# At least it's a dry heat... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421 "2008-06-27T11:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/1 "2008-06-27T11:13:46Z")
It’s 118 freaking degrees outside! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/2 "2008-06-27T11:54:58Z")
That seems excessive. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/3 "2008-06-27T12:32:07Z")
Damn. And no beer. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/4 "2008-06-27T12:40:07Z")
So. What’s it like living in the world’s largest Easy-Bake Oven? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/5 "2008-06-27T14:07:43Z")
Damn. That would boil water. I can’t take anything over 48 deg. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/6 "2008-06-27T14:11:22Z")
Sunny side up, please. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/7 "2008-06-27T14:16:28Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Damn. That would boil water. I can’t take anything over 48 deg. [/QUOTE] 48?? I start sweating like a pig at 28! ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/8 "2008-06-27T14:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] It’s 118 freaking degrees outside! [/QUOTE] Where are you that is dry? Dubai and most of the rest of the Gulf is like a sauna. Sana’a? Riyadh perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/9 "2008-06-27T14:50:47Z")
I was in Vegas earlier this week, and it was 109 most days. It felt like someone was walking in front of me blowing a hairdryer in my face. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/10 "2008-06-27T14:57:04Z")
I honestly wonder what’s worse, 118 degrees dry or 95 degrees with 99% humidity. Want to trade places and find out? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/11 "2008-06-27T14:59:40Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] It felt like someone was walking in front of me blowing a hairdryer in my face. [/QUOTE] I’ve been meaning to tell you though… your hair looks fuckin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/12 "2008-06-27T15:12:09Z")
I’m not sure what’s worse - dry heat or smoky warmth. Forecast for today is mid 90’s and unhealthy air conditions thanks to the 1100 wildfires burning. In some areas, you can’t see more than a half mile through the haze, and everyone’s going around with their eyes stinging and watering. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/13 "2008-06-27T20:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I honestly wonder what’s worse, 118 degrees dry or 95 degrees with 99% humidity. Want to trade places and find out? [/QUOTE] 95 with 99% humidity much worse. I’ve lived in GA and spent extensive time in NV… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/14 "2008-06-27T20:49:33Z")
I lived for 25 years in Arizona, where we regularly went months with highs in the 100’s-110’s without a single day that didn’t break 100… I lived in Phoenix in 1990 when it hit 122. I lived for almost 3 years in Atlanta, GA. Arizona is SO MUCH WORSE it isn’t even funny. No comparison _at all_. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/15 "2008-06-27T20:50:37Z")
Good to hear from you Bear. I’ll be joining you in a few months. Maybe we’ll bump into each other. I’ll be the one wearing the greenish suit. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/16 "2008-06-27T20:55:43Z")
[QUOTE=BlinkingDuck] 95 with 99% humidity much worse. I’ve lived in GA and spent extensive time in NV… [/QUOTE] Agreed. I’ve done the well-over-100 degree dry heat many, many times. I have visited both Dallas and Washington, D.C. on days when the temps were near 100 with humidity over 80%, and it made me want to cry. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/17 "2008-06-27T21:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Damn. That would boil water. I can’t take anything over 48 deg. [/QUOTE] We Americans like using the F scale instead of the C scale. That way we can say it’s 118 F-ing degrees out here. I’ve been complaining about the southern PA / northern MD weather here lately. We’ve only been hitting temperatures in the 90’s. I guess I wouldn’t get much sympathy from the folks in this thread. Most of you would think anything in the 90’s is a cool spell. I’ve been in Louisiana when it was about 99 deg and 99 percent humidity. The daily 15 minute rain showers around 5 pm just from the humidity were always kinda amusing. I was working in a chemical plant that kept their control room just shy of growing icicles from the ceiling (at least that’s how it felt). We’d freeze inside and boil outside. You just couldn’t get comfortable. Plus, every time I walked outside my safety glasses instantly fogged over and I couldn’t see. To add insult to injury it was Mardi Gras week and I was so busy working I couldn’t even go see any of it. Our secretary felt sorry for me and brought me in a box full of beads. I thanked her and told her I didn’t want to know what she had to do to get them. Louisiana was bad enough. If Arizona is worse, I don’t want to ever go there. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/18 "2008-06-27T21:22:10Z")
I’ll take the 118 and dry please. We get 90s and 100% humidity often, and it’s unbearable. A few years ago I was in Vegas, at 110F, but dry, and though I had to drink a hell of a lot of water, it was relatively comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/19 "2008-06-27T21:53:09Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Good to hear from you Bear. I’ll be joining you in a few months. Maybe we’ll bump into each other. I’ll be the one wearing the greenish suit. [/QUOTE] Well, that narrows it down. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421/20 "2008-06-27T21:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Well, that narrows it down. [/QUOTE] I’d wear a carnation in my lapel but it would probably burst into flames in the heat. And I don’t have lapels. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-its-a-dry-heat/454421.md?page=2)