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Been 115⁰-125⁰ for weeks here in Arizona 🌵😊
Be safe in Arizona ❤that’s nuts ! From Missouri
Oh wow
Yea but there is no humidity. Hang out in Texas at 108 with 70-80% humidity. It's insane.
Prescott, Arizona, resident here. At a mile high, we’re almost always 15 degrees cooler than Phoenix. Flagstaff, near the Grand Canyon, is over 7000 feet and cooler yet. Microclimates matter.
@@guywithalltheanswers6942No humidity is more comfortable, but the dry heat can sneak up on you and kill you before you're miserable if your electrolytes aren't up to snuff.
Do not do not do not do not do not go to Texas in August. The high temperatures mixed with the humidity is literally not safe for someone who isn't used to it and it is even unsafe for people that are used to it sometimes. I live in the south and I go outside in the summer and it's like hitting a brick wall. Most things in life you get used to, the heat with the humidity is not one of them my friend. To be clear the temperature goes over 100° more often than you would think
The only time I've ever been to Texas was a layover in Houston, which doesn't really count. It was the middle of February, and the temperature was about 68 F (20 C) with nearly 100% humidity. No thanks at any time of the year.
Lol. I do hard work outside in Texas every summer. You just freeze a gallon of water and take it with you. It will defrost and be cold for a long time. Or get an insulated gallon jug with cold water. You get to sweat out all your poison and it's good for your brain to be in the heat. Makes you stronger.
@@JPMadden Houston has the worst weather because it's a swamp. The humidity is terrible. Austin and Dallas have better weather but it's still humid in summer. You just need to understand you don't wear dark colors or tight close or pants. Bring cold drinks and or beer. Look at what the locals do. We go to the rivers and lakes and pools. Our bars have misters and every place has AC blasting. I grew up without AC in Texas and it's nothing compared to that lifestyle.
August is extremely hot in the south. The southern gulf coast, including Texas, also has hurricanes in the summer months. Texas just had a pretty bad hurricane (Beryl), lots of flooding, wind, and no power for DAYS.
For Texas, the best months are late September/October/early November. Then, in the spring... March, April, and May. These months are when you can see the Bluebonnets... but remember that's also prime tornado season!!!
OMG I had a work conference in San Antonio in August once. It was so hot! Also, the city was not ready for +6,000 people to decend mid week. Every store within walking distance of the Alamo was sold out of beer and cigarettes the first night.
I have lived in Texas most of my life. There's a meme going around about someone saying they're thinking about visiting Texas in August and "what's the weather like?" The response is "Have you ever been cremated?" That is legit the most accurate thing I have ever seen. No joke.
I lived in Texas and now in Phoenix. I have zero problem with Texas in Summer.
Yeah but we get used to the heat, someone who isn't used to it will NOT enjoy it.
I have lived in Texas and now back in South Carolina and SC is hotter and more humid.
I just heard that one. I laughed and said that’s true lol
@@msp9810 Depends on where in Texas. Houston is just as hot and humid if not more so, DFW is less humid, and west Texas is hot and dry.
I like how the southwest isn’t mentioned much because 110+ degree weather for 50 straight days is average here. We’d have to venture into the 120’s to have it be considered a heat wave 😂
This is what I was thinking I live in El Paso and its basically 95 by mid april and 100+ from may to september lol
Still southern part of America regardles of not saying the 'west' part. I automatically think of Texas, Arizona etc when talking about the heat in the south. It's officially hot across the board!
@@IcerinAlaska49I used to live in AZ, now live in TX. Arizona can keep their heat no thank you. Lol
And the northwest is only better cause we have winter. Downside is i have personally seen people get hypothermia and heatstroke in the same day due to underestimating what hot summers and cold winters means for spring weather.
6 years in Vegas. If it was over 115 then it was hot.
Texan here. Do not come in August. The best months would be March and April where the highs are only around 77° F (25°C). That is also when the wildflowers, including blue bonnets (the state flower), are blooming.
Totally agree. Plus the wild flowers are gorgeous. Texas is an AWESOME state. Whatever you decide make sure to drink water.
@@aku210 You won't get fall color like other states but October is acceptable too. Now September is still beach weather. Please don't go hiking anywhere in Texas during the summer!
May isn't too bad
I agree, that the best time to visit the southern states would be March and April. Bonus you can visit Louisiana for Mardi Gras! But if you do you better make reservations very far in advance.
Heard someone say that what Brits consider a heatwave we Americans actively choose as our house temperature during the summers. And it's true. Europeans complain about 75 degree heat, in the south, people set their air conditioners to the mid-70s in order to stay cool.
It's not unusual in the south to experience 70-80 degree weather in December/January. And in the summer--July/August especially, it's NORMAL for temperatures to soar into the 100s. But what makes that heat worse, is the humidity.
If you want to know what it's like, Boil a pot of water. Soak a towel in it. Let it cool just until you can handle the towel without burning yourself (it still needs to be uncomfortably hot), wrap that towel around your head, covering your entire face. Try to breathe. This is what we live with for 3-4 months of the year. Every. Single. Day.
South Carolina knows.
Dry heat is totally different than humid heat. The two can't be compared.
Got that right. Texas here, where you can wear shorts at Christmas, then a week later, you pull out every blanket in the house, light up the gas fire, dig the camp stove out of the garage, and find the lanterns, because an ice storm has knocked the power out.
Growing up in south Louisiana, I’ve always said that walking out side is like having a hot wet towel wrapped around one’s head. The worst part is that it is like that at 11:00 at night.
Dry heat is different, but here in Arizona I know people who set their ac to 85. Then you walk out the door and it feels like you opened an oven.
I checked the weather here in Phoenix Arizona the moment you asked if 100° is that common; it’s currently 101°F at 10am and it’s gonna be a high of 115°F later
heck yeah easy it usually above 100 all night where im at.
Most people don’t realize it, but Fahrenheit is based on the human ability to survive, if it drops below 0° people start freezing to death if it goes above 100 people start baking
It's why I defend Fahrenheit lol. I understand it's worse for scientific purposes, but for civilian purposes it's so much more visually appealing if that makes sense. Like most states can have weather anywhere between 0 and 100 and it's a great scale for telling you exactly what it's going to be like outside.
@@wyomingptt i 100% agree
Zero was the coldest temperature he could make in a lab. 100 was his wife's temperature.
32 Is freezing
bUt WaTeR fReEzInG aNd BoIlInG
It's funny to Europeans that we're so obsessed with air conditioning, but I live in California and just last week in the city I live in a man died because his AC went out and he suffered a heat stroke in his own house. He was rushed to the hospital where he died due to complications from the heat. It's no joke that we literally NEED air conditioning to survive during the hottest months of the year.
I've got a friend out there, and we're always talking about our weather extremes.
I live in Pennsylvania, so I make the joke that I'm a mountain goat and could never survive in such brutal heat. Californian heat scares me.
It’s the international version of “let them eat cake” they can’t comprehend the heat here and so laugh at the fact we take so much focus on keeping our homes cool.
Last year I stayed at a bed and breakfast in Denver, and it was quite hot in my room on the third floor. I asked the owner about it, and he mentioned that the previous guests were some Germans who demanded the AC be turned off even though it was 85F inside. Anything to avoid having cold air being blown on you, I guess 😂
Eastern Washington. We regularly hit high 90's to triple digits. Winters can get brutal too. You can have tons of snow, you can have subzero temperatures (hit -16º with freezing winds too a couple years ago), or it can be just above freezing in the day causing it to melt then freeze into sheets of ice overnight. Only good part is we dodge all the hurricanes, big earthquakes, tornadoes, etc.
This summer has been really hot in Washington state. @@lucidcharade12
Actually Texas just got hit by a hurricane and more than 1,000,000 are without power.
If an American tells you not to visit Texas in August trust them. They don't want you to be miserable on your visit. ❤
Texas is awesome to visit but living there might be a challenge.
