# I'll trade stories about our cold and wet for your hot and dry **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827 "2005-06-18T18:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/21 "2005-06-19T17:20:06Z")
San Diego is said to have ‘the best climate in the country’. When I was a kid, I remember days when it was hot and muggy. But since the weather isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when I think of San Diego, I guess it was okay. In high school I moved to Lancaster in the Mojave Desert. (Note: It’s pronouced LAN-caster there, and not LANK-aster.) Hot and dry. Sometimes _very_ hot. It wasn’t so bad, really. We had a swamp cooler in the house. It didn’t work very well for a couple of weeks in (humid) August, but generally it worked very well. Down to L.A. The weather in L.A. really started to bug me the last few years there. Too hot in the summer, not enough rain, sunshine _every freakin’ day!_ (except for the ‘June Gloom’ in the mornings). Boring. I had no air conditioning, so I left the windows open almost year-round. I lived over the carports, and the trash trucks would pump their diesel exhaust right up to my level. Lovely schmutz to clean up. There were many days when it was so hot that I had to dampen a T-shirt and lie in front of a fan. Not an option at bedtime, since you don’t wear wet stuff in bed! Up to the PNW. Generally it’s rather nice up here. Yes, it rains a lot. It hampers outdoor plans frequently, but at least it isn’t boring! It’s a bit cold in the Winter, but that’s only because I don’t have piped-in gas and propane is expensive. Broken clouds today, with temps in the mid-70°s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/22 "2005-06-19T17:32:24Z")
**featherlou** , I kid you not, I saw a park bench floating down the Bow yesterday (and shortly thereafter a bunch of kayakers with a death wish). some big portion of ground near a trail must have given way. I had the same thought that you did about the run off, I looked at the mountains today and saw they still have their snowcaps on them – so we are definitely not done yet. At least it’s sunny today. I think the pavement is going to start sprouting soon. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/23 "2005-06-19T17:56:49Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > **Ashes** , where the hell did you grow up? I need to know so I can never go there. Imperial Valley, California, right on the border with Mexico, but inland in the desert. And as much as I hate the climate, I’m still here! Doesn’t _anybody_ in Northern Ca. need an art teacher? Anyway, there is absolutely no reason on this earth for anybody to come here. My advice is that when you reach San Diego, stop. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/24 "2005-06-19T17:58:05Z")
> [@Obsidian](#): > > The weather here is. . .confused. It doesn’t know what season it is, or, really, what state it’s in. Today is 65 and gorgeous. The past week it’s been cold & rainy, warm & humid, hot & sunny, stagnant & foggy, and so windy it blew my garbage cans down. When I get up in the morning I have NO idea if i’ll need sunblock or a sweater-- and whatever the answer is, it will surely be wrong by lunch. NOAA can’t even guess at a temperature most days. (“Highs from the 60’s to the 80’s” Gee, thanks) > > Seriously, I took the dog out an hour ago, it was blue horizon to horizon. Now it’s cloudy. I have to make an outfit decision soon. I don’t think I’d be surprised if it snowed. You know what Mark Twain said. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.’ At one time I was stationed at Merced, CA. We got the weekend of the 4th of July off and my wife and I took the train to San Francisco. I was wearing a worsted summer dress uniform and my wife had on a light-weight silk dress because it was hot in Merced. Going across on the ferry from Oakland to San Francisco I thought we would freeze to death. In fact I began to get sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/25 "2005-06-19T18:01:41Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Imperial Valley, California, right on the border with Mexico, but inland in the desert. Whew. Fortunately, I can’t imagine I will ever have a reason to go to Imperial Valley, CA. Although it’s nice and sunny today, my favorite weather is cool and foggy. I’m from San Francisco, and it makes me feel right at home. Nice and gray. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/26 "2005-06-19T18:15:48Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > \At least it’s sunny today. I think the pavement is going to start sprouting soon. Probably - I’ve started seeing mushrooms here and there. (Note to those not from here - Calgary is _not_ a mushroom town. We’re practically desert usually.) I’ve also been seeing black strippy things on some of the roads - I suspect that those are patches that have washed out. Deerfoot is lousy with them. I have never seen that before. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/27 "2005-06-19T20:16:25Z")
