Take your pick, deal with your heat or deal with this.....
Posted on 07/20/2015 11:32:45 AM PDT by Mariner
Unusual Weather here in Sacramento.
It's not even noon and it's 92deg with 50% humidity.
Awful.
The dewpoin t is 70.5deg.
I don't know how folks east of the Mississippi are able to adjust to such weather, a common occurrence where they live.
I live in the Midwest where hot & humid is the norm for this time of year. When I look at the weather conditions in the summer, the first statistic I look at is the dew point. It drives how comfortable feel. Or not.
Anything under 60 degrees is wonderful. Anything over 70 degrees is steamy. If you ever get over 75 degrees and over 95 degrees air temp, stay in air conditioning.
But you could live in Ndjamena, Chad, where this time of year the air temp is frequently north of 100, and the dew point is 77 degrees or better.
They don’t have air conditioning.
Yes, we really are spoiled, especially if you love the cool weather, but, yes, the politics is the price you have to pay to live in such a beautiful area. There are a few of us diehard conservatives, and it does get a bit dicey here during election times especially if we put conservative bumper stickers on our cars, but outside of that they leave us pretty much alone.
On a different thread, I read that the libtards want to change the name of Ft Bragg.
WHAT???? NO, I did not see that! Unbelievable. I thought you were talking about Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. How funny, I'll have to forward this to all my friends.
True, I think most of them are more inland from us.
Rain? What's that? I've heard about it, but it's been over 7 months since we've had any measurable amount.
Bless your heart, I'm afraid you'd freeze if you came here. I've lived here for 40 years and I think there was one day I remember seeing the temp posted on one of the banks that said 93---we absolutely died! None of us have AC in our homes.
“Rain? What’s that? I’ve heard about it, but it’s been over 7 months since we’ve had any measurable amount.
Bless your heart, I’m afraid you’d freeze if you came here. I’ve lived here for 40 years and I think there was one day I remember seeing the temp posted on one of the banks that said 93-—we absolutely died! None of us have AC in our homes. “
I’ve lived on the Orange County coast for 49 years. Not quite as cool as your place, but close. Our town in particular gets a steady and stiff cool ocean breeze, because of the angle of the shoreline, looking straight across at Catalina Island.
When the Santa Ana condition hits SoCal it can get warm for a couple of days.
But this weekend it was a tropical storm. I think and hope it means El Nino and winter rain.
I have spent some time from Ventura to Ft. Bragg, and I know it gradually get a few degrees cooler going north. Maybe up to 5 degrees F.
I have never lived in a house with A/C. I work in an office across the street from the ocean. We have no heat or A/C. We regulate comfort by opening or closing windows and doors, and with clothes.
The house (one mile to the ocean) gets cooled with up to four fans, if needed.
“Yes, we really are spoiled, especially if you love the cool weather”
Yes! I loved the cool weather, fog rolling in off the ocean with a light mist falling much of the winter. It sounds especially appealing right now since where I’m at near the Gila Natl Forest in New Mexico it’s up to 95 right now. We haven’t had much rain this ‘rainy season’, so there isn’t really any humidity to speak of. On the subject of libtards, they discovered this area too. So I’m not really sure if there’s anywhere to get away from them anymore. Areas that have been privately owned for logging, ranching, farming, and mining need to stay in private hands no matter how tempting those offers by the government and other organizations such as the Nature Concervancy may seem. Once any of them obtain the land, it’s over. On the smaller scale, perhaps conservatives need to be mindful of who they either sell or rent their land to.
Are you in Ft Bragg or Medocino?
I bet you’re fun at parties. ;)
Parts of New Mexico are just beautiful, but for me I'm afraid it's way too much brown. Although we haven't had rain in a long time, we're still green and maybe because of the beautiful conditions you so eloquently described.
We're exactly 5 miles south of Ft. Bragg, and 5 miles north of Mendocino----right in the middle.
This morning, it was 92 degrees and 96% humidity when I left for my hour's walk. Unless there is a good breeze and/or some shade, it is unbearable sometimes. Even then, it is hard to take. If an afternoon thunderstorm comes up or it gets cloudy and windy, then it can be tolerable.
I can work outside for maybe an hour before heading to the house to cool off. Then I don't want to go back outside. But there are many people who work outside here day after day all season. I don't know how they do it myself (I'm 67) but they do.
Can't wait for fall when both the heat and humidity numbers head down.
I sure am.
Dew point is really high here in Phoenix too. I think I heard it is in the high 60s. Pretty miserable. Monsoon season is not pleasant. Give me 115 and dry over this crap any day.
Yes! Say it loud and say it proud. Tell anyone who will listen. Spread it far and wide.
Maybe they will stop coming
Take your pick, deal with your heat or deal with this.....
Here in SoCal, the weather has been warm, humid and rainy. One day closer to winter.
97
All you people griping all about your funny weather...come to Missouri. If you don’t like the weather today...wait an hour, it’ll change.
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