Forum Discussion

yobie's avatar
yobie
Explorer
May 03, 2013

How hot is it really in the summer. Arizona/New Mexico

So my wife and I were planning a trip from amarillo down to Roswell then going down to route 10 to 8 across Az & Nm heading to san diego. We planned on boondocking most of the time to save money. I'...
Roads and Routes
Orion's avatar
Orion
Explorer
May 04, 2013
I'm wondering how much hotter the dry desert air would feel compared to the extreme humidity that you get out on the eastern part of the continent. The measurement of how much hotter humid air feels is very subjective. In fact the Canadian weather service calculates this figure, the Humidex, much higher than the US equivalent, the Heat Index. I have seen a humidex reading of 125F for a town in Iowa.
The air is so dry in places like Arizona & New Mexico that there is no Heat Index, what you see is what you get.

About Bucket List Trips

13,488 PostsLatest Activity: Aug 08, 2016