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Old 09-07-2011, 01:07 PM
 
Location: Metromess
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Sunderpig: I can do the mind over matter thing to a certain extent, but not well enough to suit me! I've lived here all my life (well, not yet I haven't), and I'll never "get used to" the Texas summer. I don't mind the highs as much as I mind the 80+ degree nights.

It's going to warm up again this weekend and especially next week. We may not have seen the end of the 100-degree days here in DFW. We only need one more to tie the 1980 record of 69 days of 100 or above, and I'm hoping we don't get it.

Mind over matter: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:54 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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the air is so dry that it kind of feels like fall, even though the temps are in the 90's. It's weird. We are still in desperate need of rain, but if the sunny days stay this dry then I won't mind them.
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Old 09-07-2011, 11:58 PM
 
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the air is so dry that it kind of feels like fall, even though the temps are in the 90's. It's weird. We are still in desperate need of rain, but if the sunny days stay this dry then I won't mind them.
I think that even though the high temperature in SA (as an example) today was 96, it felt a few degrees cooler due to the 14% humidity and very low dew point. In a normal summer, this happens a lot in places like Lubbock and Amarillo. Unfortunately, those places haven't had one of those in two years (last year was humid, this June through August was very hot).
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Old 09-08-2011, 04:10 PM
 
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Texas Hot is...so hot that the snakes wish they had feet.
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Old 09-08-2011, 05:08 PM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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I do think the Hill Country has some of the best weather in all of Texas ( whatever that is worth ). We stay about 5-7 degrees cooler than SA and Austin and it does definitely cool down at night, usually it is between 68-72 in the early AM throughout the entire summer. We also don't get as cold as Dallas in the winter!
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Old 09-09-2011, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in Texas
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You have to experience it to understand it and then you'll know.
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Old 09-12-2011, 03:48 PM
 
Location: TX
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So true! If you haven't lived it, you'll never understand. I live in the true Hill Country (as far as I'm concerned, there has to be actual local hills to be Hill Country) and we don't get as hot as it gets in non-hilly places. But it's HOT still...and the drought just magnifies it. I've lived all my life in Texas (except for a few years overseas) and that fact doesn't mean it doesn't feel very hot, sweaty and miserable to me in the summer. I grew up without A/C, but I DO love the A/C! I've had 3 skin cancers removed...now, if I could do it over, I would have spent less time in the sun and taken more precautions. I now mostly wear a hat now when outside and no sleeveless clothes, but it's impossible for me to wear all that much clothes because I just burn up!
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Old 09-12-2011, 05:31 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in Texas
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So true! If you haven't lived it, you'll never understand. I live in the true Hill Country (as far as I'm concerned, there has to be actual local hills to be Hill Country) and we don't get as hot as it gets in non-hilly places. But it's HOT still...and the drought just magnifies it. I've lived all my life in Texas (except for a few years overseas) and that fact doesn't mean it doesn't feel very hot, sweaty and miserable to me in the summer. I grew up without A/C, but I DO love the A/C! I've had 3 skin cancers removed...now, if I could do it over, I would have spent less time in the sun and taken more precautions. I now mostly wear a hat now when outside and no sleeveless clothes, but it's impossible for me to wear all that much clothes because I just burn up!
I'm sorry to hear about your skin cancer, but this Texas heat will do it to the best of us. You can't get cool in this heat but when it gets chilly, it's so easy to get cozy and comfortable and spend many hours outside. I can't wait.
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Old 09-12-2011, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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I live in the true Hill Country (as far as I'm concerned, there has to be actual local hills to be Hill Country) and we don't get as hot as it gets in non-hilly places.
I'm about as Hill Country as it gets, Lee! You're not the only one on the forum.
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Old 09-12-2011, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Texas
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What makes Texas hot so bad is the fact you may be looking at three to four months of it with little to no relief in sight. It wouldn't be so bad if we heated up for a few days, then "cooled" back down into the upper 80s or lower 90s.
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