Let's visit on the Porch II (2014, drywall, occupancy)

[ElkHunter]

It's 91 degrees here and we consider this "Extremely hot." Course, it's 70 inside my cabin.

[Reziac]

I finally got around to fixing my swamp cooler... replaced motor, belt, electrical, float (in other words everything but the case and the squirrel-cage fan) and cleaned the mud out of the pads... now the durn thing works TOO well, gets downright chilly in here!

[montygarlic]

Originally Posted by Mt-7

I am constantly astonished at how different we are at winter and summer. Just yesterday I was riding and thinking in a few months it will all be ice again...

How about night and day?

Yesterday's high temp (F°) = 95
Last night's low temp (F°) = 46

First, that 46 is only 14 degrees above freezing. Second, a 49 degree shift between daytime and night time is fairly common here.

Third, what exactly is an air conditioner?


mg

[Reziac]

Here in the high desert we used to always get a 50-60 degree swing between day and night. Last couple years, it hasn't been as hot during the day, but it hasn't been cooling down at night so much either -- daily swing only about 20-30 degrees. Which also means the day stays hot longer. I'd rather have a higher peak and cooler nights, as that means a shorter hot period during the day as well. -- Likely a side effect of sprawling suburbun development, which makes humid pockets that tend to block the incoming cool afternoon wind from the ocean; this certainly was what happened down in the Santa Clarita valley. Used to cool down with the afternoon wind at 2.30pm, you could set your watch by it. Since the town expanded and filled the whole valley (back about 1992, the 1987 incorporation having made it easier for development), it no longer gets that cleansing afternoon wind, and no longer cools down at night.

[MTSilvertip]

The bank clock yesterday afternoon in Helena at 5:00 PM said 104 degrees, but I think it was being generous as it felt like being in an oven.
I was roasted and basted well.
It only cooled down to around 67 which was the temp this morning at 7:00 AM.

Starting to miss the snow and cold....
Must be the heat is getting to me

[Mt-7]

I am pretty sure I did not see the thermometer get below 70 last night. But for us on the east side that is fairly normal.
I know I was up in Eureka in early June and I was actually cold!
Well the train is returning folks so hope all the flood repair is done.

[Reziac]

Back about 1975 I was in Billings overnight, hottest day of the year at 103 degrees... and it never went down at all that night. Still 103 at midnight. That was one miserable day and night, lemme tellya!

[Reziac]

7-day observations:
Helena
Bozeman
Great Falls

I'm not sure how you get to the observations from the northwestern hub, but plug in any location code in the link (K---) and it will come up. The trick is finding the codes, must be a list there somewhere...!!

[Threerun]

Talked to my old neighbor in West Virginia yesterday... 95deg and 90% humidity.

Boy do I miss those stifling, sweat soaked, bug infested dog days of summer always living on the verge of heat related illnesses. What a hoot that was.

[janab]

Ok, this was a couple days ago, but check this out!