Can you adapt to extreme humidity?

Question

I'm moving to Houston from So. Cal. I really don't want to but I must because of personal reasons. I do not like humidity. How bad is the humidity there and is it always high? Can you tell me what I am getting myself into?

Answer 1

I can't speak for Houston, but I come from central Illinois, where summer humidity is usually between 95 and 100%.  Having lived in southern California for 7 months now, I can say this:  If you're like a lot of people I've met in So. Cal. who complain endlessly of the heat when it's 90 degrees outside with relatively low humidity, then it will be a bit of a shock to experience high temperatures with high humidity.  :-)

For me, it was a shock to learn that standing in the shade in So. Cal. could help cool you down.  Going from So. Cal. to some place with high humidity, you'll learn the opposite -- that shade only keeps you from getting significantly hotter than you already are.  Air conditioning will become your best friend pretty quickly.

Fortunately, humans are capable of acclimating to such changes in weather.  You may never feel as comfortable as you did in So. Cal. on a hot summer day, but your body will learn to survive.  You may also sweat a lot more because the sweat isn't evaporating, and your body is still heating up and producing more sweat to try to cool off.  Just take it easy, keep yourself hydrated, and don't put yourself in a situation where you could suffer heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

Edit:

Looking at the other posts and weather reports for Houston, unfortunately it seems that they do have problems with humidity.

Answer 2

im from san antonio and it was windy tonight but the wind was warm so it was humid. but corpus christi is worse. houston im sure is the same, the whole state of texas is hot and humid. but usually in sept month the weather gets a lil cooler, u know football season so hopefully no more humidity. but yea ur gonna get humidity anywhere in texas.  im in the wrong state thats for sure but lived here all my 24 yrs.  i rather be cold than hot and humid and sticky,

Answer 3

I don't know about So. Cal personally but I know about extremely high humidity, I live in So Carolina.  And having just moved here in January, I can tell you unless you have respiratory proplems you can adapt. I do recommend moving during the winter so you have several months to adapt.

Answer 4

The humidity in Houston is almost always high, it's about 86% right now. You eventually get used to it.

Answer 5

The humidity is very high in Houston and Galveston.

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