You are correct...and with a dry heat (or low humidity heat), the greater the problems for man, animal and the environment...
For instance, the dryer the heat, the more uncontrolled a wild fire will be...and with a higher humidity environment, the lower the burn rate and less chance of a fire storm...firefighters biggest enemy is low humidity...
In the Los Angeles basin, the air quality declines considerably in direct ratio to the increase of the temperatures...The basin consists of a land mass encircled with mountain ranges and the only outlet is the ocean front that captures inbound winds...
Schools will not permit outdoor play or excessive exercising...
The LA basin, is by far, is the ultimate isohyetal mapping condition there is...as an example, rainfall will increase one (1") inch for each mile inland from the ocean....temperatures have a similar model when measured from the ocean to the foothills...
