As awful as Phoenix heat is, it has nothing on the humidity factor of Florida, or even the DC metro.
The worst thing about Phoenix heat, is that because land was so cheap, it is quite literally just a gigantic sprawling paved suburban hellscape.
Aside from the aesthetics, there’s so much pavement that it doesn’t cool down at night much at all. It just retains all that heat, right up until the sun comes up the next day.
I’m originally from NJ and whenever I go back home I forget how much the temperature drops up there during the summer, even though the humidity stays the same (or increases drastically). It’ll be 85-90 during the day but 65-70 at night with 90% humidity, which just makes it feel colder. Here in Miami the temperature drops like 5 degrees when the sun goes down and the humidity stays the same.
The moment you step foot outside in Florida, you are commiting to taking a shower once you’re back inside. It could be for 2 minutes. You are now a sweaty hog. Your underwear is soaked and anything else you’re wearing is moist. You also brought at least one mosquito in with you which won’t reveal itself until you go to bed.
Come down here during the late fall/winter and it’s great. It feels like a nice spring day. I’m originally from NJ and it always makes me laugh when it’s like January and I see people walking around with coats on and I’m walking around in shorts and a T-shirt. I remember one day in December after my dance class I walked outside with a few people and said “damn, it feels great out here” and the girl gave me the “WTF is wrong with you?” look because she was freezing 😂
Facts. I take between 2 and 4 showers a day (most are just to wash the dried sweat off, no soap necessary unless I reek).
I’m originally from South Jersey where it gets humid as fuck for about two months out of the year with the occasional reprieve, so I’m used to it being hot as fuck. Before I moved down here, my friend and I spent 2 weeks down here in South Florida in August to see if I could stand it at its worst. I lasted a day wearing my typical summer clothes (khaki shorts and a cotton T-shirt, I’m a dude). The rest of the time was spent freeballing in basketball shorts and three tank tops that I bought and was still drenched every day.
I’ve been down here since October and freeballing in basketball shorts (or linen shorts) and wearing mesh or linen shirts are the only things I wear outside between May and October. Two days ago I went outside for a 10 minute walk and was drenched within a few minutes. Yesterday I went out for a long walk and before I went out I soaked a mesh T-shirt in cold water to see if it would help keep me cool. It didn’t.
Yeah, it’s just blazing hot there but at least when the sun goes away you get some relief, the humidity sticks around even at night haha I’m originally from South Jersey where the humidity is just as bad for about 2 months out of the year, so I’m used to it, but at least there’s the occasional reprieve up there. Here, it’s just relentlessly humid. At least I live right next to Biscayne Bay and there’s always a 10-20 mph breeze, so it’s not just still humidity like it is back home in NJ. Both places are essentially built on swamps. If you look at a map of South Florida it’s literally just the east and west coast that are populated (spanning maybe 20-30 miles inland) with the entire center taken up by the Everglades.
I live in a new apartment building and I forgot to turn on my AC last night (thanks Ambien!), when I woke up it was 74 in my apartment but 70% humidity 🥵 I’ve never seen it below 50% in here, even in January or February when the temp drops down to the 70s. I’ve had my dehumidifier running for about 1.5 hours and it’s 57% in here now. It’s 12:30 PM right now and it’s 70% RH with a 76 degree dew point and a temp of 88F, feels like 100F.
As awful as Phoenix heat is, it has nothing on the humidity factor of Florida, or even the DC metro.
The worst thing about Phoenix heat, is that because land was so cheap, it is quite literally just a gigantic sprawling paved suburban hellscape.
Aside from the aesthetics, there’s so much pavement that it doesn’t cool down at night much at all. It just retains all that heat, right up until the sun comes up the next day.
I’ve lived in PHX in 1991 and it still got really hot but it cooled off a ton during the night. 45°F swings were the norm.
Now you’re lucky to get under 100 by midnight 😭😭😭
I’m originally from NJ and whenever I go back home I forget how much the temperature drops up there during the summer, even though the humidity stays the same (or increases drastically). It’ll be 85-90 during the day but 65-70 at night with 90% humidity, which just makes it feel colder. Here in Miami the temperature drops like 5 degrees when the sun goes down and the humidity stays the same.
The moment you step foot outside in Florida, you are commiting to taking a shower once you’re back inside. It could be for 2 minutes. You are now a sweaty hog. Your underwear is soaked and anything else you’re wearing is moist. You also brought at least one mosquito in with you which won’t reveal itself until you go to bed.
You make it sound like a vacation paradise
It’s not.
Come down here during the late fall/winter and it’s great. It feels like a nice spring day. I’m originally from NJ and it always makes me laugh when it’s like January and I see people walking around with coats on and I’m walking around in shorts and a T-shirt. I remember one day in December after my dance class I walked outside with a few people and said “damn, it feels great out here” and the girl gave me the “WTF is wrong with you?” look because she was freezing 😂
Facts. I take between 2 and 4 showers a day (most are just to wash the dried sweat off, no soap necessary unless I reek).
I’m originally from South Jersey where it gets humid as fuck for about two months out of the year with the occasional reprieve, so I’m used to it being hot as fuck. Before I moved down here, my friend and I spent 2 weeks down here in South Florida in August to see if I could stand it at its worst. I lasted a day wearing my typical summer clothes (khaki shorts and a cotton T-shirt, I’m a dude). The rest of the time was spent freeballing in basketball shorts and three tank tops that I bought and was still drenched every day.
I’ve been down here since October and freeballing in basketball shorts (or linen shorts) and wearing mesh or linen shirts are the only things I wear outside between May and October. Two days ago I went outside for a 10 minute walk and was drenched within a few minutes. Yesterday I went out for a long walk and before I went out I soaked a mesh T-shirt in cold water to see if it would help keep me cool. It didn’t.
Yeah, it’s just blazing hot there but at least when the sun goes away you get some relief, the humidity sticks around even at night haha I’m originally from South Jersey where the humidity is just as bad for about 2 months out of the year, so I’m used to it, but at least there’s the occasional reprieve up there. Here, it’s just relentlessly humid. At least I live right next to Biscayne Bay and there’s always a 10-20 mph breeze, so it’s not just still humidity like it is back home in NJ. Both places are essentially built on swamps. If you look at a map of South Florida it’s literally just the east and west coast that are populated (spanning maybe 20-30 miles inland) with the entire center taken up by the Everglades.
I live in a new apartment building and I forgot to turn on my AC last night (thanks Ambien!), when I woke up it was 74 in my apartment but 70% humidity 🥵 I’ve never seen it below 50% in here, even in January or February when the temp drops down to the 70s. I’ve had my dehumidifier running for about 1.5 hours and it’s 57% in here now. It’s 12:30 PM right now and it’s 70% RH with a 76 degree dew point and a temp of 88F, feels like 100F.