BajaNomad

How low can it go?

RnR - 7-19-2013 at 07:41 PM

Southern Baja may be hot and humid in the summer, but, northern Nevada can be DRY.....

I didn't actually believe the outdoor humidity reading when I saw it but a check with the neighbor's showed an outdoor humidity of 2% on their weather station. Their indoor humidity was 8%.

(Our indoor reading is most likely high as we had been cooking and the indoor sensor is in the kitchen)

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Mexitron - 7-19-2013 at 10:08 PM

We've measured 2% in the Sierra San Pedro Martir a couple times....parched!

willardguy - 7-19-2013 at 10:56 PM

The world's lowest recorded relative humidity value occurred at Coober Pedy in the South Australia desert when the temperature was 93 degrees and the dew point was minus 21 degrees producing a relative humidity of 1 percent.

David K - 7-19-2013 at 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by willardguy
The world's lowest recorded relative humidity value occurred at Coober Pedy in the South Australia desert when the temperature was 93 degrees and the dew point was minus 21 degrees producing a relative humidity of 1 percent.


Was there in 1970... didn't know it was famous for that weather record... thanks! An opal mine town where people live underground to escape the heat. Pozo Aleman in Baja reminded me of Coober Pedy.

vgabndo - 7-20-2013 at 04:27 PM

I wouldn't call this a dry heat. (Of course I wouldn't, I was a TV Weatherman in Yuma! :lol::lol:) This isn't too uncomfortable with a nice fan on. I like how low it can go a lot better than how high it can go. The Philippine jungle was right at the edge of super-saturation during the monsoon. I didn't leave behind anything I'd have to go back for!:lol::lol:

Historically we got so little of conditions like this that only perhaps a third of houses here have central AC. And, we're surrounded by uncrowded rivers and lakes. There's no excuse for sitting and sweating.

I've bet the A/C is humming in Northern NV!!!

[Edited on 7-20-2013 by vgabndo]

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woody with a view - 7-20-2013 at 04:38 PM

ladies, this ain't 'nuthin to write home about! it's frigging summer, after all. Yuma has hit 115 and 117 once so far. i wish it would just get HOT so i could learn to love it....

:cool:

May I pour you a glass of air, Nomads?

Mulegena - 7-20-2013 at 08:12 PM

"You know its summer in Mulege when..."

The humidity was 81% on Friday-- at 6 in the morning!!!