How hot/uncomfortable is Austin really in July?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Austin is a dry heat so its not as humid as DC, though its not as dry as Arizona.

I grew up in the South, went to school in Austin and I was shocked by the heat. It feels like you have your own personal sun on your shoulder. Like the sun is just right there. I think it is awful. I would try to visit in October if you can. Don't go in the summer.

Austin is not dry heat. I lived there for years. It’s not as muggy as Houston, but certainly not a dry heat like Denver.
The humidity does fluctuate a lot more than Houston, so some days are “better”.

NP: I thought not, since the quote from the irritated Googler said 88% humidity. I've not been to Austin or San Antonio. Is there a good time of year to visit, taking into account temp, humidity, and storms (tornados and T-storms). Maybe fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think if you're going and planning on hanging out inside or at a pool/lake the whole time it's fine. But then people freak out when I tell them I'm going to FL in the summer.

Well that is pretty idiotic, and by summer the pools and ocean are tepid bath water so not much help. There is no lake swimming in Florida (gators, amoebas). If you can something spring fed I guess that would work but that’s a lot of work — Native Floridian

Einstein, I’m not talking about lakes in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

Of course not, but that doesn't mean you would purposefully visit these places during the hottest times of the year, if you don't have to.

[Anonymous]

I live here. This has been the hottest May on record. It's only going to get worse. I swear I am a little depressed b/c of this early intense heat. It doesn't get cool at night, which is the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

Of course not, but that doesn't mean you would purposefully visit these places during the hottest times of the year, if you don't have to.

Moreover, plenty of people are weenies about cold, and yet people live in cold climates. That doesn’t mean it’s a great idea to vacation in Chicago in January.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

NP, I grew in SoCal, along the beach. Temp range is generally 68 to 78 during the day most of the year. Sometimes it did get pretty cold, like 40s/50s, and occasionally, it would bee like 85+.

My spouse jokes that my tolerance range in temp is basically 72 to 78, which if you grew up where I did, you could understand why.

DC is hell for me during the summer. TX would be way way way worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

Of course not, but that doesn't mean you would purposefully visit these places during the hottest times of the year, if you don't have to.

Moreover, plenty of people are weenies about cold, and yet people live in cold climates. That doesn’t mean it’s a great idea to vacation in Chicago in January.

+1 People leave cold climates for the south all the time due to weather. I guess they are weather weenies, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

Of course not, but that doesn't mean you would purposefully visit these places during the hottest times of the year, if you don't have to.

Moreover, plenty of people are weenies about cold, and yet people live in cold climates. That doesn’t mean it’s a great idea to vacation in Chicago in January.

Summer is when most people can vacation due to school being out and slower work schedules. I guess you can sit in your house all summer if you’re afraid of anything over 80 degrees but most of us are gonna go live life and accept it might be a little hot and that’s ok

[Anonymous]

Having lived in both, Austin in July feels like DC. The difference is negligible. Where it differs is that DC is still “cool” in the Spring and Fall, whereas Austin, as has been noted, gets and stays hot much longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if you're going and planning on hanging out inside or at a pool/lake the whole time it's fine. But then people freak out when I tell them I'm going to FL in the summer.

Well that is pretty idiotic, and by summer the pools and ocean are tepid bath water so not much help. There is no lake swimming in Florida (gators, amoebas). If you can something spring fed I guess that would work but that’s a lot of work — Native Floridian

Were talking about Austin, not Florida, so yes, people swim in lakes.

And the natural spring fed pools in the Austin area are downright chilly. They feel great in the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without fail, this board are absolute weenies about heat. Where are you all spending your summer where it isn’t hot?

This.

People live in hot places. And they don’t magically hibernate all summer.

Of course not, but that doesn't mean you would purposefully visit these places during the hottest times of the year, if you don't have to.

Moreover, plenty of people are weenies about cold, and yet people live in cold climates. That doesn’t mean it’s a great idea to vacation in Chicago in January.

Summer is when most people can vacation due to school being out and slower work schedules. I guess you can sit in your house all summer if you’re afraid of anything over 80 degrees but most of us are gonna go live life and accept it might be a little hot and that’s ok

Sure, and most people go to the beach, which is cooler than inland, or to places like Maine or Cape Cod or wherever. Not everyone heads for Texas in July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having lived in both, Austin in July feels like DC. The difference is negligible. Where it differs is that DC is still “cool” in the Spring and Fall, whereas Austin, as has been noted, gets and stays hot much longer.

Nope. You're just wrong. Sorry. I've lived in both too. Austin is reliably hotter and more humid than DC and you can feel that difference. The other difference is, as PPs have noted, Austin doesn't cool down at night. DC does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking to go to Austin to visit some friends who just moved there, so they don't quite know what summers are like yet. Is it really so miserable in July? Compared to the swamp that is DC? Thanks!

It's worse than DC, yes. I've been to Austin in July and sweat was literally pouring off of my body. I would routinely take two showers a day there. OTOH, it's a way more fun place than DC with better food and music and cooler people, so, there's that.

+1. It’s horrible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why don't you just google the average temp and humidity in July. *Here I'll do that for you:
average high in July in Austin: 97, average low in July in Austin: 79
humidity in July in Austin: 88% humid

compared to DC
average high in July in DC: 89, average low in July in DC: 68
humidity in July in DC: 80%

yes, it'll feel hotter than DC. This is not hard to figure out...

NP, but I feel like in the time you spent Googling all that you could have taken 20 deep breaths to deal with whatever stress you aren't handling very well.

I just think people are stupid. Don't ask how hot it is when you can just google it.