Is dry heat worse? Have had people say it is like a furnace, an open fire, unbearable, but then, others can't stand the humidity saying that it saps your energy. We live in Sydney near Liverpool and it gets very hot here but are looking to move west a bit for financial reasons (no mortgage) but I am worried about the 'dry heat'. I have low blood pressure and low blood sugar so the heat really knocks me. We looked around Urunga, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour which are supposed to be one of the mildest places for summer and winter, not as much temperature variation as majority of areas but it is just toooo far north from Sydney and family. All answers appreciated. Thank you, Jan.
2007-01-31 11:02:11 · 7 answers · asked by Jo 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
It just depends on what you are used to. I am a dry heat girl have been all my life. Recently moved to Darwin and it is terribly humid. I find it very suffocating and hate the sticky feeling on my skin that I am left with. It is only just bearable and am here as an army wife. Goodluck.
2007-02-01 15:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by Desperate Mummy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cairns Humidity
2016-11-15 00:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dry heat can be just a zapping for some ... if you like humidity and it doesn't knock you then you may find the dry heat hard to handle.
humidity doesn't knock me but energises me; dry heat wipes me out, can hardly breathe (sinuses blocks up) but it is supposed to be good for people with arthritis I have heard?
a totally personal thing and you would have to give it a go.. go to Canberra when it is hot that will give you a good idea of what dry heat is like! awful in my view... Sydney is humid but if moving to Coffs or Port is too far away then maybe Nelson Bay? personally the further north the better :D (ie until you reach the equator LOL)
2007-01-31 11:55:08 · answer #3 · answered by pixie_proof 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have high temperatures - 35°+ you have low humidities. If you have high humidities, you have lower temperatures. This is because winds bringing high temperatures come off the dry inland while winds bringing high humidities come off the mild ocean.
I have lived in many parts of Australia including Darwin (high humidities) and Mount Isa (high temperatures). The high temperatures are far worse than lower temperatures with high humidities.
If you want lower temperatures, move closer to the coast and get the seabreeze. I have seen days when it is 40° at Liverpool but a pleasant 23° in the city because of the seabreeze.
2007-02-01 04:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lived with both - hot and himid in Brisbane, and hot and dry in Utah USA. I'd take the dry any day. In Brissy you'd sweat like a pig walking to the mailbox! Everything felt wet and sticky and your hair couldn't hold any kind of style for more than 10 mins. The dry heat (same temps) was so much easier for me to handle. Easier to dry clothes on the line, you don't sweat as much, just nicer in general.
But it's a completely personal preference, and my experience is in 2 different countries. (Though Utah is a desert, more like the Australian interior.) I just remember getting to the States and it would be the same temp as Brisbane but so much easier to handle!
Good luck with your decision!
2007-02-02 12:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by quiltamomma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to live in Cooktown but now live in Townsville and find the humidity easier to handle than thje dry heat of places down south. The dry heat seems to suck the air out of you wheras humidity seems to make you sweat a lot.
2007-02-02 19:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by mozcat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me, dry heat is worse. but that is because i come from north qld, and i am used to the stickiness of the heat up there. i think it depends on the heat that you are used to, cause i really suffer in sydney and visitors from here that head up north tend to suffer more in that heat than the heat here.
2007-01-31 11:40:15 · answer #7 · answered by Minerva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