28 straight days over 100 here so far

We are in the upper 90's..100 degree days are coming later this week..

2011 we had 71 days of 100+ and they did not include the 90 degree days before and after!!
 

fuzzybuddy said:
I've never lived in a desert zone. When I hear about 100+ temps, all I can think of is how in the hell do they get in their cars, without frying the skin off their bones.????????
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100 in the desert is waaaaay different from 100 in the NE US. I've lived both places. Due to the blessing of low humidity, 100 in the desert is hot but bearable. 100 in the tri-state area (where I grew up) is damnably uncomfortable.

Most people have either leather or fabric auto upholstery so it doesn't burn our skin. Smart folks avoid black auto interiors like the plague they are.

On very hot days I bring a damp rag into my car. Before getting in I wipe down the steering wheel and other areas my skin will touch. I bring water with me and always have a few single-use bottles rattling around under my seat, just in case. Hot water being better than no water.

Open the windows, crank the AC and in two minutes the car is a comfortable temperature.
 
I remember driving across the country about 20 years ago and Going through Phoenix Arizona in the summer time, I actually felt that my brain was going to burst into flames as I did not have a hat on that day. So I went quickly from the car to the restaurant and thank goodness the restaurant was air conditioned. I canā€™t imagine living in that type of environment continually. I do live in Florida right now but I think itā€™s more of a moist heat here where in Arizona it is just dry as a bone and pure heat similar to Las Vegas.
 
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treeguy64 said:
To 911:

When I first moved to Austin, in '78, the weather was great, year-round. I can't remember having scorching, humid summers, until the last ten years, or so, and I work outside.

Global warming is a fact. I give a rat's behind if it's man-made or part of a natural cycle. I suspect both play into it.

Why I have stayed here, is that I became a victim of my own success. Anyone who keeps up on the favorable business climate (pun?) of major US cities knows that Austin consistently ranks at the top or very near it.

By the time this city started to suck, hard, because of horrible traffic, air, water, expenses and weather, I was on easy street, financially, and not inclined to simply pick up stakes, and move. I think many people are similarly trapped in their earlier, chosen cities.

With retirement time here, I can now decide where I'm moving to, to escape this Hell. I can only hope that new, hot weather doesn't follow me to my more northern destination choice.
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Wait a minute. From what I have read from the NOAA, the average mean temperature of the 48 contiguous U.S. has risen 2 degrees in the past 140 years. Go here: global.climate.gov.

So, if this is true, or I should say correct, this means that in the past 40 years that you have lived there, the temperature has risen only .06 of 1.0 degrees. (This figure is only approximate.) I donā€™t think that you would even notice the difference of a half degree.
 
911 said:
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Wait a minute. From what I have read from the NOAA, the average mean temperature of the 48 contiguous U.S. has risen 2 degrees in the past 140 years. Go here: global.climate.gov.

So, if this is true, or I should say correct, this means that in the past 40 years that you have lived there, the temperature has risen only .06 of 1.0 degrees. (This figure is only approximate.) I donā€™t think that you would even notice the difference of a half degree.
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With all due respect: Stats show what they show. Average mean temps are what they are. What I'm experiencing are these scorching summers that did not exist when I first got here. Maybe the cold winters, the few we've had, have effected the stats, but I know what I'm going through, with the summers, these days. Statistics don't lie, if they are correct. However they don't tell the whole story, experientially. Just ask any of my Texas friends, in here.
 
treeguy64 said:
With all due respect: Stats show what they show. Average mean temps are what they are. What I'm experiencing are these scorching summers that did not exist when I first got here. Maybe the cold winters, the few we've had, have effected the stats, but I know what I'm going through, with the summers, these days. Statistics don't lie, if they are correct. However they don't tell the whole story, experientially. Just ask any of my Texas friends, in here.
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Agree. "Weather weirding" affects some areas more than others. While the planet's average air temperature has risen some 2 degrees, in some places recent changes are hardly noticeable and in others it is quite dramatic.
 
treeguy64 said:
With all due respect: Stats show what they show. Average mean temps are what they are. What I'm experiencing are these scorching summers that did not exist when I first got here. Maybe the cold winters, the few we've had, have effected the stats, but I know what I'm going through, with the summers, these days. Statistics don't lie, if they are correct. However they don't tell the whole story, experientially. Just ask any of my Texas friends, in here.
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Yes, the very intense heat that we are dealing with right now is something that I've never experienced before. When I walk out on my covered patio in the afternoon, my eyes burn! ?? (It faces the SE) I can't stay out in the afternoon sun but a few minutes before I will start to feel the heat burning my skin now. ... And I never burn, or haven't in the past.
It's easy to get light-headed and nauseated these days around here. ... It's an all new and different summer heat then in the past.
 

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