How Hot is your area this week?

originally posted by: LordAhriman
Those are not new things.

Exactly.

Wind chill dates to WW2 and the Heat Index from the 1970's.

Sunday 100F
Monday 98F
Tuesday 88F

a reply to: JAGStorm

Nice today, only 96 with a heat index of 105. The temperature and humidity were much higher yesterday.I put mirror film on all the windows on the south side of my house, dropped the temp inside between 4 and 5 degrees. Not much, but I can tell the difference. Bought the film at Lowes. Doesn't cost too much, maybe 25 a roll. Kinda a PITA to install, but I doubt you will have any problems.

It's about seventy five degrees outside right now. Supposed to get up to about eighty later on in the week. Possibility of a severe thunderstorm tomorrow I guess, with possible hail and high winds. Kind of nice outside right now.

We live in the woods in the UP of michigan, lake Michigan on one side and Lake Superior on the other. It does get humid here in the summer though, and there are lots of bugs. The turtles are crossing the road coming to our house lately, I guess they go up the hill and into the woods to lay their eggs, so we have to watch for turtles when we go to town for about a week more and then have to watch for baby turtles going to the pond later on. Those little turtles can run pretty fast though, not like the old turtles that you have to cautiously carry to the other side of the road sometimes so someone doesn't hit them. Been clawed by one many years ago doing that, boy can they scratch you. Some are pretty big, they can throw a car into the ditch if you hit one.

They can promise global warming, but I have not seen any evidence of it here yet. It would be nice if it got nicer, but I am not going to believe it till it happens.

a reply to: JAGStorm

We have a southern facing picture window that really heats the house up. I got a roll of Reflectix and thumbtacked it to the top of the window, and applied Velcro in spots so I could roll it partially or fully up. It works great for keeping the heat in during winter cold spells, too.

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: JAGStorm

We have a southern facing picture window that really heats the house up. I got a roll of Reflectix and thumbtacked it to the top of the window, and applied Velcro in spots so I could roll it partially or fully up. It works great for keeping the heat in during winter cold spells, too.

Thank you I’ll have to look into that.

weather.com...

I was wondering if this is just a normal hot weather day, but looks like there is a lot of record breaking going on.

originally posted by: abigredneck
The very coldest and wettest year
since records were kept here 130 years ago.
I would like to insert carbon tax joke here, but it has been done to death.
Vancouver Island B.C. Canada.a reply to: JAGStorm

I feel your pain. Also on V. I.

The weeds took over my garden before it was even warm enough to plant the veggies.

originally posted by: LordAhriman

originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti
Can someone explain why weather is now measured as "heat index" and "wind chill"? By definition, they both add/subtract degrees based on how the weather "feels". How can a meteorologist know how I "feel"? This can't be based on science.

I have an idea! From now on, let's take the actual temperature, add the heat index and then subtract the wind chill. It should then get back to what mercury measures.

I guess it's the times we live in. We have to add "feelings" to everything.

Those are not new things.

Reporting temperature plus feels is relatively new depending on your point of view. I don't recall that it being done until the 90's or so. Maybe even later.

originally posted by: PraetorianAZ
Yesterday my car said it was 113 Deg outside.

Mine says 105 Degrees. (Chicago area)

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: PurpleFox
High of 104 in Atlanta today, apparently

I think that's the heat index or how it feels... actual high temp is 96

It’s 96 in the shade!

98 degrees here, 106 with humidity, here in SE WI.

Oh, and we've been without power since a terrible storm ripped through early yesterday. 🥵😭

Trees are down, all over my neighborhood. Men are outside, running chain saws, in this heat. 😢

It's 92 degrees here, heat index 102 degrees, in east central Wisconsin. Feels like a friggin sauna outside, very humid, dew point 70 degrees. And I have chorus rehearsal tonight in a church with no air conditioning. I don't like winter or summer, too many extremes with temperature and that.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Perfect weather and gas prices for muh motor scooter!

a reply to: JAGStorm

Let's see ... It's mid-June and in the 90s. That's pretty much normal.

originally posted by: Quadrivium
a reply to: Hypntick
I am closer to the coast. You in the midlands or upper part?

Well look at all the South Carolinians here! I'm in upstate SC... It's 90 here right now. It was 77 degrees earlier today, but the humidity was 75 so it felt like a sauna!

Cold ,Wet and Very Cloudy pretty normal for the north of Scotland

originally posted by: SourGrapes
98 degrees here, 106 with humidity, here in SE WI.

Oh, and we've been without power since a terrible storm ripped through early yesterday. 🥵😭

Trees are down, all over my neighborhood. Men are outside, running chain saws, in this heat. 😢

Something weird is happening in Wisconsin that's for sure. Storm after storm. A nonexistant spring and now the gates of hell have opened!

It was 41 yesterday here in eastern Washington and today it was 54.

freezin our azzes off...lol

happy June!!

a reply to: JAGStorm

I swear, the last few years severe storms headed for Chicago either go North into Wisconsin or south of I80. Yeah, I know it could just my selective memory but one too many times I thought to myself I was glad the storm veered. (I'm in the Chicago area).

I'm in the mid-Atlantic area and it's been at least 5-10 degrees above normal nearly every day for a month now, with 90%+ humidity most of the days. 96% humidity all night tonight, so fairly uncomfortable.

Usually these sort of temps and humidity doesn't start hitting us until August or so. We get a day or two of relief every now and then, but the humidity stays high so it doesn't feel like much of a difference anyway.