# Suprise, the temperature is high in the summer! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 9, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545 "2001-08-09T04:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/41 "2001-08-09T23:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Acco40 \* > \*\*As for the age old question of which is more uncomfortable: extreme heat and humidity or extreme cold and wind chill, all I have to say is this: > > You can always put more clothes on; you can only take so many clothes off. > > 'Nuff said. Heat sucks. \*\* Why does it seem that cold weather is actively trying to kill you, but that hot weather is just ignoring you? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/42 "2001-08-09T23:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sewalk \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > > \*\*Sheeeit. You want humidity, you come to the Deep South. I have seen bicycle riders and cars in the early morning leave fuckin’ _contrails_. I am not exaggerating in the least bit. \*\* > > That ain’t no lie. I’ll never forget my brother’s wedding. Mobile, AL, July 1, 1995, Outside, tuxes and vests. Every time I went inside and took off my jacket, fog rolled off my body. \*\* When I was a yung’in. I visted relatives in the deep south. Now this was before air conditioning was in every house, the ‘low tech’ solution was to have fans placed throughout the house to cirulcate the air. Lots of fans, esp. in the attic and other areas. It was not too bad, moving hot air is better than nothing at all. Except that they turned them off at night. Now these days, would you turn off the AC when you need sleep so desperately? So why on earth did they switch off those fans which were the only thing keeping you from filling your lungs with water at every breath. The only thing that kept that 2000lbs gorrilla off your chest that was also known as ‘the local air’. They turned them off at night… ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/43 "2001-08-10T00:44:03Z")
The HEAT was the entire f’ing topic of Nightline last night. They had these big orange graphics (oh the sun, it’s hot, I get it). Then they’d go “Chicago 95°” and show some poor guy working outside. He’d say “It helps to drink a lot of water!” (Really, you think?) Then they’d switch to “New York City 96°” and show another guy outside saying “gotta drink lotsa water”. This was the entire program!!! Look, I know it’s a slow news time, people are on vacation, who’s watching TV anyway, but come on! I guess I’ll have to watch Friends reruns instead, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/44 "2001-08-10T01:26:40Z")
[I can’t believe how many ignorant assholes go to Tahoe to go skiing and yet don’t bring any friggin chains. What the fuck is the matter with you! It’s fucking snowing, that’s why you’re going! You don’t think that perhaps some might land on the fucking Highway?! [/QUOTE] Chains? You guys are allowed to use chains on your roads? Must be nice. Persephone, _born, raised, & still living in Michigan, where they haven’t allowed chains on the roads in many decades…_ ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/45 "2001-08-10T01:32:08Z")
chains? Why would you ever want to put chains on your tires? \ :o) I love it in New Mexico…snow? yeah, I’ve seen that once. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/46 "2001-08-10T01:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > \*\*I love living in Tucson. > > Nothing like hearing the weather guy say “Looks like the next few days will see a cooling trend. Just 99 on Tuesday, 101 on Wednesday, and on Thursday it’s going to top out at 98 degrees. A little relief from the heat coming up, Kris!” > > It hit 111[sup]o[/sup]F here last month, and I recall one of the weather guys saying “That’ll probably be the hottest day this year, but we’re not beating any records by a long shot.” > > That’s my kinda weather. \*\* Freak. I lived in Tucson for 24 years, Phoenix for 1 and I hated every last minute of it. Horrible horrible place. Gah. Hated it. Did I mention I didn’t like it very much? Oh, and you “but it’s a dry heat” people can stuff it. 90 in humid weather may feel like 100, but 110 in dry weather feels like 110. And on top of that, July and August is the monsoon season in AZ, so often it IS humid. I moved away the first opportunity I got. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/47 "2001-08-10T01:48:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waterj2 \* > \*\* > Also, in AZ everything indoors is air conditioned. \*\* HA! Don’t I wish. At least while I was growing up, most people only had a [swamp cooler](http://opalcat.com/swamp.html)… on a good day, they cool it off a little and make the house smell bad. On a bad day, they just make it hot and sticky. In the monsoon season, they are basically a “fish smell distributor” for your house. It wasn’t until the last apartment I lived in there (and that for only 3 or 4 months) that I had air conditioning. And that was winter. And we still ran it almost every day. My mom finally got air conditioning, after I’d moved out… her house still isn’t that cool. To run the A/C enough to cool the house costs about $400/month. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/48 "2001-08-10T01:52:18Z")
