Heat Index (Feels Like Temperature) For "Dry Heat" In Las Vegas

Hey Group,

Since there has been mention here over the years about "Dry Heat" (especially in the Summer in Las Vegas), I realized that it was time to put out an explanation of what the "Heat Index" is along with a Heat Index Calculator.

From what I'm seeing, the Heat Index can be calculated either as a combination of the Air Temperature Plus The Dew Point Temperature or the Air Temperature Plus The Relative Humidity.

For example, with the Heat Index Calculator (see the link below), I plugged in 100 Degrees F (37.78 Degrees C) and 8% Relative Humidity, and it came up with a Heat Index (Feels Like Temperature) of 93 Degrees F (34 Degrees C) whereas when I plugged in 88 Degrees F (31.11 Degrees C) with a Relative Humidity of 80%, that gave a Heat Index of 106 Degrees F (41 Degrees C).

So this means that the higher the Air Temperature and the lower the Relative Humidity is, the cooler it feels for people relative to when the Humidity is higher.

So here are the links for you:

Heat Index (by Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_Index;

Heat Index Calculator: https://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml.

Enjoy!

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Cool? links
Thanks for sharing

Made me think about the day I was sitting out at the hot tub at the Flamingo and trying to explain to some people from Arizona about humidity as they were only use to "dry heat". I told them while Vegas is like a sauna, Ohio in summer humidity is like a steam room.

Nice link to give a scientific description.

I'm happy to help! I can definitely tell the difference when there is heat and humidity. In Southern California, it's not usually that humid, but occasionally it has gotten hot and humid (especially in August).

Anyway, I was in Hawaii years ago both times in August and it was in the 80's and the humidity was 80 or 90% and it was really oppressive for me. Whereas in Las Vegas when there's low humidity, I can fairly well handle temperatures somewhat over 100 Degrees.

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I should also add in that the speed of the Winds can also make it feel like it's a different temperature (possibly even cooler).

I mention this because the other day, I checked LV and it said that it was 79 Degrees but the wind was blowing at 21 MPH and so it made it feel like it was 77 Degrees.

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