But it's a DRY heat!

[southernlady]

For that, you can get a really nice place in Phoenix ....

Might want to rethink Phoenix

 

[Clematis]

I thought "hahaha" and looked at weather.com to see what the temps in Phoenix really are.

Gulp.

102 today rising to 119 by Monday and settling down to a "cool" 115 by midweek.

I can barely tolerate it when it occasionally hits 90 and am sure I would be dead at 30 degrees hotter.

 

[southernlady]

I thought "hahaha" and looked at weather.com to see what the temps in Phoenix really are.

Gulp.

102 today rising to 119 by Monday and settling down to a "cool" 115 by midweek.

I can barely tolerate it when it occasionally hits 90 and am sure I would be dead at 30 degrees hotter.

I'm with you. Add the humidity and it's miserable.

But dry heat is still HOT!

 

[DianaCox]

We will still have our RV and plan on vacating the state during the summers. If we move there.

 

[DSRIGGS]

It isn't hot in Phoenix until it is over 100. We are 96 degrees here today but for some reason are humidity is only 42%. When I lived in the Valley they thought 30% humidity was horrible. LOL. 98 degrees and 98% humidity is far worse than 115 with basically no humidity.

 

[DSRIGGS]

We will still have our RV and plan on vacating the state during the summers. If we move there.

8 months of the year are fantastic.

 

[harrietvane]

98 degrees and 98% humidity is far worse than 115 with basically no humidity.

That's Singapore! No need for saunas here...

 

[southernlady]

 

[Susan in Tennessee]

El Paso was the same way. You'd walk outside and the heat would singe your nose hairs when you breathed! It was fun to have friends come visit and watch them guzzle water like crazy because they weren't used to a dry climate.

 

[Kristaz]

I've lived here all my life...no matter what anyone says you do not get used to it. It is freaking HOT! Your legs will stick to your leather car seats and feel like the skin is melting off. You will find creative ways to hold the steering wheel until it cools off! However the other 9 months of the year are beautiful and hard to beat. No snow or hurricane or other crazy natural disaster just heat. Stay inside or the pool and drink water and you'll survive!

 

[k9ophile]

El Paso was the same way. You'd walk outside and the heat would singe your nose hairs when you breathed! It was fun to have friends come visit and watch them guzzle water like crazy because they weren't used to a dry climate.

To put something in a nicer way, my sister was not so fond of her dry nasal passages while in the west and her need to frequently excavate them with her finger. She at least had the decency to do so in private even if she did complain about it.

 

[Charris]

Might want to rethink Phoenix
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Well when I got to church at noon it was 122. It's cooling down its only 113 now! Good thing about 122 degrees weather on Father's day we walked into Native and we're immediately seated with no wait

 

[southernlady]

To put something in a nicer way, my sister was not so fond of her dry nasal passages while in the west and her need to frequently excavate them with her finger. She at least had the decency to do so in private even if she did complain about it.

That was MY issue out west...no freaking humidity. While 98-100% humidity when it isn't raining is no fun, at least your body doesn't dry out SO freaking fast. The lowest I am comfortable with is about 40%. (We use a humidifier in the winter to raise it in the house).

 

[k9ophile]

That was MY issue out west...no freaking humidity. While 98-100% humidity when it isn't raining is no fun, at least your body doesn't dry out SO freaking fast. The lowest I am comfortable with is about 40%. (We use a humidifier in the winter to raise it in the house).

I know some people complain about the humidity as much as others do the lack of it, yet I rather like it. Even now in the winter, my hands get a bit dry. In CO my lips and hands were a mess without constantly slathering on something.

 

[bearmom]

No. Just no. I don't ever need it to get to 100, or even in the 90's for that matter, regardless of humidity. I also don't want to be iced in for much of the winter. Picky picky picky.