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Well, summer has finally hit and the temps are supposed to be 100+ for the next week - probably longer. (sigh) We've enjoyed a relatively cool and wet summer so far, so I can't complain.

BAAAAWWWWAAAAHHHH! I AM COMPLAINING!

OK, now I feel better! :D

I know a little of what you mean Gayle. We had such a long stretch of temps in the 90's and high humidity. Then we had a few days of decent temps and lower humidity and now it's back up again. I don't do well when it's this hot.

Really hate to say this, but I'm ready for fall.....NOT WINTER....just fall and those cooler evening temps.

It was 99 when I left work today at 5:00, but it didn't really feel that hot - till I turned the corner to walk to the parking lot and that HOT wind hit me. Hot wind means the temps are really high. However, in the shade of the building it didn't feel that bad. The high was supposed to have been 103 and the sites I checked for temps did not get above 99 and now it is only 98!!! YAY!

We were 104* today!!! Hot.....Hot!!!! Of course, we always have high humidity with it so it's even worse. UGH......I'm planning on just staying in the pond!!!!!

I would just have to set up shop in the pond if it were 104 with humidity! Goodness!!!

I'm surprised as much as you love to swim Diana that you don't have a nice inground pool, that's even heated so you can swim way into the fall. :)

It has been nice and cool up here, but today is hot and sticky, with threats of tstorms. We have rain almost every day up here on the mountain, but we almost always get a couple of hours of sun. It also keeps the flowers watered!:)

Nights get nice and cool, which is just wonderful. I remember my apartment in Brooklyn being hot and sticky from May through September, with very little relief.

Of course, we won't even discuss our winter weather!!!:(

I would love to but the decision is Glen's. We've talked about it but the only place to put it is the front yard and we have all kinds of lines and stuff running though the front yard.....plus we have soooo many trees. Keeping one clean would be really hard. We do have a friend that has a heated pool and we're welcome to go there any time. Believe me, I've tried my best!!!!

It was been so hot and humid that we are under a heat warning for the last couple of days and will continue to be in one until 8 o'clock Friday evening. I need a break so bad. How are the rest of you coping.

Janet, it is just awful here too. I don't think though, that our humidity is as bad as yours, and humidity makes it so much worse. It is at least 100 every day.

We just stay in as much as possible. We have been working outside a bit on the gutters, but not until about 8:00PM and only for 30 minutes to an hour, and it is completely shaded where we are working. We also have ceiling fans on the porch where we are working and I set up a big wind machine fan also, so that when we get real sweaty, we can stand in front of the fan and cool off some.

My poor yard, flowers and garden are really suffering. We'll be hot like this for another month, at least. Then it will cool off into the low 90's for another month. Late Oct. and November are when we have decent weather. The only saving grace is that this really hot weather didn't start till late July. Sometimes it starts the first of JUNE!

Janet, do you have air conditioning? I can't remember:rolleyes: It's awfully hot and humid here, too.

We had a week reprieve of temps in the lower-mid 90's and low humidity. It felt wonderful! But we are supposed to have higher humidity this week with temps in the high 90's and it will feel awful, I'm sure! It may rain though, the higher humidity is caused by gulf moisture, so even a little chance of rain is good. Soon though, we will get out of this intense heat/humidity!

We've been having some really nice weather. The mornings and evenings are really nice out but mid afternoons are still a little warm. You can definitely tell that fall is not too far away. We always start cooling off the end of August and by the middle of October the furnace is turned on.

Its actually raining here and i am totally loving the weather. :p

Where do you live? We had rain today here in Kansas. Are you close?

Our humidity is about to kill me!

We are having some very nice days now. It's in the 60's, some days hit 70. It rains almost every day, but that is always. As long as it gets sunny for part of the day, it is really nice now. Nights are chilly - last night was in the 40's. Very good sleeping weather! In the evening though, I do have to use my space heaters and bundle up.

No complaints here!

That sounds perfect, Judy! It is still so hot here. It will be 98-100 for the next several days:eek: That's hot even for us!! I'll be so glad when it cools off some.

I'm really ready for it to cool off too, Betsi. I'm tired of sweating! :rolleyes:

Just head north, Gayle!! We're having really nice weather at the moment. We had a cool front go through last night with the storm and it was really nice outside today!!

Diana, will you go outside and blow really hard, we need that cool front to get down here! :D

Will do!!!!

It's been in the 80's here, but very low humidity so it's been really nice. We need rain so bad....everything is so dry. Hoping a good rain storm will come through on Sunday like predicted.

We got about a third of an inch of rain today - but it didn't really cool anything down. The long term forecast shows us in the 90's into next week, then some 80's (fingers crossed).