@@Ellecram They've had a ton of tornadoes this year and now a hurricane. I couldn't live there
@@FourFish47 Tornadoes are most often something that you see several miles off in the distance (headed somewhere else). They aren't like hurricanes, that affect an entire region. In the Abilene area (several hours west of Dallas/Fort Worth) hurricanes in the Gulf tend to be the main way that we get rain (and cooler weather) pushed this far inland.
And also not January when the smallest ice storm shuts down the state XD
@@xmtryanxthis is not true. I live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Ice storms shut us down because we don't have the equipment to clear the roads and make the area safe. This is logical because we only have two or three ice days in a year or three. Why would we have snow plows that we use every 3 years once. So when a freak ice storm hits Texas we have to shut down and wait it through. How many people in the Northwest have air conditioners? Very few so when they got hit by a heatwave and people were suffering no one in Texas was pointing their finger and say stupid idiots why don't you have an air conditioner. Because they usually don't need one so why would they invest in one. I am so sick of northerners poking us because we're not ready for ice storms. But what the hell would be ready for ice storms when we get them so rarely. We're going to keep ice plows stuck in garages for 8 years and costing the tax payer million of dollars?!
Death Valley gets VERY hot, in early 90s in one of many trips through there, we were driving through it from Vegas to Bishop in the middle of July with a broken radiator, so no AC. The heat was excruciating and we only survived due to knowing that keeping our core temperature down was key. We stopped at every market/convenience store we came across to eat ice cream and other frozen food/drinks. AA batteries for handheld fans would overheat in seconds, which was the length of time before they'd stop working. The heat can reach 130-140 in some parts.
Well, not 140°. The hottest it's ever been in Death Valley was 133°F at Furnace Creek. That was just a couple years ago.
@@RabblesTheBinx actually 134 is the hottest it's gotten if I'm correct.
I mean, we just had some people die in the area this year...hot is hot, and the person wasn't sure what the record was, but recalled it was somewhere between 130 and 140.
@@aj383 yeah, as I said, there's one time as a kid when my family drove through Death Valley with a broken radiator. Now we have been to Death Valley many times before this, in fact my father was a National Geographic photographer in the 70s and 80s, with one of the last stories he did for them was on the California Desert in the early 80s. It's from past experiences and knowledge of the area that we were able to survive this trip without ac in the middle of July. There's also a reason why they call it Death Valley, way back before cars, it was considered a death sentence to try crossing it.
Just yesterday, it was reported that a Belgian tourist was, for some reason, wearing flip flops in Death Valley. They either broke, or he lost them, and he ended up barefoot in the sand dunes. That resulted in third-degree burns with rangers reporting that his skin had "melted off his feet". They wanted to airlift him to a burn center, but helicopters can't get enough lift when the air is that hot. So they instead needed to take him by ambulance to higher ground where the temperature was 109°F and thus accessible by helicopter.
My father was in the USAF, and we were stationed in northern Germany for 3 years. At 10 years old, we came back to the US (to NE Arkansas) in June. Going from the Eiffel mountains, then walking outside the airport in Memphis, I felt like someone had hit me on the head with a hammer. I think it was in the low 80s when we left Frankfort, and about 105 when we arrived in Memphis.
There's a saying in the Midwest "it's not the heat, it's the humidity" 100° and dry isn't so bad. But the humidity in the Midwest makes it feel like it's 120°+. Your sweat can't evaporate and it's very deadly. It's called wet bulb.
In Central Illinois years ago we all thought the heat had broken and we were enjoying being outside. Come to find out it was 100° but the humidity was very low. It is true. It is the humidity.
It’s true. Central Illinois is is muggiest hellhole sometimes, but dry heat at higher temperatures isn’t so bad.
There are times when I check the weather in Orlando, Florida and compare it to my town in Iowa. There are many times where the humidty and dew point here in Iowa are way higher than Florida. Florida!
Please stop calling it the Midwest when you're East of the Mississippi. The Mississippi River is over 100 miles east of the actual middle of the country. It's not 1812 Midwest but a 1000 miles east.
I'm in Wisconsin, a couple years ago I took my harley south to Texas and New Mexico on a trip in July when it was about 110 when I was there. I was sweaty in full motorcycle gear but honestly pretty okay with it because it was a dry heat. In Wisconsin I'm used to a week or two of 100 degrees with like 80% humidity and that feels worse. At work every year we have people on the work floor pass out from the heat, mostly from doing stupid stuff like drinking energy drinks instead of water all day.
Please don't fall into the trap of thinking that you can easily go from New York to Texas without flying there. It's 1,739 miles/2,799 kilometers between NYC and Austin via driving. Most Americans spend 2 hours driving to work and back every day. The country is massive.
47C is relatively common for at least one week in August in Texas. It usually sits around 42-43C. Be careful if you do decide to visit.
Maybe in the hottest parts of the state it's that hot. But during last half of July and all of August, he'll probably see 41C (106F) at most, but certainly most days are above 37.7C (100F)
I hate driving so much, I don't think I've had a job where I had to drive more than 40 minutes, and most I've had were closer to 18.
I always suggest to my European friend that the best way to visit the States, and really experience it, is to land on the coast, rent a car, and drive across the country. Avoiding the interstates as much as possible.
@@RickZackExploreOffroad True, but did you also tell them that will take them a few years?
@@MegasXaos I didn't suggest that they walk across the country.
You can drive from NYC to LA in three days.
Floridian here. The only reason it doesn't get quit as hit as the midwest US is because shielded by a layer of moisture in the air so thick, you can feel it as you walk and breathe. So, while it may keep up at 95 to 105 F, it feels like swimming through the sweat of everyone around you.
Georgian here, we call it "boiling soup air" because there is no breeze, an ocean of water in the air, and the sun just turned the nob to quick boil on the stove
@@mrprism5382 I love that. Might have to borrow that one.
To address the second question, the best time to visit Texas is between mid-March and early May. The chill of winter is mainly gone, but the temperatures haven't climbed to unreasonable ranges. The average is about 70-80 degrees Fahrenheit-about 21-26 Celsius. On top of this, this is the peak of bluebonnet season. Bluebonnets grow close together in fields that blanket huge swathes of land and make it appear like a piece of the sky has fallen onto the ground. Absolutely gorgeous.
I think people forget that although 1 of the top 10 hottest places are in North Africa, 7 are in the Middle East, Iran, and in Pakistan, and 1 is in Mexico, the actual #1 hottest place on Earth, based on highest recorded temperature and a average temperature over 110 F, is not in the Sahara, in the tropics. In Nambia, or in Arabia. It’s in Southern California, 3 hours drive from LA, and an hour from Las Vegas.
Death Valley earned the name damnit!
Theres a reason it's called Death Valley and Baker has the tallest thermometer in the world.
Good morning! Texan here, reporting in. It's 7am and it's already 79f (26c) and 94% humidity. By 10am it'll hit 100f (38c).By 1pm it'll be about 103f (39c). Today is going to be a cool day. This time last year I was working on a crew building a utility scale solar farm. The temp topped out at 118f (48c) and 96% humidity. Yes, we kept working. No, it wasn't fun. Everyone on the crew was drinking about 400 fl oz (12l) of water a day and we were all still on the verge of dehydration. Having also lived in Alaska and endured the other end of the spectrum, I have nothing but respect for anyone who can endure extreme temps. That being said, I advise caution for anyone entering a new climate for the first time. It can, and will, kill you if you're unprepared.
Crazy MS doesnt have that much variety. We are at 89 at 7 and by noon we are around 103.
I recommend April or October for Texas. Me? I would go in December to be safe.
working outdoors in 114 at 96% *has* to be a labor law violation
Look up “wet blub”
Yeah. As someone who grew up in Michigan, I thought I was going to die when I passed through Arizona in the summertime with the air conditioner broken in my car 😂
@@jessicablack9960 holy shit you lived?
