"I don't know what part I just have to get out of Fla. and I can't take the cold up north." I have lived in four different regions of the country (coastal Southern California, Oklahoma, Norther Utah, and now Southern Texas). I can tell you from experience that humidity enhances the discomfort of both hot and cold weather. As Auntie Em wrote, in hot weather, high humidity prevent your sweat from evaporating, This means that it does not cool you as efficiently. So, it can be just miserable. I don't know why humidity also makes it seem colder, but it does. When I was living in the Oklahoma, I regularly needed to wear long johns in order to stay warm outside. However, in Utah (which is both further north and much higher in elevation) I found that most of the winter I could get along with just a fairly light jacket unless it was actually snowing. So, dry conditions make both hot and cold weather much more tolerable.

ive lived in 4 countries. and i am now living in canada, and i can tell you the HUMIDITY IS DEFINATALY WORSE!... at least dry heat you can sit in the shade and enjoy a shirtless (or bra/ tank top for girls... what ever you prefer) day with a cold drink. in a humid place (like some Canadian summer days...Toronto more specifically)you just feel hot and sweaty and sticky and disgusting all day.... EVEN INDOORS!.... unless the AC is on full blast!

Most of the time that is true. In a dry heat, shade is much more effective. When it's humid, -everything- is hot and sticky.

It is true, but it can get incredibly hot there.

It is absolutely true. Your body cools itself by evaporating sweat. In a humid environment the air is so saturated with water that your sweat pools on the skin instead. It is therefore less efficient in cooling the body.

I have lived in AZ for 13 years, and before that in MI and back in MI now, on an extended visit. AZ is great...but the heat is HOT, for a long time, no matter how dry, and when the monsoons start (around 4th of July) things change. Many days they will spring up, bringing humidity and maybe electrical storms, and then not rain, or at least not in your part of town, and it will be hot and sticky. In the SE part of the country the humidity makes it feel hotter, in the SW, friends of mine from NC were shocked to learn that it is cooler: so if it's 109 out, but only 5% humidity (not unusual midday in June) it might feel like 105. Still hot. BUT - now, until May, is a GREAT time of year to visit. I may be going back - I skipped the summer. There are people who regularly do this - 'snowbirds'. Also, if you are there for Halloween, check out Dia do los Muertos - very cool. As to summer survival - a pool helps; also, of course, AC. The humidity is low enough for 2/3 of the summer that many people don't have AC...and they have "evaporative or swamp coolers" - basically a fan that blows humid air, to cool ya down. They are more energy efficient, more maintenance, and don't work well during monsoons. Missing AZ -hth!

It is absolutely true. It's a dry hot. Think oven.