Houston in September

[scottmandue]

Thinking of a vacation in September, long story short I have a cousin in Houston I haven't seen in years plus we are wanting to do something different.
However I have a coworker who grew up in the south and told me "oh heck no, you don't want to be there in September!"

What say ye? Yeah or ney?

If yes, we have never been to Houston, what to see and do in the area?

[red-beard]

NASA Level 9 tour

Galveston, as long as you get over the brown (clay) water. WWII Warplane museum.

Lots of great Restaurants and Breweries

San Antonio and Austin aren't far and are more "interesting".

[matthewb0051]

Co-worker is correct. Wait until November or later. Humidity is a bit@h until then.

Don't look at my current location. I've spent considerable number of years in San Antonio, which is a comparable sweat box.

For what it is worth, Houston and Texas are not in the South. Its just Texas. The South is Georgia, Alabama, etc, but not Virginia.

[Tobra]

Go in the Spring

[JavaBrewer]

We missed a connection in IAH and spent 24 hours in Houston. That was in late June. Another level of heat+humidity (like Okinawa), many of the airport terminal windows were fogged up and we could not see outside. That said I hail from SoCal so I don't work well (at all) with humidity. My BIL has lived there for 15 years and loves it...be he is a commercial pilot so is out of town quite a bit. I would love to visit Houston in early spring - sounds like a fun place.

[Steve F]

Great My wife has tickets for Gun's and Roses concert at San Antonio late September....I LOVE humidity.................NOT

[red-beard]

IAH with fogged up windows is good. There is NOTHING to see around Intercontinental. The Marriott at IAH used to have a rotating restaurant. Pointless!

The ideal time in Houston is a warm day in January! It will be in the upper 70's and maybe 50 overnight. Galveston is always a little cooler, moderated by the Gulf.

That said, you get used to the heat and Humidity. It doesn't get THAT hot here, just 97-99 in the summer, rarely break 100. Unless it is a dry year. 2011 was dry and we had over 100 days over 100F. You go from an Air Conditioned car to an Air Conditioned House, Store, Restaurant or Business.

Mid October through early May are reasonable for most out of towners. Yes it is still hot and humid. We can get 80 or 90 degrees in December! FYI, the water in my pool hit 80F yesterday. Today, it rained and I bet it is back down to 75.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Steve F

Great My wife has tickets for Gun's and Roses concert at San Antonio late September....I LOVE humidity.................NOT

Is it inside or outside?

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Is it inside or outside?

Its in the Al and Mo dome.

Just pray that the water cannons don't go off spontaneously.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by red-beard

It doesn't get THAT hot here, just 97-99 in the summer, rarely break 100.

Yeah, I was there once on one of those 99F days. The dew point was 75F. It was brutal. I remember driving to the airport (Hobby) and looking around and thinking "How do you people live here?!??!". ...And I lived in Alabama at the time!!

[stomachmonkey]

Winter in TX does not start until Jan 15th and ends usually 1st week in Feb.

[Steve F]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Its in the Al and Mo dome.

Just pray that the water cannons don't go off spontaneously.

Is that inside and have AC?

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Co-worker is correct. Wait until November or later. Humidity is a bit@h until then.

Don't look at my current location. I've spent considerable number of years in San Antonio, which is a comparable sweat box.

For what it is worth, Houston and Texas are not in the South. Its just Texas. The South is Georgia, Alabama, etc, but not Virginia.

Check, thanks, will plan on visiting my cousin in the spring/winter.

Hey, I live in the south... southern California!

[GH85Carrera]

Much like going to Vegas, you will not be outside for long.

[stevej37]

I have been to Galveston a couple times at that time of year...thought the weather was great.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by Steve F

Is that inside and have AC?

Brother, everything in Texas has AC.

Yeah, the Alamo Dome is air conditioned. The Spurs used to play in there and the NCAA final four and regions have been there a few times along with the NBA All Star Game one year. The year of the All Star Game we had 3 days over 100 degrees in February. No joke.

Do you know how to spot a Yankee driving in the South or in Texas? They have their windows down. Its either that they are from the North or their AC is broken.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Steve F

Is that inside and have AC?

It is inside and it is Air Conditioned!

The Astrodome was the first big indoor air conditioned arena. I remember going to Astroworld (amusement park across I-610 from the dome), and the OUTDOOR seating had fixed metal umbrella with air conditioning nozzles that pointed around the table!

[Jolly Amaranto]

My first two cars did not have air conditioning. Here is one of them at the beach in Galveston. Some bugs had it but it did not really work very well.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

My first two cars did not have air conditioning. Here is one of them at the beach in Galveston. Some bugs had it but it did not really work very well.

My 1982 911SC had Air Conditioning, but it was useless after April...

[Tobra]

I actually called the weatherman at the local TV station one time when I lived there. It was hot, natch, and as humid as you can imagine. It was 99* and 102% humidity the guy says. Seemed to me that 100% would be raining, and 100 is the top of the percentage scale, WTF?

Called down there, they put me on hold and the guy who was just on TV gets on the line. I ask him about that 102% jazz, and he tells me it is relative humidity. There is a certain confluence of temperatures, pressures and dewpoints that nets you a humidity greater than 100%. "Huh, what does that mean?"

"Don't go outside in the daytime"