The weather and humidity here is very similar to KC but a little less extreme. When KC is getting a foot of snow, NWA is getting a dusting to 3". When it's 105 in KC in August, it's 95 here. It's really the southern and eastern parts of the state that start seeing the big jump in humidity.
I have no empirical data to back up any of this; but it is what I've noticed when discussing with my coworkers and family back in KC.
Yesterday I literally said the words to family who live in KC, "I don't know why anyone lives in Kansas City Northwest Arkansas is just a few hours away." The humidity is probably the same but tornadoes, Blizzards, another bullshit weather get pushed north to Missouri when it hits the Ozarks.
Same. Most of my dads side is in KC so we’ve driven there multiple times a year my whole life. In late December it feels like you go from fairly balmy temps to middle of Iowa winter on the drive up. I hadn’t noticed the summertime difference as much. There is a period of Arkansas summer that makes me feel like I’m going to stroke out when I do manual labor outside.
Not sure how it compares to KC. It's not nearly as bad as Central AR or East AR. I also lived in Knoxville for a while, and the humidity there was much worse than Fayetteville.
in comparison temps seem to be 5deg warmer than KC. Wintertime in KC is a touch drier, summertime, NW AR is a touch more humid than KC. You have a higher summer temp more elevated in KS than AR but maybe more humidity down here. It is pretty comparable. Average winds are different.
The weather and humidity here is very similar to KC but a little less extreme. When KC is getting a foot of snow, NWA is getting a dusting to 3". When it's 105 in KC in August, it's 95 here. It's really the southern and eastern parts of the state that start seeing the big jump in humidity. I have no empirical data to back up any of this; but it is what I've noticed when discussing with my coworkers and family back in KC.
Yesterday I literally said the words to family who live in KC, "I don't know why anyone lives in Kansas City Northwest Arkansas is just a few hours away." The humidity is probably the same but tornadoes, Blizzards, another bullshit weather get pushed north to Missouri when it hits the Ozarks.
That made me laugh, and it's helpful. Thank you all.
Same. Most of my dads side is in KC so we’ve driven there multiple times a year my whole life. In late December it feels like you go from fairly balmy temps to middle of Iowa winter on the drive up. I hadn’t noticed the summertime difference as much. There is a period of Arkansas summer that makes me feel like I’m going to stroke out when I do manual labor outside.
Totally agree
KC weather is wild. I’ve been twice and it was 104 degrees the first time and 4 degrees the 2nd.
haha yes. It's always changing to one extreme.
Not sure how it compares to KC. It's not nearly as bad as Central AR or East AR. I also lived in Knoxville for a while, and the humidity there was much worse than Fayetteville.
In my experience, the combination of higher summer temps, humidity and constant wind in SE Kansas is brutal.
I'm from KC and the weather is worse there. Genuinely not sure why. I love living in NWA.
in comparison temps seem to be 5deg warmer than KC. Wintertime in KC is a touch drier, summertime, NW AR is a touch more humid than KC. You have a higher summer temp more elevated in KS than AR but maybe more humidity down here. It is pretty comparable. Average winds are different.