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Arizona is hot, no doubt about it, but the cliches about dry heat are true. I lived in Tempe for about five years. 100-110F there is pretty comfortable, so long

Arizona is hot, no doubt about it, but the cliches about dry heat are true. I lived in Tempe for about five years. 100-110F there is pretty comfortable, so long as you can get some shade. Even 115F in the shade isn't completely overwhelming. I also lived in the Cayman Islands for three years. 88F 88% humidity is far more uncomfortable than 110F 15% in Arizona. The most uncomfortable places I've been are Southeast Asia and India. 95F 90% and I could barely breathe and came close to heat stroke a number of times. Arizona summers are more tolerable to me than the tropics or the Gulf coast state summers.

leereeves 2y ago
> 100-110F there is pretty comfortable, so long as you can get some shade. I agree with you there, but I'd also mention that in Phoenix, it's not the heat that will kill you, it's the sun. The deserts in Arizona and eastern California have the most intense sun in the US. If you can't find shade, for example while hiking in the desert, the climate in Phoenix is brutal. It's also very easy to get dehydration and low blood sodium, because sweat evaporates so fast you don't even realize you're sweating. This all makes the climate very dangerous - it's not as uncomfortable as heat with high humidity, but it will sneak up and kill you. One third of all heat related deaths in the US happen in Arizona.[1] 1: https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change...