Phoenix Arizona
1. 122 (26 Jun 1990)
2. 121 (28 Jul 1995)
3. 120 (25 Jun 1990)
4. 119 (25 Jul 2023) 119 (20 Jul 2023 and 2 other times)
As of July 5, 2024, Phoenix, Arizona had recorded 83 days of 115°F or higher in the last 20 years, compared to 86 days recorded between 1895 and 2004. In 2023, Phoenix broke the record for the most 115°F days in a year, reaching 115°F 15 times.
I am from Texas but I have lived in Phoenix and Las Vegas. The heat is different. It's dry in Arizona and Nevada. It was easier for me to cool off in the shade and cool the house. Texas has humid heat. It can have dry days but compared to Arizona and Nevada, it's very humid. A different kind of heat. It is harder to cool off in.
@heathersims8253 I'm from Florida and yes, Humidity plus heat is soooo much worse.
it's like i have told Europeans on Twitter/X, you don't have A/C because you choose to, we have A/C because we HAVE to.
Yeah housing laws in texas require rental properties have AC to be considered habitable. At least in Dallas if the interior temperature gets above 84°f your landlord is required to supply window or portable AC units due to how many infants, elderly, and disabled people have died from heat stroke or medication spoiling. Last year the indoor temperature of my apartment got up to 86- 90°f for multiple days causing a lot of my meds and feeding tube formula to spoil and I had to call code enforcement to get my apartment management to fix my AC.
DO NOT go to the South in August. It can be very hot and hurricane season is usuallyJune thru November. You will likely book your reservations early to save money, and you do not want to be worrying about hurricanes during your vacation.
There was a heat wave in Chicago in 1995 That peaked at 106 degrees, but with high humidity. More than 700 people died over a 5 day period. The concrete and asphault in major cities hols the heat so that it does not cool off at night.
The Chicago Morgue that year had to buy a fleet of refrigerator trucks to store the bodies in. I worked near LaGrou transport, they were the ones that sold the trailers. They couldn't lend them as they were for food, and after having the bodies in them........
Yes, heat kills people here without aircon.
I don't live in cities, guess why?
Yeah August is the worst time to visit most if the U.S. Hawaii and alaska are still visitable tho
Hurricane season is the worst in September and October, both are months that are actually okay in the South. It'll be warm in comparison but not unbearable. But you should prepare to adjust plans around a potential hurricane if you're near a coast.
I'd recommend that over spring time storms which bring tornadoes.
People make fun of the US or are surprised that in some states there's air conditioning but the reality is in some places in California, Arizona, Las Vegas people die from the heat without it. And in older cities like Chicago where it doesn't get as hot it's still old buildings without AC and you have seniors who are living in them and it's dangerous for them. Here in Cali we have a heat wave now and they warn us about not walking dogs cause their feet will burn on the ground.
People make fun of US for having AC? That was a thing?😂
@@hebercluff1665 The Europoors think we're too stupid to open a window and blame us for killing the environment due to the energy cost of air conditioning. Being completely ignorant to the fact opening a window would make it worse and if their entire continent went fully carbon neutral tomorrow it would have no impact towards offsetting the amount of pollution pumped out by China and India.
Europeans don't realize that half of the US is farther South than France and Italy. The US South is about as far South as Northern Egypt. This might be why the Brits keep trying to visit Texas.
Even the Midwest will get high 90s and triple digits with humidity hovering just below raining. We got record high in June and had to have cooling shelters open.
I grew up south Alabama with no AC. I never actually adapted to it. I was miserable in the summers.
I used to live in Louisiana (Baton Rouge area) and Arizona (Phoenix area). I now live in the Orlando area of Florida.
I think the best time to visit Florida depends on what you want to do. If you want to go to the beach or enjoy any water activities, then May to early June is probably best (tends to be fewer thunderstorms, but the weather is pretty warm). If you want to enjoy the theme parks and other attractions, then I’d recommend mid January through April (weather is nice and tends to be dry). You might want to avoid March, since that’s when most schools are on spring break and the attractions can get quite busy.
Late October through early November is also usually a pretty good time to come, as the weather is typically cooler and dry, but there is a chance a tropical cyclone will disrupt your plans (a small chance).
The absolute worst time to visit Florida is when most people seem to visit: June through August. The weather is hot and humid, it rains almost every afternoon, and the attractions are absolutely full of tourists (who are often irritated because of the crowds and weather).
The weather from mid- November through early January is usually very nice, but it can sometimes get sort-of cold. Also, a lot of tourists seem to come during this time period, so the attractions can be quite busy.
I grew up near Birmingham, AL and moved to winter haven, FL (near Orlando as you probably know) in December 2016. It’s not that different weather wise from Alabama… although I’d say this summer has felt worse!
Has it seemed that way to you? I can’t tell if it’s truly hotter or if it’s because I’m 6 months pregnant and hot in general. It’s miserable!! I’m a Disney annual pass holder but for last few months I only go after sun set and send a couple hours in parks open late. I can’t do the daytime sun!
@@jacquelinekenknight9280 I work outdoors sometimes, and yeah it seems hotter this summer.
Going to states that tend to be arid in August is crazy if you intend to walk out of a building at any time. Late spring is a great time in most of them because the land will be green and cool enough to enjoy. Some specifics:
- Texas: First time I drove across Texas (on the I-20) was July. We left Dallas at 6am and drove without stopping except for gas and fast food. We made it to El Paso at sunset. When you drive for most of a day without turns and the only thing that seemed to change was the names of the towns on the signs. It was
- Florida: First time I went thru Florida was just an overnight stay in a hotel before the next morning's flight. When the bus dropped me at the hotel it was so humid that the outside of the windows were literally streaming with the condensing water.
- Alaska: People think of the "Great White North". The interior of Alaska can get a LOT hotter than people would imagine. The "official" is high is 99° but temps over 110° have been reported at unofficial locations. The official record low is -66° but pictures of business signs with temps below -70° are easy to find.
Hello, Montanan here! Yes, you are correct that we get a lot of snow, but our climate is one of the most extreme in the world. We are currently experiencing a heat wave where temperatures will likely go above 100F for many parts of the state for the next few days, so we experience both very hot and very cold.
Also, the greatest temperature change in 24 hours occurred in Loma, Montana on January 15, 1972. The temperature rose exactly 103 degrees, from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees. This is the world record for a 24-hour temperature change. Not only that, we also have the record for the biggest snowflake ever recorded, at 15 inches (38 centimeters) near Missoula, Montana in January of 1887!
same heat wave has highs persistently >90f in areas around seattle (tho not in - temps are usually cooler in that city than in surrounding areas)
Objection are u anywhere near plains montana! Thought about relocating there due to family ties! Hear they don't get much snow? There east of Thompson falls!
Yeah, but you get to live in MONTANA! I have always wanted to go, have had friends that have and they say it is literally paradise! So boo hoo! Jk jk I’m just saying your state is INCREDIBLY Beautiful!❤❤❤
@beesnort3163 I thought about moving to plains montana due to family ties but montanans even relations don't want outsiders much!
@@oldfogey4679 I am sure it is because outsiders and too many people would most certainly ruin the beauty.
Andre, we are not exaggerating when we say it's too hot in Texas in the summer. July and August are the hottest months of the year. Texas gets triple digit temperatures at that time of the year. I am from Texas and speak from experience. The first time you walk out into weather that hot it will suddenly feel like you can't breath as the hot air gets into your face and lungs. The roads and sidewalks are hot enough to melt the bottoms of a cheap pair of shoes. If you are foolish enough to go to Texas in the summer then at least make sure you always have a big cup of ice water with you. Always wear a hat and sun block while outside. It's very easy to overheat while outside walking around. When you travel to the US, go to the southern states in the early spring and autumn. Visit the northern states in the summer and early autumn. Winter in Florida.
