? Summer in Atlanta or Houston into the upper 90's with high humidity or summer in Las Vegas or Phoenix with 110-120 temperatures with zero humidity?

[mhr]

1. Humid Heat By Far!

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[nini]

2. HUMID!!

I hate hot humid weather..

makes me very cranky


:-)

[TrueAmerican]

3. Summer

Summer in Atlanta and Houston. I'm from the west and can't imagine living in the south.

[gator_in_Ontario]

4. I was born to humidity, so I am tolerant of that

dry heat is hot as a bitch! Turn the oven to 500 and take a lungfull!

[Jack_Dawson]

5. Are you joking?

Humidity it hell on earth. I went to New Orleans last June and thought I was on another planet. Venus or something.

[Kamika]

6. humid

trust me.


I'm born in Houston and it still sucks

[Tripper11]

7. Humidity hands down!

If anyone enjoys hot and humid I'd like to meet them..

[dae]

9. Nice to meet you.

:hi::)

[dae]

8. Dry heat, BAD. I need my humidity, being from Louisiana I got no choice.

:)

[OneBlueSky]

10. humidity sucks . . .

the breath right out of you . . . I live in the Hudson Valley, which is notoriously humid during the summer . . . on the really bad days, I don't even venture outside except early in the morning or late in the evening . . .

[pmbryant]

11. They're both miserable

With low humidity, 100 degrees is much more "comfortable" than with high humidity.

But crank things up to 105 to 110+, and even low humidity becomes miserable. It feels like you're in an oven.

:-(

Peter

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Dry heat's bad for your

violin. :nopity: I find humid heat more uncomfortable.

[BeatleBoot]

13. Nothing like a sticky July evening in Michigan

I prefer the humidity.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. Dry Heat is really great for asthmatics...

My dad kept wanting to move to Pheonix. We never did. Thank God.
Duckie

[camero]

15. Humid

It's much easier to breath with dry heat. A 110 degree day in Arizona feels like 85 to me in Florida.

[GhostThatWalks]

16. Humid

It's harder to keep cool in the humid heat and the humid heat makes my mouth dry.

[beachbum]

17. Native Houstonian

Having vacationed in Vegas several times during 110-115 temps, and as a native Houstonian, I must say that I prefer the humidity. Great for a ladies complexion.

The downside of the humidity was when I used to smoke. Couldn't breathe! I breathe much better now that I have quit.

[Lefty48197]

21. Welcome to DU beachbum

It's always nice to be reminded that there are still Democrats in Texas!

[beachbum]

23. Thanks Lefty

Sixth generation Texan, and life long Democrat. Glad I found DU.

[LastKnight]

18. humid heat sucks...

but oddly i hate dry cold...

-LK

[Kahuna]

19. Humid. I hate it. My hair swells like Bay Buchanan's..

:puke:

[Goldberg]

20. Humid heat of course.

[Lefty48197]

22. I make beef jerky in a 110 degree heat oven, and it's very dry

So, I guess I would prefer Phoenix, because you can make beef jerkey on the grill without turning it on.

[Bertha Venation]

24. oh, lord, no contest: HUMIDITY

Hands down. Hair down, too.

[The Zanti Regent]

25. I hate Humid Heat!

I lived in Pittsburgh as a kid. Every year from May to Septmeber the humidity is so bad and the bedsheets stick to you as you sweat.

It is like that in Los Angeles only one week (the most) in a year.

[Catherine Vincent]

26. Humid heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although I've never been in dry heat.:-)

[Melsky]

27. Humid heat

I live in the desert, and this year we had a really unusual humid summer. (global climate change?) It was the most humid anyone could remember and our evaporitive coolers wouldn't work. Got up to at least 120 in my valley (that's as high as the thermometer goes). What a hell summer. At least it's beautiful now. I'm enjoying our calm 60-70 degree days now.

[ironflange]

28. Humid, absolutely

I'll take 110 dry over 90 humid any day.

[flamingyouth]

29. Humid

Ugh - Atlanta in August - I almost died...

[NightTrain]

30. I've lived in climates with both; humid heat is MUCH worse!

I gotta say, though: when it got up to 135 degrees in the Southern Nevada desert and there was maybe 30% humidity, you certainly could feel it!

[youngred]

31. Humid, it ain't even a contest

[AlFrankenFan]

32. Humid heat

After living in the South and Colorado, I prefer Colorado's hot dry summers to Virginia's sticky humid summers.