How hot is it where you are?

Peter7100

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There appears to be a lot coverage on our news channels of extreme temperatures in several parts of the Nothern Hemisphere. Here in Scotland we have had several glorious weeks now with the mercury reaching 29c or 84f in the last few days (the typical average for July is 18c or 64f). Now I know you lucky people that live in places like Florida, probably see that as a cool day :cool:, but is there anywhere else having unusually high temperatures.
 

Marilynne

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Right now in southern Florida it's 93 with a feels like of 106. The west coast (CA, WA, etc...) is hotter than us.
 

TwistedThrottle

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Washington State, (east side for me) has been very hot, very dry and very miserable with all the smoke in the air from all the fires on all sides of us. Today is going to be over 100. Some of our over night lows have been higher than our average highs. We just got bumped into the worst category for drought, some are even being told when they can and cant use water. Very weird this year, to say the least. In the last couple of months, there have only been a couple days at or barely below average, the rest have all been above average, sometimes by as much as over 40 degrees, reaching 114 degrees back in June, (monthly avg. 74). Dozens and dozens of deaths have been attributed to the heat in our state as well. Without air conditioning, some of these multistory apartments are death traps, especially for the weak or elderly. Fingers crossed, it changes soon!
 
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nikonpup

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​​​​â€â€‹----Heat has been a pain, I am 77 and have to run my AC 24/7 :-(
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​​​​-----â​----I am up in the hill of Eastern Washington. I am a little cooler than
TwistedThrottle. What little work I do outside is in the morning.
 

Whiskeyman

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I live in Florida, way out west in the Panhandle, and we're just starting to get temps in the low-to-mid 90's (F) in the last week. Up until then, our Summer had been quite mild. What people are apt to complain about most around here is the humidity.

I am not complaining, though; I worked for a while in the Middle East, and I promised that I'd never complain about the heat in Florida again. There were days over there when daybreak would have temps in the near-100 F vicinity, with fog.

I hope everyone here stays safe form the severe weather in their area.

Wayne
 

hark

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I live in Pennsylvania and we've already experienced several heat waves (at least 3 or more days with temps at or above 90-degrees F). When the heat index is factored in, many of those days feel like it's above 100-degrees. This entire area is accustomed to getting really hot temps in the summer along with numerous hurricanes (and once in a while a tornado) plus lately during the winters we usually experience at least one storm with snow totals between 10-18" - as well as smaller snow storms. We live within an hour of the New Jersey shore. With that comes storms that are called Nor-easters. They are strong, violently windy storms that can bring hurricanes during warm months and snowy super storms in winter - the ones with heavy, wet snow. :(
 

BeegRhob

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It has been about 55-60F the last few days in Anchorage. A week or so ago it got up to 75F or so and it was unbearable! lol A/C is not much of a thing here, so we have to open windows. It probably was 90 or so inside here, fans help quite a bit. I don't know how some of y'all do it, with actual high temps! Hang in there, and be safe!

Rob
 

Dawg Pics

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We are getting a small break from the heat. It has been cloudy to overcast for a few days. We even had some rain last night. :eek:

High of around 97F/36C expected tomorrow, which is normal for this time of year.
 

spb_stan

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Here in North western Russia, in St Petersburg, this last month is the hottest in recorded history. Since 1728 weather measurements of temp, humidity, wind, and visibility every hour, this is the warmest with least rain. The city is within 500 miles of the Arctic Circle. No rrain, and a number of days over 100F and average daytime temp has been 89F. The stunning parks and flowers everywhere in the city(600 well maintained parks in the city limits) are not watered in the summer due to the periodic rain and moderate temperatures historically. The beaches were busy well into the wee hours. Few people have air conditions because it was never needed. In the historic city center where I live the walls are 3 feet thick of brick or stone so they act as moderators of heat and cold. This year those masses reached enough stored heat to prevent much of a cool down at night.
I am returning to California in mid September for 3-4 weeks and spend most of that time in the central valley where temperatures usually got to 115 in the summer and that will be a shock to me after not dealing with that since moving from Sacramento in the central valley to Marin country just about San Francisco for 1/2 time living and the mountains of Eastern California where I had a horse ranch. My main business was in Sausalito right next to the SF Bay where it never got over 82. My 200 mile commute was usually done at night and avoided the heat, or by air which avoid the heat as well. I flew my Piper Arrow from Placerville hill mountain top airport to the Marin airport in Novato 12 miles north of my home and recording studio main business, and avoided the valley heat most of my adult life. One of my side businesses was contracting with 3 Forest Service National Forests to provide service of their two way radio systems and provide support for the yearly forest fires. We had some bad years of forest fires but never like the most recent 10 years. Now on this return I expect to visit the high country where I had so many friends and fond memories and will be surprised if anything is still standing. Northern Hemisphere climate has definitely changed. The warming trend in Northern Russia has been welcome with shorter winters an a lot more sun but this is the first year locals have complained about too warm and too short of winter. The longer growing season has allowed expansion of agricultural regions and becoming the biggest wheat producer, and soon the biggest producer of beef and poultry and the worlds largest exporter of all organic non-GMO food overall from being a net importer just a few years ago to being the largest exporter.
 
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