Some of these other areas are getting a taste of what we were used to in the summer but calling 115 degrees there a record heat wave is a bit of hyperbole.
I remember walking golf in a record 122 degrees one summer Friday afternoon and not realizing it until I watched the weather report that night. Above 110 degrees, it all seems hot and my golf buddies and I were used to it and didn't notice much difference.
Now granted, all the pussies that moved to Phoenix from back east always thought it was too hot but what did they think the temperature was going to be in the Sonoran Desert of Phoenix in the summertime when they moved there?
I loved that climate and miss it. Especially the dry heat part. I live in Florida in retirement now and the heat here combined with the humidity in the summertime, sucks. It is insufferable.
Move back.
But you are right about Florida in the summer.
I've vacationed in Florida in December, January and February, but if you have to go there in the summer the humidity is murder.
I have friends and relatives in Florida, but other than a wedding or funeral, I avoid summer visits.
You should do what I do. Live in northern Alberta!
It’s nothing but sunshine and bears heh.
The low humidity is the make-or-break element. It’s dry that way out in Palm Springs, CA, too. It can be 120 degrees, and stepping into the shade makes a huge difference. Where it’s humid, shade makes very little difference as that moisture in the air just carries the heat everywhere.