The highest my area has EVER been was 108, and that was in the June 2012 heat wave. The July and August 1936 heat wave (which was drier, but during the dust bowl so still) sent many areas in the Great Plains into the 120s, even North Dakota, and areas as far east as Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky into the lower/mid 110s.
The June 2012 heat wave, however, was not a dry one, and it sent many areas in Middle and Western Tennessee into the upper 100s, with pockets of areas that only reached the mid 100s as well as areas that reached the lower 110s. Considering that a lot of this May has been humid and 90s/upper 80s, and that they were already predicting a bad Summer, I'm rather...
A relative humidity of 50% at an actual temperature of 107 degrees, according to my heat index calculator, would equate to a heat index of 141 degrees. If you raise the relative humidity to 100% at the same temperature (heat indices this high have never been known to happen, so this is just theoretical, but still), you get a heat index of 251.
Yeah that's usally how it feels after our summer rainstorms are done.
They started rolling blackouts today, which really makes me nervous! It's not even June and they're having capacity issues. Bad news for the rest of summer...!
It really is awful, I'm not looking forward to the rest of summer at all. I'm fully expecting it to hit 110 multiple times during June-July and it's going to be terrible!
Well, I just found out something I didn't know. Tennessee did hit 113F again, but instead of in Dover in July/August 1936, the third time was in Symrna (a pretty large suburb between Nashville and Murfreesboro, two major cities in Tennessee in a pair) in the dreadful June 2012 heat wave. I wonder what 113F would feel like with it being so humid here, but don't think I want to know...
Good luck dealing with your humid 107F day tomorrow, and be safe! If your power or air conditioning goes out, stay hydrated and get in cool (but not cold) water in a shady, well ventilated area!
Luckily I worked a long shift in a super cool building! I took a step outside and the air was actually relatively dry...and it was 104 outside! I don't know what state our AC is in, but it sure worked well today, luckily! We all appreciated it :)
I'd much rather it be 110 and dry than 80 and humid. It's not really the heat I care about, but more the fact that I get covered in sweat, often rapidly. I know dry air dehydrates you much more easily, but I drink a lot of water by my own nature.
Dry air is very strange when you experience 0% humidity! I took a trip to Colorado last year and I did not realize how wet the air is here...I found myself getting dehydrated and needing to drink water constantly; my sister actually got sick from dehydration! It's crazy how the air actually helps to keep you hydrated here
Ugh. Today was horrible. It got to 95F for the high this afternoon, and when it was 57F this morning, the relative humidity was 100%, so it was extremely hot AND horribly muggy. :/
Oh god that's awful, at that point the air may as well be water! I'm about to embark to Florida, and I've always loved the weather there...Super hot AND humid but it actually rains almost every day there! Super cool
Wherever and whenever you go somewhere, though, I absolutely don't recommend the Middle East and Death Valley. The Middle East has seen heat indexes of almost 180F, not to mention how politically unstable they are, and while Death Valley is dry, the hottest known air temperature there (and in the world) was 134F in July 1913/2011!
And if you do go to Death Valley, I recommend doing so in January or December (the coldest two months for most areas, which are actually quite nice there most of the time).
I don't think I'd ever visit the middle east voluntarily...:P but speaking of national parks, my dad wants to go to Big Bend this summer instead of Yosemite (!) and I'm having to show him weather data as to why that's such a terrible idea! He wants to go in July too...
Indeed, that is a bad idea. I wouldn't even go in March or November. It looks like a beautiful place though, so I may have to go one Winter in the far future.
Really, the only good places (in the U.S.) to go in July are Alaska and certain parts of Washington state, Oregon, and northern California, while the only good places to go in January are the southern half of Arizona, most of California (not northern or in the mountains, hence why I said most), Hawaii, and the territories (besides Washington D.C.).
Even Florida isn't exactly a good place to go in January. Sure, Miami and Key West are, but only the tropical parts of Florida stay warm; even Orlando, Tampa, and Panama City (in Florida, not the capital of Panama) got snow this Winter, and can if they're unlucky. However, Mediterranean and Hot Desert climates are nice to be in during Winter...
...not unlike truly Tropical climates, as the former two also have a high probability to remain freeze-free in any given year. Although Humid Subtropical is at least better in Winter than the others if you can't get to the others, it isn't preferable as they still often freeze (like where I live), and Summers are horrible.