Man it's been the coolest summer in years this year. Barely hit 100 at all. Last summer was over 108 like every day.
My mom had an art show in Dallas In August when I was young. Hyatt regency (the mirror building that looks like steps and the tower with the ball. It had a rooftop pool and I went up there and burned the bottom of my feet because I am from Michigan and didn’t know about the hellish heat! The pool was like a hot tub. Gorgeous hotel and insanely beautiful city, but HOT af! I spent the ride home (yes we drove) with a sheet around my badly burned body. I was only out there for one hour but I didn’t know about spf (this was the early 80s). Texas is amazing, but that heat is NO JOKE!
@@guywithalltheanswers6942 last years summer was by far worse. it was 100 or over for like a month here in Oklahoma
@@beesnort3163 Yea if you don't wear a jacket in the cold you will get frostbitten too. Just have to wear shoes outside and sunscreen if you want to stay out an hour or more.
Never never go to Texas in The summer! You will be so miserable. Or probably anywhere in the south except San Diego.
As someone who grew up in the Central Valley of California, 2-3 weeks of every summer were anywhere between 95-115 degrees Fahrenheit with no breeze because we lived in a bowl with terrible air quality. Over 40% of the population suffered from asthma or lung related diseases due to the dust and pesticides from all the agricultural.
He forgot the heat wave of 1980. DFW Airport recorded over 60 consecutive days with highs over 100. The hottest day was 113. You get used to it.
what a lot of people don't realize is that most of the US is at lower latitudes then most of Europe. Maine is at the same latitude as Milan, Italy and Washington State is at the same latitude as France. Kansas the middlepoint of the US is the same latitude as Spain. Weather patterns are different of course due to a number of factors but something to consider.
Also very significant is that all of western Europe, including Scandinavia, is peninsular, so that the ocean or seas moderate the weather, apart from the specific effects of the Gulf Stream. Only when you get east of the Alps do you get a true continental climate. On the other hand, most of North America has a continental climate (meaning minimal moderation by the presence of the ocean).
Meanwhile, that same Gulf Stream is what keeeps the British weather mild (and wet!), and Northern Scotland and Scandinavia even liveable in the winter months, as they are on the same latitude as Labrador. @@thomasmacdiarmid8251
Good explanation. The US is a southern, hot climate with continental extremes.
Lebanon Kansas is the geographic center of the contiguous states
True. NYC is at the same latitude as Madrid.
A decade or so ago there was a heatwave in France and a bunch of people died. In the US when the news covered that, a lot of American's didn't believe it, thought it was fake because in quite a few places over here, temperatures get hotter than in that heatwave every summer. The people over there just didn't know how to cope with the heat properly since they'd never encountered it. Here are a few things that could save your life:
1. Drink water, avoid drinks with sugar, caffeine or alcohol. Those three things _dehydrate_ you.
2. If you have been sweating a lot, eat some slightly salty snacks. Your body uses salt to help regulate water in your body, but too much salt is bad too. So eating a small handful of something like chips (crisps) or something similar WITH a big glass of water can help give your body more of what it used up trying to cool you down with sweat.
3. If you've been out in the sun for many hours without drinking *_DO NO_* drink something super cold. Lowering your body temperature too quickly can be fatal. I would bet money that many of the deaths in France from their heatwave was from heatstroke, which can be caused by doing exactly that. Drinking something super cold while the body is overheated. You need to drink warm or room temperature water at first until you're core temperature has lowered.
If you only *have* cold, you have to let it warm up a bit first, put it in the sun a while or something so that it rises in temperature. I know it sucks to let something cold warm up when you would rather drink it cold but, better a little less refreshed than _dead._
Note on the salt point: sodium is important, but potassium and magnesium are also super important. If you are actually sweating a ton, Gatorade is the way to go. It is literally sweat with a little bit of sugar to help it absorb in the gut. Other electrolyte drinks have different balances, so you need to drink more to get the same benefits. If you don't actually need an electrolyte drink, though, steer clear of it because all you're doing is making your kidneys work harder and adding yet more sugar to your diet
Or you could just get some water from the tap! That's what we do.
The gulf of Mexico makes the high heat feel even worse. I was in Wyoming and South Dakota and it was 112°F, but it felt better that the high 80s in Kentucky a few days later. Humidity is no joke.
If Europeans are surprised by American weather. Keep in mind that most of the U.S.-Canada border is at a slightly lower latitude than Paris. Lisbon and D.C. are roughly on the same latitude. The remarkable thing is not how warm America is, but rather how Europe isn't a frozen hellscape 10 months of the year.
Also, he mentioned America being beautiful. That's absolutely true for our nature. Most of our cities leave a lot to be desired. And a lot of areas through the rust belt and Appalachia are downright depressing. All Americans should have to visit Appalachia, but non-Americans probably shouldn't.
The problem with Southern heat over Western heat (Arizona, Nevada, California...) is the humidity. Your body cools via evaporation of sweat but the higher the humidity, the slower the rate of evaporation. So a dry heat is more tolerable since your body can cool itself. In the humidity, you cannot cool yourself so your only option is to go slow. This is why the South moves more slowly than the rest of the country. You have to go slow or die. I live in Mississippi (very humid) but I lived in Texas for a little while (not as humid). There are hardly any trees because they cannot survive. If trees cannot survive, you will struggle as well. To add insult to injury, no trees = no shade so you get heat from exposure to direct sun in addition to the ambient temperature. Try to avoid the South in July and August if possible.
Im a desert kid, last summer i finally visited the south when i saw some family. I felt like i was trying to breath in a sanna.
i hate hot and humid when they are combined it feels like torture
@@kurotsuki7427 bet you learned what they mean when they say "swamp ass" real quick
Maybe now you'll understand Ice Cubes in drinks. Drive through Iowa and Nebraska in the summer when there's no shade for hundreds of miles. You'll love it.
It's a dry heat.
Been in Grand Island on the 4th of July a few times with 98⁰F and 98% humidity...miserable! Not a dry heat!!
Dry heat=roasting
Wet heat=sauna
Both are still miserable. 😩🥵
😂 dry heat 😅 at 119°, it just hurts
@@doubler8684 I have been at a summer camp just south of GI right on the river. 109 in the shade. No A/C in sight for the whole week.
Iowa a dry heat? Iowa be humid
A fact that might mess with your conception of international geography is that New York is roughly on the same line of latitude as Madrid and Lisbon are.
There's a reason we have a term in the states called death valley germans...
Because most european tourists cant comprehend how hot it gets in places in america. A family of german tourists in the 90s dissapeared in desth valley and the husband, after driving their rental through some hard dirt roads attempted to hike to near by military base for help. The van and the family where found several weeks later. The husband wasnt found till a few years ago.
As a Texan, I would not come here in August. I’d come in the spring, when it’s only in the 80s and the wildflowers are out.
The blue bells are worth doing to see.
Lived all over this country.
You never get used to the heat/humidity along the gulf of mexico. You learn to endure but its never unnoticeable.
Ive worked outside in temps around 105 in Florida with humidity sitting around 80% (the heat index or "what it feels like" was 122)
If you arent accustomed to high temperature areas do not go in the middle of summer. Go early spring or mid fall. Get your bearings with cooler temps around 85-95 midday instead of pushing 100+
And most people here are correct, most southerners keep their home ac around 72-75. That feels cool and refreshing.
Can confirm as my ac currently sits at 77. Side note, my ac unit is 20 years old so how tf is it still running. In Florida of all places also.
Moved to FL from GA a few years ago and I still can't stand the summers here, its absurd
@@anneke_yep2407Florida Men are crazy, not heartless.
there's a 150 mile/240KM stretch of highway between Needles, California and the next closest town of Barstow through open desert. I once did the drive at noon in July. Stopped for lunch in Needles it was 118, came out it was 121, drove across the street for gas and it was 125. there's actually warning signs about not doing that trip if you don't think your car can handle it because so many people get stranded in the desert
In St Louis area we had around 30-35 days in a row in 2012 that were between 98-106F. Thats about 36-37C for over a month. We lived in a stone building on the third floor and our AC was only rated up to 95F..... AC is truly essential and lifesaving.
