It is 105 degrees and no hope for rain

[Gman]

Damn it's friggin' hot. It's going to take a kick-ass hurricane to break this pattern.

We're in San Antonio and the temp is at Stinson Field, TX which is closer to me than the official NWS station for SA, SA International Airport. SA International Airport is reporting 102.

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on edit...

The above was the 5 p.m. temp. Stinson is still reporting 105 at 6 pm.

[Lithos]

1. 105 as well here

Course I'm only about 90 miles from you.

There is a 20% chance of rain on Tuesday.

L-

[luvspeas]

2. Austin's bad too...

but you all are a little worse. I too am hoping for a hurricane. I can't believe it was only 2 years ago that we had so much rain. Hang in there.

[snappyturtle]

30. I'm a hundred or so miles west of you and it was a 100....like it

has been for a gazillion days. We did get 1 and a 1/2 inches of rain last week in one big scary storm...got all that in forty minutes with 40-50 mile an hour winds! That was the first rain we've had in probably two months. Been brutal. We moved back here from northern MN (my hubby is a native of Austin)because he couldn't stand the cold. Well, I have a news flash for him...................I could dress for 40 below but I can't undress enough for frying! I feel like a prisoner. I love fresh air and am tired of a/c. In the mornings the humidity ranges from 80 to 90 percent and in the mid 70's. However if I open the windows I'm taking on a lot of that humidity. The afternoons get to a 100 degrees and the humidity drops to the mid 20's. Either way it's not fun to be outside.

[cali]

3. Much as I may bitch about our weather here this summer

I'll take our near constant rain over your blistering heat any day.

[Gman]

12. We had constant rain 2 years ago

and I'd much rather have it than this. I love summer. We put in a pool 2 years ago, during all the rain. So now we live for the summer. But it's too damn hot to be out there! The other day, the water temp was 96 degrees! I'm not kidding. This afternoon it was 94. I think it's a little cooler than the 96 because it was cloudy/high clouds until maybe 1 pm today. That's the only reason I can think of for why the water's not 100!

[Avalux]

4. There's a 40% chance of rain tomorrow.

I'm not going to hold my breath though. I've lived in San Antonio for 20+ years and don't ever remember a hot stretch like this at this time of year. I absolutely hate it and am wondering why the hell I live here. Funny, I told my mother the only thing we can hope for is a hurricane to move that H pressure out.

[Gman]

9. 1980 was real bad here in SA

we had a string of 100+ temps for like 15 days in May. I think I saw this morning that June was the 3rd hottest June here on record. Seems like every year now ranks in the top 10 now.

It didn't used to be this hot. I used to say that SA has either a tropical climate or a desert climate. It worked out about 50-50 forever. Now there's more desert than tropical. Probably 70-30, or so it seems, with 2 years ago, with all the rain, being the last tropical.

[Bluzmann57]

5. And this winter

When it's around zero here, you'll be saying, "Man I'm glad I'm not in the Midwest".

[Catshrink]

6. It's about the same here in AZ

but we don't have as much humidity as you do so it's bearable. The monsoons are here but nothing too much so far -- maybe 5 drops of rain a few days ago.

I just checked: 108° and 13% humidity, 46° dew point. The running joke in Arizona is "it's a dry heat." There's truth to it -- once the humidity climbs I melt.

[armyowalgreens]

19. Man those "storms" were the biggest dissappointment.

All they did was make it miserably humid.

[Catshrink]

26. They make me wilt.

I can't believe I lived in Chicago for 15 years with that summer humidity. It's hot here -- but I don't feel like a I need a shower every 5 minutes.

[armyowalgreens]

28. I went out to tempe town lake last night for the fireworks and I felt like I was in a swimming pool.

I don't have AC in my truck and when I got to work yesterday afternoon, I was already drenched in sweat. I looked like an ass.

I like monsoon season because of the rain. But the humidity sucks.

[Catshrink]

31. I forgot you are a Zonie.

I stayed home -- I don't like leaving because the noise of the fireworks makes my dogs crazy. I was able to stand in front of my house and watch quite a display from somewhere -- I think it was in Gilbert. Nice. Mesa cancelled it's fireworks, but that's Mesa for you.

[enlightenment]

23. 105 and 4% humidity here in Vegas. Heat index is 98.

I do not envy you the humidity, but at the moment it feels like a dehydrator outside.

[DesertRat]

52. It's not that hot everywhere in Arizona

I'm at 7200 feet in Pinetop Lakes where it got up into the 80's today and down to 50 overnight.

