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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

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

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”.

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

I don't know what to tell you, the ocean is fine for swimming. Sorry you can't imagine that people can have fun when you can't.

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Anonymous wrote:You'll be fine. Go out early in the morning. Inside for lunch. Siesta in the afternoon. Then out again when it cools down. And drink plenty of water.

You are cute. In July it doesn't "cool down". Yes, the sun will be going down, but it will still feel like satan's armpit.

Exactly. "Cool down." How precious.

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

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

Anonymous wrote:I interned in Austin one summer. You have to put a towel on the steering wheel of your car otherwise you will burn your hands if you leave your car in the sun all day. It is incredibly hot. One strategy is to submerge. Pool is nice. Barton Springs is nicer. There's also a spring-fed, giant pool in the park in downtown Austin.

I went to college at UT a while ago and spent one summer there. I couldn't wear short shorts with leather seats in a car because my legs would literally burn.

I interned in Austin one summer. You have to put a towel on the steering wheel of your car otherwise you will burn your hands if you leave your car in the sun all day. It is incredibly hot. One strategy is to submerge. Pool is nice. Barton Springs is nicer. There's also a spring-fed, giant pool in the park in downtown Austin.

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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.

Brava.

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!

No, not comparable to DC. It is so, so, so much hotter.

I'm originally from TX. Moved to DC from Houston after living in ATX a few years. People here complain about the heat and humidity but you really have no idea what heat and humidity are until you've lived in other parts of the country.
ATX isn't as humid as Houston but it is hot. My family lives around there and my brother sent me his screenshot of "feels like 109" today. It is a melting heat and I dread going back in the summers to visit family.

Go in the fall if you can.

Anonymous wrote:You'll be fine. Go out early in the morning. Inside for lunch. Siesta in the afternoon. Then out again when it cools down. And drink plenty of water.

You are cute. In July it doesn't "cool down". Yes, the sun will be going down, but it will still feel like satan's armpit.

You'll be fine. Go out early in the morning. Inside for lunch. Siesta in the afternoon. Then out again when it cools down. And drink plenty of water.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:The surface of the sun.

Austin isn’t as humid as Houston, but that’s about the best you can say.

Bingo. We’d go to Austin to “cool off” when we lived in Houston, but it’s still hot as F@CK – just not quite as humid and there’s more green and less cement.