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HarryTheSpider

Jun 2nd 2011 8:37 pm

British Understatement Discovered In Local American

I had to chuckle to myself... Royal Norman (what a great name!), the weather guy on 3TV here in Phoenix was summarising the weather at the end of last week. The TV screen showed, in large letters, the following...

"Slightly Warm"

followed by...

"101'F"
:blink:

So I'm curious now - if 'slightly warm' is 101'F, what would 'hot' actually be?!

:p

Cheers

HTS

sir_eccles

Jun 2nd 2011 8:55 pm

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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider (Post 9406124)

120 is usually considered hot

rpjs	Jun 2nd 2011 9:10 pm

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 9406156)

120 is usually considered hot

I think I'll stop complaining about the "unusually hot for the season" 90F we've been having here in Noo Yawk then.

AZ_Alba

Jun 2nd 2011 9:14 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 9406156)

120 is usually considered hot

but it is a dry heat

:unsure:

sir_eccles

Jun 2nd 2011 9:18 pm

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Originally Posted by Drew.Dean (Post 9406213)

but it is a dry heat

:unsure:

yup, less than 10% humidity today. I'd much rather have 100F with 10% humidity than 90F with 40% that you get in places like NYC (those NY summers killed me).

Rose tea

Jun 2nd 2011 9:42 pm

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 9406223)

yup, less than 10% humidity today. I'd much rather have 100F with 10% humidity than 90F with 40% that you get in places like NYC (those NY summers killed me).

We get the best of both worlds; up to 99F with 40% humidity in July :sneaky: However most of the time it's 93 - 98F with 10% humidity, so I suppose I should shut up and stop complaining...

HarryTheSpider

Jun 2nd 2011 9:43 pm

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I agree - some years back we had a June holiday in Florida - 95'F and about 1000000% humidity - I don't think I ever felt dry/comfortable the whole time...

Noorah101

Jun 2nd 2011 9:56 pm

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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider (Post 9406287)

I agree - some years back we had a June holiday in Florida - 95'F and about 1000000% humidity - I don't think I ever felt dry/comfortable the whole time...

Back in the late 1980's, early 1990's, there was one summer in Phoenix where it was like 125F for several days in a row. I had a Brit friend visiting me that year, and he proudly took home the T-Shirt that said "I survived the 125 degree heat in Phoenix". LOL

Rene

Bob	Jun 2nd 2011 11:39 pm

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It wasn't that hot up in Maine over the weekend, tapped high 80's low 90's on the Saturday, but it was about 95% humidity at the in-laws and that was crippling.

Humidity is just evil :lol:

helwardman

Jun 3rd 2011 12:16 am

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 9406223)

yup, less than 10% humidity today. I'd much rather have 100F with 10% humidity than 90F with 40% that you get in places like NYC (those NY summers killed me).

Try 98F+ and 90% humidity that we get every summer :thumbdown:

tonrob

Jun 3rd 2011 12:25 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9406541)

It wasn't that hot up in Maine over the weekend, tapped high 80's low 90's on the Saturday, but it was about 95% humidity at the in-laws and that was crippling.

Humidity is just evil :lol:

Humidity is the cucumber of the air-moisture world. :thumbdown:

Jaxbar

Jun 3rd 2011 12:59 am

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Originally Posted by tonrob (Post 9406616)

Humidity is the cucumber of the air-moisture world. :thumbdown:

And it scews with my hair.

Sally Redux

Jun 3rd 2011 1:10 am

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helwardman

Jun 3rd 2011 1:48 am

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Originally Posted by StephieFaith83 (Post 9406745)

I live in Buffalo. Isn't it one of the most humid places around?

steve100100

Jun 3rd 2011 2:35 am

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We get "cold fronts" pass through in the summer. It means the temp goes down from 105 to 98.

My parents get a kick out of that.

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