[hfojvt]

7. that sounds kinda nice to me

we just took a canoe trip on Friday in Wisconsin and it was only 72 degrees. Too cold to be getting drenched in a shallow creek. Being 100 degrees would have made getting soaked much more fun. I joked that I must have passed the arctic circle when I was driving north. But my dogs certainly had a much easier time with this weather.

[glinda]

20. blech* I am in MN and it is nice right now. It isn't cool but I wish it was.

[MUAD_DIB]

8. We just broke 3.5 weeks of rain and fog here in MA. If I could

give you some I would.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. 105???? what is your heat index, for god's sake. Ouch !

We have been up to 97 this past week, in the shade, heat ndex between 100 and 105.
Aboyt an hour ago, got a 5 minute cloud burst, no lightening, raised the humidity from 38% to 60%, so now it is hot and wet.
I spend more time with my box fan indoors than I do with Mr. D.

[Gman]

14. The heat index is actually 104

20% humidity. That's down from 105 last hour, the humidity was like 26% then.

[Bonn1997]

11. It's been in the upper 90s with a heat index of around 110 to 115 every day here in Alabama. June to

August (and some days in May and September too) are pretty bad months here. Then winter sucks because it's just at a point where it's uncomfortably chilly but not at a point where we would get beautiful snow. October, March, and April are great months though.

[northernlights]

15. ha!ha! winter sucks here in

Maine, too, when we don't get any snow. But that's because at 15 below zero it's too cold even for snow. Air so dry at that point you pretty much freeze-dry the instant you step outside.

Then it warms up to a "balmy" 20 degrees and we get blizzard after blizzard.

We've had almost 6 weeks now of clouds and rain, with just a couple days that had a couple hours of sun. Wish we could send some of our rain to Texas too.

And then out of the blue, a gorgeous day today. Absolutely gorgeous.

[Bonn1997]

38. I lived in Maine for 1 year actually. We got 120 inches of snow that year. It was awesome!

Here in Alabama we average 0.4 inches of snow per year. Oh well!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

46. Yeah, my folks in Portland

have been complaining about the gloomy weather that's gone on forever. All the better to watch Wimbledon.

[Jazzgirl]

13. It only got up to 85 here in the DFW metro.

Maybe a cooler front is moving your way? I sure hope so because we were having the same temps until today. No rain yet.

[Gman]

16. It's supposed to be 96 tomorrow

which is almost 10 degrees cooler. A real blue norther'!

[Jazzgirl]

18. I can relate!

Pretty much the way I feel today. It is so much better. It was still 102 this time last night. It is 84 now. Phew!

[armyowalgreens]

17. It's 110 here and climbing. And I really want to go longboarding.

[Subdivisions]

21. 86° here just south of Ft Worth.

Yesterday it was 100° and on Friday it was 102°. Only made it to a high of 90° before dropping back to the current 86°.

[w8liftinglady]

24. I was hoping we might actually get rain...but it missed us

[Subdivisions]

27. Hey neighbor! =) . Yea, just barely a sprinkle here. I was hoping for more. n/t

[Skittles]

22. I'll be in San Antonio Wednesday

LOL, the guy flying in to meet me said we'd go to the riverwalk in the evening "when it gets cooler" - I said darling, this is TEXAS - it doesn't get below 90 until the middle of the night

[Skink]

29. In summer now in SA it doesn't even go below 90 at night.

Reason being impervious cover. Every house being built and shopping center built soaks up heat all day long then radiates it out at night. Even 10 years ago nights here were bearable, not anymore.

[Gman]

34. Lows are now in the mid to high 80's.

you're correct that even 10 years ago the nights were bearable. They would get down to at least 80 - 82. Now it's 85 - 86.

[Skittles]

36. that last time I flew into San Antonio was Sep 1975

for basic training - I still remember asking, where's the A/C? and someone told me, this IS with A/C

[rurallib]

25. remember the heat is measured in the shade, so it is probably

much hotter in the sun.

[Hepburn]

32. 69 degrees....

...SoCal ~~ Palos Verdes Penn. Sunny, clear, no smog ~~ 5:20 PM PDT. I have been in the pool, the spa and trike riding with the Scottie pupster today.

Wow, I wish I could share the beautiful weather we have been having. Hope things shake out for ya real soon to a decent tempt!

[Gman]

33. That's evil!

36 degrees cooler!

The thing about S Texas here is in any given year, low 70's could also be the high here. In fact there were several days in July two years ago that had highs not much more than 69. That was a very rainy summer.

[Flaneur]

35. 60 degrees in Sebastopol, CA, right now. Lovely. Jacket weather.

