From my perspective, the worst months in Austin (July and August) could be doable with a shower at work. Without one--totally unthinkable unless your job involv

From my perspective, the worst months in Austin (July and August) could be doable with a shower at work. Without one--totally unthinkable unless your job involves outdoor labor. I biked daily for 3 years when I lived in Boston but there's just no equivalent to putting on a big jacket for heat/sweat. Look at the dew point (which far better comparison than humidity because it doesn't fluctuate with temperature). Here are the August daily averages for Austin[0] and Toronto[1]. Toronto's dew point range (~53-63) has a max that is right around our minimum (Austin range: ~63 - 72). Also keep in mind that, Toronto's daily high temps in August (~77F) are right around Austin's lows (~76), with our highs reaching around ~97F. I'm going to suggest that you may be misremembering how humid it felt - in my opinion there's no way to bike any reasonable distance for the majority of July and August (and often June and September as well) without showing up a sweaty mess. At least I haven't figured out how to do it--even though I bike commute regularly from October - May. [0]: https://weatherspark.com/averages/29672/8/Austin-Texas-United-States https://weatherspark.com/averages/29672/8/Austin-Texas-Unite... [1]: https://weatherspark.com/averages/28390/8/Montreal-Quebec-Canada https://weatherspark.com/averages/28390/8/Montreal-Quebec-Ca...