Last Summer seemed to be cool and wet here last year. (But then, I missed six weeks of it because I had a horrible cold followed by laryngitis.)
Summers were commonly in the 100s when I lived in the Mojave Desert. It didn’t bother me much, because the humidity was so low and swamp coolers do a heck of a job most of the time. August sucked because it was monsoon season. Hot and wet.
I’ll be in Seattle tomorrow. Oh, boy! In the (probably) record heat! See, I moved up here because it was too hot in L.A. …
Sea-Tac airport reporting 102, Seattle Times shows their sign at 104. Lows expected to be above 70. Expect this to last a few more days, then drop to the 80’s.
We aren’t used to it. We’re all melting here. Absolutely quiet in the neighborhood. Nobody out there doing anything. 'Course I’m not doing anything anyway.
It’s been cool and wet all July here in southern Ohio. I don’t think the temperature has made it above 90 this entire month. It was like this last summer too. I’m not expecting August to be any different.
Rainiest month in recorded history here in Ottawa. Just fucking lovely. My wife heard on the radio that we’ve only had 6 days without rain in all of July. And there’s still more to come.
Have a look at the problems these folks are having.
I haven’t had a summer off in, what 30 something years, and due to the economy and my hopefully temporary unemployment, I was looking forward to a little leisure activity this year. Instead I’ve been cooped up with two bored and complaining kids.
Well crap. Seattle, 94; Denver, 61 and raining. I think somebody’s a little mixed up.
Oh, and Texas? We’ve got your rain!
When my son went to school in Cleveland he reported, with amazement, that in Cleveland people do not have to water their lawns in the summer. Well, I’m in Denver, and I had the sprinkler turned on, but turned it right back off more than a month ago. I almost turned it on again this week, but once again–didn’t need to!
I do have to water the tomatoes. They’re in a container.
My carefully planned back yard xeriscape is not doing too well either. I may have to cover it.
Today it’s kind of hot (mid-80s), sort of rainy, and definitely humid (93%). Last week we had a day in the 60s (a dry day, mind you), and on Monday the river down the street from me flooded part of our road. Mostly it’s been cooler and a hell of a lot rainier than it usually is. For the past three months it’s rained more days each month than it hasn’t.
37 degrees (Celsius) according to my car, at 4:37 p.m. today in the Oak Bay area of Victoria.
I’m sorry, Leaffan, I wish I could give you some of this summer.
I just took the dog for a (slow) walk around the block, and came in sweating. If we didn’t have air conditioning, I’d be miserable. As it is, I am grateful.
Yeah, we’ve all been following your weather reports Savannah. We seem to have entered a parallel universe where East is West and West is East. We’ll give you Dalton McGuinty if you want?
I don’t want Dalton McGuinty, but I will take some lovely fall colour come October instead. Our leaves mostly just turn brown–it’s really rare to get nice fall colours.
:::hot summer nights:::bright summer days::: on their way to you…
It’s 62 here, at 10 a.m. 62 in Iowa on a July morning. We finally got some rain though. The ground was starting to crack.
Son called from Seattle last night. He said he’s been looking for a portable A/C unit but every place he’s called is out of stock.
The A/C in his 95 Mustang doesn’t work, which I think is a good thing because he’s sunk a lot of money in that car and it’s time to trade it in. This’ll be his incentive, maybe.
It’s supposed to be cooler today. MSNBC is reporting 72ºF. Telecommuting today, so no air conditioned office for me. I have half of the French door open, with a box fan blowing in. (The same configuration as when I went to bed last night.) I opened the exterior door to one of the back bedrooms, so I’m hoping for some circulation. It still feels a bit stuffy in here. A bit humid.
It is 57° and raining in Denver right now. Normally, we’d be in the high 80’s and very dry. We’ve had over 3.5" of rain in July, more that 1.5" over the average. June was the second wettest month on record.
This is very unusual. The temps have been a bit cooler than normal, but not by much. The highs have been about average but the lows have been lower than normal. I wonder what the record is for the lowest high temperature on July 30th in Denver? I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw snow in the high mountains today and tonight.