The hottest me and my dad has ever been in was 130 degrees =)

[Gary DuBois]

In lake havasue in arizona years ago on our summer vacation.

 

[JoshT]

Hottest I've been in is what ever the record temp for Middle Ga has been in the last 40 years. According to google that is 108, but I seem to recall higher temps than that occuring.

Temperature isn't as as hot, but what those records fail to associate with those temperatures is the humidity. While Havasu might have hit 130°, the humidity there was probably in the single digits, maybe 20% at the max. At that 108° here, the humidity was probably somewhere between 85% and 95%.

I've been watching a lot of mid west and western YouTubers over the last few years, especially the offroad recovery stuff around Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Those guys that have spent time in the South East during summer will tell you in a second that they'd rather have the dry heat back home. That's not to downplay the dangers of hot and dry, you'll dehydrate in no time over there because you don't realize how much water you are loosing. Feeling wise, it seems like the dry heat is better.

 

[sgtsandman]

When we deploy to the Middle East, we see temperatures like that on a daily basis. Needless to say, we stay inside or in the shade as much as possible.

The "feels like" temperature depends on the location. Qatar is a small penninsula that juts out into the Persian Gulf. So the humidity is pretty high. There are times when the fog is so thick you can't see past a few feet and it's still in the high 80s, low 90s.

Afghanistan was better due to the lower humidity but it was still hot. There is something to the dry heat comments some people make but not all desert locations are low humid climates.

 

[fastpakr]

When we deploy to the Middle East, we see temperatures like that on a daily basis. Needless to say, we stay inside or in the shade as much as possible.

The "feels like" temperature depends on the location. Qatar is a small penninsula that juts out into the Persian Gulf. So the humidity is pretty high. There are times when the fog is so thick you can't see past a few feet and it's still in the high 80s, low 90s.

Afghanistan was better due to the lower humidity but it was still hot. There is something to the dry heat comments some people make but not all desert locations are low humid climates.

The low humidity certainly helped in Iraq, but at some point it's just hot no matter how you look at it. By the time we were getting ready to head home in late July/early August, I'd sure had my fill.

 

[19Walt93]

I've seen just over 100 and humid before and I've also seen -40 a few times while living in the same area. I don't like either extreme but I think hot and humid is worse than cold because I can breathe when it's cold.

 

[Ranger850]

Last night, at 10:30 P.M. it was 90* with 115% humidity with NO rain. IDK what the equivilates to, but I know it sucked being outside, NO sun, and still sweating ballz.

 

[JoshT]

Last night, at 10:30 P.M. it was 90* with 115% humidity with NO rain. IDK what the equivilates to, but I know it sucked being outside, NO sun, and still sweating ballz.

Are you sure it wasn't 90° with a 115° heat index? That would be somewhere around 60% humidity.

I'm not going to say that greater than 100% humidity isn't possible. Super saturation is a thing and you are in Florida, but 115 seems excessive for any more than a brief period. 90° at 100% humidity would create a heat index of over 130°, the calculators won't accept 115% and I don't know the math. 90° and 115% humidity you would have been risking a heat stroke just from walking out the door.

 

[CrabGuy]

After spending a Summer for basic training and AIT at FT. Polk, LA I would say a humid heat is by far the worst heat. It was 112 here in Sacramento last Saturday with 25% humidity, bearable but it still sucks the life out of you. I prefer the wet/cold of the Oregon Coast any day, except in Winter

 

[Ranger850]

Are you sure it wasn't 90° with a 115° heat index? That would be somewhere around 60% humidity.

I'm not going to say that greater than 100% humidity isn't possible. Super saturation is a thing and you are in Florida, but 115 seems excessive for any more than a brief period. 90° at 100% humidity would create a heat index of over 130°, the calculators won't accept 115% and I don't know the math. 90° and 115% humidity you would have been risking a heat stroke just from walking out the door.

I'm sorry. IDK where the "115" came from. maybe that was the index???
There was NO wind, It was 85% humidity. and the temp was actually 88*, i just rounded up to 90. because at that point, WHO CARES what the temp is! right? I was outside working on my D21 begging for some kind of drop in temp. It never came.

FYI we often see over 100% humidity without rain. Sometimes when it does rain, It makes the conditions even worse.

 

[gw33gp]

It may feel like over 100% RH, but it is rare to get over 100% RH. It can be done in laboratory conditions to achieve super saturated air but in Earth's atmosphere, those conditions are rare. You would end up with a very dense fog.

 

[Ranger850]

It may feel like over 100% RH, but it is rare to get over 100% RH. It can be done in laboratory conditions to achieve super saturated air but in Earth's atmosphere, those conditions are rare. You would end up with a very dense fog.

you may be right, I just listen to what the weather man says.
I worked outside in florida for 15 years building and installing Awnings and Patio Covers, and I got into the habit of watching the weather report. Often customers would tell us how hot and humid it was while we were providing them with shade.
With the actual heat, plus the index, plus the humidity, plus the radiation of heat off of the houses we were working on ( white walls were the worst ) It didn't matter after about 90*