Heat Wave...

[dfergie]

Its 104 here... how hot is it where you are at?

 

[mdonnelly]

97 Friday
98 Saturday
99 Sunday
New record highs each day. I was really worried about today, but:
86 today

 

[Neutron]

Upper 90s here. I forgot how hot it can get here. We set a couple of records as well.

 

[dfergie]

Upper 90s here. I forgot how hot it can get here. We set a couple of records as well.

And you have humidity to go along with the heat... Supposed to be over 100 again today, 4th day officially but most of last week was at 98 and 99 bumping 100...

 

[Mr Tony]

balmy 62 today in Duluth, MN and 57 tomorrow
(love that lake breeze)

 

[dfergie]

It doesnt even get down to 62 now at night...

 

[Neutron]

Same here.

I'd gladly trade you that dry heat for the humidity we suffer through dfergie!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Hell I would be happy if it got above 65 here and I also wish it would STOP RAINING.

 

[dfergie]

Hell I would be happy if it got above 65 here and I also wish it would STOP RAINING.

heh, heh... We could use some of that rain... (something about hot days...drys things out... )

 

[Mr Tony]

Hell I would be happy if it got above 65 here and I also wish it would STOP RAINING.

we had that all last week

 

[Neutron]

We could DEFINATELY use some of that rain here!! We're already over 6 inches below normal for the year.

 

[charper1]

Same here.

I'd gladly trade you that dry heat for the humidity we suffer through dfergie!

No way for me! I'll take 110 and 10% humidity over 90 and 100% ANY day! I have lived in the south, midwest and southwest and those with the humidity and rain can KEEP IT please!

Forecast Conditions High/Low °F

May 24

Sunny 106°/72°

Wed May 25

Sunny 104°/71°

Thu May 26

Sunny 102°/69°

Fri May 27

Mostly Sunny 102°/69°

Sat May 28

Mostly Sunny 100°/69°

 

[dfergie]

No way for me! I'll take 110 and 10% humidity over 90 and 100% ANY day! I have lived in the south, midwest and southwest and those with the humidity and rain can KEEP IT please!

Yup, high temps are much easier to take at Low humidity...

 

[charper1]

High humidity is what suppresses high air temps, but it causes the majority of heat related illnesses and injuries; you just can't cool off with no evaporation.

 

[Bunnyman]

Yeah, but it's a dry heat....

Sunday it was 109 here in Phoenix, 106 today.

Relative humidity is rock-bottom, though. On Sunday it was 7%.

Highest temp I've experienced here was 119 degrees in 1995. I've seen the humidity down to 3%, the lowest they can reliably measure it, so it might have been even lower than that.

What's 119 degrees feel like? Take a hair dryer, turn it on High and point it toward your face. It feels EXACTLY like that.

But I would take high temps over high humidity every time.

 

[charper1]

Hey Bunny, where in PHX? I am in the east valley near Val Vista & Elliot. Hottest I have ever been in here was 121 and really past 110 its really all the same. I was in a 103 degree day in Memphis, TN at 100% humidity and that was far worse than the 121 in AZ.

 

[dfergie]

Yeah, we get 110 plus days in June... Was fishing on the Rio Grande In June a few Years back, In the shade the Thermometers said 128 and when we left and signed out at the Ranger station, they said they had recorded 125... spent lots of time in the water that trip... Btw forecast for today is 105...

 

[Neutron]

No way for me! I'll take 110 and 10% humidity over 90 and 100% ANY day! I have lived in the south, midwest and southwest and those with the humidity and rain can KEEP IT please!

Forecast Conditions High/Low °F

May 24

Sunny 106°/72°

Wed May 25

Sunny 104°/71°

Thu May 26

Sunny 102°/69°

Fri May 27

Mostly Sunny 102°/69°

Sat May 28

Mostly Sunny 100°/69°

I meant that I would trade the humidity for the dry weather. Been a long day already.

 

[dfergie]

Might oughta bring a coat for Saturday... gonna be cool...
Just checked my 5 day... 99 Wed and dropping to 80's for Thursday and Friday... Brrrrr.....

 

[Bunnyman]

Hey Charper, I'm in north central PHX near 19th Avenue and W. Glendale Ave.
Nice to make contact with another PHX person!

I agree, high humidity sucks. I used to live in Washington DC and often in the summertime we would get the "daily double" - temperature and humidity both at 98. Those days were so incredibly miserable, 115 degrees and dry was much more tolerable.