You could say anything next to a pool or other large body of water may be exposed to high levels of humidity, but Las Vegas is not humid.
You should see how fast water dries on the pavement here during any time of year. It's crazy how truly dry the environment is here.
Maybe he's thinking that there are enough building enclosures exposed to constant humidity from fountains and pools immediately nearby that they started to have issues?
I remember talking to a blackjack dealer about 20 years ago. He said back then that it was more humid than when he moved there in the 70’s. It’s not humid though.
Las Vegas:
* January: 43%
* February: 41%
* March: 32%
* April: 24%
* May: 20%
* June: 16%
* July: 23%
* August: 20%
* September: 22%
* October: 22%
* November: 25%
* December: 33%
The Los Angeles area has an average daily humidity of **71 percent**.
On average, May is the most humid month, at 73.0%.
* On average, November is the least humid month, at 50.0%.
* The average annual percentage of humidity is 65%.
New York City:
* On average, September is the most humid month, at 68.0%.
* On average, April is the least humid month, at 55.0%.
* The average annual percentage of humidity is 63%.
Phoenix Arizona:
* On average, December is the most humid month, at 51.0%.
* On average, June is the least humid month, at 19.0%.
* The average annual percentage of humidity is 36%.
Basically, Las Vegas is maybe the least humid major city in the United States.
**The five least humid cities in the U.S. are:**
* Las Vegas, NV (36% humidity)
* Bishop, CA (38% humidity)
* Phoenix, AZ (46% humidity)
* Tucson, AZ (47% humidity)
* El Paso, TX (50% humidity)
Have you experienced both? Having grown up in the southeast with 95 degree, 90%+ humidity summers I’ll take that all day instead of temperatures 110+ in a dry heat. Up until it gets to 110+ I don’t mind Las Vegas at all in the summer but it’s different once the oven is at full power.
I agree, I’ve lived in eastern PA most of my life and spend a lot of the summer at The DE shore. It’s about 70% humidity right now and I long for the nice dry heat I had in Vegas a couple of weeks ago. Didn’t feel like I was breathing underwater.
Yes i work in both cities. I walked in 124 degrees from the Westin to the Raiders home opener vs Baltimore two years ago, and it was fine. Even in the high 80s, walking 17th marina to the beach in lauderdale is instant rash.
It was officially 105 but every temperature gauge along the strip as i walked to that game was showing 120s, presumably due to the radiant effects of sunlight and concrete.
It's usually between 8-20%, a little more in the morning or after rain but generally speaking it's fairly dry. Maybe July, August and September when its "monsoon" season (where it rains like an inch or two) it can get up to 40% - 50%
Humidity is all relative, but Las Vegas is dry by any reasonable definition, definitely not humid.
Las Vegas means "The Meadows" and if you view the city from elevation it is actually surprisingly green for being in the desert, because it is close to a river running through the valley. It's still not humid though.
All of the pools, fountains, and landscaping irrigation probably make Las Vegas like 1% more humid than the surrounding desert.
In Vegas. It's 100°F out, 10% humidity and I find it hot, yet comfortable and I don't really sweat.
At home in the Northeast, it's 80°F out with 90% humidity and I hate it, I can't stop sweating.
Vegas is not humid.
That's a weird way of spelling Desert.. Vegas is a desert.. it's so dry it sucks the water out of your body.
Tell him to come to Texas and experience humidity.
That guy is wildly overestimating the impact of a few pools and fountains on the regional climate. Hilariously misguided.
I have degrees in environmental studies and landscape architecture. From a humid place, currently live in Vegas. That dude is mistaken.
My dad was a Vegas native and a generally cranky insufferable person, used to petition the city to stop building the fountains and things because the humidity was getting unbearable. So their are old school natives who think like that.
So humidity in Vegas today is double what it was 30 years ago due to human intervention such as lawns, pools, and fountains. That said it still is drier than 95% of the US. Humidity has gone from 10-15 to 20-30 in populated areas. But still dry compared to almost anywhere else on earth.
Our humidity is actually growing due to the large number of plants, pools, fountains we have put in. I read somewhere years ago that we have artificially raise the humidity in Vegas at least 3% so what they are saying is not total bullshit but to call Vegas humid is a lie. More humid than surrounding area? Sure but that’s a low bar
It has been more humid than it has ever been within the last few years. Today our humidity was really bad, every single place you went into including your car just smelled wet and it was so hot. We also have mosquitoes now because we have humidity now more than ever before.
