# How hot is it where you are? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547 "2012-06-28T05:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/141 "2012-07-07T21:22:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I don’t get it, do horses not eat hay in the summer? They usually eat grass when it is there 95f here but I think that is a lie **CAPT** ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/142 "2012-07-07T21:36:26Z")
After five straight days over 100° and 14 straight over 95°, it finally broke here. It is 79° right now with heavy rain expected tonight. The areas that were burned in the forest fires are all under a flash flood watch because all the underbrush is gone. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/143 "2012-07-07T21:41:00Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > 102 F (39 C) here in Columbus, OH. Woooo-ee. 103 in Cincinnati today. Take _that_, state capital! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/144 "2012-07-07T23:38:07Z")
Reading this thread makes me happy to live in cool Central Thailand. 😉 April is our hottest month, but only three days this April exceeded 104. (Compared with a whopping nineteen 104+ days in April 2010.) Not _real_ cool. Our car’s air conditioning just failed and dealer can’t fix it until Tuesday. We won’t be making unnecessary trips till then… ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/145 "2012-07-07T23:55:03Z")
Right now, about 8:00 p.m., it’s 85 F. In southeastern Massachusetts. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be about 90. It’s very humid, though, and tomorrow my town is celebrating its bicentennial with a 2 1/2 hour parade. I’ll be marching in that dressed in my Rev. War militia outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/146 "2012-07-08T00:04:57Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Reading this thread makes me happy to live in cool Central Thailand. 😉 April is our hottest month, but only three days this April exceeded 104. (Compared with a whopping nineteen 104+ days in April 2010.) We were in the US in April but have read the temp (probably meaning the daily high) averaged 105 degrees F for the month here. And that it was the hottest April in 30 years. But that could just be Bangkok. Even though you’re not far away, it’s certainly hotter in the city. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/147 "2012-07-08T00:06:30Z")
At about 10:15 this morning, my car told me it was 95. It hit triple digits at some point, I’m sure. SE Michigan here. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/148 "2012-07-08T00:07:56Z")
Fucking muggy and hot. It’s been triple-digits for the past 10-14 days, unrelenting. A large section of our area (mid-michigan) has been without power for the majority of this time; thankfully I was not included in that group. Needless to say, lawns are ugly 'round here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/149 "2012-07-08T00:21:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > We were in the US in April but have read the temp (probably meaning the daily high) averaged 105 degrees F for the month here. And that it was the hottest April in 30 years. But that could just be Bangkok. Even though you’re not far away, it’s certainly hotter in the city. Found a report that April averaged 40.1 degrees Celsius in Bangkok, which converts to 104.18 degrees Fahrenheit. I hope they’re talking about the average daily high only. Still the hottest for Bangkok in 30 years; I would assume a similar showing for the rest of the country too. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/150 "2012-07-08T00:29:12Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > You run your furnace when it’s 51°? Holy crap, our gas bill would double. BTW, I don’t mind hearing from you Seattle folks (or the Scottish contingent either); it makes me feel cooler just to know such places still exist. I turn the heat on if it’s below 70. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/151 "2012-07-08T09:47:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > We were in the US in April but have read the temp (probably meaning the daily high) averaged 105 degrees F for the month here. And that it was the hottest April in 30 years. But that could just be Bangkok. Even though you’re not far away, it’s certainly hotter in the city. [Here’s the link I used for Nakhon Sawan stats](http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Nakhon_Sawan/04-2012/484000.htm). (I’m an hour’s drive away from that City, but it’s the closest report.) I see [two](http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/BANGKOK/04-2012/484540.htm) different [Bangkoks](http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/BANGKOK/04-2012/484550.htm) at that site, the latter generally warmer, but even it has only a single 40+ Celsius day (104+ Fahrenheit) in April. I suppose it makes a big difference exactly where the temperature is measured. That [tutiempo.net](http://tutiempo.net) site might be of general utility, as it has reports from all around the world. (ETA: checking April 2010 I see Bangkok without a single 40+ day, though we had 19 here. Of course the [tutiempo.net](http://tutiempo.net) data could be hosed somehow.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547/152 "2012-07-08T14:35:07Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (ETA: checking April 2010 I see Bangkok without a single 40+ day, though we had 19 here. Of course the [tutiempo.net](http://tutiempo.net) data could be hosed somehow.) That’s simply not possible. We were in Vietnam for much of that month though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-where-you-are/626547.md?page=7)