Summer Heat 2008

Its been quite nice in the DC area this past week. Highs in the 80's, lows in the 60's. We don't even have the a/c on at home.

-Jay

 

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man thats hot. its been in the ninetys here.

 

It should get 98 here today.

 

It sure has, out here along the Colorado River it has been 112-115 all week long. We should be about 10 degrees cooler this time of year.

 

I never turn on the a/c. My roommate and I play chicken with the a/c and heat. He's always the one to turn on the a/c and heat.

 

I have been blasting the AC since May began and as a result, my bill went from $78 to $126 and its not coming down anytime soon.

 

My AC broke down last week and so I had to endure another miserable night. Even with the windows open and fans blowing I still felt like 100 degrees. Ugh.

 

you people have no idea what hot is. when you have so much Humidity that you can cut it with a knife and you are sweating in the shade then you will have just came to GA.

 

The DC area gets pretty humid. We have the bay and the ocean not too far away. It gets hot and sticky here. That was the only thing that really bothers me is the humidity. I can remember when I was younger I had that old Pontiac with vinyl seats. Vinyl wears well, and the interior looked great, but they were a bear in the summer.

-jay

 

I grew up in Atlanta, so I do know about those hot sticky summers... And its made worse for me because of the pollution and pollen. Tallahassee is only 18 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and 2 hours from the Atlantic ocean.... Its worse here in a way. The only upside is that there are no mountains keeping the smog in one spot.

 

When I was in the amazon jungle in Brazil right on the equator that was pure humidity.

 

I just love those 120+ degree weeks we have, and that is in the shade too.

 

Wow Mike that is scorching! I was in Phoenix in August once. It was 119. I remember there was no humidity, so you could breath...but you still sweated your butt off...it was still hot!

It's been cooler, less humid than usual here. Upper 70's to low 80's and dry, dry, dry...which I hate. I need some humidity! I know that sounds crazy, but my body hates the dryness.

Quint, hows about sending some of that gulf moisture up here from Tally?

 

It go up to 111 today, but it didn't fell like it. I was at the like all afternoon, so that may have had something to do with that.

 

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the weather here in dc has been nice... and while socal is scortching hot at least you all don't have miserable humidity like we do here. late july/ mid august can be miserable around here.

 

As far as warm summers go, I have lived in Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona. I will take humidity over extreme hot and dry any day. Both make you sweat a ton...both are uncomfortable, but a dry hat just sucks the energy out of you.

My line of work takes me outside a lot. I can assure you that I get tired and more miserable much faster here in the desert than I ever did in a humid location.

In Florida, it would be miserable during the day, but at night it was usually pleasant and in the upper 70's. Nothing beats a humid southern night IMO.

Here in AZ, at midnight it is still 100+ degrees, and soon our lows will be in the upper 80's to low 90's. It is VERY depressing when your lows are most places normal highs for summer!

 

You bring up some great points about dry heat. Those point are why I can't wait to get out of Bullhead. If I even have a chance to move back to SoCal with the smog & traffic, I will go in a heart beat. Every time I go back and visit family in SoCal I don't want to come back home.

 

I wouldn't mind!!! The temperature has been dropping over the last few days, low 90's during the day and upper 60's at night. Every other day, we been getting 'sea breeze' thunderstorms so the temperature hasn't been skyrocketing.

 

And July hasn't arrived yet when that month hits, it will be that and sticky! Yuck! And then the sun comes up and it's instantly hot at 8 in the morning. I should be used to this by now since I lived in the South all my life, but I will never like it. Come on November and December! I think I'll take 90 degree dry heat over 115 dry heat or 90 degree heat and humidity!

I'll stop complaining now since I can't control the seasons, Fall and Winter will be here before I know it and I won't be as sad lol

 

Well today I drove through a 5-minute downpour, which is pretty awesome for Arizona!!!

 

No fair, I want thunderstorms!

 

It actually rained twice within a 24 hour period! A thunderstorm just developed right over the city... Just the city, so I am listening to rain, thunder, and the BBC. I got poured on at 5PM today LOL

 

We've been having daily thunderstorms... You can set your watch to it. 4:00 on the dot it starts to rain. Have to mow the lawn twice a week.

 

A lawn, what's that?

The last few years the Monsoons have not been hitting our area like they normally do. Hopefully soon we will get some major thunderstorms popping up.