I've read comments about how unbelievably hot it can be in Las Vegas during the summer (August in particular). I'm so bad with subjective things like that. I live in Chicago...can someone who is familiar with summer in Chicago please compare it to the Las Vegas heat, so I can better understand?
2007-05-23 05:10:16 · 7 answers · asked by Pink Denial 6 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Chicago
Well, I grew up in Cleveland, which has similar summers to Chicago, and also lived in Las Vegas. When they say the heat in Vegas is a dry heat, they are right. The temperatures may seem ridiculous in the triple digits, but take it from me, it does not feel uncomfortable until it's over 110. Where as in the midwest, it's unbearable at 90 degrees because of the humidity. You will need to use air conditioning a lot in Vegas, and change some behaviors in summer, such as walking your dog really early, or really late. And it's not unusual to see a hoard of kids at the park at 10:00 at night, when it finally cools off. But mostly, it's mind over matter, if you let the heat bother you, it will. If you don't let it hinder you, you will hardly notice it.
2007-05-23 05:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by Olive Green Eyes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been to both during the summer and I would say that Las Vegas' heat is much hotter but you don't get that sticky, humid feeling that Chicago can sometimes have. When I was in Vegas in July last year, the temperature was between 105 and 112. The sun is very hot, consideribly hotter than it feels like in Chicago. Whoever says that desert heat is not as bad as midwest heat and humity is crazy. 105 is hot, no matter where you are. That said, everything in Las Vegas is air conditioned and if you stay at a place with a pool, you should be in good shape. Have fun!
2007-05-23 05:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by thatgirlatstate 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing like the same.
I have been to both Chicago and Las Vegas in August and they are not close to the same. Chicago is humid while LV is very dry. Add to that their is about 25-30 degrees difference between the two. You are very uncomfortable and sticky in Chicago but as long as you drink water you can function all day. Yes it's miserable, but livable. However you can't even go outside in LV it's so hot. You can't touch anything metal as it will burn you, the pavement will stick to your shoes. You wait until after the sun goes down to go out and even then it's hotter than in Chicago during the day. People didn't live in Las Vegas until air conditioning was invented.
2007-05-23 05:21:08 · answer #3 · answered by Just a friend. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Theyre both hot..its the humidity thats different. Vegas is low humidity..Chicago has much more humidity.
96 degrees in Vegas is different than 96 in Chicago.
Vegas heat gets brutal when it gets above 105 or so..sometimes in chicago, it can be in the 80's and be brutal if the humidity is high.
Both cities have pros and cons...90's in vegas are nice, but 120 is tough...Chicago has great summer days of mild humidity, but also sweaty days of high humidity.
2007-05-24 19:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by Joshua M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Chicagoan and the heat in Chicago over the last few years has not been bad, even below normal. But in Vagas!!! Good God! Anybody that can walk more than 3 blocks in the dry heat hell during August is not human. Normal people would faint and die of heat stroke inside of 10 minutes after fainting! Texas and Arizona is no bonus either in the summer!
2007-05-23 05:43:34 · answer #5 · answered by Kool Breeze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been to Chicago and Vegas both in the summer and they were very similiar! Year before last when chicago had a bad heatwave is when I went and it was hot!
2007-05-23 05:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by TxBeautyQueen 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It will feel hotter in Vegas but you will sweat a lot more in Chicago because of the humidity.
2007-05-23 14:39:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