Hey Tabs!!!How are you dealing with the heat?
 

116!? Jeez--Guess it's buffets for a while before firing up the smoker. It's 90 here and seems hot--can't imagine 115+ yikes.:eek:

Rather have 110 degrees and dry than 95 and humid (Jersey or Alabama Style)...

85-90 where I am, but I drive 2 miles over to Laguna Beach and the temp drops to 75. Not bad.......

Vegas - it's a dry heave.

Tucson was about 108 today but 10% humidity. A actually sat outside on the patio in the shade for a bit. Not all that bed.

I know where I will spend eternity. I just want to get acclimated.

I was in Laughlin last weekend: 110-114.

YIKERS it was friggin hot. But my '02 Ram Quadcab 4x4 ran fine the whole way. Unfortunately, it is black, as is the shell, as is my JetSki trailer and one of my ski's. NOT smart thinking when I was buying all that stuff.

100 and very dry here.

LOL I have a strong resume, I expect to be in management.

I heard that Bullhead City by Lake Havasu was 116ºF today. Last time I passed by a few years ago, it was 106 and people on the lake looked mighty dark; I'd say well done. Opening the car door felt like opening an oven door @ 375º preheat for frozen pizza.

Stay cool,
Sherwood

Yes its hot but you know its only for 2 months and being a dry heat sure helps.

You other guys up North have 4-5 months of snow and ice while we have 9 months of heaven where its 70-80 every day and usually does not get below 40 at night.

73F with 73F Dewpoint at 5AM

Steamy

The thermometer in the car was showing yesterday 127 at 4 PM while I was driving the kids from Summer Camp to the movies. Now at 5.30 AM is already 92, will be another 115+ day

I'm with Joe, I take the couple of weeks of 120 and the two months of 100+ over several months of snow and ice (lived upstate New York for two winters)

The solution to this heat is simple; stay inside ... home to the pool to AC car to AC building, leave the windows of the car slightly open if parking outside, drink plenty of water ...

Let me adjust Jordi's post a bit to make life more pleasant.

Sit by the pool and drink Margarita's then go inside when you run out! :)

I spend a week every summer in Palm Springs, and it's not that bad at 120 degrees, since it's a dry heat. I've been in humid 90 degree weather back east, and it's way worse. No comparison, as far as I'm concerned.

I agree that you have more of what I call "useable" months than I do here in MO, but you have exaggerated a bit. I lived in Scottsdale for two years. The temps broke 100 in mid-May and didn't abate until mid-September. June through August was like living in hell. I would go out to run at 4:30 in the morning. On the other hand because of the low humidity, when it got below 100 it actually felt like I could go outside without dying.

I agree.

I lived out in NM for a bit and I survived the 100 degree summers driving an air-cooled VW without A/C. Tinted windows made a big difference.

Also it's a lot cheaper to run a "Swamp" cooler then traditional A/C.

It's a lot harder for me to breath in NC when it's 85 degrees with 90% humidity.

Living in Scottsdale was your problem!!

The "Valley" is universally hot in the months of June and July. Further away, you have milder climates, dependent on altitude more than anything else. For every 1,000 feet in altitude, it is equivalent to moving 200 miles north at sea level. Since Tucson, for example is appx. 2,600 feet above seal level, it is generally cooler (but not always) than Phooeynix. Even further south where the elevations approach and exceed 5,000 feet, the climate is downright mild, with snow not an uncommon event in the winter. Heck...we had a snowfall here in Tucson in January that officially measured 2 1/2 inches!! And my lemon tree took a hit and lost a number of the upper branches to freezing!! Going north, the climate is even more "seasonal" in places like Flagstaff, Snowbowl, even Prescott. We have a more varied climate than any other state in the union.

Kurt,

For us 100 degrees is nothing, and not until it gets close to 105 do I even turn the A/C on in the house. An attic fan does wonders so that is why I say we have 9-10 months of nice weather.

Bob is correct and after living in both cities I greatly prefer Tucson. That said, there is more work in Phoenix so there I am!

Joe

Bob and Joe, I agree about the varied climate in AZ. I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca for awhile and loved the year round climate there. Being at 5500 feet you could be at 100 during the day and in the 60's at night.

Fort Hunch-a-huck! Spent my share of time down there years ago.

Lived in Douglas/Bisbee for a while as well. Like the high desert and its a lot more temperate than Phoenix and Tucson.