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That graph compared our data through the end of July to full-year data for the rest of the years. We're now up to the third highest in that graph behind 2010 and 1999. Pick RDU and chart the data here:
I'm a little under the weather (ha!) and my brain is not in gear enough to make a thoughtful analysis of it. Do you think the data for 2016 would change much going through the end of the year? Do you think the other years are complete years and not just June, July, August?
I think part of the trouble was our spring was rather mild, even up to and through June, so when the torch turned on in July/August, we hadnt really experienced many 90+ days up to that point. For me, the real challenge the last 12 or so months (up until August) has been the humidity/excess rain. I have never had so much mildew on my back deck or roof as I have in the years I've lived here. Also, my fescue was very healthy until August with no irrigation - now of course it is dead in any place that gets more than 3 hours of sun per day.
For me, the heat is dictated by how high the low temperatures are for the day (which also links to dewpoint). I cant remember so many days with lows in the mid-upper 70s.
I was in DC at the end of July and walked about 20k steps in downtown DC on what had to be the hottest day of the year there (just as hot or hotter than anything we have had this year), so I think most of the country was miserable.
I'm a little under the weather (ha!) and my brain is not in gear enough to make a thoughtful analysis of it. Do you think the data for 2016 would change much going through the end of the year? Do you think the other years are complete years and not just June, July, August?
The other years are complete, yes. Doubt we'll rise much more...likely not all. Even with a few low 90s over the next week, I'd be surprised if the heat index got up to 100.
Funny one of my favorite things about winter here is not just the warmer temps, but the fact that it is usually sunny even if it's not bitterly cold. Up north if it's warm it's cloudy, if the sky is blue and cloudless that usually means it's too cold to go outside.
I feel the same. I don't know if my perspective is skewed, but I associate winters in NJ with grey gloomy days. When I think of a winter day in the triangle, in my mind's eye, there's a clear blue sky with lots of radiant heat from the sun. Perhaps I am still experiencing the honeymoon effect.
I certainly feel that the sun is much stronger. There have been many days where the temperatures have been in the 50-60s, but if I am in directly in the sun, it feels so much hotter then when I stood in the sun in NJ.
Yeah, that's how I approach summer. I try to get out in it every day. I do like it warmer than the average human. I think I have a reptilian ancestor back there somewhere or am solar-powered. I need a little sunshine and heat in my life everyday.
Same here - after years in the constant 70-90s of Singapore I am dreading the end of summer. While it gets hotter here than in Singapore, not as consistently humid and it was rarely uncomfortable for me. A few nights out it got muggy and buggy though.
What to do in the heat? I simply shift my outdoor activities (where possible) to the mornings or evenings. Anything you'd do on a nice day you can do in 85-degree weather in the morning or evening, as long as you put on some athletic/outdoors clothing and don't mind a little sweat!
It's going to be a perfect Indian summer September and October then off to Honolulu for the winter.
I hate you. So so so much
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