# What do you think of the heat this summer?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 16, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-heat-this-summer/987098 "2023-07-16T05:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-heat-this-summer/987098/75 "2023-09-01T18:46:09Z")

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> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#):
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> I realized that this summer, though hot, is most likely to be one of the coolest summers I experience in the rest of my life. What do you think of that?

You post this in JULY?!?

Yeah, here in SoCal, _June_ was pretty nice. July and August got DAMN hot.

And overall, its has been _fucking hot-_  
[https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hot-extreme-summer-halfway-101867967](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hot-extreme-summer-halfway-101867967)

> **[Inside America’s scorching summer, in three charts | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/us/us-extreme-heat-dg/index.html)**
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> It’s been a scorching summer for many Americans, with millions living in areas under extreme heat.

> **[US faces hottest week of summer as more than 260 million sizzle from...](https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/us-hottest-week-of-summer-250-million-extreme-temperatures)**
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> Millions of Americans from the West Coast to Florida are under either Excessive Heat Warnings or Heat Advisories as temperatures soar. Heat alerts are likely to expand as the heat builds across the U.S.

> [@Velocity](#):
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> Texas has been awful. A few days ago it briefly hit 113 degrees here in Austin, one afternoon.

AZ was worse.

And please see my thread-

> [@Move ... then roast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-then-roast/988522/67):
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> We pay something like $3,000 - but that’s for 3 adults (one living in a separate 1,000 sq. ft. suite), and no gas. So, based on just square footage alone, I don’t think our bills are out-of line.

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