I don't trust your site. It says the norm in Houston is 82. Myabe, I guess, if you take into account the lows, but that seems too low.
agreed...that's what they say. having said that...the heat index on a 115 degree day is, at the very least, 115 degrees. that's damn hot!
huh??? that's exactly what it means...it's an average temperature given high and low. you do the math!
The average Houston max. temp is around 92-93. Dallas-Ft. Worth is about 96 (over the last 30 years). Not that much difference. Houston gets more rain than Dallas in August, 9-5 inches respectively, which probably reflects some higher humidity in Houston and could account for the "hotter" feel. Houston, gets 4 minutes less of sunshine than Dallas. But I don't know what qualifies as "sunshine." It can be hot with cloud cover. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate.htm This page will link you to the ones that give the info.
Don't know about the temperatures in Houston, but it's damn hot here at the moment. And no AC in my office! I'm getting almost nothing done at work.
Oh man...I guess the only question now is do we like our Bailey well done or burned? Maybe you should do like Kramer and bathe in a hot tub with sticks of butter. Then, Newman can come over and have fantasies of eating you like a turkey. That is...after you accidentally knock over the flour onto yourself. LOL.
MM and Princess, I've lived in both Houston and Dallas. Dallas is definitely hotter in the summer. But Dallas is drier, so it doesn't feel as bad (relatively speaking, of course). Apollo Creed, I don't usually bash the US like some people do (cough, cough). But the refusal of using the metric system is one thing that really irks me about the US. Why do they insist on using the British system when even the British people have abandoned it?
That was basically my point. It's not the temp. but how it feels. Houston can be down right miserable and unbearable in the summer....and it usually is!
When I went to Long Beach, Palm Springs was averaging between 110 and 120 degrees most of the time. It's 104 in Dallas right now with a heat index of 110. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 105. Yay.
I don't think that's correct, but I still like you. The heat index can actually be lower than the temperature. That being said, the heat index in Dallas right now is higher than in Houston. I know it bruises Houston egos, but deal with it. I'll see if I can find average data or daily data for you guys... this is interesting.
Average daily temps for Dallas in August (I'm sure you can figure out how to get other months, if you're interested) : http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/CLIMO/dfw/normals/dfw08nrm.html Average daily temps for Houston in August : http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/iah/normals/aughou.htm After living in Houston for over 25 years and living in Dallas for about 5 years now I can honestly say they're both damn hot. One thing about Houston I miss was that it actually "cooled down" at night because it was near a large body of water. In Dallas, for example, last night at around 9-10pm, it was still 93-96 degrees. Can't walk outside at night without breaking into a sweat. The first year I moved to Dallas, they had 29 straight days of 100 degree or higher heat. One day I parked my car outside and I couldn't drive it for 30 minute because the steering wheel was too hot to touch. When I got home I saw the temp was 113 degrees... damn. I don't know how people in Arizona can live in 115-120 heat. It's insane when windshields in your car are cracking because of the heat!
I heard that birds did drop dead in the heat. But they are much dryer. Desert weather. You don't feel sweaty or sticky like you do in Houston. And yes, Palm Springs and SE California in general is HOT. The sensation is exactly like when you open up the oven with something freshly baked.
Are you guys nuts? It's often humid as all getout in Dallas, too. It's hardly a dry heat. Now, it's not humid like Houston, but it sure isn't anything like Phoenix or even Amarillo or Lubbock. The year I lived in Connecticut, they had a really hot summer, hotter than they were used to. And it amazed me to see so few places with air conditioning. It would never had occurred to me, having lived in San Antonio and Amarillo up to that point, that people existed without A/C. Heck, I run the A/C when it's 50 degrees outside. And, in the car, it can get hot inside even when the temperature outside is close to freezing (on a sunny day, especially since you're generally bundled up a bit). I've often run the A/C in the dead of winter. Can't imagine not having it (my mother did eventually break down and buy one of those window units for her place that summer).
All I know is that I'm much more fomfortable in the Dallas heat. The humidity change from Houston does make a difference for me. Would I leave Houston for it? Never. Dallas sucks!
