Worried Hot August wedding

I'm getting married August 27th on a winery in NY, outdoors! I am quite concerned about the heat as well. Figured heat beats rain though!

I would consider renting umbrellas if there aren't any. You could also have sun screen there. Oh and maybe consider the time. I know Vegas is hot, but it tends to be hotter around 2-3.

Early before it gets to hot. Or late when it starts to cool down. Vegas is a dry heat. But still gets up to 120 degrees outside.

An outdoor wedding in Las Vegas in August?? The average high is over 100 degrees that time of year. I really think you should look for an indoor venue, for your guests comfort, and your own. Even pushing your wedding to the evening you'll likely be dealing with uncomfortable temperatures.

Hi date twin! Not sure about temperatures in Nevada, but I'd say to make sure you have shade in addition to water and fans. We're getting married outside and having an outdoor reception in Connecticut. We visited our venue around the same time of year and it wasn't bad...but weather is hit or miss in CT, so I'm crossing my fingers. Our venue is outside but has fans, etc. Does yours? If there's no way to regulate the temperature, I'd consider at least a plan b indoor reception space.

Is there a reason that you have to have it outside? I just feel like for an outdoor ceremony, you have to move it inside for extreme cold and extreme heat. And I would say that over 100 is definitely extreme. I think that's a little harsh to do to your guests.

To compare, I'm hoping to have my ceremony outside, but I have to worry more about the cold. But FH and I have already set a limit, any colder than 55 and it's going inside. If I was dealing with heat, my cut off would probably be 80. If guests are hot, the only thing they are going to be paying attention to/remember is being hot.

I moved my August in Va ceremony inside because of the heat. I didn't want to be standing there sweating in my dress or wearing sunglasses/squinting. Is it really necessary for it to be outside? Is there a better option?

I agree with @JerseyJen. A few years ago I attended a wedding in July inside a church that had no air conditioning and all I remember from the ceremony was how hot it was, and how the church had paper fans advertising a funeral home.

That could be extreme heat. Please do not do this to your guests. Move the ceremony inside. Your guests will melt. I lived in Salt lake City for four years, and desert heat at the beginning of August gets hot early and stays hot throughout the day/evening. There is no cooling down at the end of summer even with dry heat.

Please for the health and well being of you, your FH, and your guests, move the wedding inside.

Have you already paid deposits? If it's set in stone, then it is what it is. Is your ceremony outside and your reception inside? If your ceremony is short, then it should be fine. I had my wedding in VA in July where the weather is a total crap shoot and it could have been 95+. We had cold drinks offered to our guests as they arrived, we had made our programs fans, the ceremony area was heavily wooded, there was a place inside guests could wait if it was too hot and they arrived early, and the ceremony was less than 20 minutes. We lucked out and it was 80 and the rain held off until our recessional.

Vegas in August is going to be incredibly hot! I second what must are saying and look for an option indoors. My best friend lives in Arizona, and there were days this past summer that she wouldn't even go outside in was so hot. Sounds miserable. I'm also getting married in August in Michigan, but both our ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception are indoors with air conditioning. And, Michigan definitely isn't Vegas.

I agree with everyone else that if you can move it inside, please do. You're guest will be so much more comfortable. We went to a wedding in July a few years back. Ceremony was outdoors on a super hot day and the bride was a half hour late. They had water but it was still torturous.

Also, I've never heard before that I share a birthday with Satan. That's a new one...

I have been to Las Vegas in August and it is miserable. Have your event inside.

Also, is this without a tent or some type of shade? If this is going to be on concrete without shade, forget it. You'll give people heat stroke. Find an indoor space to use.

You *MIGHT* be able to get a way with this if it's under a shady pavilion with those large fans that mist cool air through the pavilion and lots of greenery. Water and paper fans will not cut it.

Please get shade for your guests. A friend of mine got married Labor Day weekend this past year and it was HOT and disgustingly humid. Her ceremony and reception were outdoors and at the hottest time of the day. She had no tent and no back up plan. We were all a hot sticky sweaty mess. So many guests left before they even cut the cake and even though I was a BM I left right after the cake cutting because the heat was making me sick. But then again I'm sure you are more considerate than my friend. Her wedding was BYOB and she didn't even have enough ceremony seating for everyone.

....Satan's birthday???

I've been to Nevada in July and it was literally unbearable. I can handle South Florida humid heat but that desert dry heat is an absolute killer. I second everyone else... find somewhere inside ASAP.

Coming from someone who attends roughly 30-35 weddings every summer, I can tell you that you need to have a backup plan if it's too hot (like over 80 hot) or for other couples, too cold (like under 55) No one will pay attention to the ceremony at all, they will be whiney all night if it's all outside. Evenings are not really that much cooler.

If you want to do photos outside, do that, but outdoor weddings in the summer brutal. Think about your older relatives, your GM and male guests in full suits (and in the cold, you and your BM's with thin dresses on).

This really mystifies me.

And frankly, so does your FH's attitude. Satan's birthday? Tell him your spiritual advisor says satan has no birthday. sheesh.

Every day is Satan's birthday

I tried to avoid the heat in the valley by doing an October wedding! Except it was 90 degrees the day of and usually it's cooler during that month! Lol you never know what could happen, but definitely take precaution and listen to the other advice given. We had plenty of shade for the guests and our ceremony ( hottest part of the day) was inside with a/c.

@Chrissy OMG DYING.