# June 24 Are you still waiting for the heat of a summer to start? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377 "2010-06-24T17:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/1 "2010-06-24T17:15:38Z")
Are you still waiting for the summer heat to show up around your area? I’m not asking if you like hot weather, just is it still not happening for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/2 "2010-06-24T17:25:57Z")
Today is hot and humid. A couple weeks ago I bought a new air conditioner to go in the living room. I think today is the day that I finally get it out of the box and put it in the window. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/3 "2010-06-24T18:02:33Z")
Your answers are contradictory within your poll. “Are you waiting for the heat to start”? If the answer is “Yes”, then you are still waiting and are still only warm at best. If the answer is “No”, then you are not waiting and the heat should be here. But your poll answers are exactly the opposite of what they should be. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/4 "2010-06-24T18:19:12Z")
High 99 today. I’m already tired of summer. ---
**Author:** ![Kickback\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@Kickback\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kickback_Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/5 "2010-06-24T18:22:43Z")
Waiting for heat? Not here in AZ. It is not even noon yet and the thermometer outside the house says it is over 100. :eek: Where is the sweaty smilie? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/6 "2010-06-24T18:25:15Z")
> [@Kickback\_Joe](#): > > Waiting for heat? Not here in AZ. It is not even noon yet and the thermometer outside the house says it is over 100. :eek: > > Where is the sweaty smilie? Yeah, it’s been Florida hot here since late April / early May. It’s been what some northern’s states might call hot for a bit longer than that. Which is what we call “spring time”. Summer always starts by May here, if not much earlier, solstices be damned. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/7 "2010-06-24T18:33:51Z")
Well, I’d say that we have the heat of summer, but it’s mostly warm, not hot. This is London. I wouldn’t want it properly hot all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/8 "2010-06-24T19:34:56Z")
It is definitely typical Toronto weather for this time of year. Starting to be hot, regular thunderstorms to relieve the humidity and cooler nights. I am enjoying it greatly except for the part where I spend too much of it inside. Can someone arrange another earthquake so we get sent outside for a couple hours in the sunshine while they figure out if they want us in the building or not? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/9 "2010-06-24T19:37:54Z")
The answers don’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/10 "2010-06-24T19:46:08Z")
We’ve had two weeks of 90+ and today, they’ve been cutting in on the TV with heat warnings. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/11 "2010-06-24T20:20:30Z")
The two choices make perfect sense to me. Warm is not the hot expected of summer. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/12 "2010-06-24T20:31:04Z")
Last year it was unusually cool all summer in mid-Ohio. This year it has started out hot. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/13 "2010-06-24T20:47:42Z")
80F at 7:00 Ante Meridian in Little Rock. Highs in the 90’s all week. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/14 "2010-06-24T20:56:31Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > The two choices make perfect sense to me. Warm is not the hot expected of summer. The question is > [@](#): > > Are you still waiting for the summer heat to show up around your area? The two answers, logically, say either “Yes [I am still waiting for the summer heat to show up because] the hot is here” or “No [I am no longer waiting for the summer heat to show up because] we are warm at best.” Neither of those statements make sense. If you are waiting for it, it’s not there yet, so the first option makes no sense. By your own statement, warm is not hot, so the second option makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/15 "2010-06-24T21:15:33Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The question is > The two answers, logically, say either “Yes [I am still waiting for the summer heat to show up because] the hot is here” or “No [I am no longer waiting for the summer heat to show up because] we are warm at best.” > > Neither of those statements make sense. If you are waiting for it, it’s not there yet, so the first option makes no sense. By your own statement, warm is not hot, so the second option makes no sense. It makes sense for the people that answered too. Don’t answer the poll then. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/16 "2010-06-24T21:28:45Z")
I just think it’s weird that the question asks, “Are you still waiting” and the answer is “Yes, it’s here.” Shouldn’t it be, “No, the hot is here” and “Yes, I’m still waiting because it’s only warm”? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/17 "2010-06-24T21:38:32Z")
HA. Right now the heat index is 104. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/18 "2010-06-24T21:42:01Z")
Just hit over 75 for the second day in a row here in Portland. We’ve had about five days since September where it was above 75 and sunny. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/19 "2010-06-24T21:45:13Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > HA. Right now the heat index is 104. Dunno where you are, but you either live near me or are having the same weather. Today is _cooler_ because it only hit 99. :rolleyes: That’s with like a bazillion percent humidity, though, so it’ doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377/20 "2010-06-24T21:46:34Z")
It’s been in the mid- to high-90s and very humid for several weeks. I’d say summer has arrived with a vengeance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-24-are-you-still-waiting-for-the-heat-of-a-summer-to-start/544377.md?page=2)