It's a dry heat

[Lamb]

When it's a hundred degrees F and it's in an area with low humidity, does that dry heat really make a bit of a difference? I mean, hot is hot?

 

[Forgiven1]

Yes, hot is hot. I think it all depends on what you are use to though.

 

[tango]

Hot is hot, to a point.

When it's a very humid heat and you're dripping sweat it often feels a lot hotter. When it's a very dry heat and you're losing moisture without noticing - whether through breathing in dry air or through sweat evaporating quickly - it's more of an effort to remember to replace the lost fluids.

It's really fun trying to do electrical work when dripping in sweat, trying not to get sweat on the power tools or in the connections. Sanding work isn't a lot of fun when the sawdust gets into the sweat and makes everything more abrasive.

 

[Lees]

When it's a hundred degrees F and it's in an area with low humidity, does that dry heat really make a bit of a difference? I mean, hot is hot?

Yes, it makes a big difference. If it's a hundred degrees and high humidity, your nights never cool off. Just this morning it was 82 degrees about 4 a.m. because of high humidity.

Look at your desert temperatures and how they are extremely hot yet cool way down in the night. If one can insulate his house enough to capture that night air and then close the house up in the morning. He has air conditioning.

Plus, in those dry heat areas, you can use the old 'swamp coolers'. But in areas where you have high humidity, it creates mold in the house.

Lees