Hot enough for everyone???

[ailsagirl]

Last night it barely cooled off and I couldn't sleep.

HATE THIS WEATHER!!

Anyone else agree??

Is it never going to get cool and stay that way?

Hurry up Autumn!!

[procon]

1. I live in the Mojave and it was still 97º last night at 9:30.

Ugh... Weather report warns it's going to stay hot and muggy for a few more days. I'm melting... m e l t i i i n g!

[ailsagirl]

2. Hang in there, procon

I'm hoping that it's Fall's Last Gasp!!

What's odd is that here in the SF Bay Area, whose typical humidity level is in the 60s, currently has a humidity
level of SEVEN PERCENT. Nope, that's not a typo.

I'll have to remember to drink water all day.

Stay cool

[procon]

3. I can't imagine a 7% humidity, and in SF no less!

The humidity is already at 44% and its 86º, but we're usually extremely dry down here, in the high teens to low twenties, but I've never seen it get as low as yours. I notice when the humidity drops I get sinus pain and my eyes feel dry and gritty, but that dryness is the only thing that makes the heat somewhat bearable if I have to go outside of my air conditioned house.

[ailsagirl]

4. That does seem very low...

I think the radio got it wrong. I just looked it up on weather.com and it said it's 44%. That's more
like it.

I was just reading about how the A/C sucks the moisture from skin-- what are we supposed to do,
just sweat it out? I'm not so evolved that I'd turn my A/C off!!

Looks like it won't be cool until Sunday... damn!! An eternity when it's sweltering.

Ciao

[pinboy3niner]

5. Hi, neighbor

Antelope Valley, here. The cruel joke is when the overnight temp drops while the humidity is increasing, so it doesn't feel any better.

But I'm afraid we'll be complaining about the "cold" California weather soon enough.

[procon]

7. Small world! Where about?

I generally refer to the better known Mojave Desert because very few people have ever heard of the Antelope Valley. Worse yet, I'm out in the boonies in the Antelope Acres area and even people who live in town don't know where we are.

[pinboy3niner]

9. I'm in Lancaster, west side--Quartz Hill area

Not far from you. Looks like we ARE neighbors.

[procon]

11. I lived on Ave L in Quartz Hill a long time ago.

We rode horses all through the town and some of the stores still had hitching posts back then. Different era.

[pinboy3niner]

14. I'm at L-8 and 50th

Some of my friends here still have horses. But it's the roosters that wake me up in the morning.

[ailsagirl]

8. You won't find me complaining about any upcoming cool weather!

I love the cool weather! Bring it on!!

[PasadenaTrudy]

6. It stays hot thru Oct

here in Pasadena. Sept and Oct are our hottest months. I just stay in with the air con running 24/7.

[pinboy3niner]

12. I acclimate to the hot weather

i can afford the AC bill, but I let it get to around 85 before I use it. When we get a cool spell I get a chill--and discover the temp is in the mid-70s.

The tricky part is acclmating back to the cold weather ("cold" being relative, here in CA). It helps to get out in the cold weather early and often, rather than bunkering in. And I'm as stingy about using the furnace as I am about using the AC. I bundle up like the little brother in A Christmas Story.

[PasadenaTrudy]

13. I love the cold

I feel best when it's in the 50s. I'd move out of CA if I could.

[ailsagirl]

22. Me too, only I do love California

(I'm a native) and wouldn't want to live anywhere else (except maybe Washington state).

Love those chilly temps!

[ailsagirl]

15. Good for you, pinboy3niner

I've tried but no luck. When I was a kid, summer meant no school, sleepovers, and all-day swimming.
No longer, obviously. Now when I have to go out my door, I'm greeted with the equivalent of a blast
furnace.

My ancestors were Scots-- that's why I'm thinking I'm more a cold-weather type (but not snow!).

[pinboy3niner]

17. Hot or cold weather, it takes some adapting

My days as a rough, tough soldier are long behind me. These days I'm kind of a wimp.

[ailsagirl]

18. Doubt it

You're a DEM-- therefore you can't be a wimp!!



Just looked at the mercury-- it's 100 degrees in the Bay Area

[Journeyman]

10. Eh. It's only 91° on the Coast. It could be 104° with Santanas blowing . . .

so I'm thankful for small pleasures.

And hey, my air conditioning went out yesterday, so I'm thankful to be saving so much on electricity during this high-rate period.

Best of all possible worlds, Dr Pangloss attests. Best of all possible worlds!

[ailsagirl]

16. Wow, 91 on the coast is pretty warm

but it should be gone by... Sunday.

Only four...more...d.a.y.s...

[mackerel]

19. 104 in Stockton today. Back home here in Lodi, 90 degrees and it's almost

9:00 pm.

[Nailzberg]

20. I hate it, hate it.

Its still 90 in the Valley at 10pm. I'm not a lizard, why do I live here?

[ailsagirl]

21. San Joaquin or Sacramento Valley?

Probably doesn't matter in terms of the heat. I lived in Davis for many, many years-- don't know
how I stood it. At least it's a dry heat-- I wouldn't want to live anywhere with high humidity in the
summer months. I've heard tell it's AWFUL and far worse than a dry heat.

Hang in there-- I still think this is Summer's Last Gasp!!

[Nailzberg]

23. San Fernando. LA's sweaty armpit.

[ailsagirl]

24. I'm sure it's broiling there today

I was just out in my patio and was hit by a wall of ferocious heat. Grrrr....

[flamingdem]

25. Ugh, I'm in Santa Monica but without AC it's broiling

in my apartment. The fans just add insult to injury blowing hot air.

Only help - showers - but I know that's not Politically Correct these days due to the drought!

[arcane1]

26. I am DONE with sweating for no reason!!!!

Last night, the fog rolled in and I was able to sleep through the night, under a sheet and everything!

[ailsagirl]

29. LOVE the fog

Preferably ocean fog but even tule fog is nice and mysterious (if you can avoid driving in it)

Let's hope it continues

[demosincebirth]

27. 105 in Livermore 4 pm

[ailsagirl]

31. Here in the Bay Area it's "only" 88

Indoors, my Peace Lily nearly croaked! Its leaves were hanging limply over the pot's rim. I watered it and spritzed it and watered it again and spritzed it again and finally it's coming back.

It looked fine earlier in the day. Sheesh!!

There's even a garden spider I can see from my window that hides in the leaves when the temps soar.

[demosincebirth]

34. I live in Fremont, my outside thermometer reading is 98, and it's pretty accurate. My lil' pooch

hasn't left the house except to pee and rushes back in. Just heard on the news that Vacaville is 109. Wow, that's some heat!

[ailsagirl]

35. weather.com now says it's 84 in the Bay Area (Marin)

Don't know how accurate it is, though

My cats are draped across the back of the couch and on the floor-- luckily for them (though not for me!)
they don't have to do their business outdoors.

[olddots]

28. it read 116 in the car yesterday

it has been worse but gimme a break .

[ailsagirl]

30. And to think people forget and leave their kids/pets in their cars

A woman from my office made the mistake of forgetting to drop her toddler off on her way to work. But it was morning and not hot... but still!! I hope she learned her lesson.

[Piedras]

32. 95 in San Luis Obispo today

Yes it's damn hot today in SLO. Thankfully we re-coated the roof with a white elastomeric sealer that keeps the roof cooler so inside the house it now warms up considerably less.

[ailsagirl]

33. Can't wait to see those brown hills turn green again

I just hope the forecasters are correct in their assertion that we'll have a wet winter.

Fingers crossed!!

It's good you had your roof re-coated-- things like that always make it nicer when the heat hits.