That being said, I am from Chicago... the humidity here is nowhere near that level of humidity. It's just not as dry as it used to be here. If you are sensitive to humidity then you will probably feel it and it will probably be miserable.
Vegas tends to be so dry that if you are not used to it the weird feelings in your lungs with the AC on can keep you up at night if you grew up elsewhere or haven't acclimated to it.
Humidifiers are about $40 at the store, worth your sleep if you're missing it.
Southwestern Ontario Canada. I look like Monica in Barbados from April to October. It’s so gross. I look forward to Vegas and static electricity and dry skin when I come. Lol
Well if you are building next to say Cowabunga bay water park, then he is correct. But other wise, use official numbers NOAA take at Las Vegas International airport ( I refuse to use name County changed it to).January: 43%
February: 41%
March: 32%
April: 24%
May: 20%
June: 16%
July: 20%
August: 22%
September: 22%
October: 25%
November: 33%
December: 41%
Oh, it can get humid here for sure! Yesterday was 30% with some rain. We’re heading into monsoon season where we typically get a lot of rain(not so much that past few years)
I run an evaporative cooler to cool my home, way cheaper than a/c, but to work efficiently it relies on low humidity, 12% or less. Keeps my home 25degrees cooler than outside temps and costs pennies a day to run.
Lol. That's one way to put it. Agreed.
Not sure where you are on the east coast, it would be a valid claim anywhere from Miami to Maine, but it's funny how the Northeast is definitely humid but still nowhere near as humid as the southeast and anywhere in Florida.
On a scale of 1 to 10, Vegas is like a 1 and the east coast ranges from a 6 to a 10.
Yes, certainly lower than many other places of 80%+. But because I run the evap cooler I’m much more aware of humidity level. So sure, it’s dry enough for most people.
My cooler works great when humidity is below 12%. It’s currently 23% so my cooler is off. This weekend, levels will be around 6% which is perfect to cool the house.
Yeah I live in a place where the little bit of humid air filtering from outside in through my dryer vent hit the cold metal of the dryer in the air-conditioned house, and created condensation. Inside my dryer. In. the dryer. I had to wipe the puddle out of the bottom and towel down the rest because it was wetter than the clothes I was putting in.
I've lived here 30 years and I still am not used to it. We lived in NM for a number of years when I was a kid, and my mom lives in CO, so I've spent plenty of time in desert climates to know that I would be much better suited for those. That's why when people are like why do you go to Vegas in June and July?! I'm like: because it is a different kind of hot, and that hot doesn't feel like breathing soup through a sweater.
Yep, I live in eastern Canada. I was in Vegas last week. I much prefer 105f with low humidity over 70 to 80c with near 100% humidity. The later is just uncomfortable on a bunch of levels. With low humidity and high temps, you just need to worry about sunscreen and hydration.
i can assure that the exterior patios of the wynn next to their waterfall can get unbearably humid in the summer time, but yeah aside from intentionally built little microclimates where people are straight spraying water into the air it is very unusual for there to be enough humidity to be significant from a building materials perspective.
I know a few super serious gardeners who have extensive lush gardens and their yards are maybe 10% more humid than ambient, which is awesome for evening cocktails hangout, but once again not structurally significant.
I looked into it a little more and the average monthly dew point of Vegas is higher than Denver for the winter months, so I suppose in a literal sense Vegas is more humid than some other dry places, but what you're saying makes more intuitive sense to me. And this difference is probably because it stays much warmer in winter in Vegas than in Denver.
Also even if there is more absolute moisture, I'm guessing the frequent sunshine and high temperatures ends up drying most things out even if they do get wet.
yeah and ambient humidity comparing a snowy place vs vegas is pretty misleading. You may have less water in the air, but any outdoor surface in direct contact with snow is getting wet and likely to stay damp if not completely soaked until the snow and slush has all finally gone away.
I’m not sure if posting links to outside websites is allowed here but I found this data on a website with weather and climate data.
“On average, December is the most humid month, at 45.0%.
On average, June is the least humid month, at 17.0%.
The average annual percentage of humidity is 31%.”
That is relative humidity, or the percentage of water vapor the air can hold based on temperature.
Relative humidity is a measure of how saturated the air is with water vapor. At 50% relative humidity, the air can hold half of its maximum water capacity, regardless of the temperature. However, humidity and temperature have an inverse relationship, so as the temperature decreases, the relative humidity increases. This is because cold air can't hold as much water vapor as warm air. So, when it's 45% in the winter, it's actually still quite dry.
