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I'm in Waco right now and the car said it was 107 today. If one more person says "but it's a dry heat"...
by mh- 2mo ago
I'm in Waco right now and the car said it was 107 today. If one more person says "but it's a dry heat"...
- doublerabbit 2mo agoIt's just wet heat.. humid here. Just back-breaking humidity. London has been terrible, 40c (104f). You step out of the shower and within minutes you're stepping back in for another.
- mh- 2mo agoThat's brutal for London. Sorry. Hopefully it cools down soon there. It's humid here (50-60%) but public spaces are all ice cold indoors. I'm just here for a graduation, fly out tomorrow.
- nvahalik 2mo agoA little south from you. Car said 102. Some of that depends on where you are. Parking lot, vs say, at the lake or rural areas.
- burnt-resistor 2mo agoCar temperature sensors tend to be inaccurate because they're often in the Sun or some other place affected by baking a car not in a garage. Check a thermometer in the shade. The weather data stations reported an average of 101 ℉ / 38 ℃ for Waco. It's hot, and especially feels worse with Southern subtropical humidity. OTOH, 101 in California with 0-15% humidity, it would just be a bit annoying. Higher humidity makes heat qualitatively exponentially worse until it's a sauna.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2mo agoI think mine is under the car, so it registers temps near the road, which can be hot (asphalt in the sun). It’s usually 3-6 degrees (Fahrenheit) high.
- mh- 2mo agoI'm aware of this phenomenon and it's why I specified "the car said". However, I find it a more useful temperature reading if that's where I'm spending my time - walking around on the street. Knowing what the temperature is at a far-flung regional airport in a shaded housing is not especially interesting to me. I understand the scientific value of collecting that data, but just in terms of lived experience. And yes, I live in SoCal where it's rarely above 20% humidity when this hot, which is why I was whining about it there. :)
- burnt-resistor 2mo agoI'm not blaming, I'm just saying it's usually an upper estimate. Although, in winter prior to warm up, it could be below ambient. SoCal anywhere near the coast of LA-SD, people complain if it's not 66-73 ℉ like they're dying. ;D I don't need to tell you but go inland or over a valley, and the mercury climbs like a lost balloon. The inland valley way, way NorCal by Sac could be 110 ℉ @ 5% humidity, is hot-ish but not bad. There, it's easy to get dehydrated, as opposed to somewhere like NYC, Florida, or here where summers include free in-clothing showers and saunas. :)
- murkt 2mo agoIt is dry heat, if you look at it from certain point of view. I once experienced smth like 27-28°C with fog, 100% humidity. Was almost as bad as 40°C with low humidity. And if it would be 42°C/107°F with fog and 100% humidity, lots of people would be dead already. But it’s more like saying “at least this building is not on fire right now”. Or 1km wide meteor is not crashing down. It is not, and anything near 40°C is really unpleasant, regardless of burning homes and falling meteors.
- Nursie 2mo agoThat’s practically our city motto here in Perth, Western Australia. But it’s true, it’s easier to move around in 38C here than 31 and wet in Singapore. Of course you don’t want to be caught in the sun, and those 44C summer days really are something else
- throw-the-towel 2mo agoHow come your air stays dry, when you're literally on the ocean coast?
- theandrewbailey 2mo agoSome quick research says that the ocean currents there flow north from Antarctica, so it's cold (not much evaporation), and wind mostly blows from the north and east, not from the ocean (west and south).
- chasd00 2mo agoMy reply to that is usually “the inside of an oven is a dry heat too, it’s still incompatible with life” hah.
- NicuCalcea 2mo agoIt would be compatible with life for longer though. A dry sauna can get to 80-100°C, steam rooms are "only" 40-50°C. And subjectively, I can bear it much longer in a typical dry sauna.