# Fellow hot weather-haters, show some love! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876 "2010-06-20T15:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spectralist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Spectralist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectralist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/41 "2010-06-21T10:40:42Z")
I hate the summer. I can hardly wait for winter. If we even get one this year we didn’t seem to last year. I always look forward to the first day of the year that I can see my breath. And that sharp clean taste of winter air. > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Cold is worse than heat. Not for me it aint. It’s way easier to get warm in the cold than get cool in the heat. That alone makes cold preferable. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/42 "2010-06-22T15:45:41Z")
Heat…Do not want. This is why I live in Minnesota. Yeah, the winter sucks, but our summers are only bad for a month or so. Apparently it’s supposed to be 85 and muggy today though, so that sucks. We haven’t yet turned the A/C on (except for that one day), and I’m hoping to hold out a little longer. However, it goes on if its 82 in the house tonight - I can’t sleep when it’s too hot. So, cold is not a ton of fun, but I’ll take it over heat any day, and twice on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/43 "2010-06-22T21:10:19Z")
I’m from Texas (Houston, yet) and one thing I LOVE about living in the Pacific NW is the weather…I will tolerate any number of rainy, cold days to get the wonderful summers we do here! 🆒 Last year, we got a week or so of almost record highs (106 a few days…we swam and then went to the mall since our unairconditioned apartment was not too fun) but otherwise, usually plenty of sunny, 78 to 90 degree days. Not like the MONTHS of above 90 and dripping humidity days in Houston. :mad: We had to run our central AC at 75 or 80 (AND ceiling fans) about 7 or 8 mths out of the year just to make it tolerable. (at a cost of between $300 and $400 a mth) And here, even when it IS hot during the day, it cools down to the 60s or 50s at night…unlike Texas where it will still be 90 at midnight. :smack: The way I think about cold vs heat is this: You can always put on more clothes/blankets, but you can only get SO naked! 😛 MUCH prefer the cooler temps. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/44 "2010-06-22T21:18:41Z")
It’s miserable in St. Louis this time of year. And this year, I have the added experience of being in my third trimester for most of the summer! If you don’t know, you get hot when you’re pregnant. Hot flashes hot. Keep the thermostat set to 65 and you’re still sweating hot. Ugh. Apparently, it’s 88 right now but feels like 101. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 98. Wonder what that’s going to feel like? And it’s so humid you practically swim instead of walk outside. And I DO like the cold weather. I love piling on blankets and wearing sweaters and winter coats, etc. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/45 "2010-06-22T22:07:57Z")
My grandfather used to say that I was born on the hottest day of the year. Maybe that’s why I didn’t breathe for my first 15 minutes. All I know is, once the high for the day creeps above about 82, I know it’s going to be hell for the next several months. Alas, right now, we’re in our 11th day of high temperatures 90 or above and I’m sick of it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/46 "2010-06-22T22:18:12Z")
I moved to a new apartment last month, a block from Lake Michigan, and with ceiling fans in every room plus a great cross-breeze from the lake, I thought I’d see how things go without an a/c unit. My old one was too big for any of the windows in the new place so I gave it away. I’m having a new one delivered Thursday. I’m sure I’ll live until then. I won’t be happy about it though. Part of the reason I like living in Chicago is precisely because the humid hot summers are short. I plan to retire to the pacific northwest, once I don’t have any family in this area! ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/47 "2010-06-23T03:25:53Z")
I’m on vacation in the outer banks north Carolina and it is sooooo damn hot right now. I’m from Pittsburgh pa so I’m totally out of my element. Usually, I’ll take the heat over the cold any day but one thing you cam say about winter is at least you don’t get sunburned. Cause it is a bitch. And yeah you say put sunblock on and I do. But then I sweat. And the lotion goes in my eyes. Along with the sand. And it sucks real bad. But it beats the alternative - which is being sunburnt till you have blisters on your face. Where is there temperatures at a modest 75 all year round? ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/48 "2010-06-23T04:20:30Z")
I loathe hot weather with a passion. If it was hot, that would be okay. But add the humidity, and you’ve got no love from me. I stay indoors as much as I can and only go out in the evenings. So that’s why people think I’m a vampire…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/49 "2010-06-23T05:04:40Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > BTW, I see that Northwest was mispelled. So is misspelled. All this warmth and sunshine seemed great when I first moved over from England. Now, I hate every summer a little bit more. Even going outside to water the plants suffering from the heat today meant I needed a shower afterward. Still, spring and autumn are great. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/50 "2010-06-23T21:21:41Z")
