Heat

[avrelia]

hiding in the house. Yesterday it was 108 F outside in the afternoon. When after 8 pm it lowered to 93 F (34 C) I considered it cool and went to walk the dog. It wasn't cool, but dry heat without actual sun was bearable.

Today is 106, and after a morning walk and swim, we are hiding in the house.

Sure, we could go to the ocean, or Belmont, or SF, but then we would have to get out of the house, and in the car, and we'll do it when it is not July 4th (Happy Independence day!) and there are less people going somewhere.

still better than NJ though
1) low humidity
2) at night temperatures drop, providing relief to all senses

Comments

[shadowkat]

Maybe not better than NJ? NY right now is 80 with 85% humidity...so? I also have A/C again and have not been outside.

I remember 100 degree heat in Kansas - but it was also humid in Kansas. I prefer the East Coast.

Dry heat - hard to breath, for some reason.

Anyhow, hope it cools down for you - guessing you are in LA or SF area?

[avrelia]

108 is not good for humans anywhere. But 80 is a lot more pleasant in California than in NJ, for me, at least. I used to live near New Brunswick city, and the humidity, while not as bad as at the shore, was really annoying, especially since even night didn't bring much relief.

Now I live in the Bay area, East bay, about 1.5 hours drive to SF. Generally speaking, every city in the Bay area has it's one microclimate. 30 minutes drive will take you into entirely new weather. our city goes for a big difference between night and afternoon temperatures, which means, even in a bad heat wave we get some relief at night.

The dryness can be bad - i visited Arizona once for Christmas, so it wasn't even hot there, but it was genuinely hard to breathe, it was so dry.

anyway, I hope it will go down to more humanly bearable

[shadowkat]

Yeah, I used to visit Arizona in February when I was a kid. I've been to Scottsdale, Tuscon, Why, and I think Phoenix. And it's too dry - I can't breath in Arizona. I've tried. You're right it is too dry. I need some humidity.

New York isn't that bad generally speaking. But I'm thinking of retiring to Canada at the moment. ;-)