A fun fact about New Orleans. Is there high humidity where you live?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220356)
Walnut Creek, California
December 8, 2024 12:55pm CST
I just spoke with my friend and band mate Micheal on the phone. He is the one who recently moved to New Orleans.
He told me that a surface crack on his fanciest Martin guitar (worth about $5,000) closed up. Why? Because it is dry in California, and humid in Louisiana. I reckon humidity makes wood expand a bit.
Is the humidity high where you live? Do you prefer high or low humidity? I like the fact that low humidity makes 100 F feel less hot. But I actually enjoy the humidity when I visit places like Chicago or New York.
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@marguicha (223850)
• Chile
8 Dec
We have a dry climate where I live. In fact I have been in humid climetes for a short time and get a shock with them. The first time I passed through Panama many decades ago, Ithought I would not be able to breathe.
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@DaddyEvil (137696)
• United States
8 Dec
We usually have high humidity here. I tend not to notice high humidity but Pretty complains about it.
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Maybe one day!
@FourWalls (69101)
• United States
8 Dec
Yes, our humidity is high in the summer. My favorite story about New Orleans humidity is when I opened the door to my motel room one morning in April and the humidity knocked me back into the room. Louisiana has four seasons: hot & humid, super hot & humid, unbearably hot & humid, and February 4-12.
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@BarBaraPrz (47693)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Dec
I like humidity in winter but not in summer.
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@BarBaraPrz (47693)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Dec
@TheHorse Well, yes, it was damp and minus 7 celcius...
@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Dec
It does very hot in Lake Charlles with high humidity during the day in the summer months.
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@aninditasen (16501)
• Raurkela, India
9 Dec
Here we had a shower today morning which has increased the humidity.
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@aninditasen (16501)
• Raurkela, India
12 Dec
@TheHorse It's cold here now but it's not raining. I don't like rains in winter.
@LindaOHio (181931)
• United States
9 Dec
It varies here. They keep track of that on the Weather with the Muggy Meter. Sometimes it can get really humid in the summertime. Have a good week.
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@porwest (92696)
• United States
15 Dec
Yes. Here the humidity is VERY high, which is something that took me a while to get used to when we moved here from Wisconsin, where humidty was not as bad. It can really make a hot day hotter and any day wetter, for sure. Although here, winters are shorter and winters are colder, but less snow.
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@aureategloom (11046)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
9 Dec
sorry to hear that about that guitar. i never thought about humidity in Bosnia, no idea 
@GardenGerty (160996)
• United States
8 Dec
Not super humid here but not as dry as California, either.
@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec
We have both dry and humid days. Right now I am hoping the cold goes away at least for a while,
@JudyEv (342277)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec
I don't function well in high humidity. It really drains me.
