We had 97* yesterday and a cool 90* for a high today.:rolleyes: The humidity is the worst! I like to be able to breathe! We did get some rain this afternoon.
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We had 97* yesterday and a cool 90* for a high today.:rolleyes: The humidity is the worst! I like to be able to breathe! We did get some rain this afternoon.
Per The Weather Channel we topped out at 106 at 2:05 - don't know what the heat index was tho - other than oppressive! It's getting dark out and I can hear thunder in the distance - strong storm warnings are up till 9 p.m. Maybe we'll get a little rain...........
I wish it was hot, even warm would be good. I'd like to stop using my woodstove for at least a little while this year. It's just wrong to need a SAD lamp in July in the Land of the Midnight Sun! We had frost twice last week! Today it's about 58F, raining and cloudy again!
Well, and hour or so ago it finally rained - poured as a matter of fact, and the back yard is flooded with just an island for the little tree and a circle underneath that rises up. I stood on the part of the back patio that is not underwater and tossed some seed out there, and within minutes there were twice as many birds as usually, crammed into 1/3 the space! It's been so dry we needed the rain, we're not as bad off as the places that are in drought but still, I was happy for the rain!
I am so very sorry for those suffering such heat. I wilt very easily with the slightest heat. Keep safe and cool everyone!
We did get some nice rain! Truly, it isn't the heat that gets me, it is the high humidity! It has been weeks now of oppressive heat and heavy humidity. I can't believe I am saying this, but, I welcome the fall....Quote:
Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy
We got .9 inches of rain yesterday & .5 inches of rain last week. Here in the corn, bean & hay belt it is going to be interesting.
I watered my sweet corn with 5 gallon buckets once a day since the drought started & cobs have formed but most without nubbins so don't know what the heat has done to the field corn ear development? The markets are talking $8.00 a bushel corn in September which means higher prices at the grocery stores. The corn can be made into silage but with less food value for the farm animals.
They are comparing this to the drought 1936. Our last drought in this area was back in 1988. The 1988 drought started with hardly any rain in May & June. Then the skies opened with rain that August. We have clay ground here so it holds the moisture like a sponge. Those that have a more sandy ground end up with burned corn. The larger operators that farm thousands of acres took out Federal Crop insurance to cover their investment. Hail also hit not to far from our area yesterday so hopefully those farmers have hail insurance. Some of it was golf ball size large enough to take leaves off of all the plants.
The drought will also have a big affect on trees. Old & young trees are being stressed severely. We have been watering the younger trees & have to haul water to quince their thrust. The gardens aren't as bad off for some reason. A drink of water in the mornings has helped the vine plants, etc.
I have talked to people from all over the country. Texas has had a drought for over a year & a half. Illinois farmers are plowing up their fields & every thing is brown. Minnesota has had monsoon season so plenty of rain there.
It sounds like the heat will be sticking around for a while yet. Am looking forward to winter!!
It's been raining cats and dogs here in East Tennessee, but it was 91 today. Lots of thunderstorms and lots of heat... our grass is growing like crazy!
We had a wicked thunderstorm Wed. after a high of 97F. It was much cooler yesterday, and we're having much-needed steady rain today.
It's been pretty warm, but last night we had a STORM and a half yesterday evening.
I started the grill and boy, was that fun.
The lightning close and the lightning was loud, but the rain - as nice and cooling as it was?
It got so bad that I could not see the house across the street.
A bunch of lightning related problems too!:eek:
Right this minute it is 7.2C/ 44.96 ºF. I fear spring is on the way, the days are getting longer and it is not as cold :(.
It is a hot one here. Not as hot as some days have been but its about 85 with 70% humidity. We went to the park this morning but the sun was just too punishing.
So we are back home and hannah is in the bathtub with nice cool water painting with shaving cream that I mixed with food coloring lol
Big change today - heavy rain showers this morning along with thunder! That usually waits until the afternoon. Still, there were 4 for our walking group, even if we did have to stand under someone's garage eaves to wait out a heavy one. Then we all ducked under a tree some 20 minutes later (the thunder had not been heard for some time), and it teemed again in our last 10 minutes. However, it was fairly warm, even if cooler this morning than usual.
+15 this morning (59F) and going up to 18 (64.4F). It is a relief after the recent heat wave.
Right now (7 AM) it is 72, windy and raining. Cassie was meowing for her breakfast about 30 minutes ago and I think there might have been some hail falling.
Suppose to be around 90* next two days. When will this end?
Today it was 96 with the heat index of 106. We aren't even getting any rain like everyone around us - just a few showers now and then. I get wiped out just walking outside for a few minutes............:(
Well, it hasn't been hot in Germany so far; actually, we had a really bad summer with a lot of rain and dark clouds; it was so depressing. Yesterday was the first day that really felt like summer, with a blue sky, and it was also getting warmer. Today we had temps in the 90s, but no humidity so far, so it was bearable. In fact, I enjoyed it a lot.
Hope that some rain will soon come to all the areas that need it so badly!
Woo-Hoo!!!! It's a glorious day today! Crystal clear blue sky with not a cloud to be seen anywhere - nice breeze blowing - highs forecast for upper 80's and NO humidity. My kind of weather. :D Tomorrow??? - back up in the high 90's and humid. :mad: Well, I suppose even one nice day is better than none...........
It's 70F out tonight (11:30 PM as I am typing this) with a bit of a breeze from the north. I still have the A/C on because the humidity is 75% and since I face the south, I'm not getting any of the breeze. Last night at this time I think it was still 90.
Satan came by and asked for a tray of ice.
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The P.M. showers and t-storms have been awesome.
I live in TX where it's actually abnormal for the temperature to not go above 100 in July. So, I have to put ice bottles outside for my outdoor bunnies. Right now, I think it's inthe upper 90's.
BTW, this is my second post... my last post was 11 years ago! LOL. I guess I forgot about this site all those years.
7.28.12
It was 95 yesterday and has been around that for a week or so. As others have said, the heat is bad but the HUMIDITY makes it even worse. When I take the girls out for a walk, I break out in a sweat immediately and tell them to "hurry up, that mama has to get back to the a/c" LOL. Naturally that does not hurry them at all. Actually LilGirl loves to just lie down & stretch out in the full SUN and Sissy has a tiny attention span-like a gnat I think--& it just takes awhile for them to do their thing. Anyway I'll be glad for at least less humidity.
We had a bad thunderstorm and lots of wind on July 25, blew down trees in my goat lot (goats are ok), mannnny twigs & limbs all around the house & driveway, blew chairs and my swings over, blew part of grape arbor over, many trees down in our area, no power for 6 hrs. It's all fixed now for the most part. I'm thinking "snow" ;) Kay in central NC
We are still frying in my little corner of Kansas. 105 today and 108 tomorrow, then cools down to 103 for Monday. :(
86F right now, but the better news is that it's raining! Actually, it is a storm complete with lightning and thunder. But we have not had a real soaking rainfall for a good week, maybe longer. The only bad part to the storm is that there's a wedding at my church today, and I'm sure the bride and groom weren't expecting rain on the big day. Grrrr.
It's been a lovely weekend in Chicago. Sunny with highs in the mid-70s. I heard about wild fires in northern California, and I know there are some PTers who live there, so I am just hoping that everyone in the western part of the U.S. is okay and not affected by fires.
About 2c at the moment lol.