Hot.

Just plain HOT!

I’m really getting tired of this heat.  Don’t get me wrong.  I still love hot weather, and prefer it over cold weather any day.  However,  a whole month of temps over 100+ with our humidity to boot.  Well, like I said, it’s starting to get old.

We started the month of July of with temperatures reaching or exceeding the 100 degree mark on 17 out of the first 19 days.  Reaching 109 on July 7th.  Factor in the humidity we have down here and you get some pretty extreme heat indices. 

NOAA

McAllen’s Unique Record, Statistically
The City of McAllen, in particular, was a unique case. At Miller International Airport, the monthly temperature was nearly a whopping 7°F above average. This was a full 2.7°F higher than the previous all time record of 90.1set in 1998. Twenty–three daily record highs were equalled or exceeded, and 25 record high minimum temperatures did likewise at Miller. In fact, on 18 consecutive days stretching into August, the temperature did not fall below 80°F. This included 16 straight days in July, shattering the previous record of 7 set in June, 1999. For the McAllen cooperative station at the water plant, the monthly temperature was nearly 6°F above average, and 2.1°F higher than the previous all time record of 88.7, also set in 1998.

So if I sound like a broken record complaining a little bit about the heat – just remember – it is record setting heat.  I Love The Valley (sarc.).  Fortunately, we will be moving to Austin, Tx. soon.  Just in time to enjoy their record setting heat and drought.  What global warming?  GMar

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