Challenge: No AC this entire summer! (Oklahoma City, Stillwater: co-op, purchasing, tornado)

[Threestep2]

Mid 60s right now with 80 in the forecast for 17:00. Time for long johns!

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by saibot

He says he made it through last winter without heat, but last winter was really mild. I live in California, but I was in OKC for Christmas and it was actually warmer than SoCal. But as we all know, Oklahoma does not have a very mild winter and then a nice mild summer every year.

No, I never said I made it through OKC winter without heat. I was saying that, by your own tolerance of a winter temperature of 60F indoors, you wouldn't need heat in my first floor apartment in Mustang. I want my indoor temp at 67, so yes, I did use hear sometimes.

And you really think you can judge last winter in Oklahoma just by a week or so in Oklahoma? Oklahoma has very warm winter spells every winter, no surprise. Last winter definitely got colder in January and February. The reason why there wasn't that much snow last winter was not because it was too warm but because it was too dry. Plenty of days where it was plenty cold in OKC but it was during a dry spell, so no snow.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by eddie gein

That's another thing that is different here compared to there. You don't get third degree burns when you grab your steering wheel.

Cycling in Tucson. Lived there in the '80s and used to ride with the team out of Fairwheel Bikes on 6th street. I think they still do the big shootout down Mission Road on Saturday mornings to this day.

I had to work at 8 AM. I had to ride in the evenings. I still remember riding to Colossal Cave when Tucson set a then record heat of 112 degrees. Brutal.

We road some Sunday afternoons in Oklahoma summer that reminded me of Tucson but nobody dared ride any distance in Tucson at mid day.

People in most places have no idea how intense the sun is out there compared to even here in Oklahoma.

Right. Oklahoma has more humidity, but people forget that the sun intensity also plays a huge role in how hot it feels.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by MrJester

And you really think you can judge last winter in Oklahoma just by a week or so in Oklahoma? Oklahoma has very warm winter spells every winter, no surprise. Last winter definitely got colder in January and February. The reason why there wasn't that much snow last winter was not because it was too warm but because it was too dry. Plenty of days where it was plenty cold in OKC but it was during a dry spell, so no snow.

You're denying that last winter was milder than usual in Oklahoma? December, January, February and March were all above normal temperatures.

[Vic Romano]

Originally Posted by saibot

You're denying that last winter was milder than usual in Oklahoma? December, January, February and March were all above normal temperatures.

One winter in Oklahoma and the Jester thinks he's an expert...

https://www.city-data.com/forum/okla...-oklahoma.html

[jcp123]

Eek. At home, no I don’t think it’s possible. OKC isn’t vastly different from East Texas, and seeing as how homes have been built to take advantage of AC for decades, naw, I don’t think it’s viable.

But, it’s interesting because when I moved from CA, where neither our 1960s house nor my ‘68 Mustang, had AC, I kind of both chose and had to go without AC down here. I now choose it, though my AC crapped out a few months ago in the car I have now, so I don’t have much choice at least in the car you get some forced air flow.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by jcp123

Eek. At home, no I don’t think it’s possible. OKC isn’t vastly different from East Texas, and seeing as how homes have been built to take advantage of AC for decades, naw, I don’t think it’s viable.

But, it’s interesting because when I moved from CA, where neither our 1960s house nor my ‘68 Mustang, had AC, I kind of both chose and had to go without AC down here. I now choose it, though my AC crapped out a few months ago in the car I have now, so I don’t have much choice at least in the car you get some forced air flow.

OKC has more of a dry heat than East Texas, right?

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by saibot

You're denying that last winter was milder than usual in Oklahoma? December, January, February and March were all above normal temperatures.

Not really. December was above normal but then January, February, March saw plenty of cold temps (about average) and the cold temps lasted unusually long into the Spring this year. Snow flurries even in mid April. We got pretty decent snowfall this year in February, up to six inches in some areas.

Wikipedia, from Climate of Oklahoma City article: with an average in December thru February of 6.3 days reaching 70 °F (21 °C), warm spells are common and most winters see the thermometer rise that high.

The mean maximum for February in OKC is 76.

You were just lucky to be there during one of the warm spells, which happens every winter.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by MrJester

OKC has more of a dry heat than East Texas, right?

I think a more apt description is a less humid heat.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

I think a more apt description is a less humid heat.

Mich less humid, that is.