Speaking of Humid Subtropical and Hot Desert climates, it seems the reason Texas has desert-type heat and Florida-type humidity in combination may be because it's near a boundary zone between them, allowing it to still get hotter but also more humid. Even someone from Arizona, California, or Florida would probably hate the Summers in DFW.
Even I, here in Tennessee, would prefer the 9-month and extremely hot, albeit dry, Summers in Phoenix over the 6-month, still very hot, and horribly humid Summers in Tennessee and the Southeastern U.S. in general. Not to mention, being openly LGBT here in the South is hard, and being autistic adds to that.
Ugh. Some little centipedes and the much-dreaded brown recluses are everywhere, both indoors and out. Could it be this constant heat and humidity? Either way, this is annoying, especially because brown recluses are the 2nd deadliest spider in North America (behind Black Widow). :/
Ever since the house was built in 2006, we have been in a constant battle against centipedes every Summer, Asian Lady Beetles every Autumn and Winter, and brown recluses year round. And my worst fear is being bitten by a brown recluse and having to go to the hospital, getting an ulcer, and/or (although unlikely) dying.
Besides, although it didn't bite, a brown recluse fell on me while I was using the bathroom and in the middle of my business less than a week ago! And I was so scared to flick it off that, despite what I was doing and where I was, I literally panicked enough to unlock the door and yell for my mom's help. AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ugh. Humidity is even worse than normal today. When I went out to look up at the milky way just minutes after midnight, although it was only 71F (usually even 75F wouldn't bother me in the sun, despite the humidity), the dew point was 67F, and I started to sweat after just a few minutes despite the mild temperature and darkness, so I came back in. :/
And it's expected to reach 96F again on June 16th (the temperature it reached here on May 14th), and on June 23rd, it's expected to be stormy and the low 70F (which may ruin my plans to go to Nashville Pride, or ruin my ability to have fun/meet potential boyfriends there). :(
Ugh. It's getting so unusually hot and humid this weekend that it's putting a strain on the electrical grid. It got to 96F yesterday, and was so humid that even 70F at night made me break a sweat and itch in minutes, and 68F was all it needed to fog up and made the grass and windows wet (which it did that morning). It's getting dangerously hot and humid. :/
I'm not sure yet, but I wouldn't be very surprised if I get a 100F+ reading this weekend at my house, and would actually be somewhat surprised to NOT get one.
Wow I just came back from vacation and the first thing I saw was A RECULSE! NO!!!!! I HATE SPIDERS WITH A PURE HATRED! I would throw up if a recluse fell on me! And it sounds like your blackouts are starting to roll around...never fun!
Guess how hot it got here today? I just checked my weather station, and it got to 97. First time it's gotten this hot here since August last year, although it was 96 multiple times earlier in the month, and it was also 96 the day after Mother's Day.
But I hope we don't get something like what we did in 1936 and 2012. Those years had the worst in store for us, and some areas near me even got up into the lower 110s (and many, including my own, upper 100s) as a result of that...
I still remember 2012 like it was yesterday....I really hope it never gets anywhere close to that hot again but I know I'm just dreaming :P We've actually had a "cool" week with low 90s, but it should return to 98+ pretty soon!
Plus, that's still bad, unless it was very dry. I want the air to suddenly either stop being humid, or return to the 60s and upper 50s weather we were almost lacking of. I know that won't happen until probably like November (likely not even then where you live), but I still wish it would. And despite the humidity and storms it seems...
like it's still getting to a possible drought. I saw a tree in my area that started turning some leaves orange, and it's not even July! And I personally hate the Autumn colors (which usually happen in October and early November here, often still in the humid summer heat).
Even though summer is super hot here it's also storm season, which can prevent drought at least. Severe storms developed just east of me last night and it started pouring rain; the street was half covered in water in a matter of minutes. Flash flooding is no joke! The vegetation here actually gets super lush in the summer...
Actually, luckily, it didn't storm either day, contrary to what we expected. I was even able to have a really happy moment Sunday evening despite the heat and humidity.
Anyways, I'm moving this conversation to a PM that I've already sent, as it's already taking up lots of space on your profile (when opened).
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