First Heat Wave of the summer

[queenlillian1962]

And I'm melting. Tomorrow my butts at the beach. I may even dip my big toe in Long Island Sound.

[Chachma v'Oz]

Before summer officially started we'd already had a dozen days over 100°.

On average we have 70 days of at least 100°, 35 days of at least 105° and seven days of at least 110°. I suspect we'll have higher than usual temperatures this year, again. We're in the about the middle of what's turned into a 30-year drought and it seems to get hotter and hotter.

[queenlillian1962]

Before summer officially started we'd already had a dozen days over 100°.

On average we have 70 days of at least 100°, 35 days of at least 105° and seven days of at least 110°. I suspect we'll have higher than usual temperatures this year, again. We're in the about the middle of what's turned into a 30-year drought and it seems to get hotter and hotter.

I don't deal with heat above 90 well, I don't know how anybody in the south and west do it.

[SivVulk]

today in Toronto it was 38 C (100 F).. considering my comfort zone ends at 25C (77 F) I was not a happy camper. On the bright side we had a nice thunderstorm today.

[86Dùde]

This shit is a cake walk compared to last year. 96 F? Pfft, it was 113 this time last year.

[queenlillian1962]

today in Toronto it was 38 C (100 F).. considering my comfort zone ends at 25C (77 F) I was not a happy camper. On the bright side we had a nice thunderstorm today.

Actually Hubby is sick from the heat. I can take the lower 80's but not this 90-100 we have now.

[Šñøü†ê®]

Before summer officially started we'd already had a dozen days over 100°.

THAT IS A DRY HEAT THOUGH.

[Chachma v'Oz]

So is the oven in your kitchen. Set it at 100°+, curl up in there and see how you like it. I'll check on you every few hours.

[86Dùde]

Add in the gulf moisture blowing hellbent out of TexAs and it's like an air tunnel from hell around here. 117 last year, just 5 degrees from the all time record high.

[Šñøü†ê®]

So is the oven in your kitchen. Set it at 100°+, curl up in there and see how you like it. I'll check on you every few hours.

ANTI-SEMITE ALERT!

Add in the gulf moisture blowing hellbent out of TexAs and it's like an air tunnel from hell around here. 117 last year, just 5 degrees from the all time record high.

HOLY SHIT ALERT!

[86Dùde]

It was bad, really bad. It was over 100 for 6 weeks. I removed debris in Joplin MO in that heat. Red cross workers etc were dropping like flies.

[302Riz]

It was the high 90's in NYC, but it could have been much worse. People tend to overreact a bit.

[queenlillian1962]

Add in the gulf moisture blowing hellbent out of TexAs and it's like an air tunnel from hell around here. 117 last year, just 5 degrees from the all time record high.

I'd never survive a summer in the South.

[queenlillian1962]

It was bad, really bad. It was over 100 for 6 weeks. I removed debris in Joplin MO in that heat. Red cross workers etc were dropping like flies.

You're a local so you probably have some resistance to the heat. Red Cross worker,who knows where they come from. If they were from the north, I can understand them dropping like flies.

[86Dùde]

I'd never survive a summer in the South.

But the trick is we're in a drought, a bad one. The ground is turning to dirt. The plants no longer hold much water so the humidity is lower. It's actually a dry heat so it's bearable. I was working out side in 106 degrees last Wednesday and hardly broke a sweat.

[86Dùde]

You're a local so you probably have some resistance to the heat. Red Cross worker,who knows where they come from. If they were from the north, I can understand them dropping like flies.

This was almost unprecedented. The record high for the city 80 miles south of Joplin was 122 degrees in 1936. In the same town during the clean up it hit 117 degrees. 5 months earlier the snow pack was 2 to 3 feet and broke most records at -24. That's almost a 100 degree temperature swing which was jaw dropping.

[antiquity]

Here in my part of the country, we haven't had a day above 70. Mostly around 65-68.