I've looked for and found info about the most humid states, the least
humid states, etc., but that generalized info is somewhat misleading
when it comes to comfortable climate. I've lived most of my life in
several states west of the Rockies, including cities near-ish to the
Pacific Ocean. Humidity, in these places, seems to go up only as clouds
and preciptation move in and the temperature drops, making the humidity
not sticky or uncomfortable. When the temp is up and skies are clear,
the humidity is low, making the hotter weather dry and easy for me to
handle.

The time I spent in the midwest seemed to be to be quite different. The
heat goes up and so does the humidity, making my morning newspaper feel
wet even though the temp hadn't risen past the low 70s.

So.....my question - which east coast states have areas that are fairly
low in humidity when the temperature is, say, between 70-90 degrees? In
other words, warm temps without the sticky humidity or damp newspapers,
or sweating kneecaps (that actually happens!!!) I would be okay with
those temperatures with humidity below 50% or so. I passed through
central Texas once and had a few days of 100+ temperature with humidity
over 85% each day. Not good in my book.

(I didn't include definitions or use references to "relative humidity"
or other such terminology because I think people in this newsgroup will
know what I'm looking for even if I don't define every term. This is
just a where-can-I-vacation or even live year-round without dying of
the combination of heat and humidity in states back east?

Thank you.
Cray of the west

On Oct 22, 8:42 pm, "Cray" wrote:
I've looked for and found info about the most humid states, the least
humid states, etc., but that generalized info is somewhat misleading
when it comes to comfortable climate. I've lived most of my life in
several states west of the Rockies, including cities near-ish to the
Pacific Ocean. Humidity, in these places, seems to go up only as clouds
and preciptation move in and the temperature drops, making the humidity
not sticky or uncomfortable. When the temp is up and skies are clear,
the humidity is low, making the hotter weather dry and easy for me to
handle.

The time I spent in the midwest seemed to be to be quite different. The
heat goes up and so does the humidity, making my morning newspaper feel
wet even though the temp hadn't risen past the low 70s.

So.....my question - which east coast states have areas that are fairly
low in humidity when the temperature is, say, between 70-90 degrees? In
other words, warm temps without the sticky humidity or damp newspapers,
or sweating kneecaps (that actually happens!!!) I would be okay with
those temperatures with humidity below 50% or so. I passed through
central Texas once and had a few days of 100+ temperature with humidity
over 85% each day. Not good in my book.

(I didn't include definitions or use references to "relative humidity"
or other such terminology because I think people in this newsgroup will
know what I'm looking for even if I don't define every term. This is
just a where-can-I-vacation or even live year-round without dying of
the combination of heat and humidity in states back east?

Thank you.
Cray of the west

Basically the East Coast is a fairly humid climate, especially in
the warm months. There is little escaping the proximity to the
ocean, and as you noticed in the Midwest, any place east of
the High Plains can often get humidity clear from the Gulf of
Mexico, too. But the humidity isn't as bad if it isn't
simultaneously hot, and there are places where the temperature
stays somewhat lower. If your definition of East Coast state is
broad enough (i.e. not necessarily having Atlantic coastline)
some places up in the mountains of West Virginia do not get as
hot as lower elevations, for instance. Western Maryland has
some similar higher elevations and also has coastline. If you
want to try Maine, it stays fairly cool in the summer, in fact it
might be too cool if you want to experience what some people
would call "summer" temperatures. Of course, the winters
there can be fairly cold. Upstate New York isn't too bad in the
summer, IMO, except in 2005 it was almost like a typical
summer in DC.

Cheers,
Russell