OT: I hereby confirm that DC is hottest 17ing place on earth
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ha, yeah if you are visiting you definitely picked the wrong weekend. this summer overall hasn't been nearly as bad as last summer when we set record from may thru sept, but starting yesterday and thru the weekend is looking brutal. last weekend was so nice too. obviously it was warm, but i was at a cookout all afternoon drinking beer around a grill and playing various lawn games and never broke a sweat. today i broke a sweat walking to my car.
where the temp topped 100...
welcome to Fort Worth.... you just don't do **** after 11 a.m. here right now..period... I do seem to recall some brutal days in other parts where maybe the heat was more intense and you couldn't stay out in it as long, but I don't think I've ever experienced 21 straight days.. and it is predicted to continue well into next week without an ounce of relief in sight...
welcome to Fort Worth.... you just don't do **** after 11 a.m. here right now..period... I do seem to recall some brutal days in other parts where maybe the heat was more intense and you couldn't stay out in it as long, but I don't think I've ever experienced 21 straight days.. and it is predicted to continue well into next week without an ounce of relief in sight...
It is like this pretty much every summer. 21 days is a pretty long stretch, but July, August, & September are usually brutal here. I have been in Tejas for 10 years now and it seems like we had a stretch of 35 to 40 days one year where we broke 100 every day. Most summers we will have a stretch of at least 15 days and it isn't uncommon to have two or three stretches of 15 days or so. My first summer in Tejas (Waco), it was 114 on Labor Day. Thought I could handle it because I had come from the humidity of MS and this was a dry heat. Played 18 holes of golf that day. Got home about 6:30 in the evening, laid down on the bed to rest, and my wife woke me up the next morning when I had to get up for work.
Summers are brutal here. Know that this year isn't an anamoly, it is pretty much the norm.
Summers are brutal here. Know that this year isn't an anamoly, it is pretty much the norm.
I got to DC Wednesday -- Tonight at the Hilton Garden Inn on 14th theyserved PBR for $1.03 per bottlein honor of the official high temp of 103 - but the heat index was 117</p>
BOOM SHOCKA LOCKA!!!!!
LOCK - A to be exact........thank you, thank you.......(taking a bow for my first time to get a thread locked up)
LOCK - A to be exact........thank you, thank you.......(taking a bow for my first time to get a thread locked up)
yeah you happened to blow in with the heat.
btw if you get up around U St. this weekend, duffy's irish pub is selling cheap beer (pbr or high life or something similar i think) for jason werth's batting avg. i haven't been down there yet, but i've heard about it. $2 and change beers of any type in DC is a damn good deal.
btw if you get up around U St. this weekend, duffy's irish pub is selling cheap beer (pbr or high life or something similar i think) for jason werth's batting avg. i haven't been down there yet, but i've heard about it. $2 and change beers of any type in DC is a damn good deal.
Dulles airport officially hit 105 degrees yesterday and the weather channel stated that DC officially recorded a 121 heat index.I lived all over the Deep South before moving up here and don't recall ever having a 121heat index. I'll be perfectly happy if I never see it again.We definitely have 4 seasonsin DC and both winter and summer can be extreme. Shoveling 34 inches of snow off the drivewayin the winter of 2010 is another fond memory.
Spend a little time in South West Asia. The sun feels like a lazer beam, no clouds, and a stiff wind that feels like a hair dryer on high blowing on you all day. Then the sand starts blowing...
i definitely will take the snow over this ****.
to me, the worst part about DC is that when it's hot, the air is completely stagnant and just sits. and of course the heat radiating off concrete everywhere.
to me, the worst part about DC is that when it's hot, the air is completely stagnant and just sits. and of course the heat radiating off concrete everywhere.
this is not the norm especially when you consider how early this **** got started; there is no relief in sight unfortunately...I've been here 6 years and I can only remember one summer where the misery index came this close and never this early...
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2...summer-on-record-so-far/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2...summer-on-record-so-far/
It might beunusuallyhot now, but here's DC's temps:<div>
</div><div>http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USDC0001</div><div>
</div><div>Compared to Starkville for instance, which once hit 111 degrees:</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/39759</div><div>
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</div><div>http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USDC0001</div><div>
</div><div>Compared to Starkville for instance, which once hit 111 degrees:</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/39759</div><div>
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It just seems like to me that we always have stretches like this every summer. I guess this one is longer though. Honestly, it just doesn't really phase me anymore I guess. This summer doesn't seem any more brutal than others, but it obviously is by the official records.
Its weird, I grew up in the Memphis area, so humidity never used to bother me. Now, when I go back to visit my folks, it wears me out. I feel like I'm constantly in a sauna.
Its weird, I grew up in the Memphis area, so humidity never used to bother me. Now, when I go back to visit my folks, it wears me out. I feel like I'm constantly in a sauna.
starkville doesn't have the concrete DC does though. that easily makes up the ~3 avg high difference between starkville and D. feels like the heat is radiating from all 4 sides.
i also really question the avg high for july for DC. for instance, here are the actual temps this month: http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/USDC0001
there are only 6 days out of 23 thus far with a high under 90. and only 1 day with a high under 85. i've only been here a few summers now, but the temps have definitely been more in line with the actual highs linked, not the general avg listed.
i also really question the avg high for july for DC. for instance, here are the actual temps this month: http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/USDC0001
there are only 6 days out of 23 thus far with a high under 90. and only 1 day with a high under 85. i've only been here a few summers now, but the temps have definitely been more in line with the actual highs linked, not the general avg listed.