In the six years we’ve been here, up until early July, the nights would be cool enough to open the windows but this year, the nights were hot even in early June. In previous summers, the day temps would get to about 100° but walking out in the mornings to find mid-60 temps kinda kept you sane even through the hot days. This year, walking out at 6 in the morning, it felt like walking into an oven.
The temps, day and night, late July through early September have me whining about wanting to move somewhere else.
Maybe we’re destined to have so many hot days and nights because here we are, very early August, and our temps have dropped considerably. Yesterday, all day, it was cool enough to have the windows open. Last night’s low was 64°. It feels so good to walk out in 64° vs. walking out into 85° at 6 a.m.
Looking at our extended forecast, I don’t see another day above 96°. It can change. It always does but hope does a lot for a girl who’s sweltering in this heat.
I’ve moaned and groaned for months about the heat. Chad and Nicole are saying “what heat?”
At the moment, on my Accuweather home page, my town is the coolest (speaking in terms of weather!). On my watchlist, in addition to my town, are Hartsville, TN and Mount Vernon, MO.
Weather
I guess I’ll stop complaining about the weather.
And, we had not had a drop of rain since the storm in late May and we got a shower yesterday . . not much but at least it settled the dust.
Chad and I were talking last night about when you’ve lived several places and you end up wanting the best of all the places in one place and you’re never going to get it. Chad says the summers in MO are worse than here because of the humidity . . he’s right. He says the winters there are horrible . . he’s right. Dang it . . he’s not helping my argument with myself about where we should retire. But, at least they’re here for a few days and I’m enjoying all the Addie time I can get!
mjcw@earthlink.net says
The temps you show look down right chilly to me in South Florida! 🙂
carolyn says
When my kids were in middle school they had to do a project on the best places to live in the US that were free of natural disasters and extremes of temperature. It was an impossible task! They concentrated on natural disasters and my oldest chose Hopkinsville, KY and my middle one chose Las Cruces, NM. Can’t remember what the youngest chose. Just goes to show you, you have to pick your poison! I wouldn’t want to live anywhere without seasons or with tornadoes. Some don’t want to live where there are hurricanes. I can deal with them because I know when they’re coming and prepare. Tornadoes are so unpredictable! I guess you just have to be happy where you are!
Sherrill says
I’ve lived in OK or TX most of my life and so grew up with tornadoes but never affected by one. I think you get used to whatever affects your area as I know what to do in case of a tornado. But never would want to live in areas affected by earthquakes..don’t think anywhere’s safe. Judy, I think your perfect place is wherever Chad and family are! 🙂
Kathleen says
Has it really been 6 years? It seems like yesterday when I was reading about your move. My husband and I still get a laugh about Vince telling the air conditioner guy he was ‘tired of coming home to a hot wife’.
Paula (Texas) says
I thought you lived in Texas! Must have got it wrong. I don’t think any where in Texas is in the 60’s right now. As I am typing this it is 10:00PM and 80 degrees outside.
Linda in NE says
July here in Nebraska was hot and miserably humid. We didn’t get more than a sprinkle or two of rain. Areas around us that did get rain also got hail…often big, damaging hail. Sometimes you have to be thankful for what you don’t get. Now that August is here the weather is so unusual for this month. We had a nice inch and a half rain…just that much rain makes the grass and garden look so much better than watering practically day & night for the previous month. The pole beans have finally starting to set on beans! Two nights ago it got down to 48 degrees and today we never topped 70. Still kind of humid, but I can handle this! According to Accuweather our miserable weather should be behind us with the highest predicted temp being 92. Wouldn’t that be nice?