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@ 2:30 Pm Az time it is a hundred sixteen outside under my awning/carport, that is where the digital temperature sensor is located. The sensor is completely shaded and never sees the sun as well. However it is a comfy 80 degrees here inside my house. The new AC unit is purring along nicely, although it is purring along almost constantly. They expect near 120* F here by 5:00 PM. I walked outside for a bit and it sure is a mite warm......
I bet it is a hundred twenty five out in the sunshine on the asphalt. Yikes.
Temperatures like that make miss Tempe/Mesa area less and less...not that I miss them much. LOL ;)
I was once in Las Vegas (in late August) when it was 122 F. Opening the door reminded me of checking something in the oven, then stepping into that oven!
NOT for me. It's "only" about 93 F here today and I'm dying.
desertbluesman — Jun 28, 2013@ 2:30 Pm Az time it is a hundred sixteen outside under my awning/carport, that is where the digital temperature sensor is located. The sensor is completely shaded and never sees the sun as well. However it is a comfy 80 degrees here inside my house. The new AC unit is purring along nicely, although it is purring along almost constantly. They expect near 120* F here by 5:00 PM. I walked outside for a bit and it sure is a mite warm......
I bet it is a hundred twenty five out in the sunshine on the asphalt. Yikes.
What's the humidity level there?
Hookbender — Jun 29, 2013[quote author=desertbluesman link=1372455742/0#0 date=1372455742]@ 2:30 Pm Az time it is a hundred sixteen outside under my awning/carport, that is where the digital temperature sensor is located. The sensor is completely shaded and never sees the sun as well. However it is a comfy 80 degrees here inside my house. The new AC unit is purring along nicely, although it is purring along almost constantly. They expect near 120* F here by 5:00 PM. I walked outside for a bit and it sure is a mite warm......
I bet it is a hundred twenty five out in the sunshine on the asphalt. Yikes.
What's the humidity level there?
Doesn't matter. It's FUCKING HOT!! When I lived there, 10-20% humidity was high. Every time I hear somebody say, "But it's a dry heat" makes me want to kick that person in the crotch. So it's dry. It's still FUCKING HOT!!
Can you tell I hated Arizona Summers? LOL ;D
CraigBert — Jun 29, 2013I was once in Las Vegas (in late August) when it was 122 F. Opening the door reminded me of checking something in the oven, then stepping into that oven!
NOT for me. It's "only" about 93 F here today and I'm dying.
122f that's around 50c :o. That would make it around 30c higher than it is here ! Damn, I think I would melt ;D
Hookbender — Jun 29, 2013
What's the humidity level there?
It is usually under 10% until Monsoon season starts drippin water (usually mid July to mid August) then it gets cooler and more humid....
Dearthian: — Jun 29, 2013
Can you tell I hated Arizona Summers? LOL ;D
I actually don't mind them as long as the AC unit is functioning, However I am used to it and the high temp does not bother me a bit. I even went out under my awning and sat in it for a while to see just how hot it felt to me. I would rather put up with the heat for 2 months and see the sunshine the other 10 months. I hated the winters out east with a passion. I don't miss the East Coast a single bit, and I ain't seen snow in years and I don't miss that a bit either. I don't miss the dingy sky (gloomy and drab) for 5 months a year either, or the long rain storms in the North Eastern USA.
CraigBert — Jun 29, 2013I was once in Las Vegas (in late August) when it was 122 F. Opening the door reminded me of checking something in the oven, then stepping into that oven!
NOT for me. It's "only" about 93 F here today and I'm dying.
yeah it is hot but I am used to it after 15 summers. I certainly would not want to live on the NW coast either. I hate rain and I hate cold. LA is as far north on the West Coast I could ever care to live in. North County (San Diego) is even better.
Jon — Jun 29, 2013
122f that's around 50c :o. That would make it around 30c higher than it is here ! Damn, I think I would melt ;D
The secret is to go from AC unit to AC unit for 2 months a year, no different than sitting in your home with cabin fever when it is -5/-10 C and it is dingy, cloudy, snowing and blowing hard huddled around the heater vents.
Humidity, like we have in the south, plus 122 kinda heat would be horrible. Humidity makes all the difference in the world.
Hookbender — Jun 29, 2013Humidity, like we have in the south, plus 122 kinda heat would be horrible. Humidity makes all the difference in the world.