117F is common high in the summer in the deserts here in the US, I live in New Mexico, a desert as well. That's why every house and store is equipped with blasting AC and it's common to give ice water and allow people to just stand in businesses to cool down. It saves lives.
But it's a dry heat. /s
@Nerdygoddess dry heat still kills, and walking in a literal oven, your skin feels like it's burning real time. I lived in humidity in New York, both are terrible, don't discount dry heat.
@@kays4290 They put /s at the end of their comment which indicates that it was sarcasm.
@dfcd1432 Ahh...thank you for the explanation
I lived in New Mexico the vast majority of my life as recent as 6 years ago. The summers were bad and dangerous, but I’d take it over the humidity I live in now in a heartbeat. In a dry heat shade makes enough difference on its own; combine that with A/C and cold water and you barely even notice it. High 90s in 100% humidity is impossible to escape. Shade, cold water? Doesn’t matter, you can’t escape the heat without tons of A/C, and even then you’ll still feel it.
Spring and Fall are the best for hot areas of the US
Or if it’s Arizona come during the winter it’s normally 35F-65F from November - February. I grew up and live in AZ. I want to move to Palmer Alaska since it’s the same weather as Flagstaff AZ. I’ve found out I live the cold. I’d rather freeze to death then die of heat. And I’ve almost done both so I’m speaking from experience
I used to have a spring and fall pass for the county fair. You spring over the fence and fall on the other side.
Only if you like hot!
March and October for Texas
As someone from Oregon, I went to Texas in August once. It was like 90 degrees, which is "not too bad." On paper. But the HUMIDITY made that temperature absolutely unbearable. Being outside was deadly. We returned to Portland in the middle of a 102-degree heat wave, and a Portland 102 felt COOL AND REFESHING after Texas 90. This year already, we had almost a week of 100+ highs back to back in Yakima Washington. Texas is worse.
If 40C with low humidity is exotic to you, Texas in August will be literally dangerous.
That 117 degree temperature in East St.Louis should have a note on it. E.St.L. sits in the river valley where the air stagnates and gets moist from the Mississippi River running right next door, and the valley covered in crops. It ain’t no picnic during a normal summer………
The entire US gets really hot, the father north you go the fewer months of heat you get is the main difference.
Exactly This.
(See my post about growing up in Vermont in the 1970's) LOL
91° here in the north east New York State. We also have a tornado watch going on. Something we never used to get.
Im so glad I live further north. I never experienced 100 personally but other parts of my state has. Hottest I've experienced was 95. I cant imagine going to the south in summer
@@ironiccookies2320 I've experienced multiple days over 100 already this year. lol I couldn't even tell you how many total in my life have been over. Nothing really changes. I'm in Alabama now but grew up in Georgia.
I'm in Wisconsin and this has been the coolest and rainiest summer that I can ever remember. It has hardly been over 80. Raining so much we've had flash flooding. It's currently only 81° right now. It been in the 60s overnight. It's so cool that lake michigan, nor even smaller lakes, are barely swim able. It would be frigid for people from the south. It's crazy that's it so hot and dry in other places right now. I wish we could trade some to even it out. Lol
I was a Military Policeman in the US Army in Germany from 1982-1985. the summer of 84 was REALLY hot for Germany, it was over 95 degrees for almost 2 weeks. Elderly Germans were dropping dead all over, they have NO air conditioning anywhere.
95 degrees sounds wonderful right now. It's blasting past 100 degrees
Well, I'm in Texas, but 95 without any mechanical cooling, that's something you have to be prepared for. They just don't have the architecture, or the ways of adapting to that in Germany. You can do it, but you have to know HOW to do it, just like living on an ice sheet. You have to know the way.
@@farvista People used to pull mattresses outside. Onto upstairs sleeping porches. To backyard decks/patios. The sleeping porch would be covered but would have large swaths of wall open to catch any breeze. If they were lucky the 'window' would have screens.
I live in the U.S. the state of Connecticut which neighbors new york and i can assure you the northern states are not all cold. Last year for probably a month it was 85-90 degrees Fahrenheit every day. And this summer its been between 80-90 most days this whole month. Some states that border Canada can be more chilly but in general in the summer all the state can get fairly hot.
For the past 2-3 weeks, it's been over 100° in Alabama and only just cooled down, getting below 100° yesterday. I had forgotten a make-up pallet on my dashboard and it's so warped now, every single individual lil eyeshadow pallets are poppin out and it will never lay flat again. I wish I could post a pic of how warped it is due to how hot is was 😶🥵☠️
I live in South Louisiana... if it's not over 100*F, then it's not summer yet... plus we have 98% humidity year round... if you're not from here, don't visit until late Autumn or Winter and get out by early Spring...
also, more people die from heat than from cold in the U.S. and many states require A/C in vehicles as law... and not having A/C for elderly in a home is considered 'elder abuse'....
There was a TV reporter in Indiana whose charity of choice was making sure old people all had box fans in the summer.
I spent a summer in New Orleans as a 16 yr old (1972). It was one of the most miserable summers of my life. The heat was intense, but being from Oklahoma it wasn't much worse than I was used to. However, combined with outrageous humidity, the ability to function without AC just didn't exist. It was common practice for businesses to open from 4:00-6:00 am and close shop from 12:00-2:00 pm!
What part, also from south la
I live in middle Georgia right now, but I grew up in south Florida.
I think we can all agree that the worst heat is that one right before a thunderstorm hits.
My manager lives in Louisiana. I was telling her about me replacing my HVAC (I live in Ohio). She was telling me how a few years ago her AC stopped working in summer. She was like “it was pure misery” lol. I couldn’t even imagine.
They’ve already said any state/city late September and October OR April and May. A motorcyclist traveling through Death Valley in California and Nevada, died a couple of weeks ago. The heat here is no joke. When you add humidity over 50%, it’s pure misery and often fatal.
July 7 when it was 128F, 53C. I can't imagine going there in the summer. I went in December and it was nice.
It's getting later each year, the fall temps. Buckle up, it's hurricane season and it's gonna be a busy season if we're getting hurricanes this early.
A motorcyclist died Saturday in 128F (53.3C) heat. It was too hot for the rescue helicopter to fly out to get him.
One this past weekend in Death Valley, another transported to hospital, treated and released and four treated on site.
Europeans love Death Valley and they are so unprepared for it. And deep in the Grand Canyon is as hot as Phoenix during the summer so people are dying there as well.
Minneasota here! This place is truly nuts. with peak snowfall occurring in 1996 with 46 inches in a single storm, and the lowest temperature in the same year at -60*f. We also have one of the wildest temperature ranges, with a single day back in 1970 giving one area a whopping 74 degree temperature swing, and a usual year between -25 and 105*
You’d think all of our 11’000+ registered lakes would help stabilize our climate, but nope
I live in the Midwest. When it gets hot and muggy, the millions of acres of corn create a rainforest effect. Corn draws the moisture from the ground up to its leaves and releases it into the air to cool off via transpiration. This is called “corn sweat.” In the mornings, one can actually see a canopy of heavy fog rising above the corn fields. It truly creates a humidity dome and affects rainfall patterns. Unbearable.
I'm from North-Central Florida and we've had temperatures of around 92-98°F over the last few weeks straight with like 72%-85% humidity, and its not even the hottest part of the season yet 😅
It's a kind of heat you never really get used to; you kind of just accept you'll be miserable and take measures to make sure you're safe
Edit: For context, the humidity over here has caused the development of a "Feels-Like" measurement. If its 97°F and 78% humidity, it might have a "Feels-Like" of about 105°F
NEVER underestimate the humidty and Heat of the US
I hate when the humidity gets that high, the air feels so heavy. It's like hard to breath and wet but not cool wet it's miserable.
