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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 16, 2023 3:13:08 GMT
With high humidity, feels-like temperatures in such cities as Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio will be between 110-115 degrees.
"Meteorological and hydrological ground-based observations are collected by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) through a global network of 8,000+ weather stations."
About 10% of the weather stations are in urban areas. Trees and plants hold moisture and provide shade. This moderates heat. Asphalt, metal, and other construction substances absorb heat. Combustible engines and air conditioners create atmospheric heat. While combustible engines create about 10% of the worlds greenhouse gases, the growth of air conditioning, in homes, buildings, and transportation better coincides with recorded increases in global warming.
If the urban weather stations are removed, the average temperatures are what they always were.
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Post by Jolly on Jun 16, 2023 22:17:36 GMT
I dunno.
It was a nice morning this morning, but we had a storm come through at 3AM. The morning before, it was hot enough to make the Devil sigh.
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Post by countrymom22 on Jun 19, 2023 22:50:56 GMT
I give you credit, bluemingidiot. There is absolutely no way I could live in Texas with that kind of weather. |
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 20, 2023 2:20:02 GMT
No way I could live where you do. Too much cold and too much dark in winter. I need sunshine like I need air. In a couple of days it will start getting darker. That is more disturbing to me than the coming cold.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 20, 2023 10:31:52 GMT
It is 5:30 am and the temperature is 79 degrees. Brrr. But the predicted high is 108. That's a feels-like 115 to 120 degrees. We just pour a tablespoon or two of peanut oil (doesn't burn at high temperatures) on a plate, add raw meat and vegetables and when they get to the right doneness we start eating.
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Post by mogal on Jun 20, 2023 12:24:27 GMT
It's 7:17 a.m. as I write this. I've been out setting up hoses for the gardens and fruit trees, etc. Right now it's 66o and not too humid. Our forecast high is 90o today with only a 20% chance of rain this coming Saturday.
One of the few things my mother and I agreed about was her belief that you can put on enough clothes to stay warm but you can't take off enough to stay cool. She never lived in areas of extreme cold and I've only lived as far north as Missouri. Even so, we had extended cold for 2 weeks in late '89 when we had wind chills of -60oF. Didn't care for that one bit.
As far as light, our hoop houses have been a wonderful boon as I can work in them on sunny days in shirt sleeves. I knew there was such a thing as SADD long before someone put a name on it because I had all the symptoms always in the darkest months of the year. No more.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Jun 21, 2023 0:39:11 GMT
I can easily get sadd from November through February. But I figure they are the dues you pay in order to appreciate March through October. When I was a kid, Christmas took forever. Now that I'm an old pheart, spring takes forever. August is like kinfolk who stay too long, you are not sad to see them go.
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Post by mogal on Jun 24, 2023 19:22:03 GMT
DH is in town today for a HAM radio international field day and for the town's street fair where the CERT group also affiliated with HAM has a booth. CERT is Community Emergency Response Teams that help screen areas if first responders are overwhelmed/stretched thin. The CERT booth is just one of those pop up shelters so they are probably roasting with the current temperature at our house being 95o and more than likely hotter in town. At least when the street fair is over, their field day activities will be in an air conditioned building.
I did my usual garden stuff this morning and am just in from a check on the animals due to the heat. Everybody seems to be okay with plenty of shade and water. I just wish that our male Pyr would agree to come inside like the female does.
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