It does make a huge difference. No one could stand 118*F if the humidity was like it is in the south. I lived in Florida for about 8 years after I moved away from the Jersey Shore. and at 95*F with 90% humidity it was a lot harder to take than 115*F here at 10% humidity. The humidity in the air does cut down on the suns rays a bit, and a cloudy sky does also, we don't have either here in the summer until monsoon. The sky is all blue around here most days without much white up there.
we've got some wierd low pressure front swirling around here and staying in place. It's only getting up to mid to high 70s during the day and mid 60s at night.
We're camping and the AC has only been on a couple of hours in the afternoon! Normally this time of year it would be on all day.
We don't have AC units on the California Central Coast. We sit next to the world's largest temperature regulator... When it's hot it doesn't get too hot, when it's cold it doesn't get too cold.
That Arizona wildfire just killed 19 firefighters. That is like the entire firefighting force for a small town. Brutal.
yeah, that absolutely SUCKS!
charger — Jul 01, 2013We don't have AC units on the California Central Coast. We sit next to the world's largest temperature regulator... When it's hot it doesn't get too hot, when it's cold it doesn't get too cold.
I have lived all over the California coast, many many times and sometimes for years at a time. I like it there and if I could afford it I would live there. Not up where you live of course but probably down in Cardiff By The Sea or Del Mar in North San Diego County. If I ever hit the Power Ball or Mega Millions you can bet good money I would be on the road to Sou Cal and lookin at real estate real quick.....
However the Sonoran Desert is a magical place, more so than anywhere else I have ever been. It is pretty neat here, even if it is hot for 2 months a year.... I have lived all over America. I traveled back and forth across country many times stopping here and there for weeks to months at a time to work in the masonry trade. I was union so I could find work anywhere all I had to do was call an 800 # from any pay phone and the machine would tell me where they were hiring, & I have never been to a place so strange and different (in a good way) than the Sonoran Desert.
charger — Jul 01, 2013That Arizona wildfire just killed 19 firefighters. That is like the entire firefighting force for a small town. Brutal.
That is about 30 miles from here. It is near Wickenburg, I have been through there many times on the way to Vegas or Prescott, and I have always admired the small town of Yarnell and its neighboring town Congress. It is a shame those brave souls lost their lives in such a horrendous way.
I don't post here much anymore but I do read threads that interest me. Living in the deep south with high humidity and high temps makes it almost unbearable at times. Especially without central air conditioning. Today I broke loose of the the house and drove around 22 miles to a waterfall where I cooled off and wrote some lyrics to a sappy song. Enjoyable to cool off in the water and wind.
But what made me post is that my heart is broken for the fallen firefighters. As a 34 year veteran of the fire service, I can't even express how much this hurts inside. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family whose live's have been torn apart.
Any loss of "good life" is sad. Nature will rebuild and come back. Those guys won't. Kinda nice, in their name, to sit back and think that there are a couple of folks who actually give a damn, and their job and the risk they take is evidence of that. I'll have a drink on them and those people who care... right now! ;)
I live 30 miles down the street from Yarnell, so it is on the local news for most of the newscast. I have been through there several times exploring the highways and that is the shortest way up to Prescott (Locally pronounced as Presskit) However it is a long and winding road, and to go from there to Sedona you go through another long and winding mountain road to the old mining town of Jerome which is on the side of a mountain, and the roads in Jerome are switchbacks with sharp turns. Pretty hairy to get through there with all the tourists. It still looks like the mining town it was a hundred years ago. These days, I just bypass all that tourism, and go out the loop 303, up to Interstate 17 and on to Sedona for day trips, it is much longer in miles, but much shorter in driving time.
As for mourning those brave men. There is plenty of that on the local news. In fact it takes up most of the news casts locally. Plus the fire is still raging up there.
I was thinking I was getting away from the heat from July 4 to July 9 or 10, but it is going to be 102 every day that I am up in Northern California. I sure hope those folks in LA area are thinking of staying home and BBQ'ing instead of being on the interstates Thursday July 4 around 10:00 AM. I am hoping to slip through there with ease at that time. If I hit Santa Clarita where I-210 and I-5 meet. I think it will be a cakewalk from there. However I will hit Stockton and Sacramento right at 5 PM or so. But they are nowhere near as bad as LA and surrounding cities for traffic.
By the way Charger I will not be going down to Watsonville on Saturday or Sunday, my friend has been invited up to somewhere near Sacramento with his family, so no need to go all that way 4 or 5 hours each way on a holiday weekend. That is a bit much for a few hours of jamming.
No prob, I'm going to be in Lake Tahoe area anyway, spontaneous post-4th family trip.