Upstate NY: 92 Degrees with 70% Humidity. Is Texas/the south that much worse, consistently?

More fun with Dew Points:

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/uscurrentdewpoints_large.html

cockadootlelss wrote:

Should live in a car wrote:

Hey

I've never been down to Texas/Arizona to witness the heat. I've been to florida in the summer. It was very hot, and reminds me of upstate NY this weekend where we are in the low 90s with humidity between 65-75%.

Also, I don't have A/C.

It's not even close. There are summers in Texas and Arizona such that every single day is literally over 100. The fact that in Upstate NY you can get away with no AC says it all. In those cities that would not be feasible because your home would turn into an oven.

A year ago the temp in Houston was 107. I ran about 2PM that day but it was brutal. The average summertime morning humidity in Houston is 98%. The average summertime PM humidity in Phoenix is 12%.

I live on the Gulf Coast. We pretty much have a solid 3 months of 75 deg dew point and 77-79 degrees in the morning. Highs are usually mid 90s for most of the summer. We do get a circulating air flow off the gulf that keeps the dew point from spiking too high. Worst I have ever had is 80 deg dew point. Every degree above 75 for the dew point makes running substantially more difficult.

I also used to live in the Midwest. The heatwaves can bring about some pretty brutal dew points due to the lack of air circulation. When you get a big thunderstorm ahead of a warm front and stagnant air with a high pressure system, it is literally an atmospheric sauna. But, the heatwaves last about a week or two and you do not get more than two or three in a summer. The rest of the time the weather is down right wonderful, until it starts snowing in October.

June 30th Rochester NY

High of 93.6 degrees

Dew Point 74.9 degrees

Humidity 82%

Heat index well over 100

sorry if its already been posted but this shits pissing me off how are you supposed to run in this

You're upset at the challenges of running in this heat, but YOU are part of the reason. Start riding your bike to work/school more often and stop buying petroleum-based plastics (to start). YOU are part of the problem.

this is fun

New Orleans

this morning:

DP 75

Temp 86

Humidity 70%

8 miles maximum suckage

I've always used air temperature + dew point to evaluate how tough the running conditions are.

120-140: Going to be sweating a lot, but not too much of an issue. "Sure is humid out."

140-150: Peak performance not likely. "This sucks."

150-160: Not going to be running fast. If in direct sun, not likely to run far either. "This is dreadful."

160+: Typically wouldn't try to run, and if so, slow and short. "I might die if I try to run."

Works pretty well, though in the west with extreme high temp and low dew points, you won't notice the sweat because it evaporates so fast.

157 right now in Westerville, Oh.

too cool to be wet wrote:

I think humidity is directly correlated with obesity.

doesn't explain WV then which is much less humid than the gulf coast states and why a city like Austin is pretty fit. Low income is another factor.

E. Bonix wrote:

Straight Answers wrote:

Look dummy, it was 88/71 at 15:54 hours. Ksyr.

If you feel that is materially different than 90/70, fine, but the fact it that it got near or to the mark in question.

The OP invented a temp of 92°, when in fact 88° was the recorded high for the day (and then only briefly). I would say that is different. Yes.

Oh come on. All the global warmers do it. Just accept the inflated values and impress your neighbors by acting like you care.

YEAHHHH wrote:

http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNYROCHE67#history/s20140630/e20140630/mdaily

June 30th Rochester NY

High of 93.6 degrees

Dew Point 74.9 degrees

Humidity 82%

Heat index well over 100

sorry if its already been posted but this shits pissing me off how are you supposed to run in this

Hopefully you realize that the 82% humidity did not occur when the temperature was 93.6.

YEAHHHH wrote:

sorry if its already been posted but this shits pissing me off how are you supposed to run in this

it's way too early for this kind of post, man.

John Clendon wrote:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=oswego%2C+ny

Oswego is getting their today. Dew Point currently at 75 at 10:40AM.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=dunkirk%2C+ny

Also...Dunkirk, NY. Dewpoint is apparently 86? 86F and 98% humidity.

Um, Dunkirk NEVER had a dew point of 86.

Bowl Cut wrote:

YEAHHHH wrote:http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNYROCHE67#history/s20140630/e20140630/mdaily

June 30th Rochester NY

High of 93.6 degrees

Dew Point 74.9 degrees

Humidity 82%

Heat index well over 100

sorry if its already been posted but this shits pissing me off how are you supposed to run in this

Hopefully you realize that the 82% humidity did not occur when the temperature was 93.6.

Yeah, click on "table", it shows that the RH was 51% when the temp was 93.

84.9° with 70% humidity 75° dew point

My legs are fried, it's 7:35 pm and I have 10 miles to run.

Wish me luck!

It's 110 with 9% humidity right now (4:53pm) in my suburb of PHX. It might be down to 100 by the time I head out for a run around 9:00pm

lolHOT wrote:

It's 110 with 9% humidity right now (4:53pm) in my suburb of PHX. It might be down to 100 by the time I head out for a run around 9:00pm

I have run in this before (PHX in summer) and it is NOT that bad if you run out of the sun. I remember the run very specifically, because it was like no other run I've ever done. We ran an hour, the first half before the sun came up and the second half just after sunrise, and the difference was so much. Within 5 minutes of the sun being up it went from a merely unpleasant run, but not as bad as the east coast where I've always lived, to a death march.

As long as you hydrate and stay out of direct sun it's not terrible to run in high heat/low humidity.

You got a bottle of water and low dew point I feel like I can get out anytime anywhere yes even phoenix as long as its not 120 degrees. I remember I was out in the midwest and really worried about an 80 degree morning with a 70 dew point because I had overheated badly on a hour tempo run previously.

So, I am from upstate NY and now live on the gulf coast. The two are not even comparable. The hottest, most humid, most gross day in New York doesn't even touch the panhandle of FL. Every. Damn. Day. So. Disgusting.

I'm back

Temp down to 78.4 humidity up to 83%

Dew point dropped 2° to 73.

Had to stop at my house at 9 miles and get a drink to finish the last mile.

July 4 morning supposed to be in the low 50s!