Jesus H. Christ! It was hot last night. I knew the night was gonna be a sweater so I appropriate the living room fan. Three fans going full blast with no AC - I decided to go Full Monty - No clothes at all, even bedclothes. In addition, I switched fore to aft frequently, so as not to sleep in my own dippings. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/28 "2005-06-19T20:39:08Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Probably - I’ve started seeing mushrooms here and there. (Note to those not from here - Calgary is _not_ a mushroom town. We’re practically desert usually.) I’ve also been seeing black strippy things on some of the roads - I suspect that those are patches that have washed out. Deerfoot is lousy with them. I have never seen that before. I was just downtown – Talisman Park is under about four feet of water and one of the bridges to Princes Island Park has washed away. This is officially nuts. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/29 "2005-06-19T21:44:38Z")
Oddly, although Northern Nevada at this time of year is typically hot and dry, it’s been cool and dampish. And NOAA keeps threatening us with snow. In June. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/30 "2005-06-20T00:04:52Z")
A week or so ago, I spent two nights in Yellowstone National Park, where it proceeded to rain the entire time – except for the part where it snowed. May I clarify that I was camping? In a mostly-mesh 3-season tent? It was quite chilly and wet. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/31 "2005-06-20T00:38:15Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > A week or so ago, I spent two nights in Yellowstone National Park, where it proceeded to rain the entire time – except for the part where it snowed. > > May I clarify that I was camping? In a mostly-mesh 3-season tent? It was quite chilly and wet. A couple years ago when I moved across the country, my bf-at-the-time and I camped for a night in Yellowstone. There was snow on the ground. It was FUCKING FREEZING. This would have been at the tail end of June. FREEZING COLD. I don’t think we got any sleep, we were both shivering so much. Almost enough to make me reconsider my lifelong dream of living up in the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/32 "2005-06-20T00:46:56Z")
Sunny and perfect here in the north of Michigan this fathers day. Temperature is a flat 80.0f I’d have a better story, but I had to work. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/33 "2005-06-20T03:46:55Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > A week or so ago, I spent two nights in Yellowstone National Park, where it proceeded to rain the entire time – except for the part where it snowed. > > May I clarify that I was camping? In a mostly-mesh 3-season tent? It was quite chilly and wet. On a trip from California to Iowa we got snowed on in Jackson Hole, WY on the 4th of July. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/34 "2005-06-20T13:18:49Z")
Yes, but David - Wyoming only has about three weeks of summer, and they usually occur some time in August. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LilyValy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LilyValy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyValy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/35 "2005-06-20T16:26:37Z")
So it is hot and dry here. Temperature hovers around 100 during the day, drops to 80 at night. We have a nice breeze that comes through and takes the edge off. No rain to report for the past week and it doesn’t look like we will get any this coming week. Like to come visit? Oh, I forgot to mention the tornadoes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/36 "2005-06-20T16:57:24Z")
Wow - I walked through Prince’s Island Park this morning, and it’s still underwater. I can’t believe how high and fast the river still is. Anyway, it’s turned nice here now. We had a beautiful sunny, warm day yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/37 "2005-06-20T17:44:49Z")
Living in #7 on **Tapioca’s** list, Houston, we figured we’ll go somewhere to cool off in July, all the way down to Orlando at #9. Joy. I think our May was one of the driest on record and June’s brought no relief. Every night I have to hand water all the container and hanging baskets, plus spots where the sprinkler system can’t keep up. I guess it’s best described as _manageably brutal_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827/38 "2005-06-21T14:20:08Z")
Sorry, **lieu** - Alberta got all your water, apparently. If it makes you feel any better, we would have been more than willing to share. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-trade-stories-about-our-cold-and-wet-for-your-hot-and-dry/308827.md?page=1)