Ohio and the Desert are not Deep South....Columbus right now is 83 with 35% humidity
Birmingham is 95 with 70% humidity
Dallas Texas can have 40 days in a row of 100 or more and high humidity though the humidity breaks as you near the Panhandle
it’s 100 in Vegas and you get out of the pool and you get cool for a minute or so till you heat back up in that dry heat and in the shade it’s tolerable especially with fans
Ohio is I reckon like when I lived in Hudson Valley...hot occasionally but usually mid 80s at most...anything over that and folks talk heat wave...and yes it is less humid than the Southeast and cools more at night
You cannot build homes in east Texas or the inland coastal areas from Texas to Virginia to withstand the oppressive heat...not dogtrots or open air courtyards or Arcadian open plans or off the ground Greek Revival...or raised Federal or Georgian
all the antebellum folks tried it in their day and they still sweated it out
sometimes in the south the only place to cool off is in water even at 1am
there are few places in the world less comfortable than the Deep South in August...the combination of humidity and heat is rough
the only place I have seen worse is Asuncion Paraguay and parts of Southeast Asia...and Port Au Prince
I am now in metro Nashville which while hot is still about 7 degrees or so less hot than say Montgomery Alabama or Alexandria Louisiana...there are places in TN above 2500 foot altitude where you can survive without AC but there will still be nights you will want it
down here your AC goes out and you go to a motel
the same thing my pals in Traverse City did this winter when that last big monster snow drop knocked out the power...they went to all the motels from TC to Grand Rapids
I lived in Vegas. It’s dry heat. That’s why you can withstand it.
I lived in Vegas. It’s a dry heat. That’s why you can withstand it. You can get nosebleeds there and your skin gets really dry.
You really have to add in the swarms of mosquitos and the chiggers to get the whole picture.