@@brittany8002The worst part is when there's little wind, and your sweat just makes you feel more suffocated.
People from drier states underestimate FL heat because they don't truly grasp what the humidity does. Lived in FL most of my life, now I live out in CO. We hit 96°F today and when I say it felt like a comfortable FL low-80s.
Have friends who moved from FL to Arizona, it gets crazy hot out there, +110°F even at night. They consistently say they'd still choose it over FL's humid heat any day.
Until you've experienced it there's just no explaining the heat of a swamp to someone.
I’m from California in the Central Valley. 110+ days are not unusual and I will absolutely admit, I used to scoff at people making such a big deal about humidity when we’re here and it’s 115. But I traveled to the right places at the right times of year and realized exactly how wrong I was. I agree. We do underestimate it.
Lived in tropical and sub tropical climates my whole life, FL, CA, and even Guam. Humidity is something no one should ever underestimate, Dry heat is nasty, but humid heat, like what I've lived through from FL and to a lesser degree in Guam it's no small thing to scoff at. Keep in mind both Guam and Florida are near the equatorial line. Only reason Guam doesnt get as oppressively hot is the constant sea breeze the entire island enjoys from being smaller than even Rhode Island.
In Oklahoma, we use a heat index that measures humidity and heat to give a "feels like" temperature. So sometimes it's 109 but feels like 118. For weeks.
That term is so stupid, anything past 100 feels the same TOO FKNG HOT to tell the difference
It’s called a “wet bulb temperature”.
@@fayewood1377 Oh, I can tell the difference. Because the hotter it is, the more like death I feel.
@@fayewood1377 Oh i can assure you, 115 before the humidity is factored in blows a lot more dick than 101 after accounting for humidity.
@@StryderK "Feels like" and WBT are different. WBT temperature will always be lower because the thermometer is wrapped in wet cloth. (I used to maintain a WBT station when I was in the Army.)
As a north dakotan people still talk about 1936. Our state went from -51°C to 49°C in five months.
People would sleep by sloughs cuz it was a little cooler by the waters but because of the mosquitoes people had massive histamine reactions along with dehydration and heat stroke. Hundreds of north dakotas died. We are better at dealing with the cold. We can get a polar vortex the has flash frozen foxes and skunks along the side of roads, frozen mid step.
Native Texan here. We're lucky if we get only nine months of summer, and 3 of winter.
And yes, absolutely, stay the fuck away during late summer and fall. Even into December, the temperature can get into the 90s. And the weather can turn on a goddamn dime. I have a story I love to tell people about how, in winter, I woke up to 80F weather, and in the afternoon, I was driving in whiteout snow.
Andre, you looked puzzled at that newspaper headline. The "Twin Cities" are Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Mississippi river runs more or less between them. You don't realize when you leave one and enter the other unless you see a road sign. Minneapolis is slightly larger. St. Paul has the State Capitol.
@@user-oh2hs6jh5x He is so damn clueless about the US that it hurts. His channel name also makes people to believe that all Europeans are idiots. Yes, I know that many people hate the US and know almost nothing about it. But for someone who claims to love it, these videos seem unbelievable.I can't wait to see him visiting, he will be a mouthbreather the whole trip.
120 °F in Las Vegas twice this week. Over 115 °F for the last 9 days Death Valley was 130 ° F for the last 2 days
It definitely gets hot out there. I was out on the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) hiking last year. For 2 weeks straight in Oregon and Northern California it was 100+ for 2-weeks straight. It made it dangerous to be hiking 30+ miles in that everyday when I was out there 4-months from June - October.
Vegas heat is scary. By the time you realize you’re in trouble, you are royally screwed.
Wisconsin is pretty crazy, in winter with wind chill it can get below -20 degrees Fahrenheit (What it feels like) while in summer it can break 105 degrees. The records are -35 degrees with wind and 114 degrees.
A common phrase in Florida is "it's not the heat that will get you, it's the humidity.". Just the other day, it was a normal 95f/37c, but because of the humidity, the weather app also tells you what the weather "feels like" and it was 107f/41.6c. That is just a normal summer day here, and is like that at least 6 months of the year. I wouldn't recommend coming to any US state that is California, Texas, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, or the whole Southeast quadrant from North Carolina South unless it is around March or October. It will bee 95f/37c++ more days than not. For the Northeastern states like New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, I would not recommend going in October-February. It gets below freezing (32f/0)c in the height of winter very often.
Native New Yorker here, and still here, NYC summers are awful. It is very hot but also very very humid. When you step outside it feels like you’re stepping into everyone’s collective sweat and grime of the city.
NYC used to experience real winter, I remember snow piled 7 feet high along the gutter and sidewalks as I went to school. Now we’re lucky if it sticks to the ground for more than an hour and not immediately melt.
Currently we have been having temps between 85-95 for weeks now. There is no relief here other than going indoors into air conditioning. This is a concrete jungle, there is no escape under trees, no lakes, or rivers to dunk into. Almost every beach within the city is overcrowded and nasty, especially after a heavy rainstorm. DO NOT COME IN THE SUMMER. Best time is probably the fall/Autumn.
i think the last time we had snow like that was the 2010 blizzard, it’s been way too long since we’ve had real snow. it’s depressing as hell 😔
just that brutal heat and humidity in the summer and the brutal cold in the winter
Just hit 100° the past 2 days here in NJ. We have had a heatwave for the past 3 weeks.
I live in Phoenix, which averages more than 100 days of 100F+ weather each year.
But the humidity is very low, usually between 7-25%.
It's currently 114F with 10% humidity.
Yeah. Thats what sucks about Virginia. It doesn't hit 100 as often as that, but when it does, it's usually humid asf. 😢
What's it there now? About 7 p.m.?
Southern Oregon... Same
When I went to AZ in winter, it was so dry I had to get nasal spray and a humidifier for the hotel room. My sinuses hurt. I prefer more humidity.
I am from Washington State. Very few days go above 90.
The highest temperature ever recorded in the US was in the norther mojave desert. We call it Death Valley. It reached 134.7°F once in 1913 and again in 2022
I've hunted in -22 degrees Fahrenheit in North eastern Wyoming. It's not the cold that gets you, it's the wind. Windchill can absolutely wreck you if you aren't prepared.
Also, (as an American) we watch to see your reaction. I didn't know this info either, but it's more fun seeing someone else also getting the new info than just watching the vid myself. The fall and spring are the best times to travel to NY and Texas.
the whole time he was freaking out about 100 degrees I was just thinking to myself, *Phoenix Arizona stands up and says "Hold my beer" 😅*
No joke. The only time I have been in Phoenix, it was 119°. I had no idea that eyeballs could hurt.
Was in Phoenix mesa area last week 109° at midnight the heat don't leave at night
Messed up fact, Phoenix measures the temperature in the shade.
@@anotherdadjoke All of NOAA certified weather stations are measured in the shade. If the thermometer is in direct sunlight you will get a false high reading. Think of it touching the hood of a car on a hot sunny day.
@@mgtowmike752I remember Phoenix have 100+ 24hr a day for around 2 months. That’s insane
It's 102F today here in Salem, Oregon.
IKR. I am from WA, and it is 93 here. This heat wave is stupid.
103 in the Boise, Idaho area
The high temperature in Salem was 106F (41C) today. Portland was 104F. The state has been very hot (except the coastline) since July 4th. The hottest time of the day in the PNW is around 5:00 pm this time of year, which is different from most of the country.
@@pacmanc8103 I didn't realize it got that hot today. I just looked at my phone right before I left the comment. Thank God for air conditioning.
@@boobooq88 Yesterday had an insane weather, but Louisiana is laughing at us for understanding their situation.
