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I haven't had the opportunity to look up the humidity in BC, but certainly it is far greater than what you would see in death valley. Death valley is a very dry

I haven't had the opportunity to look up the humidity in BC, but certainly it is far greater than what you would see in death valley. Death valley is a very dry area. The Pacific Northwest is wet and the humidity just adds to the misery of the heat. In my area we saw almost 110° at about 35% humidity. I have experienced 120° in 5% humidity and I have to say the 110 felt hotter! Definitely more miserable!

Turing_Machine 5y ago
> The Pacific Northwest is wet West of the Cascades, yes. Eastern Oregon and Washington are quite dry. Lytton, BC is in a similar geographic position. It's inland of the coastal range. It gets 430.6 mm (16.95 in) of annual precipitation, compared to 1,189 mm (46.8 in) for Vancouver.
- geocrasher 5y ago
  Yes that's true. I forget about the Dry Side, having never visited there. I'm a transplant to the wet side :)
xyhopguy 5y ago
thats a dewpoint of 76F!!! dunno what its like a little more east but in the northwest that's unheard of. Portland's dewpoint I think peaked around 65F.
- BenjiWiebe 5y ago
  Here in central Kansas the dewpoint went over 80F two or three weeks ago.
wil421 5y ago
How does that compare to the heat I had today? We are 90 at 75% humidity. 60-70% humidity is normal for our summers with 80-90+ weather.
bch 5y ago
As pointed out below it’s a pretty arid geography, but things just got worse for Lytton - an evacuation order for the village has been ordered[0][1] and “the whole town is on fire”[2] according to the mayor. (Edit: links) [0] https://twitter.com/tnrd/status/1410415425146458114?s=21 https://twitter.com/tnrd/status/1410415425146458114?s=21 [1] https://twitter.com/emergencyinfobc/status/1410414296450748419?s=21 https://twitter.com/emergencyinfobc/status/14104142964507484... [2] https://twitter.com/cbctanya/status/1410415894979698689?s=21 https://twitter.com/cbctanya/status/1410415894979698689?s=21

Turing_Machine 5y ago

> The Pacific Northwest is wet West of the Cascades, yes. Eastern Oregon and Washington are quite dry. Lytton, BC is in a similar geographic position. It's inland of the coastal range. It gets 430.6 mm (16.95 in) of annual precipitation, compared to 1,189 mm (46.8 in) for Vancouver.

geocrasher 5y ago
Yes that's true. I forget about the Dry Side, having never visited there. I'm a transplant to the wet side :)

xyhopguy 5y ago

thats a dewpoint of 76F!!! dunno what its like a little more east but in the northwest that's unheard of. Portland's dewpoint I think peaked around 65F.

BenjiWiebe 5y ago
Here in central Kansas the dewpoint went over 80F two or three weeks ago.

wil421 5y ago

How does that compare to the heat I had today? We are 90 at 75% humidity. 60-70% humidity is normal for our summers with 80-90+ weather.

bch 5y ago

As pointed out below it’s a pretty arid geography, but things just got worse for Lytton - an evacuation order for the village has been ordered[0][1] and “the whole town is on fire”[2] according to the mayor. (Edit: links) [0] https://twitter.com/tnrd/status/1410415425146458114?s=21 https://twitter.com/tnrd/status/1410415425146458114?s=21 [1] https://twitter.com/emergencyinfobc/status/1410414296450748419?s=21 https://twitter.com/emergencyinfobc/status/14104142964507484... [2] https://twitter.com/cbctanya/status/1410415894979698689?s=21 https://twitter.com/cbctanya/status/1410415894979698689?s=21