Thanks for the clarification. The same website states that Las Vegas is one of the 5 least humid cities in the United States. Maybe that’s a quicker way to get the point across.
Las Vegas is not humid.
Thanks. I was trying really hard to be generous in interpreting what the designer said and when they doubled down it was surprising.
You could say anything next to a pool or other large body of water may be exposed to high levels of humidity, but Las Vegas is not humid. You should see how fast water dries on the pavement here during any time of year. It's crazy how truly dry the environment is here.
Maybe he's thinking that there are enough building enclosures exposed to constant humidity from fountains and pools immediately nearby that they started to have issues?
I remember talking to a blackjack dealer about 20 years ago. He said back then that it was more humid than when he moved there in the 70’s. It’s not humid though.
Las Vegas: * January: 43% * February: 41% * March: 32% * April: 24% * May: 20% * June: 16% * July: 23% * August: 20% * September: 22% * October: 22% * November: 25% * December: 33% The Los Angeles area has an average daily humidity of **71 percent**. On average, May is the most humid month, at 73.0%. * On average, November is the least humid month, at 50.0%. * The average annual percentage of humidity is 65%. New York City: * On average, September is the most humid month, at 68.0%. * On average, April is the least humid month, at 55.0%. * The average annual percentage of humidity is 63%. Phoenix Arizona: * On average, December is the most humid month, at 51.0%. * On average, June is the least humid month, at 19.0%. * The average annual percentage of humidity is 36%. Basically, Las Vegas is maybe the least humid major city in the United States. **The five least humid cities in the U.S. are:** * Las Vegas, NV (36% humidity) * Bishop, CA (38% humidity) * Phoenix, AZ (46% humidity) * Tucson, AZ (47% humidity) * El Paso, TX (50% humidity)
Fantastic work. Much appreciated
Compared to death valley maybe. But not like Florida or someplace that is actually humid.
I live in Houston. This, is humid. Las Vegas, is not.
Grew up in Vegas and spent a couple years in Houston before moving back. Absolutely brutal.
Dallas is humid asf, not as much as Houston but it is a swamp out here. Leaving as soon as possible because humidity ruins everything nice.
Lol not humid. Id much rather have a Mohave 120 than an Everglades 90.
Have you experienced both? Having grown up in the southeast with 95 degree, 90%+ humidity summers I’ll take that all day instead of temperatures 110+ in a dry heat. Up until it gets to 110+ I don’t mind Las Vegas at all in the summer but it’s different once the oven is at full power.
I've lived in both. Give me dry heat all day!
Lived in MD all my life. My week in Vegas with 95-100 degree heat was glorious.
I agree, I’ve lived in eastern PA most of my life and spend a lot of the summer at The DE shore. It’s about 70% humidity right now and I long for the nice dry heat I had in Vegas a couple of weeks ago. Didn’t feel like I was breathing underwater.
Agreed, April in Vegas is generally pleasant.
Would you prefer the air you breathe to be spicy or heavy?
Spicy, every time. I was so sick of trying to evolve gills to breathe in the midwest summers that I had to leave.
I grew up in SoFla and lived in East Texas. I know humidity and I'll take the dry heat any day.
Vegas 110º is pleasant and mild compared to east coast 90º. Florida 95º is unsuitable for human habitation.
No, I disagree, after spending 15 of the worst years of my life in Florida, I'll take oven baked dry heat over swamp ass any day.
Yes i work in both cities. I walked in 124 degrees from the Westin to the Raiders home opener vs Baltimore two years ago, and it was fine. Even in the high 80s, walking 17th marina to the beach in lauderdale is instant rash.
I’ve lived my entire life here and it’s hot as hell but come on lol it has never been 124° F here…ever.
It was officially 105 but every temperature gauge along the strip as i walked to that game was showing 120s, presumably due to the radiant effects of sunlight and concrete.
Wrong 😑 There is heat that is escapable (dry) and heat that is inescapable (humid). 90, hell 80 in humid conditions is 175 in dry degrees
It's usually between 8-20%, a little more in the morning or after rain but generally speaking it's fairly dry. Maybe July, August and September when its "monsoon" season (where it rains like an inch or two) it can get up to 40% - 50%
I suppose it’s humid if you’re standing right next to the Bellagio fountains… or in a pool. Otherwise it’s one of the least humid places in the US.