As a Texas native, August is the most miserable time to come visit us. Up here in North Central Texas you are likely to get temperatures well over 40° c as your high. South Texas won't get quite that high but the humidity will be extreme and well if anything be even more miserable.
West Texas would just bake you.
Come visit us around October or November when the summer heat has broken and you're likely to get something other than hot dry and miserable
This month, Fresno California had 13 days in a row at or above 105°F. Las Vegas reached 115°F or higher for seven consecutive days and 10 days at 110 or hotter. Last year, Phoenix Arizona went 31 days in a row over 110°F, and 54 days total during the year. Nighttime temperatures in many hot parts of the West don't drop below the mid-70s. You can't get relief from it.
45C at my place in Las Vegas. " What do you do when its that hot?" is a typical question. STAY INSIDE. We also had snow the first week of April and the snow in the mountains didn't start melting until June. We should be back to our normal temps of 38-40 this weekend with thunderstorms...
Grumbles how humid does it get in Nevada? Luv ariz climate need it but can do without ariz attitudes generally!
About the same as AZ. It's running about 15-20% in LV right now. Outside the city, it is lower obviously
@@anastasia10017
My fiancee is also an Anastasia)) Small world
I was just 102F up here in Oregon and no one was going outside. Probably nothing to you guys, but to us, that's getting unbearable.
New York City traps heat in summer and winter, not much snow.
New York City is known for its urban heat island effect, which causes it to trap heat and be warmer than surrounding areas. This is due to several factors:
1. Heat Generation: NYC's buildings, boilers, and vehicles generate a significant amount of heat.
2. Heat Absorption: The city's manufactured surfaces, like roofs and roads, absorb and retain heat.
3. Lack of Vegetation: NYC has less vegetation than other areas, which can help cool down temperatures.
Additionally, the city's tall buildings can block wind and trap heat, further contributing to the urban heat island effect. This can lead to health problems like heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and increased air pollution.
New York sucks
In Minnesota (a notoriously cold state) has had a 100*F difference (from 70 to -30) within a 48 hour period. There are sometimes a week at a time in the summer where the temperature stays above 100*F during the day without dropping below 80*F at night. Not often, but it happens once a summer or so. In the winter it can get down to -60*F
Texan here, don't visit midsummer. Last year and the year before, the corn literally burned on the stalk. My spinach literally boiled in the fields. I mean the leaves turned dark and spongy as if they had been boiled for about 4 miniutes. In 2022 we had 2 months where the weather didn't dip below 105. It wad drier than usual so while the greenery didn't like it, it wasn't as bad as you'd think because we weren't soaking in our sweat as much as usual in the normally crazy central texas humidity. We get freezes in the winter two and the most extreme weather I've been through had three 50+° temperature swings in one day, it was a tornado day though, that's how tonadoes form, hot weather below, cold above, they toilet bowl as they switch positions and you get twisters tearing through the place.
Skip summer unless you're from a hot country. Texas is truly incredibly beautiful in the spring and fall though after the first rains of each, this is my little slice of heaven that I love to show of for the rest of the season. Texas renfest in particular is a wonderful time.
He's not lying about the summer temps. Death Valley got it's name specifically for being one of if not THE hottest place on the planet.
Actually Death Valley's name was coined when a group of '49'ers' decided to take a short cut to California and got lost. Since it was winter and the regular trail to the California gold fields were more then likely snowed in (this was a year after the Donner Party's ill fated journey) they decided to attempt a southern route roughly following the Old Spanish Trail.
They camped about a mile from Furnace Creek on Christmas Eve. The average temperature at Furnace Creek in December is 64° F. Hyperthermia would have been a greater threat then heat stroke, especially at the higher elevations.
One member of the group died due to dehydration, not heat, ironic since in Death Valley ar any given time one is no more then 24 miles from a water source. All of the oxen and pack animals died from a lack of water or were killed for food.
The group all believed that the valley would be their grave. When they were finally lead through the Panamints one of the members of the party looked back at the valley and said "goodbye death valley".
The name stuck.
China has the hottest desert on the planet and is an inhospitable wasteland of salt sand glass and quartz it's extremely dry and you cannot survive an hour without water and breathing the air can kill you without filters there's a reason why 2% of people live there is for solar or power plants to run Chinas power grid
It's absolutely beautiful though 😊
I grew up in Michigan but lived in California for about a year. Anyway, I travelled from California to Texas, passing through Arizona during the summertime. The air conditioner in my car was broken and I had my puppy in the back seat. I made a stop at a gas station. I was worried my pup or myself was going to get a heat stroke or pass out or something. It was that hot. I was literally getting dizzy while on the freeway and was trying to find a gas station asap. And rolling down the windows didn’t even help. It just felt like a heater blowing in your face. Thankfully, the gas station had air conditioning. I carried my pup in with me (he couldn’t walk on the pavement of course since it would’ve burned his paws) and I ended up getting a bag of ice. I dumped it in my pup’s kennel and kept a little ice for myself to keep us cool. That helped a lot. I also made frequent stops at gas stations so we could cool down in the air conditioned place. I will never forget that heat. That was the hottest temperature I’ve ever experienced in my life, and I know there are places that get hotter than that.
You ALWAYS stop at a gas station in the desert to fill up and get water. No exceptions.
Sleep during the day, drive at night.
Born and raised Texan, please DO NOT come here in August! It is so hot you wouldn’t be able to enjoy anything outdoors at all. It can be genuinely dangerous to be out in August if you are not used to hot temps.
I recommend March-April definitely. If you do end up coming down here, I would love to give you some awesome places to visit! Been all over the state throughout my life. It’s a great state if you know when and how to travel!
On texas summers it is a sport to see who can cook an egg on the sidewalk the fastest
I think April for Texas. The Beasley's went in April and said they were fine.
Early spring is a good time since it isn't too cold and not too hot either. But it's still important to be hydrated no matter what.
Texas has great weather in the spring and later fall and even a lot of winter.
I love that couple. A little young but great personality!
Arizona here. When I was 15 in the 70s, the record high in June was 117F, now 120F is very common. I blame to much concrete, asphalt and glass due to overpopulation. But at least it's a dry heat.
Phoenix needs more trees to mitigate the heat island effect. That’s why I’m moving to Prescott at least it’s 10-15F cooler on avg
122 in 1990 :)
This is absolutely true, in my opinion, too. In Phoenix proper, temperatures get higher than areas like San Tan Valley. There is still a fair bit of farm land that helps reduce temps. Even a few degrees can really make a difference. The one good thing is that the majority of places people want to see when they visit Arizona are more reasonable during the summer ranging more high 90s to low 100s F.
Officially, from weather,gov, the top 5 hottest days ever in Phoenix in recorded history (back more than 100 years) are 122 in 1990, 121 in 1995, 120 in 1990, and 119 (two days in 2023). So once you are below the hottest 5 days in history you are below 119 degrees. But, we do get a lot of days between 110 and 116. That is pretty common. Also, everyone’s backyard thermometer or car thermometer always reads hotter. Especially due to the hot asphalt. So everyone exaggerates and thinks it is always hotter than it is. But 120+ is still not common in Phoenix.
Temperatures reaching well over 100° fahrenheit is an almost daily occurrence in some parts of the US.
This is WHY we have air conditioners.
Want to also add that the upper Midwest, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota (which I live in the north western corner of) regularly hit 90+ F in summer months and then drop -30F in winter. I've personally been in temps reaching -45F before you factor windchill for a few days in a row and I work outside.
Here in Missouri recently we had temperatures reach 94-98 degrees with a heat index of 110-114 degrees, which means the air temp can be 97 but when you add 80% humidity to the mix the feels like temp is 108 plus, the humidity makes things worse it's like being in a sauna
Where I am in southeast MO we hit 100/feels like 125. And lots of people here don’t have ac. 🥵
Just FYI, America has the highest recorded temperature ever. It hit 134.1F / 56.7 C. In Death Valley in 1913
Now the hottest ever recorded with more modern instruments was also in Death Valley, 129.2F / 54C in 2013. Modern instruments are standardized, older ones weren't. So it's possible older recorded could be off by about +/- 3c.
