High Temperatures – May 14, 2013
When temperatures reached the low 90s in Kansas City yesterday, most of us feared we’d be sweltering. After lows in the 30s, we weren’t ready for the 90s!
Yet last evening was downright comfortable: golfer’s smiled, gardeners were ecstatic and few air-conditioners were turned on.
Today it’s nearly 10 degrees cooler but feels less comfortable. What’s up with that? The dew point is what’s up.
Last night’s dew point in the 40’s made us completely forget about our high temperatures in the 90’s. Essentially, yesterday we got a taste of what people in the Southwest call “dry heat”. Since their thermometers read triple digits for months on end, let’s not sign up for that and be glad our “dry heat” day was relatively mild.