Floridian here, yesterday I got home from a week long vacation to a dry place and I changed clothes and they literally felt wet. It was gross. Also it IS the humidity as you can't sweat as easily if the sweat doesn't evaporate
As a midwesterner, I will die on both hills, that it's the wind that gets ya in the cold and that the humidity is what gets ya in the hot
And scientifically/biologically both are true, because the wind takes the warm air from above your skin immediately and the humidity prevents you from sweating
To be fair, I live in a high humidity area and visiting a ‘dry heat’ area was amazing. Being in the shade actually felt refreshing instead of oppressive and stuffy.
Cold, but still air? You're going to form a little heat bubble around you that makes it less bad. But as soon as a moderate breeze comes through, you lose that heat bubble. If you're wearing wind resistant clothes, you still have the layer of warm air at your skin.
21 Comments
Artyom@lemm.ee · 51 pts · 1y
"It's a dry heat."
- Everyone in the southwest in unison
TotalFat@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
"It's not the heat, it's the humidity."
- Southerners
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
Floridian here, yesterday I got home from a week long vacation to a dry place and I changed clothes and they literally felt wet. It was gross. Also it IS the humidity as you can't sweat as easily if the sweat doesn't evaporate
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y
Genuinely is though and I will die on that hill.
astropenguin5@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
As a midwesterner, I will die on both hills, that it's the wind that gets ya in the cold and that the humidity is what gets ya in the hot
And scientifically/biologically both are true, because the wind takes the warm air from above your skin immediately and the humidity prevents you from sweating
Klanky@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 1y
To be fair, I live in a high humidity area and visiting a ‘dry heat’ area was amazing. Being in the shade actually felt refreshing instead of oppressive and stuffy.
glimse@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Both are so true
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
Nah cause it's the realest shit there is.
I can deal with sub zero temps but a windy day at 40°f feels like ice cutting into your bones.
lengau@midwest.social · 24 pts · 1y
This is the same concept as a convection oven.
Cold, but still air? You're going to form a little heat bubble around you that makes it less bad. But as soon as a moderate breeze comes through, you lose that heat bubble. If you're wearing wind resistant clothes, you still have the layer of warm air at your skin.
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
This is also why blowing on your food cools it off faster. You blow away that protective heat bubble.
negativenull@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Coloradoans:
Nougat@fedia.io · 14 pts · 1y
Welp.
Portmandu@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Ope, gonna scoot right past ya there.
sirico@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y
Cold, Wet, Dark anymore than two is a bad time
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Hello from Seattle! It's nice here.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I got stuck until 1am last night getting home. Fucking hell it was a cold walk
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y
Where does windy come into play here? Multiplier on cold?
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
It's a multiplier on cold and transitions x% of wet to cold.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Ah geez
Balthazar@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
True.
MooseTheDog@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I sweat a lot for a midwesterner. Florida could literally kill me. Also yeah, it also depends if the wind is dry or not.