That's hot

[MisterCreosote]

Heat index in my neck of the woods (DC area) should hit 110 degrees today, possibly 115 tomorrow, with humidity hovering between 60-70 percent. I read somewhere that in parts of the Midwest the LOW overnight temperatures haven't been dipping below 90.

What's it like where you are?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Actually cooled off to the high 80s the last few days after about a month of 90-plus.

I was at a Texas Rangers game two weeks ago where the temperature at first pitch was 105 ... at 7:05 p.m.

 

[Dyno]

Heat index in my neck of the woods (DC area) should hit 110 degrees today, possibly 115 tomorrow, with humidity hovering between 60-70 percent. I read somewhere that in parts of the Midwest the LOW overnight temperatures haven't been dipping below 90.

What's it like where you are?

At 11 last night in DC, the heat index was 95. At 11 at night. 95. The inventor of air conditioning is my favorite person ever.

 

[HC]

Toronto is expecting a high of 37C (99F) with humidity of approx. 65%. The humidex is expected to hit 47C (118F).

 

[Steak Snabler]

The inventor of air conditioning is my favorite person ever.

DuPont created freon, so direct your thank-you cards their way.

 

[YankeeFan]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

 

[Football_Bat]

Barely made it to 100º in DFW yesterday. That's 20 days in a row, which is unusual, but still pretty much par for the course for us — the average high for this date is 97º, so we've been lucky here. We haven't gotten nearly the humidity the Midwest has, which makes it dangerous.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

I thought this too until I moved to California. I can handle 100 degrees out here no problem. I go see family in Texas, and if it's 90 degrees I'm begging for mercy (or at least AC) after 15 minutes outside.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

You and Rush.

Cleveland is forecasting its hottest day in 16 years. 97 degrees is the projected high (which would match the 1952 record), with the heat index projected between 105-115.

 

[YankeeFan]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

I thought this too until I moved to California. I can handle 100 degrees out here no problem. I go see family in Texas, and if it's 90 degrees I'm begging for mercy (or at least AC) after 15 minutes outside.

Yeah, I've spent some time in Phoenix, so a dry heat is different.

I guess it's when the local media hypes a heat index of 105, or whatever.

They tell us it feels like 105. Well, no, because if it was 105, it would feel even hotter.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

I thought this too until I moved to California. I can handle 100 degrees out here no problem. I go see family in Texas, and if it's 90 degrees I'm begging for mercy (or at least AC) after 15 minutes outside.

Yeah, I've spent some time in Phoenix, so a dry heat is different.

I guess it's when the local media hypes a heat index of 105, or whatever.

They tell us it feels like 105. Well, no, because if it was 105, it would feel even hotter.

To be honest I've never gotten beyond the "**** IT'S HOT" scale of heat index or the "JESUS CHRIST WHY WOULD ANYONE LIVE IN THIS" scale of wind chill.

 

[Football_Bat]

I agree, when it gets to a certain point, hot is just plain hot.

 

[Mark McGwire]

My opinion: If it feels like 110, it is 110. No need to seperate temperature and heat index.

The purpose the heat index and the wind chill serve is simple: In places like Midwest, where every farmer has an outside thermometer -- but not necessarily a barometer or a wind gauge -- those measures give a far more accurate readout of whether it is safe to work outside.

 

[Iron_chet]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

100 degrees is Vegas feels way different than 100 degrees in central Florida. The same way -40 with a 25MPH wind feels waaaaaay colder than -40.

 

[Mark McGwire]

For instance:

http://www.startribune.com/local/125895693.html

Minnesota did not break any temperature records this week. But cattle were dropping dead in the fields -- enough that the carcass processors could not take many of them.

95 with a dewpoint higher than 80 is a public health hazard.

95 with a low dewpoint, not so much.

 

[Lieslntx]

At 8:20 this morning, it was 85 degrees with 96% humidity. By now it is near 100. I really don't ever care what the temp is. All I care about is how damn hot it feels. And it feels really, really hot.

 

[Bob Cook]

My 12-year-old daughter is at camp in southwest Michigan this week, just in time for megaheat. Wonderful. We haven't gotten word that she's sick or has dropped dead, so we're encouraged by that. She was supposed to be doing athletics outside all week (it's a church camp, actually), but I wonder if they've spent the whole week in Lake Michigan.

 

[apeman33]

I kind of think the "heat index" and the "wind chill factor" are bs.

It's always humid when it's hot -- at least where I live -- and it's always windy when it's cold.

So, 100 always feels the same and so does 10.

I get to go home to western Kansas twice a year to see my parents. 105 in southeast Kansas with 60-percent humidity does feels different than 105 with 30-percent humidity in southwest Kansas. It's the difference between being steamed and being roasted. They're equally dangerous but for different reasons. The heat and wind chill indexes are meant to convey the level of danger to being exposed to the conditions but I have my doubts as to whether or not the average Joe really understands what it means.

All I know is this: I get to sit outside from about noon to 8 p.m. for four days straight this weekend while covering a state baseball tournament. The highs the next four days are supposed to be 101, 99, 97 and 99. Water and sun block will be the chief weapons in my arsenal against the heat. For the most part, the humidity has been unusually low here, so it won't be as bad as it could be but it still isn't good.

 

[Blitz]

San Antonio's been hot, hot ... with the third worst drought in city history this summer.
We did, however, get three hours of rain on Tuesday and it was a God-send.
Man did we need it.
Aquifer levels had dropped severely and we've been on water restrictions for months.
It was hot again yesterday but cooled off today right now.

 

[apeman33]

My opinion: If it feels like 110, it is 110. No need to seperate temperature and heat index.

This is where I think the confusion comes in heat index and wind chill. They shouldn't say it feels like 110. They should say it has the effects of 110.

Working hard when it's 95 with high humidity is as bad, if not worse, than 100 with low humidity.

But what I want to avoid this weekend is dehydration. I may not be doing a lot of running around at this tournament and I'll be sitting in shade but I'll still be outside, sweating. And the first time I got dehydrated was when I was standing on the roof of the press box filming a football game in college. I wasn't doing a lot of moving but I was sweating a lot and didn't have any water. Sometime in the third quarter, I noticed I had stopped sweating and took it as a bad sign, so I went down and got some water. One of the trainers later told me my instinct was right.