I also think I have reverse SAD. I love, love, love autumn, rainy days, snow . . . it’s the heat and humidity that depress me. Luckily, I’m going to visit the fam in Idaho next week and will get to enjoy some nice 78 degree, no humidity weather. Right now in Trenton = 93 degrees; 97 “real feel” with 51% humidity. Deathly!!! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/51 "2010-06-23T23:14:42Z")
Coastal SC Here, celebrating our 14th day in a row of 90+ Temps, with Humidity at appx 7000% (I know that’s impossible, but it sure feels that way). woo. hoo. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/52 "2010-06-24T00:27:24Z")
Tucson. It’s 107 right now. It’s supposed to get up higher tomorrow. I hate hot weather! What am I doing here? ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/53 "2010-06-24T01:13:16Z")
On the Seattle Channel 7 news tonight: For the first time in 272 days (since roughly the middle of last September) the temperature has gotten _above_ 75° Farenheit. NeenerNeenerNeener ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/54 "2010-06-24T01:27:08Z")
Oh joy… Tucson has now hit 109. At least it will be over soon. Usually by November it dips below 100. (You think I’m kidding but it truly is often over 100 degrees into October) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/55 "2010-06-24T02:40:12Z")
Today, I got an even better reason to hate hot weather. I need a new heat pump. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/56 "2010-06-24T14:09:29Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > On the Seattle Channel 7 news tonight: For the first time in 272 days (since roughly the middle of last September) the temperature has gotten _above_ 75° Farenheit. Very nice in the daytime. I like it cooler when I sleep, though. For the first time this year, I turned the fan on in the bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/57 "2010-06-24T14:57:24Z")
The only way I can stand hot weather is if I’m on a beach and I have a source of shade. Here in Philly it’s in the 90s and I am not a happy camper. Also today I’m going down to DC where apparently it’s even hotter. Ugh. I can’t wait to be in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/58 "2010-06-24T15:22:41Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I swear I have reverse SAD. I love winter. I get totally stoked on dreary, rainy days in the spring and fall. > > Summer comes and I feel like I’m being assaulted. I hate bright, relentless sun. Day after day after day. As the days wear on I get sadder and sadder and sadder… > > I hate the humidity. I don’t even like that there’s daylight until 9:00. Yuck. > > What’s worse is that I spent from 1987 - 1999 in the South, mostly in Texas. How did I survive it? My last year in Austin, there were forest fires in Mexico raging out of control. The thick black smoke traveled up into Central Texas that year. In August, IIRC. It’s a million degrees with a million +1 humidity, and the city is blanketed by heavy smoke… It was hell. > > I love winter. Winter any day. It’s not reverse SAD, it’s still SAD. It can affect you during any season, but the important thing is it happens consistently over a long period. I have the same problem. I think it’s because I burrow into my cave as soon as it gets hot. I don’t want to leave the house, I pull all the shades, keep the lights low, and avoid movement. Seriously. I don’t even want to MOVE. Being in the sun for very long triggers migraines. It makes me sweat. I hate to sweat! Sweating breaks me out and generally makes me stinky. Why anyone enjoys this I will never understand. Funny thing is every single person I’m close to LOOOOVES summer. My sweetie wants to take me to the beach, but the idea is repulsive to me. He wants to go to the park, but I say wait until it’s good and cold out. He hates the cold, but nowhere near as much as I hate the heat. I really do understand. I feel assaulted by the sun. I swear it makes me feel like I’m being pulled down, like I"m walking in water. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/59 "2010-06-24T16:38:39Z")
Heat messes me up, especially for the first few weeks of the really hot season when my body isn’t used to it yet. Anything above 85 and I’m probably going to be getting some headaches, getting sticky just from walking around downtown, and will just generally be more pissed off at life than I would be otherwise. I suck it up and don’t complain TOO much about it, but the entire time, I’m thinking, X more weeks until summer is over! A week or two each summer in the 90s for the beach would be perfect. Nothing more. Everything else 70 or below would be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876/60 "2010-06-24T16:44:15Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I swear I have reverse SAD. I love winter. I get totally stoked on dreary, rainy days in the spring and fall. > > Summer comes and I feel like I’m being assaulted. I hate bright, relentless sun. Day after day after day. As the days wear on I get sadder and sadder and sadder… Yes!! Exactly! When it’s 90+ degrees F outside with the humidity also bordering on that number, I just feel like the sun is beating down on me oppressively. It’s not so much that I hate the sun or warm weather - I love it, in fact - but when it’s brutally hot and the air feels stagnant it just literally starts to make me angry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-hot-weather-haters-show-some-love/543876.md?page=4)