Tucson is always 10 degrees cooler than the Phoenix metro area because it is higher in elevation.
As a kid, we would play outside all day and never think anything about it. In high school, our outdoor sports practices and games were held in the evening when the sun had gone down.
In college at Arizona State University, we would lay around the pool working on our tans between 7:00 and 10:00 AM when it was not so hot and then schedule our classes in the afternoons so we could be in the air-conditioned classrooms.
We used to say that only tourists and idiots went outside in the midday sun.
I live in Florida now and I have a new understanding for what "hot" really means.
From my experience, Arizona's dry heat is tolerable to live comfortably in.
But Florida's wet and humid heat is unbearable. Not even close. Florida's summers are insufferable.
This morning in minnesnowta it was 79/80 degrees at 5:30 a.m. Not sure exactly what the humidity / dew point was, but it was sticky out already then. Low 90s this afternoon with a dew point of 70 + makes for a 100 or so degree heat index.
It’s been a rough 7 days here.
Yeah, it the desert, shade works. In humid areas, not so much.
Southern California native here. I've endured blazing summers my whole life, but one of the worst, was when I lived in the Tampa Bay area one year.
It reminded me of the boiling hot summers in Okinawa, where I lived as a kid. Just frikken unbearable.
I've been to Florida many times...usually in the winter.However,I've been there once in April and once in October.The October visit was almost intolerable...95 degrees and 95% humidity.
I've also experienced 100 degrees on the Arabian Peninsula (Dubai) and found it not nearly as bad as Florida in October.