# Why is hot weather so popular? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528 "2014-06-24T13:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/1 "2014-06-24T13:03:15Z")
It seems like people often equate “nice” weather with hot and sunny or hot and sticky weather. I personally like cool/cold air and clouds. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/2 "2014-06-24T13:08:49Z")
I’m with you on this one. Anything above 70°, and I feel like I’m dying. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/3 "2014-06-24T13:15:45Z")
Into every cold and rainy day, a little sun must fall. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/4 "2014-06-24T13:18:45Z")
Yeah, it’s bewildering. I’ve lived in Florida all my life and on some of these “gorgeous” days I still want to vomit from the heat. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/5 "2014-06-24T13:19:43Z")
The answer must lie in the old Romanian proverb: “'Tis easier to take clothes off than to put clothes on.” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/6 "2014-06-24T13:24:38Z")
Because being cold suuuuuuuuuucks. Shivering and having to be layered a thousand times, its usually cloudy and windy when it’s cold and dreary and ew. Let me be hot, sweaty, and in the sun and I am a happy puppy ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/7 "2014-06-24T13:27:35Z")
I too do not like weather warmer than 70, but I can see the appeal of 70-80 degree weather for those who are not very active. If all you want to do is hang out by the pool or barbecue then it’s great. If your idea of a picnic is to play horseshoes or volleyball or throw the frisbee though, give me 65 degree weather and a light breeze (and a jacket I can put on if it gets too windy.) ---
**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, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/8 "2014-06-24T13:34:52Z")
I’m a native Southern Californian. Now I live in Northwest Washington. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/9 "2014-06-24T13:40:40Z")
Because we evolved as a species naked, in the tropics… …if you like spurious EvoSci answers, that is. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/10 "2014-06-24T13:41:59Z")
Because heat makes people feel and look sexy. ---
**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, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/11 "2014-06-24T13:54:33Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Because heat makes people feel and look sexy. _When the weather’s hot and sticky Ain’t no time for dunkin’ dickie. When the frost is on the ‘punkin’ That’s the time for dickie-dunkin’!’_ . ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/12 "2014-06-24T13:59:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _When the weather’s hot and sticky > Ain’t no time for dunkin’ dickie. > When the frost is on the ‘punkin’ > That’s the time for dickie-dunkin’!’_ > . _When the weather’s hot and sultry Is not the time to commit adultery…_ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/13 "2014-06-24T14:06:11Z")
If you lived in Canada like I do, where it’s cold 9 months of the year, you’d like hot weather. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/14 "2014-06-24T14:10:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > If you lived in Canada like I do, where it’s cold 9 months of the year, you’d like hot weather. 45F is not hot weather. 😃 ETA 7.2C 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/15 "2014-06-24T14:16:11Z")
Thought of a more subtle reason: when we were kids Summer meant Freedom. No school. Sure, there was mowing the lawn (and others’ for spending money). But there was baseball, swimming, sleeping out, and all sorts of fun stuff. As we get older the memories remain to offset whatever discomfort the weather brings. Besides, some of us can’t tell if it’s hot or cold outside as long as the AC/Heating is working as it should. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/16 "2014-06-24T14:18:18Z")
I’m with you, I can’t stand heat and humidity. It’s not sexy, it’s just draining and gross. If it’s cold you can always put more layers on. There’s no relief from heat unless you stay in air conditioning all day. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/17 "2014-06-24T14:22:49Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > If you lived in Canada like I do, where it’s cold 9 months of the year, you’d like hot weather. I live in Canada like you do and I hate the hot humid Montreal summers. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/18 "2014-06-24T14:25:13Z")
I can’t stand the heat, and it annoys me when the weather person insists on calling it a wonderful day when it’s 95° and humid, and yet when it’s nice and cool, the same person talks about it being a dreary day, or talks about bad weather. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/19 "2014-06-24T14:29:45Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Because heat makes people feel and look sexy. “Hey girl, I saw you checking out my sweaty forehead. Bet your boyfriend doesn’t have pit stains _this_ big…” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528/20 "2014-06-24T14:40:28Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I’m with you, I can’t stand heat and humidity. It’s not sexy, it’s just draining and gross. If it’s cold you can always put more layers on. There’s no relief from heat unless you stay in air conditioning all day. Same here. I sweat with the tiniest bit of humidity and heat. I hate it. My ideal climate is 50-60F. I do like seasons, though, so a brief foray into warmer temps is fine, I just don’t want 2+ months of it. And colder is fine by me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hot-weather-so-popular/691528.md?page=2)