Humidity Ugh.....

[Carol Dee]

 

[ninnymary]

Carol, I never knew that about corn. If they are putting out that much water per day, does that mean that you have to constantly water it?

Mary

 

[digitS']

What we call transpiration, right? People perspire; plants transpire.

So, using NOAA's calculator (LINK): the other day here when it was 101°f , with 12% humidity ... it was 96°, according to the heat index. So, that's a problem?

Steve

 

[so lucky]

What we call transpiration, right? People perspire; plants transpire.

So, using NOAA's calculator (LINK): the other day here when it was 101°f , with 12% humidity ... it was 96°, according to the heat index. So, that's a problem?

Steve

12% humidity? I don't think I've ever been in 12% humidity. Is that like a dehydrator?

 

[Carol Dee]

@so lucky It was 91 degrees with 83% humidity today. You could swim in it. I think 12% sounds so nice! Around here when it is hot it is also humid. I won't do the math. I do not want to know just how bad it feels. I KNOW how bad it is out there.

 

[Carol Dee]

@ninnymary No way to water the corn. Farmers often pray for rain. There are acres and acres of corn. No irrigation .

 

[digitS']

THAT is quite a picture!

Here is what Wikipedia says about relative humidity: "Humans can be comfortable within a wide range of humidities depending on the temperature — from thirty to seventy percent - but ideally between 50% and 60%."

The average relative humidity thru July of last year was 36%.

Now, this isn't a desert but only because there is winter snow and spring/fall rain. Trees grow here! Now, you take a desert community like "Thermal" California ... July last year, the average relative humidity was 36% ... oh.

Steve

 

[so lucky]

@so lucky It was 91 degrees with 83% humidity today. You could swim in it. I think 12% sounds so nice! Around here when it is hot it is also humid. I won't do the math. I do not want to know just how bad it feels. I KNOW how bad it is out there.

Yeah, that's how our summers usually are. When you walk outside and your glasses fog up, you know it's humid.

 

[baymule]

We are close to the Gulf of Mexico, plus there is the largest man made lake in Texas just a few miles from here. Lots and lots of humidity-all the time! Winter, summer, fall, spring.......

I washed the patio glass doors Monday morning, it was so gooey outside that the glass wouldn't dry.

 

[britesea]

Right now we are at 82F, with 23% humidity. nicest it's been for weeks. But with that low humidity, the garden dries out really quickly