We're going to go into the mid 70's up to 80 tomorrow! I'm going to try to get to sit by the pool. The pool is covered, but it is beautiful up there, and the hose is still on if it gets hot.

I wish I could send this weather out to all of you! But, then, in winter, you have to send me yours!

Well, the weather today messed up Gary's fishing trip - but that 's OK, I guess. We need the rain! It's not here yet, watch, it will miss us!

We're needing rain here real bad too...everything is really dry. I'm anxious for a good ole thunderstorm. It's been in the 80's here and on Tuesday we're expected to get a high of 93 and then stay in the 80's until the weekend....then a drop into the 70's for the high. I hate wishing time away....the dryness is getting old. Suppose to rain later in the week and I'm looking forward to it.

We were 71 here this evening, so I got out and worked in my little corner of the yard some more. I'm putting down some stepping stones on the other end with river pebbles between the stepping stones. It was so nice and cool, but the humidity is so high (the rain is all just to the south of us, none here today) that I was sweating (just a little) by the time I got finished. I ran out of pebbles though, gotta get some more at Home Depot tomorrow.

It is coooold here! Way below normal. We've had freezing nights for the past week so I got most of my garden out just in time. I have carrots left that I will pick this week. My poor peppers didn't get too far! They didn't even flower yet but now they're dry and black because of the frost!

It started raining yesterday and is supposed to continue for the next few days. I think next week is supposed to warm up a little bit. We barely got any summer this year!

You know, my friends in Alaska say the same thing - they didn't have any summer at all this year. That must be hard - I know how much you enjoy warm weather.

We've had some strange weather in the U.S. this winter. I hope you all up north don't get too much more snow!

We have been in a moderately severe drought in central Texas this fall/winter. But we've had some nice rain lately. The past couple of days we've had an inch and a half of slow drizzle. It's the kind that all soaks in. YAY!

We have had a lot of rain in since yesterday. In fact, it hasn't stopped since yesterday morning. I think I brought the rain back from Seattle, lol! Except it mostly drizzles there. But like Gayle, we really needed it:)

There has been some strange weather everywhere I think....rain/mudslides in Brazil, flooding in Austrailia. It's early AM and just can't think of the others right now.

Today we are expecting temps in the 30's, but later tonight rain moving in turning to sleet and ice. Hope it doesn't get too bad and then the temps are to drop into the single digits on Wednesday and Thursday.

My old bones just can't take much more of the cold so ....... COME ON SPRING!!

We still have snow on the ground. We turned off really cold after it snowed and so it hasn't had time to melt but today you can tell that it's finally leaving. The kids and Glen all went sledding the other day and had a blast. I copied some of Amy's videos on FB so you could see them!! I stayed in the house with Dean and made sure that I had hot water for hot cocoa and also made some no-bake cookies!!!

We still have a crapload of snow, of course :) It has snowed for the past few days straight, and this morning the windchill was -35 C (-31 F). Tomorrow it's finally supposed to warm up a bit!

BRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr..............

-31....how in the world can you stand that? You must have layers and layers of clothing, gloves, coats...etc. on. I would think it would be too dangerous to even venture out in case of car trouble or just whatever.

I definitely need to head south... :)

My heater get put on full blast when its 30 degrees outside. I cannot do cold, I put pantyhose underneath my pants, muscle shirt, rg shirt, thermal, sweater, windbreaker and long jacket to walk outside. When I get in my car I have to wait for my legs to stop trembling to be able to drive. I'm very small frame weighting 93-95 lbs so I guess that has alot to do with it. I just wish the wind wouldn't blow.

Hahaha... okay I guess if any of you decide to come up here, come in the summer ;)

Really, after it gets to a certain point of cold, it never feels any colder lol. The difference between -25 and -30 or -40 isn't really noticeable. Sometimes it gets to -50 or colder with windchill, and the only difference is that your eyes start tearing and the tears immediately freeze to your face! If you blink, sometimes your eyelashes freeze shut LOL. I used to figure skate from when I was about 4 years old until I was 18. They were all unheated rinks and no matter how cold it was, I'd just be wearing my warm-up tights and skirt, a sweater, and some mini gloves. Years of that built up my resistance and my legs don't really feel cold much anymore.

We just keep blankets in the car, a charged cell phone, and winter tires are necessary! It's winter for basically 6 months here and life just goes on :) Unless I'm outside for a long period of time, like shovelling the driveway or going out ice fishing or snowboarding, I don't really dress up. I just wear normal shoes, jeans, t-shirt or sweater, and a jacket.

Oh, but put me in a cool breeze on a summer day and I can't stop shaking! I guess it's the difference between "cool" and "cold". The "cool" bothers me so much more!