OOh Ooh Ooh I wanted to add something else. Arizona has the highest rate of skin cancer anywhere in the US, or did last time I knew about it. Another thing about dry heat, it’s far more dangerous than humid heat. You dehydrate faster, you die, etc. I’ve been hospitalized for dehydration and heat sickness and it’s not pretty. Getting burn bisters from touching the handle on your car isn’t nice either. ☹ Give me a cold, snowy climate ANY day. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/49 "2001-08-10T02:54:30Z")
Opal, I’ll take my Albuquerque NM summer over anywhere else non-tropical in the world. I love it here. I dont mind 100 degree days, and I absolutely hate it any colder than 40 in the winter. I’m never leaving this place. Monsoon? time to go play in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/50 "2001-08-10T04:43:21Z")
I loved the monsoon storms themselves, and I’ve been known to float down flooded streets in a recycling bin before 🙂 but the heat, I can’t stand. I start whining if it gets over 75. On the other hand, I ADORE winter. I love freezing temps, I love snow, I love bundling up for warmth. I think I could live happily in Greenland. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/51 "2001-08-10T05:19:38Z")
Opal: Partial agreement. I’m no fan of winter (“You’re living in the wrong country!” - **dr\_mom\_mcl** ) but its caloric excesses are somewhat more tolerable than those of summer. I’ve never been unable to sleep because it’s too cold, let me put it that way. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/52 "2001-08-10T05:23:36Z")
yesterday here in santa barbara county it was 72 degrees, no humidity today it was 72 degrees, no humidity tomorrow it will be 72 degrees, no humidity of course the MEDIAN price of a house here is around $300,000 and central air conditioning is an extra on all homes ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/53 "2001-08-10T06:23:50Z")
And why is it that every summer, some poor kid has to die of heatstroke, because a neanderthal coach or know-it-all players choose not to drink enough, or run sprints for an hour at noon? I am so tired of this, and then when you see, “We have reviewed our practice policies and now it’s in da rule book, we got to rest more in summmer.” IT makes me need to slap someone. How can you not know that in summer? Summer comes at the same time every year, do you think that this year they’ll cancel summer?!!? God forbid, the team should even lose a preseason game! Goodbye, Korey. Goodbye, Marty. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/54 "2001-08-10T06:27:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Opal: Partial agreement. I’m no fan of winter (“You’re living in the wrong country!” - **dr\_mom\_mcl** ) but its caloric excesses are somewhat more tolerable than those of summer. I’ve never been unable to sleep because it’s too cold, let me put it that way. \*\* I’m that same way. I can be fairly comfortabe at 100 degrees or so without A/C so long as I have plenty of fluids and moving air. But once it gets dark and I feel like going to sleep I want it to be fairly cool. But to top that off I can’t sleep without some sort of blanket. No matter how hot it is I gotta have something covering me. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545/55 "2001-08-10T07:19:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > \*\*/hijack/ > **nerv** , I was stationed in Okinawa for 2 years. Where were you at? Did you ever experience the strange “get out of the shower, dry off and still be wet” phenomenon I did in my un-air conditioned poured concrete apartment? \*\* I get that every day now, and I’m all the way up in Tokyo. The worst was last month, when I had to do 5 weddings when the temp was over 105. Over 250 people in full formal wear, and brides and grooms all looking like they were about to keel over. We were actually pretty lucky nobody had to be taken away in an ambulance. Or a hearse. –sublight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suprise-the-temperature-is-high-in-the-summer/75545.md?page=2)