Dave is right....

[Bamamav]

It's too dang HOT to do anything! 98* here today, with a heat index over 100*. Need to do some yard work, had a few things I wanted to do on the Lincoln, but it's just too hot. Literally will take your breath when you first walk out into it. Unlike AZ where Dave is, we have humidity that comes up off the Gulf Coast, making it a sticky hot.

Probably won't get much done from now until Sept when it starts to cool off.

 

[AZRodDave]

You got that right !!!

We have humidity too, though not quite what you get. I spent a summer in Maine, so I know all about that! Tropical storms off the Pacific and Baja California have upped the monsoon season so that it has started early this year.

The saying is, "it's a dry heat," but with all the golf courses, fake lakes in the yuppie developments, and the concrete and asphalt jungle of the big city, it's not like it used to be. More humidity and a big heat bubble that sits over the city and keeps most of the rain away in summertime. Has to be a real whopper to break through that, and then only cools off a little. So yeah, nothing is going to get done until LATE September, maybe even October!!!

It's currently 110 with a breath of breeze. Evap cooler is barely doing anything, and that's all I have in the house. Open the front door and it's like opening the door to an oven! Low of 82 this morning, which was tolerable. So, I am currently keeping vampire hours and hibernating during the daytime. It's even hard to sleep!!! Some folks like the heat, but not this kid ...

 

[Country Misfit]

Went to 100 here today,its only 97 now, I think I"ll go out and cut some grass.

 

[Camo King]

I've been cutting trees out in 90s with 100% humidity. It's hot!! Dripping sweat like a faucet within minutes. Drink a lot of water!

 

[Willowbilly3]

I don't know how you guys live in that heat and humidity. I'd put up with winter any day over hot and humid.

 

[Tripper]

Hot here in Tejas too! I have tons of stuff to do & do it in spurts & have to change shirts 4 or 5 times a day! Gotta keep hydrated though & the bad part is... it's been unusually cool here this year but July & August are blazing hot here! Doesn't cool off until Howl-o-ween!

BoB

 

[21willys]

I've spent some time in the south west, the north east, Arkansas, and Indiana during the summer months. I would much rather spend the time in the south west. It may get way hotter but not near as humid. I have asthma and can handle the dry heat better then the humidity. BUT that don't mean that I like the heat anywhere lol. I'll stay inside if at all possible!

 

[BlueNorther]

used to get hot and humid in my house in the summer, but
then one day I was wandering around in a WalMart and discovered
a big pile of these little square things called window air conditioners.

Hasn't been hot and humid in my house since buying two of them.

 

[AZRodDave]

It's not really "living"

I don't know how you guys live in that heat and humidity. I'd put up with winter any day over hot and humid.

Trust me, if I didn't have to take care of my folks, I would be OUTA HERE faster than the snowbirds that are back in their homes in the northern states now.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Seriously, I'd be dead if I still lived in Tejas, get off work and plop down in front of the a/c, not good for this outdoors boy, I was turning into a sack of mush. In Alaska, I'd be saddled up and headed out on my snowmobile in any weather above -20, and spend all day out there (5-6 hours only in the middle of winter)

 

[cycledog]

Can't handle a lot of humidity myself. Not much of that where I am.

currently 80 26% humidity wind at 7 mph...just right.

 

[Bamamav]

used to get hot and humid in my house in the summer, but
then one day I was wandering around in a WalMart and discovered
a big pile of these little square things called window air conditioners.

Hasn't been hot and humid in my house since buying two of them.

Yep, if it wasn't for those things, we couldn't make it. Never had one when I was growing up, was used to the heat back then, so it didn't bother me much. Now, 30+ years in a truck with the AC blasting, 37 + years of having one in the house, and my butt has gotten soft.

AC is on the to-do list for the Lincoln. Won't get driven too much in the daytime until cooler weather until I get it in.

 

[AZRodDave]

"Today - Plentiful sunshine. High 112 °F (44.4 °C). Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight - Clear skies. Low 77 °F (25.0 °C). Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph."

I'm going to be a night owl for a few months. "Plentiful sunshine" will kill ya!