Posts tagged: humidity

Now This Is Disconcerting

This morning the temperature was right around 70˚ when I got up. I went outside to read but only lasted a half hour or 45 minutes because of the humidity. (Of course, this is what I expected in Mississippi.) Tonight we took my dad to an Independence Day picnic. Two women across the table from [...]

Sunday July 4th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Actually, It’s not the Humidity

We’ve been in Mississippi for several days. Yes, it’s hot and yes, it’s humid, but not that much hotter and more humid than the Midwest. It doesn’t cool off as much at night as it does farther north, so I suppose the heat is a bit more oppressive down here. There are two striking things [...]

Saturday July 3rd, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Humidity (the other 98%)

Yesterday Steve Robinson mentioned that the humidity in Phoenix got down to 2%, which is record low humidity for Phoenix. We just arrived in Port Gibson, MS (in the area called the Delta region) for the month. I haven’t heard the official weather forecast, but I think the humidity is a bit higher than 2% [...]

Saturday June 26th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »