do me a favor and finish all your posts with, "sucka." i read it in at the end of every one of your posts, anyway! and...it doesn't get up to 106 in Houston, TX...very rarely does it get that hot here. now Dallas is another story...
Actually, it does get that high I'd like to get some numbers if anyone has them). And when you factor in the heat index, it's worse. The heat index isn't just a joke. The humidity actually causes it to feel hotter here than it would without it. Arizona is very hot. But it's a dry heat. Dallas is drier than Houston as well. It's hot and you sweat, but at least the sweat can evaporate off of you. In Houston, you just get drenched. The sweat has nowhere to go. It's worse in Louisiana than it is here. Hotter and wetter.
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it doesn't get over 100 very often in Houston, Princess. very rarely. even right now..while we're under a heat advisory...the actual temperature is still at around 97-98. the dry heat thing is a pile of crap! i've been to dallas...it's freaking hot as hell. they have strings of weeks in a row where the temperature goes over 100 degrees...it's hot. it's every bit as hot as it is here...and when i was up there during the summer of 1996, i can tell you that was easily the hottest summer i've ever experienced. phoenix is a dry heat...but that doesn't make it better!!! it's freaking 115 degrees!!!! our heat index, even at its highest, stays below that.
Again, show me some numbers of Houston's days over 100. Just because it's 97 here today means nothing. It's only August 5th. It'll get worse. I've spent plenty of time in Dallas too. I'd much rather endure that heat than Houston's, except that it dries my skin out so much. I believe we had a heat index not too long ago (this summer) when it was like 112. Not 115, but pretty darn close. The heat index is REAL.
during the summer in canada one year when i was visiting, i found it funny when i heard the weatherman on the news saying, "i'm soory to report, but the temperature is going to rise to aboot 29 degrees (thats 85 faranheit). I advise everyone to stay indoors unless you absolutely MUST go outside. If so, keep plenty of water and sunblock in hand..." it's kind of strange that most canadians can't handle 85 degree weather...but then again, we houstians would be freezing our as*es off if we were there in the sub-zero degree winter, while the locals would think nothing of it
who am i, neil frank?? i don't have numbers here in my backpocket! just the experience of living here my whole life. and again...my experience with dallas is different than yours.
Well, you're stating that Houston rarely has days with actual temps of over 100. I'm just asking for some real proof. I've lived here my whole life too. I've worked summers down in Galveston every day, all 3 months. I've sweated my a$$ off from 3:00-5:00 every day for 4 years in marching band (and those of you who argue it's not hard or a work-out have never tried it or done it right). People always criticized me for not backing up my statements with facts. Now it's my turn. Show me some proof...not only for the temps, but that the heat index really isn't a factor.
Me either. I didn't say you criticized me. But I was a newbie once and got hell for not backing up my stuff. That's all. Nothing personal.
Warnings Map Forecasts Compare these two maps. Notice that Houston might not have the highest temp/heat, but it's still under a heat advisory. The hottest parts (like the edge of California and Arizona) have very high temps, but you notice that there's not a heat advisory. Proof that the heat can be worse in some places than others.
http://www.wxresearch.com/hounorm.htm average high temps in Houston in July and August are 93 degrees http://www.wxresearch.com/satnorm.htm average high temps in San Antonio in July and August are 95 degrees couldn't find one for dallas not sure this tells the story, though.
Don't know if this helps you guys, but I found it on KHOU's weather almanac: Heat The heat waves of 1980, 1998, 2000, 1993, and 1982 taxed both man and beast. In 1980, from late June to early August, Texans suffered from heat shock, heat cramps, and heat exhaustion as daytime temperatures shot to or above 100 degrees on 32 days. Agricultural losses were in the million of dollars. A ‘heat wave’ is a period of abnormally and uncomfortably hot, and usually, humid water. In Houston, a typical heat wave is taken in stride, since the city is one of the most air-conditioned cities in the U.S. Last year [2000], July brought extremely hot weather that stayed well into the first week of September. There were 53 days when the maximum temperature was above 95 degrees, and on 20 of these days, the temperature was 100 degrees or more. Houston’s all time record was broken on September 4th when the maximum temperature reached 109 degrees. September 5th came close with a maximum temperature of 108 degrees. 1980 still holds the record of the most 100 degree or more days with 32 days with maximum temperatures 100 degrees or more. 1980 also holds the record of the most days with maximum temperatures greater than 95 degrees with 78 days. 1998 is second with 69 days with maximum temperature greater than 95 degrees. 2000 will go down as third with 53 days of maximum temperatures greater than 53.
Today, even though it's 95, it feels like 105. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/TXZ213.php?warnzone=txz213&warncounty=txc201
http://visitdallas.com/film/dallasweather.pdf ok..found it... average daily temperature in dallas in july is 96.5 in august it's 96.2
