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Crazy that we only had 1 (ONE!!!!) day, I believe, of 100+ degree heat in all of 2021. What an anomaly especially considering it was La Nina. Cold year overall when you factor in the crazy cold and snowy February we had.
That and the crazy joggers who look like they're training for a marathon. Like go to Colorado or something, seriously. You're gonna die.
Crazy that we only had 1 (ONE!!!!) day, I believe, of 100+ degree heat in all of 2021. What an anomaly especially considering it was La Nina. Cold year overall when you factor in the crazy cold and snowy February we had.
2011 was very backloaded in terms of the heat, IIRC, while 2022 was very frontloaded, calendar-wise. I don't recall 2009 having that many 100+ degree days. The winter and spring in 2009 seemed cooler than average but no snow days.
2023 has been very steady-eddy with the heat. Didn't get insane in most of May but has been steadily hot with minimal rainfall through the peak core summer months and looks like this will continue into August. Not sure if we'll make a run at the all time record for most triple digit days or not. We'll see if El Nino tamps that down a bit as we get deeper into August looking towards September.
Late June was ing ridiculous. New Braunfels had a 124 heat index like three days in a row and San Antonio set its highest heat index ever recorded three times in four days. ing gross seeing dewpoints of like 78 degrees at 4PM.
It's the heat indexes / anomalously high overnight lows, more so than the hot days, that are going to drive the climate refugees both north and upward in elevation.
I always seem to notice that the high elevation places get cooler overnight lows and much lower humidity
I can't sleep outside / in the car if the overnight low is more than around 60. Because you can always bet that the heat index given that AM hours are much more humid than PM hours is going to be in the upper 60s if the temp is 60 outside so anything above that and it becomes impossible for me to sleep.
Starting to wonder what is the best "climate refugee" state.
Apart from the obvious Alaska, which has little to no infrastructure. Colorado mountains? Maybe, especially for the low humidity, but it's SOOOOOOOOO expensive, and not everyone can handle the al ude. Similar case for a lot of the West.
West Virginia, despite being elevated and rural and fairly far north, actually still gets hot summers with hot nights. Not enough al ude and not close enough to water bodies, I guess. Also another cheap state to live in but poor infrastructure.
The Northwest and Northeast are both overrated for this purpose. The Northwest is super expensive and vulnerable to major earthquakes and tsunamis, and other geological disasters. Also, tons of rain, and not immune from heat waves. The Northeast is certainly not immune from heat waves and other wild weather, though they don't have geological problems. Also it's very humid in the Northeast with high summer overnight low temps. Even in Maine and Vermont.
Maybe in Michigan? The Upper Peninsula is just gorgeous and has both lakes and rolling mountains and a very mild/temperate warm season climate. It's also been losing population and is quite cheap to live. Not a ton of amenities and infrastructure is mediocre, but it imo definitely seems like it deserves consideration for like a prime climate refugee destination. I've been there 7 times.
From earlier today before it had hit 100. Right after the 1:00 mark it shows the longest streaks of 100+.
If we're going to break that streak before 21 it's probably going to have to be tomorrow with that cold front stalled north of us right now. Brought Dallas' high to 94 today.
Tomorrow unlikely since the forecast is 102 with head indexes in the 115 range
We have been in a pretty dry heat pattern lately, feels much nicer than a week or two ago much less last month that was insanely humid. Heat index has only been a couple of degrees over air temperature the last few days. Ground has been so parched by these two insanely long heat domes we have had in June and now in July.
had to pay the lawn mower guy the $40 the other day, but haven't needed it cut since early June, while in the spring it was practically every 2 weeks. Hopefully it won't need it again until late September or so
LOL my lawn was a little high in early June but once that first big heat dome came I knew the ground was going to be bone dry soon enough so didn't even bother and now everything is so dead it went back to being short on its own.
Very nice summer shower today in N Austin
Right after the previous two days me watering my dying lawn for the first time this summer
Mine doesn't go back to being short on its own it just stays the way it is but gets weedy and crunchy. Still very heterogeneous (mix of the original Saint Augustine ugly that came with the house, bermuda that we've planted over the years, dollar weeds, crab grass, sticker weeds, and other various weeds, some of them those hideous prickly ones that can grow to be 3 foot tall if you don't get 'em down early) front lawn. Once it gets tall it doesn't just un-grow. You have to mow it down, especially the weeds.
It's noon and it's already 96 and sunny. No chance we don't get well over 100 today.
Forecast high for today is now frickin' 105F () and benefactor thought today of all days was the best chance for a sub-100 degree day in the next week.
In fact, get your heavy leather coats out, next Saturday is now forecast to be COLD:
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l...4a40fb45222c37
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Better put up that Christmas tree already!
NOAA's forecasting 102Forecast high for today is now frickin' 105F (
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...47001999999998
If the rain gets here early enough it probably won't hit 100. If it doesn't come until 3:00 or 4:00 or not at all then it'll be ing hot. At 97 at 1PM seems like it could go either way on breaking 100, though probably leaning more towards hitting 100 before the rain. Not sure though, as the clouds are building up tall to the north.
SA airport is 79 degrees and rainy right now. If it got to 100 there today it was probably only for a few minutes.Forecast high for today is now frickin' 105F (
My area got to 101 today before the rain came (84 now) but don't think San Antonio International got to 100 so the streak looks like it ends at 15 days. Probably get another 15 day streak starting tomorrow.
HOLY IT'S A SUMMER SOAKING HERE!!!!!! 103 degrees now 91 but very stuffy
According to my laptop SA Intl Airport was 103 at 2:30
The rain here started at 3:14 CDT and just heard first bolt of lightning outside. Hope to god power doesn't go out.
*Heard first thunder crack, i.e. there was lightning
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