Dang, how long have you all lived here??? This region is super humid and hot during the Summer. We have all these rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. If you live up in the highlands or plateau and never lived in the lowlands then no disrespect towards you. We are close enough to eastern Canada, to have a few backdoor cold fronts each Summer that make it less humid and cooler....but some years we stay hot and humid all Summer.