# Ugh, this weather! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011 "2011-06-19T04:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/1 "2011-06-19T04:49:54Z")
I helped a friend tend to some yard work down near Boston, MA today and was welcomed by the horribly humid weather we so often get to experience. I mean, imagine just walking from your car to the house and feeling sticky afterward (not hot, but sticky). We got back to my place around 5:30 in the evening, just as dark clouds were rolling in (and a thunderstorm could be heard off in the north). The weather improved and dried out. Now it’s midnight and some new front has moved in, bringing with it humid, thick air. I’m sitting here, writing this and now sweating my butt off. My forearm, were it touches the laptop, is getting sweaty and the skin is getting annoyed. I really don’t know how the hell people lived around here before air conditioning. According to my car thermometer, the air never got above 73 degrees, yet I was sweating to death mowing that lawn. I took a shower when I got home and am now sitting here, not hot, but sweaty. I hate humid weather. I hate feeling sticky. I hate taking more than one shower a day. How the hell did people do it back before a/c? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/2 "2011-06-19T04:59:07Z")
If you want a shower, head out west. We’ve had rain just about every day for the past six weeks. Thankfully, it is warm enough that all we get is rain, not snow–and rain doesn’t need to be shovelled. But it isn’t much fun. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/3 "2011-06-19T05:17:41Z")
After today, I think I’d kill to be in that “dry heat” out west. My throat is sweaty. I really don’t think anyone can truly enjoy themselves with a sweaty throat, especially if they have not shaved in the past 24 hours. The really gross part is having to use a blanket at night because of the cool temp, but still sweat here and there from the humid weather. ---
**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 19, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/4 "2011-06-19T05:22:00Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > If you want a shower, head out west. We had some beautiful days last week – the work week. Today we had rain. The sun came out for an hour or so, but then it clouded up again. Temps in the mid-60s. > [@sparky\_1](#): > > After today, I think I’d kill to be in that “dry heat” out west. Former desert-dweller here. Dry heat ain’t so bad. Mind, we had swamp coolers. First trip to New Orleans, I didn’t know when to stop drying after showering. Pretty hellish there in the Summer. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/5 "2011-06-19T06:47:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We had some beautiful days last week – the work week. Today we had rain. i think that’s my biggest complaint–if it only rains on weekends, when can I play golf? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/6 "2011-06-19T06:54:55Z")
It’s been absolutely perfect here (Southern California), as usual. But I have to fly to Baltimore for a few days for work and the forecast says it’s going to be hot _and_ stormy. I didn’t even know that could _happen_. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/7 "2011-06-19T12:54:10Z")
It snowed yesterday morning. Overall it turned into a nice day, but driving into town was a mess yesterday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/8 "2011-06-19T14:45:48Z")
You guys are making me think twice about complaining about our continuing cool weather - we’ve had about two days so far this spring that have actually dipped into “hot;” the rest of the time we vary between cool and cold. I do appreciate the lack of humidity here, though - even when it does get hot here (for two whole days in August), it rarely gets humid. We have cool nights, too, so sleeping remains possible. And hardly any bugs! Have I mentioned that summers here are almost perfect? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/9 "2011-06-19T15:42:18Z")
It’s already 85F here, and 60% humidity. It was 82F at 8:00 AM. It’ll break 100F this afternoon. If it storms later in the week, it may bring the daily low down into the low 70s for a day or two. (Of course, the humidity will shoot up, too.) I’ll just leave that here for you to contemplate. Maybe it will make you feel cooler by contrast. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/10 "2011-06-20T09:11:46Z")
Raining here and dewpoints are near 70, well into the nasty range. Unless we’re extremely liucky, from now till mid-September we’ll only see two or three days a month when the humidity _isn’t_ at such Amazonian levels. At least Boston gets backdoor fronts every so often in summer. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/11 "2011-06-20T14:50:20Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I mean, imagine just walking from your car to the house and feeling sticky afterward (not hot, but sticky). Imagine?? All I have to do is step outside any day from May to October. > [@](#): > > How the hell did people do it back before a/c? You can’t miss what you’ve never had. In other words, you get used to it. We didn’t have a/c when I was a child, and never sat in an air-conditioned classroom until I went to University. Here’s a cute article from the local paper: [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011106190313](http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011106190313) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/12 "2011-06-20T16:43:29Z")
It was… all of 73 degrees? BWAHAHAHAHAHA. 94 in the shade today. Yesterday the air conditioning shit the bed at work and we sat here all day with the mercury climbing turning funny colors. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/13 "2011-06-20T17:10:12Z")
It’s so cute to see people in _Massachusetts_ complain about the heat. That’s OK… I’m sure it’s cute to see me whine about 1/2 inch of snow. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/14 "2011-06-20T17:15:11Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > It was… all of 73 degrees? BWAHAHAHAHAHA. > > 94 in the shade today. Yesterday the air conditioning shit the bed at work and we sat here all day with the mercury climbing turning funny colors. 🙂 I know, right? As for not enjoying oneself, we spent the entire weekend outdoors. We played disc golf in the heat of the day on Saturday and Sunday, then cooled off in my brother’s swimming pool. 95 degrees and feels like a sauna. Feels like home in the summer. It reminds me of a happy childhood, summer camp, and mowing lawns for summer spending money. I get all wistful when we’re in the usual late-summer dry spell, the humidity is still so high that the mid-day sky is WHITE instead of blue, and all you hear in the woods is the shrilling of cicadas.[I love it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568366) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/15 "2011-06-20T17:50:34Z")
You would hate it here. The heat today (and every day from May to October) [could kill you](http://weather.kvue.com/US/TX/192.html). The sunlight here can be physically painful on naked skin. And it’s not a dry heat either. We typically have humidities in the 80% range. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/16 "2011-06-20T18:34:25Z")
[My deck this morning June 20th.](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/IMG00136-20110620-0546.jpg) Got about 3 inches. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/17 "2011-06-20T18:43:19Z")
I guess I should add that it hasn’t (really) rained in months and is not going to for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/18 "2011-06-20T19:03:44Z")
Right now it’s 98F with a THI of 107. Humidity averages 70 - 80% here. Last weekend it didn’t matter which day you mowed, it was 100 every day. Beats June 5th and 6th though which were both a freakin’ 105. That’s actual, not heat index. Plenty humid despite the fact we’re in what they call an extraordinary drought, 3rd worst ever on record. 73 sounds positively divine. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/19 "2011-06-20T19:10:46Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > I guess I should add that it hasn’t (really) rained in months and is not going to for the foreseeable future. Here in SA there’s a 20% chance of rain tomorrow and the damned city is crossing its fingers. Right now it’s only 91 degrees, which is cooler than when I rode my bike yesterday, putting away 12 miles in 95 degree heat (8-9pm). ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011/20 "2011-06-20T19:45:02Z")
We need rain too. Tomorrow is a 30% chance, Wednesday a 60% chance. Come on rain! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-this-weather/586011.md?page=2)