The weather

[WDH]

Whew  .   

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Its been HUMID.....but the worst will be here Thursday. 

[thecfarm]

I don't want to say it too loud,but the wind is not blowing.

[Chuck White]

Forgot to post it here yesterday, but we had 34° when I got up at 6:00, and there was FROST on the lawn! 

Later on during the PM, it got up into the 70's.

[thecfarm]

Chunk!!! What is going on in way upstate NY?    
We had a frost when we had the greenhouse buisness the first week of June,I would think about 10 years ago.

[Chuck White]

I thought the flowers had had it, but I went out and sprayed them down before the sun got on them and it seems to have worked.

Maybe it wasn't a really hard frost, so that likely helped too.

[Bandmill Bandit]

Chuck maybe what you had was what my MIL calls a dew frost. Don't ever seem to hurt much but we have had 2 or 3 of those this year up here.

[SwampDonkey]

We have a frost warning here for tonight in low lying areas.  ;D Suppose to get to 70 after that. Sound familiar? I know we won't get frost here, but out back in the boonies there could be.

[Chuck White]

Sounds about right BB & Swamp.

[mesquite buckeye]

I think I saw some salt on the ground. That is also white. ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

They are talking record heat this weekend, up to 120, with an excessive heat warning. We will be out in it. :(

[Ljohnsaw]

Our high yesterday (Wednesday) was 72°°F.  Sunday and Monday are supposed to be 100°F.  Sure wish it could make up its mind!  FYI, our night time lows are typically 25-30° below the high.  When you wake up and its 75°, you know its going to be a hot one!

[grouch]

Storms yesterday, almost chilly early this morning, then by 9am it was back to being a pressure cooker. Having a fan to stir the soup doesn't help much; I was still dripping all over the paint I was spreading in the garage. When the fumes get too much, hotfoot it through the blazing sun to the shade. Breeze wiggles a leaf or two now and then.

Don't think I could handle your 120F, mesquite buckeye.

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah our night wasn't that cold last night for frost. Suppose to dip cooler tonight they said. Wind has blown here for a week out of the northwest.

[curdog]

Mid to upper 90s and a little humid. A light breeze helped, but walking clear cuts made me start sweating early this morning and never stopped. ... is summer about over yet

[SwampDonkey]

I can imagine it gets toasty. I know it's twice as hot when we are thinning in softwoods. Those green limbs absorb heat like a black leather seat in car on a bright sunny 80 degree day. :D

[Roxie]

Going down to 57 tonight.  Been chilly and humid all day.  I'm wearing my heaviest sweater because I just refuse to turn on the heat or start a fire in the stove four days before the first day of summer.  Brrrrr. 

[mesquite buckeye]

They are saying this could be the worst heat wave in the desert in 20 years. People will die. Any international hikers coming across will get into trouble very fast. Most have them have never been in this kind of heat.

We are planning to start early, have cold drinks on hand at all times, and if it gets really crazy head for the nearest air conditioning, about 2 miles from the worksite. :(

Last time I was in 120 was in the eighties, sitting on a tractor hauling desert ironwood out of a wash south of Florence, AZ that I bought from the state land dept. 2 of us went through 14 gallons of water and did not pee one time. Drank water until midnight when I got home before there was enough to let some out.
It was not a good thing.

That is the famed dry heat. It sneaks up on you because you don't notice you are sweating, it dries up so fast. By the end of the day your clothes get crusty and white with salt.

[thecfarm]

14 gallons for 2 is alot of water. That heat can bring a person down quick.
Wind has slowed down alot. Now I will start to complain about the flies.  ;D

[Mooseherder]

Lightning struck the top of a Royal Palm tree today and blew one palm frond to pieces.  The top center of the tree looks like dried hay now.  The rest of it looks okay.  I'm not sure if it was a glancing strike but did see it happen.  The Australian Pine that got struck last time isn't looking too good.  That is the third time that I know of lightning hitting this yard.

[sandhills]

Mesquite, we had a sale at the salebarn yesterday, don't know what the actual temp was ( around 97 I'd guess) but running around on cement all day plum wore me out, I don't know how you tolerate your temps. I'd be willing to bet I drank an easy 3 gallons of water, it was 10:30 that night before I had to get some relief.  Maybe not the worst sale I've worked, but definitely in the top 2.

[mesquite buckeye]

With higher humidity it gets worse fast. I find it harder to tolerate as I get older. :(

[thecfarm]

Sun is out bright and just a slight breeze. 52° now.

[thecfarm]

Been a good spell of nice weather,we might get a shower tonight. We could use the water. The wind does hate to stop. Probably will stop and be in the high 90's than.
Been seeing the goslins and the little turkeys,hens?

[mesquite buckeye]

4 people died from the heat hiking over the weekend and a 5th is missing.

Almost 10 pm and still 100. Ugh.

Yesterday broke the official record by 2 degrees. Haven't seen today's  numbers yet, but the car thermometer was at 116 while I was driving around. Tucson's all time hot day for the summer is 117. We are close...