The US also has the highest recorded heat while it was raining. 119f / 48.3c in California in 2018.
The highest month long average temperature (July 2018) at 42.3C/108.1F (this includes day and night).
The fastest temperature DROP, dropping 27C / 49F in 5 MINUTES. This happened in South Dakota in 1911 (so old and can be slightly off). Going from -48C / -56F (fun fact -40C = -40f), to 9C / 48F.
The greatest 2 minute temperature INCREASE 27C / 49F (yes, same numbers as above). Also South Dakota but 8n 1943.
Plus the greatest 24 hour increase rising 54C/ 102F this happened in Montana in 1972
Most heat records are either in the Southern US or Middle East like they have the hottest night time temperature every. These two places are about the same latitude also, which is big contributing factor of why both are so hot.
Small correction. The highest recorded temp in DV was 134°, not 136°.
@@RickZackExploreOffroad LOL, I clearly messed up when transcribing numbers (not copy pasting). Yeah, should have been 134.1. Thanks for the catch.
It's fixed above now
The old temp wouldn't be off by more than ±1C.
Yeah, a lot of people don't realize it when looking at a map of the United States. But the Southern US is on the same latitude as Algiera, not Western Europe.
Hence the hot as fuck temperatures.
I actually found out that the -40 matched up evenly when I was trying to tell some friends in the UK how cold it was last year
On the High Plains in the US, we get flash floods, tornadoes, high heat and occasionally humidity. In winter, we get well below zero and that's without the wind chill. We had one day of -45 F in SW Nebraska. One year we had tens of thousands of cattle die because of flooding in the Texas Panhandle feedyards and tens of thousands of cattle dying in SW Kansas because of a heat event.
The best time to visit the USA is mid-to-late spring or mid-fall. It’s neither too hot nor too cold, plants are blooming, and there are festivals and farmers markets going on.
It's not only the heat but the humidity and "dewpoint" (The temperature it would have to be for the water in the air to start condensing and forming droplets) with these high temperatures. When the dewpoints start reaching in the 70+ F range, you can sweat, but it doesn't evaporate and you don't cool down so without air conditioning, these heat waves can result in many deaths due to the bodies overheating. I've been in 110 F with low humidity and dewpoint and would take that over some 98 degree days I've seen in the east and southeast where NOTHING will cool you off. It literally feels like you're in a sauna of steam when you walk out the door.
I'm from Texas, Summer is around 9 months long. The heat is oppressive. We all learn to move from shade to shade. We move slowly in the shade, and quickly in the sun. I've experienced 100'F on Christmas Day! I have fried an egg on a car's hood, without fire. In the summer, you never have to worry about a killer hiding in the backseat of your car. When you leave the house you are soaking wet with sweat as soon as you open the door and step out. I would run to the car, and start the air-conditioner and then run back into the house and wait 5 minutes.
As a Minnesotan, we have a rep for being "the frozen north," which is true. In winter. In summer we also regularly hit 80+ as average temps with spikes over 100. And to make it worse the humidity's usually well over 50%, which means sweating does nothing to cool you off, either.
The two heat waves I most remember (here in West Virginia) were in 1988, where it was 100°F several times and we went 61 days without rain (I was a small child, but remember it well as my grandpa was slowly dying of cancer), and in 2007 where we had five months with 90°F+ most days (It was 90° on Halloween and didn’t drop below freezing at any point until the night of December 23rd. This is an area that often sees snow around Halloween). We’ve had times of 100°F over a week straight, but those were easy to forget. The hottest temperature I’ve experienced was 113°F.
40 C is 104 F. That is a pretty routine summertime termperature for portions of the deep south, and very frequently for the deserts and grasslands of the American Southwest, including portions of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California. 50 C is 122 F and that occurs once in a while in Death Valley National Park, the Las Vegas, Nevada area, and Phoenix, Arizona.
104 is regular in Kansas June-September, too.
I’m going to disagree with the idea of not remembering heat waves. I still remember the 1980 heat wave
The ONLY one I remember was a day my parents came to visit us in Georgia. They're from Florida. It was well over 100 degrees, which is odd for the area - high 90s, yes. We had reservations for a restaurant, and honestly thought we would cook ourselves walking in the sun from the car to the restaurant. Just a few steps. It was painfully hot. And they were hot, too, as there was no sea breeze or thunderstorm to knock down the temp a bit. Doesn't get over 100 much in Florida, either.
Honestly, I don’t remember heat waves. I live in Southern California and every year we’re over 100. Just this week we’re consistently over 100, last week and the week before too. It all blends together in the summers.
The 1980 heatwave was so bad I had to stop long enough post my agreement with you.
I don't!
I remember the smoke from the Yellowstone fire in 88’
As someone who has lived in Montana their whole life I can assure that the summers here get into the triple digits every year and the winters are often in the negatives. It’s a beautiful state though and I highly recommend you come visit. Early June is a good time to visit. It hasn’t gotten too hot yet and is usually pretty pleasant. If and when you come, make sure you check out Glacier National Park. It’s phenomenally stunning.
Im a native Californian and ill tell ya, not only is AC a neccessity to be comfy, its actually required by law that all rental properties provide an ac unit.
As someone who was born in August and lived in Texas my whole life, DO NOT visit Texas in August. The temperature is regularly over 100 degrees and the humidity in the central, coastal, and eastern areas can make it feel like it’s over 110 degrees, while the western areas are dryer but have higher temps. And overnight can stay in the 80s. The end of November is when we usually get our first cold snap dropping temps to 60s or 70s.
Not only is it hot and humid in Texas in August, you may encounter hurricanes if you're near the coast.
Check out a video on Hurricane Beryl.
In September 2020 (in San Diego), our AC went out during a Santa Ana (a hot weather pattern in California characterized by extreme temperatures and strong winds). It went out on a Friday afternoon, and our apartment complex couldn’t get anyone out until Monday to fix it. That was the worst heat I have ever experienced. Our apartment stayed in the 90s during the night. Thank God our fridge and freezer still worked, so we had plenty of cold water and ice for ourselves and our pets.
One of thejj craziest things is, we get the triple didget heats EVERYWHERE in the USA. Not just the south (its just more normal there). I live in Wisconsin and its normal for us to get an annual heat wave that gets us triple digits. In the Winter though, it can be the Arctic with -20 or lower temps.
These temp changes do major damage to roads and infrastructure due to the expansion and contracting.
I was born and raised in South Texas and my family still lives there. It's 100F+ every day in July-August. The only place to escape the heat is tubing in a river or staying inside. My Grandparents had a ranch south of San Antonio and never had air-conditioning. This was in the 50's and 60's. The house was surrounded by rather large live oak trees that kept shade on the house providing some relief.
I'm a long-distance runner in Texas. Every spring, when it starts warming up, I think, "Is already uncomfortable, how can I handle it during the summer?" But gradually I get used to it, and by the time July rolls around, I'm going running, even doing intervals and long runs in 100 degree weather. It's absolutely miserable, but the performance boost I get in the fall when it cools down is worth every single step that feels like it could be the last.
I grew up in Utah in the United States. I think the most extreme temperature swing was in 2001. in the summer it was 115 degrees farenheit (46 degrees celsius) and -26 degrees farenheit (-32 degrees celsius) in the winter. both extremes sustained for more than a week.
Some factors that play into how hot it actually feels more than the temperature is how sunny it is, the cloud cover and the direction of the wind, as well as your distance to large bodies of water. I live on the shores of lake Erie, and if the wind is out of the north, it’s much cooler because it’s been cooling off over the lake, And the humidity plays a huge role in that as well, it could be 90°F but if the humidity is low and there’s a nice breeze, it’s actually pretty pleasant as long as you’re wearing a hat