Hot Houston Weather Predicted To Get Way Hotter By Year 2100

HOUSTON, TX — It gets so hot in Texas that chickens lay hard-boiled eggs, a squirrel has to fan its nuts, hot water flows from both taps and a fat guy's sweat makes the city smell like bacon. Ok, just kidding about all those. Well, not the heat.

August in Texas can be absolutely brutal, whether it's the dry heat inland or the humidity of the Gulf. In Houston, we get a mix of it all. But by the year 2100, the Lone Star State could get excruciatingly hotter.

According to metrics calculated by sparefoot.com, Houston could see 65 more days of extremely hot days — in addition to the clothes-drenching misery we already have. To put it mildly, Houstonians may be chewing on chile peppers just to cool off their lips.

I, personally, probably won't be here when that day comes. I would be 123-years-old and would need to spend my summers at the North Pole.

Sparefoot.com took the 15 fastest-growing large cities in the country, and then ranked them on how much hotter those cities will get over the next 75 or so years. Phoenix, Arizona, was ranked as the city that will have the biggest increase in hot days. The next five — to no surprise — were Texas towns.

San Antonio was No. 2 with 84 days of predicted extremely hot days increase, followed by Dallas, Forth Worth, Austin and Houston. Miami, New York City, Jacksonville (Florida) and Los Angeles round out the top 10.

The ranking metric combines CO2 emissions, The Sperling Heat Index and the city's projected increase in extremely hot days. The Sperling Heat Index is a combination of a city's average high temperature, average night-time low temperature, relative humidity at the high temperature and the dew point.

So for those wanting to move to Houston and wondering about the weather, maybe this will be your guide.

Caption: Construction worker Chester Gibson wipes sweat from his face on a hot day in Houston, Texas. The region has endured many days triple-digit temperatures and remains under a heat advisory.

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