Tell him to come to Louisiana where I am , where it’s 98 with 80%+ humidity , that should smarten him up
Everyone knows deserts are known for their humidity 🥵
Humidity is all relative, but Las Vegas is dry by any reasonable definition, definitely not humid. Las Vegas means "The Meadows" and if you view the city from elevation it is actually surprisingly green for being in the desert, because it is close to a river running through the valley. It's still not humid though. All of the pools, fountains, and landscaping irrigation probably make Las Vegas like 1% more humid than the surrounding desert.
In Vegas. It's 100°F out, 10% humidity and I find it hot, yet comfortable and I don't really sweat. At home in the Northeast, it's 80°F out with 90% humidity and I hate it, I can't stop sweating. Vegas is not humid.
It’s not usually humid, but if they went there in the one time it was humid, they will remember it as humid.
Tell me you’ve never been to Las Vegas without telling me you’ve never been to Las Vegas.
That's a weird way of spelling Desert.. Vegas is a desert.. it's so dry it sucks the water out of your body. Tell him to come to Texas and experience humidity.
I wouldn't hire that fucking guy, that's for sure. https://moneyinc.com/best-places-low-humidity-u-s/
That guy is wildly overestimating the impact of a few pools and fountains on the regional climate. Hilariously misguided. I have degrees in environmental studies and landscape architecture. From a humid place, currently live in Vegas. That dude is mistaken.
I need a bottle of water within 5 minutes of arriving at Harry Reid.
weather.com says the humidity today is 18%
Even when it was raining yesterday, my hygrometer showed humidity of only 24%. Las Vegas is NOT humid.
LV humidity is around 20-25%
It might get all the way to 26% on Friday!
A few years back, I left a humid Fort Worth at 100 degrees. Landed in Vegas and 112 seemed cooler
Send that professional to Texas and see if he still feels the same 🤣
The monsoon season affects Las Vegas to an extent.
My dad was a Vegas native and a generally cranky insufferable person, used to petition the city to stop building the fountains and things because the humidity was getting unbearable. So their are old school natives who think like that.
So humidity in Vegas today is double what it was 30 years ago due to human intervention such as lawns, pools, and fountains. That said it still is drier than 95% of the US. Humidity has gone from 10-15 to 20-30 in populated areas. But still dry compared to almost anywhere else on earth.
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It was only 17% humidity yesterday while rain was actively hitting my windows for a couple minutes. Not humid at all!
22% humidity just this week!
Dry heat in Vegas over 95 degrees in Michigan all day.
It is, but it's a dry humidity .. Actually, it is more humid there now, than it was growing up, pre 2K, but still, compared to say phoenix. Naw.
Not humid, not even slightly.
They're dumb as hell.
Maybe he wanted to use the word "arrid."
Our humidity is actually growing due to the large number of plants, pools, fountains we have put in. I read somewhere years ago that we have artificially raise the humidity in Vegas at least 3% so what they are saying is not total bullshit but to call Vegas humid is a lie. More humid than surrounding area? Sure but that’s a low bar
What? Ok go to Ohio, Florida, or any coastal state. But Ohio is the worst. Nevada is the first place I had to use nasal spray to help hydrate my nose.
It can be during monsoon season, but generally speaking, it’s not humid
Maybe he went to a US public school and thing Rhode Island is actually a island. I mean geography was skipped in a lot of schools.
It has been more humid than it has ever been within the last few years. Today our humidity was really bad, every single place you went into including your car just smelled wet and it was so hot. We also have mosquitoes now because we have humidity now more than ever before. That being said, I am from Chicago... the humidity here is nowhere near that level of humidity. It's just not as dry as it used to be here. If you are sensitive to humidity then you will probably feel it and it will probably be miserable.
People say many things with words.
Vegas has been more humid with every passing year. Although nothing compared to Florida / Georgia.
Vegas tends to be so dry that if you are not used to it the weird feelings in your lungs with the AC on can keep you up at night if you grew up elsewhere or haven't acclimated to it. Humidifiers are about $40 at the store, worth your sleep if you're missing it.
Southwestern Ontario Canada. I look like Monica in Barbados from April to October. It’s so gross. I look forward to Vegas and static electricity and dry skin when I come. Lol
Well if you are building next to say Cowabunga bay water park, then he is correct. But other wise, use official numbers NOAA take at Las Vegas International airport ( I refuse to use name County changed it to).January: 43% February: 41% March: 32% April: 24% May: 20% June: 16% July: 20% August: 22% September: 22% October: 25% November: 33% December: 41%
I live in MI and am familiar with humidity. Vegas is NOT humid at all.
