Re: Spring Riding in Arizona



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Ken

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> Ken wrote:
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>> Humidity in the teens??? How would you survive in say Florida?

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> I'd survive OK but just wouldn't enjoy it :)
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> But then
>> again I don't like humidity, so AZ would probably be good for me! And I
>> was
>> just looking at a weather map and the heat index for AZ is less than the
>> heat index for FL.
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> Yes indeed. It is sometimes amusing in mid summer to have the weather
> guy report tht the temp is 106 but the heat index is only 102 :)
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> While the low humididty does make higher temps more bearable I think
> the real impact is that the desert cools off drastically at night- it
> is not unusual to have > 30 degree F differentials between daily highs
> and lows. So, even when the temps are over 100 at the max they are
> still in the 70's in the morning and that makes outdoor activity
> pretty nice. But most folks here do their activity pretty early. Our
> club rides now start at 6 or 6:30. Of coure, we're a bunch of old
> fogies so we're asleep by 9.
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Well I am a morning person anyway. So that might appeal to me. Here in FL
the difference in daytime highs and overnight lows is usually only about 15
degrees. High of 90 equals low of about 75. Makes for uncomfortable sleeping
weather. But on the other side of the coin, it is very rare for the temps to
get into the triple digits.

Ken