I live in a subtropical area.

Short answer: YES!!.

I now religiously use a filament dryer, VAC bags and loose silica beads that I bag my self into DIY teabags and then redry in the oven.

I also make sure to dry new filament for 24hours before using it the first time…

Since I started doing this for PLA and PETG, many of my previous my print issues dissapeared…