Lived in the lower Rio Grande Valley(Texas) when I was young. Not young anymore and not down there. But visited my Dad in 2017. That was the year that they shut down a major airport in AZ because it was 127 degrees and the asphalt was liquifying. It was 107 where I was. But breezy and the humidity wasn't bad. We would sit out in the shade in the afternoons and be comfortable. If you are in a HOT area remember, the lowest temperature is usually early in the morning. Afternoon is the worst. Why do you think people in Mexico would take a siesta in the afternoon and eat late? kathy in MS
Sounds to me like the day may evolve into getting some outside work done before temps rise to the point of sweating to get it done ! Three days in a row? Maybe you need to quickly decide on a "summertime" project while it's cool!
It has been cold here, too...and rainy. But I will take it over the 106 degrees from summer of '21. We live across the state from you at a lower elevation.
Had to light up the wood stove to get the chill out here in N Idaho. Lucky potatoes are pretty tolerant, I will for sure check out those bags for next year, mine are in a raised bed along with all the others that have volunteered that I missed last season.
Note about climate change: Now that I am a senior, I am really sick of hearing about Climate Change. It changes day to day, season to season, decade to decade. When I was a teen in California I remember torrential downpours, then almost nothing, now, again torrential downpours. You can't determine how the climate is changing because it is not permanent and not just in a particular moment in time. How long have we been able to actually measure climate? What? maybe 150 years or less, I am pretty sure that climate has been doing it's thing for longer than that. I like to give the example of dinosaurs. Apparently there are a lot of fossils of them in Montana, not exactly a lush place and really cold. What did they eat, I will say a lot of plants kinda like Hawaii. So what was the climate back then? I always get ignored on that one.
I had to google to translate to Celcius (Australian). You have to be kidding me!! It's Winter here and only down to 42F at night at the lowest. How on earth do you deal with those temps in Summer? Mind boggles.
Two years ago I was googling trying to find an old fashioned waterbed. Those things would help you sleep cool when it was hot ! Never found one, but keep looking at tents for sleeping on the cool deck spot if it gets really hot. Someone needs to invent a cooling blanket or pad like a heating blanket but cool. Better yet, those old water beds need to make a come back. With thermostat.
Been 106 to 108 here in South Texas!
ReplyDeleteLived in the lower Rio Grande Valley(Texas) when I was young.
DeleteNot young anymore and not down there. But visited my Dad in 2017. That was the year that they shut down a major airport in AZ because it was 127 degrees and the asphalt was liquifying. It was 107 where I was. But breezy and the humidity wasn't bad. We would sit out in the shade in the afternoons and be comfortable.
If you are in a HOT area remember, the lowest temperature is usually early in the morning. Afternoon is the worst. Why do you think people in Mexico would take a siesta in the afternoon and eat late?
kathy in MS
Sounds to me like the day may evolve into getting some outside work done before temps rise to the point of sweating to get it done ! Three days in a row? Maybe you need to quickly decide on a "summertime" project while it's cool!
ReplyDeleteIt has been cold here, too...and rainy. But I will take it over the 106 degrees from summer of '21. We live across the state from you at a lower elevation.
ReplyDeleteNot much different in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
ReplyDeleteCLIMATE CHANGE!
ReplyDeleteHad to light up the wood stove to get the chill out here in N Idaho. Lucky potatoes are pretty tolerant, I will for sure check out those bags for next year, mine are in a raised bed along with all the others that have volunteered that I missed last season.
ReplyDeleteNote about climate change:
Now that I am a senior, I am really sick of hearing about Climate Change. It changes day to day, season to season, decade to decade. When I was a teen in California I remember torrential downpours, then almost nothing, now, again torrential downpours. You can't determine how the climate is changing because it is not permanent and not just in a particular moment in time. How long have we been able to actually measure climate? What? maybe 150 years or less, I am pretty sure that climate has been doing it's thing for longer than that. I like to give the example of dinosaurs. Apparently there are a lot of fossils of them in Montana, not exactly a lush place and really cold. What did they eat, I will say a lot of plants kinda like Hawaii. So what was the climate back then? I always get ignored on that one.
I had to google to translate to Celcius (Australian). You have to be kidding me!! It's Winter here and only down to 42F at night at the lowest. How on earth do you deal with those temps in Summer? Mind boggles.
ReplyDeleteTwo summers ago, we routinely had temps upward of 107F (42C). Believe me, I'll take cool over hot any day of the week. I don't do well in hot temps.
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Two years ago I was googling trying to find an old fashioned waterbed. Those things would help you sleep cool when it was hot ! Never found one, but keep looking at tents for sleeping on the cool deck spot if it gets really hot. Someone needs to invent a cooling blanket or pad like a heating blanket but cool. Better yet, those old water beds need to make a come back. With thermostat.
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