[Skink]

37. Sounds like time to raise some taxes.

[Flaneur]

56. That would certainly raise the temperature.

Not that it's not needed...

[comrade snarky]

60. Shhhhhh

Don't tell em about CA coastal hill weather. Houses cost enough here as it is.

[armyowalgreens]

39. It's still 93 degrees outside at almost 3 AM.

Gotta love AZ.

[kaiden]

40. 48 degrees in Conifer, Colorado right now.

Have had rain for a month and a half. It's pretty -- and I'm glad there won't be wildfires up here in the mountains this summer, but damn! On the 4th there was a steady drizzle and by 6 p.m., we were socked in by fog. We miss our sun.

[Gman]

42. Yeah, but that's Colorado

Texans spend a lot of time go up there during the summer. We used to go to Ruidoso, NM for a couple of weeks or so every summer to get away from the heat and play the horses.

[Vinca]

41. Note to self: stay out of Texas in July.

[w8liftinglady]

44. to be honest-better make that June,July and August

[Manifestor_of_Light]

47. Make that June, July, Aug, Sept, and October.

It might start to cool down in November if you're lucky.

Yesterday here in East Texas it was 96, heat index 110.


Today we have rain for the first time in several weeks.

[B Calm]

43. Sounds like hurricane weather.

[scheming daemons]

45. 72 and perfect here... that's what you get for living in a red state...

[Gman]

48. Yeah, I know...

but it wasn't always red.

In any event, it's much cooler today. It was 83 at noon with a forecast high of 99, heat index 107. I don't think it will get there as the overcast is fairly thick and it won't burn off very easily.

[Gman]

49. 24 hours later, the 6 pm temp was 84 at Stinson Field

Over 20 degrees cooler than it was 24 hours ago. That's a helluva norther for South Texas! Maybe it'll snow.

[Avalux]

51. RAIN!!!!

Don't know how much we got at my house but it was beautiful; rained solidly for about 30 minutes. Everyone was outside as if we'd never seen it before; temp went down to 76.

Did you get some?

[Gman]

53. We got just a very few very random drops

if you noticed, the storms split and went around the city. The cells went across the north part of town, along 1604, northwest to northeast and they went from out west towards Castroville and moved towards the southeast, effectively missing most of the city. I think the idiots at city hall who are owned by the developers have created one very efficient heat island that forces anything but the strongest rain makers around the city.

[Avalux]

55. I'm near Fiesta Texas, so far enough out.

I've often said there's an invisible dome over SA that keeps rain from getting in; sorry you didn't get a good downpour.

Let's hope for a non-destructive hurricane.

[sammytko]

62. i'm 30 miles south of san antonio - we had an awesome downpour

i didn't venture out to the rain gauge since i didn't have on my 'rain" shoes, but it appears that we received more than an inch!!!

[Wizard777]

50. More proof of the global warming hoax!

I can't make you cool. But if I can make you smile. That might make the heat just a lil more bearable.

[Gman]

54. Well, now the RW nuts claim the earth is cooling

but I don't think anyone is paying much attention to them.

[Wizard777]

61. We just lost an Ice Shelf the size of a state. So it should cool temporarily.

Melting ice has a funny way of doing that. Go figure.......

[Joe the Liberal]

57. It hasn't been too bad here in Colorado.....

Sometimes it rains, sometimes it just gets cloudy, the temp around here has been around 70-80 although it's going to warm up. It's supposed to get up to about 100 on Wednesday

This is why I can't stand the heat, if it's raining or snowing or just plain cold outside you can control that but you can't do much about hot weather. Needless to say I'm glad I don't live in a state that gets THAT hot, I love the rain, like the snow but the heat is just irritating.

[Hugabear]

58. Aren't you glad that we're in a period of "global cooling"?

[Canuckistanian]

59. You're the ones who've stolen our heat

We've had an unseasonably cool late spring/early summer here in Ontario, Canada.

Plenty of rain, though. I haven't needed to water my grass at all this year.

[MadHound]

63. Sorry to hear that, if I could ship you some of our rain I would

Here in Missouri we have an abundance, we've gotten over a foot in two weeks, lots of flash flood damage, crops waterlogged and underwater, the ground is thoroughly soaked. But hey, my blackberries are loving it, one good thing.

We're going to be getting some of that heat later this week, up in the nineties, and it's going to be really, really humid.

Good luck, stay cool.

[a la izquierda]

64. We thankfully cooled down for a few days...

here in Oklahoma. But no rain in the forecast and very hot weather this weekend...