OT: Big Heatwave/EDIT: Debbie passes well to west but band of showers and squall line and tornado watch to get thru
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Usually less humid as the month goes on. We're in the middle of peak summer humidity.
We've never had humidity sustained during June and early July like this. This is tropical humidity even rare in late July and early August.
Yes. Maybe a three-day break in there but that’s it. This has been a long stretch that looks like it will go even longer.
I've worked out in the summer for the last 30 years. I don't think the conditions have changed much as we still get a lot of heat/humidity with some occasional nice days. However, as I get older I'm really struggling with the recovery aspect of this heat and humidity. I salute the people who do this stuff all the time. It truly sucks getting old.
Especially since your body ages much faster than your mind will admit!
My dad was a roofer for 35 years
I don’t know how he dealt w the heat
I tried it a few times and wanted to off myself
Ill still take this heat at work than temps in the 30s
Tough at times but it toughens you up. You learn to know your body. Drink plenty of water
Tough at times but it toughens you up. You learn to know your body. Drink plenty of water
I have a different problem. My mind actually stopped aging at 13.
And the dew point is 78. 2nd straight day it's been over 75. I can recall stretches where it's been this hot, but I can't recall 2 straight days with the dew point that high.
I think that is the real difference between other years. I can not recall this happening for extended periods of time.
The humidity reminds me of central Florida in August. Even at 8am, when I was out walking the dog, I was drenched in sweat before the end of the first mile.
I’ve acclimated, so it’s not bugging me and I’m enjoying the walks. But the dog goes is going from tugging me along the first couple miles, to walking alongside me and slowing up, to looking up at me like “WTF are we doing out here, you dumb human - take me home to the A/C already”.
I’ve acclimated, so it’s not bugging me and I’m enjoying the walks. But the dog goes is going from tugging me along the first couple miles, to walking alongside me and slowing up, to looking up at me like “WTF are we doing out here, you dumb human - take me home to the A/C already”.
same here, i had to put on a sweatshirt this morning while i was taking conf calls out on my porch!
High of 78 in Sea Girt/Manasquan
you can, just call them skorts and change your pronouns
isn't going hairy on the legs and pits but not the genitals the thing these days lol
it was definitely like this when I was a teen during the 90s. I have vivid memories of running laps for football and playing basketball in the park courts in this type of weather all the time. Its crazy how much couch life makes such a difference in the way you respond to this type of temps and humidity as adults.
Couch life? You have the wrong guy! Also doubt dew points back then have hit these as consistently as it has this past few months.
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Yeah, I agree it’s all about the dew point right now. It’s downright soupy out there.
What I remember about the 90's, aside from some huge snowstorms, was May 1991. The troops were coming home from the Gulf War and there was a big parade in Manhattan. That May it hit 90 or above 7 days that month. Can't remember another May where it hit 90 that manty times. I was working in the Gramercy Park area in Manhattan and each day walked up the Port Authority Bus Terminal for the ride home. Those were tough walks that year but the dew point was much lower.
The two years I remember was 1988, the year I moved to Philadelphia and they set a record of 5 days of 100 degrees or higher and 1991 that set the record for most 90 degrees days broken in 2010.
However, again I'm talking about the high tropical humidity we are seeing these days.
Latest post from the NWS noting that Philly has already had 8 days of 95F+ this summer and the whole summer average is 7 days. Most in recorded history (about 150 years) was 19 in 2002 (was 18 in 1988). And the humidity/heat index has also been pretty elevated this summer, but I haven't seen data reported on it - the NWS doesn't include it in their climate site data (or at least I haven't seen it, but admittedly their website is a bit obtuse. The only place that hasn't been well above normal is the immediate coast, where south winds off the cool ocean have generally kept temps down, as per the other thread.
i just told my wife to close the windows its getting chilly with cool breeze coming off the water
Ha. Pretty hot up here in Atlantic City. Admittedly, I'm in my attic office...i just told my wife to close the windows its getting chilly with cool breeze coming off the water
Ouch
RU weather station is Sea Girt, a couple hundred yards from the ocean says 76 but feels warmer in the sun. Of course with the 20-25mph wind out of the south, it'll be cooler than just a mile inland.
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