It’s two miles from the coast, so most of the time it’s great.
I consider lake days as my escape from technology and IT work. I’m extremely glad we live where we do, even if the weather doesn’t usually give a great day like that.
CraigM
5304
It’s now 106, and I’m just chilling here under my cherry tree while the kids are in the kiddie pool (also partially in shade)
Fortunately the cherries are very ripe, so I’ve picked and eaten about a pound of them.
It’s not too terrible in the shade. Got a nice breeze going right now.
Honestly other than just generally being hot it’s a pretty nice day. Got a book, made a veggie hummus wrap with veggies from the garden, eating cherries straight off the tree by the handful, in the shade, with a choice beverage. There are worse ways to spend a day.
87% humidity where I’m at right now. I don’t think we get a day outside the coldest in winter where it’s under 50. :)
But it’s really hot for you guys right now, stay safe.
CraigM
5306
There is a reason I don’t live in Florida :)
And honestly Chicago isn’t much behind that most summers either.
Usually we are at our most humid in Fall through Spring.
magnet
5308
Chicago hasn’t had a 100-degree day since 2012! And 106 was actually the high during the deadly heat wave of 1995.
LeeAbe
5309
Humidity is only 35% on my deck, but I went to sit outside and it’s stifling out there. Is it September yet? Usually I am saying that in August, it’s going to be a long summer.
Cold beer will help.
LeeAbe
5310
That hasn’t worked as well as I hoped. Too big of a volume of water. My office’s temperature, where the tank is, has reached 86° today. The tank temp has followed. A 10% water change lowers the temp a few degrees but it builds back up quicker than I expected. I guess I need more bags of ice in there.
Interestingly, a large portion of the snails have moved to the lid, even though it’s no cooler outside.
I might have to move the AC to my office tomorrow. Fish are alive, but most didn’t eat.
WTF??? Latest model has 118(!!!) in Seattle tomorrow
But it will be a dry heat!
If you’re using cubes of ice in a ziploc bag, the air in the bag might be acting as an insulator. Try filling the bag with ice then adding water to give you more surface area. The easiest thing would be to just freeze a ziploc bag full of water, though.
JMR
5314
Time to practice your high density altitude takeoffs and landings in MSFS!
Considering it’s not even July, 118 feels a bit apocalyptic.
Curse those dastardly scientists! They didn’t even try to warn us!
LeeAbe
5316
People are so weird. I saw a much older Indian lady going for a walk. In a long winter coat, fully zipped up. It was over 80°.
If anyone looks up at the sun and see’s this , be afraid!
Here we are the day after the day that the mercury officially hit 108 F in Portland, which beat the previous record of 107 from 1981* and some time in the 1940s I believe. But that same new record will fall today. The official temp here will almost certainly go over 110, and may hit 114-115 in spots. The same is forecast for tomorrow, because tonight’s temp will only drop to 80, and that at around 5-6 in the AM tomorrow. Tuesday will “only” have a high of 95. Thank goodness for A/C. Here’s hoping our power grid holds up.
*which I remember was in August, not before the end of June.
Nesrie
5319
Well we managed to keep it under 75 throughout most the house yesterday. The mini splits are working overtime but they’re young and healthy. The 25 year old Central cooling the rest of the house… well I am hoping to squeeze another year or two out of that thing.
I painted the upstairs guest room and finally am well on the way to having a room for guests which also means if it goes out, she can take that or anyone else who loses it in this at least 2 weeks worth of horrific heat we’re having.
Water is on voluntary restriction right now due to no chlorine and… no one is doing it of course. We’re not Klamath yet but we do have three dried up lakes which I think are technically labeled reservoirs.
Every puff of smoke in the area freaks half of us out and about a quarter seem to have amnesia from last year because they keep asking why people are so worried… it’s rage inducing.
