The worst thing for me, wind and humidity. I don't usually smoke outdoors. I need peace of mind to smoke, otherwise I would go for days without smoking. The same thing happens to me with reading, or even to taste a distillate.
Heat and Humidity Affecting Outdoor Smoking?
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Here in the Pacific Northwest, we get a fair amount of humidity, but I've never really noticed it affecting my pipe tobacco unlike my cigars. On the real hot and humid days, if I'm having a cigar I can run into re-light issues, or burn issues etc. When it's really hot and humid I don't normally smoke a pipe, so if I do it's usually early morning or late evening when the temps are cooler. Don't care for the feel of the warm pipe in my hands when it's hot out.
Lots of good suggestions here. I usually have a cigar if I am active during the day or working with the horses. In the heat here in middle Tennessee, I usually wait until after the evening feeding and then I sit on my back deck (which is covered) and I have a small fan that I turn on that moves the air a bit. So far, I have been comfortable enough to get in at least that one bowl per day.
This is where I’m coming from. Burn issues or multiple relights with a cigar. It’s not a case of tolerating the heat physically, but if I have to struggle, it’s not relaxing. I thought high humidity could affect the burn of pipe tobacco, especially aromatics I enjoy that have a higher moisture content due to the presence of cavendish.
Every time we have a thread like this, I thank my lucky stars that I can smoke in my own home!!