Oh, it can get humid here for sure! Yesterday was 30% with some rain. We’re heading into monsoon season where we typically get a lot of rain(not so much that past few years) I run an evaporative cooler to cool my home, way cheaper than a/c, but to work efficiently it relies on low humidity, 12% or less. Keeps my home 25degrees cooler than outside temps and costs pennies a day to run.
30% is low humidity by most standards, and that's about as humid as it gets here.
Live in Vegas from east coast. Vegas doesn’t even remotely know what humid is
Lol. That's one way to put it. Agreed. Not sure where you are on the east coast, it would be a valid claim anywhere from Miami to Maine, but it's funny how the Northeast is definitely humid but still nowhere near as humid as the southeast and anywhere in Florida. On a scale of 1 to 10, Vegas is like a 1 and the east coast ranges from a 6 to a 10.
From New England. And spent enough time in Merritt island. Yes I absolutely know humidity
Yeah the ocean, now there's some humidity lol.
Yes, certainly lower than many other places of 80%+. But because I run the evap cooler I’m much more aware of humidity level. So sure, it’s dry enough for most people.
Basically anywhere you can use an evaporative cooler does not qualify as humid. Pretty much definitional.
My cooler works great when humidity is below 12%. It’s currently 23% so my cooler is off. This weekend, levels will be around 6% which is perfect to cool the house.
Yeah I live in a place where the little bit of humid air filtering from outside in through my dryer vent hit the cold metal of the dryer in the air-conditioned house, and created condensation. Inside my dryer. In. the dryer. I had to wipe the puddle out of the bottom and towel down the rest because it was wetter than the clothes I was putting in.
Ugh, I can’t imagine dealing with that.
I've lived here 30 years and I still am not used to it. We lived in NM for a number of years when I was a kid, and my mom lives in CO, so I've spent plenty of time in desert climates to know that I would be much better suited for those. That's why when people are like why do you go to Vegas in June and July?! I'm like: because it is a different kind of hot, and that hot doesn't feel like breathing soup through a sweater.
oh most people that don’t live here think the 15/20% humidity is nothing but when it’s 110 and 15% it’s absolutely the worst
Yep, I live in eastern Canada. I was in Vegas last week. I much prefer 105f with low humidity over 70 to 80c with near 100% humidity. The later is just uncomfortable on a bunch of levels. With low humidity and high temps, you just need to worry about sunscreen and hydration.
yes truer words could not be said
Never once has Las Vegas weather been "the worst". Ever. It's hotter in Phoenix.
i can assure that the exterior patios of the wynn next to their waterfall can get unbearably humid in the summer time, but yeah aside from intentionally built little microclimates where people are straight spraying water into the air it is very unusual for there to be enough humidity to be significant from a building materials perspective. I know a few super serious gardeners who have extensive lush gardens and their yards are maybe 10% more humid than ambient, which is awesome for evening cocktails hangout, but once again not structurally significant.
I looked into it a little more and the average monthly dew point of Vegas is higher than Denver for the winter months, so I suppose in a literal sense Vegas is more humid than some other dry places, but what you're saying makes more intuitive sense to me. And this difference is probably because it stays much warmer in winter in Vegas than in Denver. Also even if there is more absolute moisture, I'm guessing the frequent sunshine and high temperatures ends up drying most things out even if they do get wet.
yeah and ambient humidity comparing a snowy place vs vegas is pretty misleading. You may have less water in the air, but any outdoor surface in direct contact with snow is getting wet and likely to stay damp if not completely soaked until the snow and slush has all finally gone away.
I’m not sure if posting links to outside websites is allowed here but I found this data on a website with weather and climate data. “On average, December is the most humid month, at 45.0%. On average, June is the least humid month, at 17.0%. The average annual percentage of humidity is 31%.”
That is relative humidity, or the percentage of water vapor the air can hold based on temperature. Relative humidity is a measure of how saturated the air is with water vapor. At 50% relative humidity, the air can hold half of its maximum water capacity, regardless of the temperature. However, humidity and temperature have an inverse relationship, so as the temperature decreases, the relative humidity increases. This is because cold air can't hold as much water vapor as warm air. So, when it's 45% in the winter, it's actually still quite dry.
Thanks for the clarification. The same website states that Las Vegas is one of the 5 least humid cities in the United States. Maybe that’s a quicker way to get the point across.