The heat has been increasing around here lately, and it seems to us that it’s earlier than it was last year.  I have commented recently that we’ve been trying to get out earlier with the dogs for a walk than we do in winter or spring.  But I’ve done a little research and it seems as though morning isn’t the best time to exercise for the lowest humidity.

The chart below is for a 24 hour period.  See how the humidity is lowest right about 1 pm and again at about 8 pm? And it is humidity that really makes you feel the heat.  6 am is about the highest humidity of all.  And that goes along with our experience, too.  Opening the door from our dehumidified bedroom in the morning you feel like you’ve been hit with a wet bath towel.

We sleep at night with the mini-split on dehumidify and a temperature of 29 celsius (84.2 fahrenheit), and we are totally comfortable.  We are sure that the lack of humidity is what keeps us so comfortable.

Below is a chart of a one week period – the cycles of humidity are pretty obvious.

During the day we stay comfortable as long as we are near a fan.  I have a fan blowing on me when I exercise on my Nordic Track and then stand in front of it when I dry off after my shower.

Below is a report of the temperature and humidty for the first few days of June.  (Ignore the high temp for the 11th as the report was generated at 8 am) By the way, the Daily Observations below came from Weather Underground and the two charts above are from Maz Travel.

While I’m writing this schnoodle Henry is off at the groomer’s…instead of his over all short clip this summer he is going to be short all over but with a Schnauzer head.  We’ll see if he looks cool, we know he will be cool!  And then we need to decide if we’re going to start taking our daily dog walk at 8 pm!