Our first 100 of 2010...

[Cliffmeister2000]

Either way, neither place is safe to be outside for very long in high summer without a lot of water and shade...

I go to Phoenix a few time a year, and I don't understand why people live there. Yeah, it's dry heat -- but it's a dry 115 f---ing degrees.

CD

I've been to Dallas more than once, and in August I have the very same thought. Don't even get me started about Houston! (kidding, totally kidding!!!!)

Every place has it's 3 miserable months. Ours are mid June to mid September, mostly. I can tolerate that easily considering we typically have great winters and unbelievable springs. This spring has been one of the finest I've experienced anywhere!

[caseydog]

CD, is that early for 100 degrees.

We've had 93 one day then 55 the next. It's hard to keep up.

What's the average for TX in June?

Average for June here is high 80s to low nineties. July is upper 90s, and August is the hottest, with about 15-20 days in the 100s, on average.

IIRC, 58 days over 100 was our hottest summer.

CD

[caseydog]

Either way, neither place is safe to be outside for very long in high summer without a lot of water and shade...

I go to Phoenix a few time a year, and I don't understand why people live there. Yeah, it's dry heat -- but it's a dry 115 f---ing degrees.

CD

I've been to Dallas more than once, and in August I have the very same thought. Don't even get me started about Houston! (kidding, totally kidding!!!!)

Every place has it's 3 miserable months. Ours are mid June to mid September, mostly. I can tolerate that easily considering we typically have great winters and unbelievable springs. This spring has been one of the finest I've experienced anywhere!

I was in Houston a few weeks back, and had my cameras indoors until I was ready to shoot outdoors. They fogged up when I went outside, and took about 20 minutes to completely clear. It was only about 85 that day, but 92-percent humidity.

People who wear glasses love those kinds of days.

CD

[madjack]

..."they" are predicting we will hit the century mark starting on Sun thru Thursday of next week...with our daytime humidity averaging around 60+%, it gets sticky real quick...what I hate, at dark o'thirty our humidity climbs to near 90+% with lows in the mid 70s, meaning it never really cools off...arrrrrrrrghhhhhh
madjack

[Corwin C]

We don't have oppressive humidity like so many other places in the world, but we do have radical temperature fluctuations...

For example:
Today 2 Jun 2010
Midnight 45% 59*F
6 am 62% 42*F
Noon 28% 77*F
6 pm 23% 79*F

We had snow 10 days ago ... expect the first 80*+ day of the season tomorrow.
Best to be prepared for both summer and winter when visiting ...

[deceiver]

"everyplace has it's three miserable months".

Maine here. Most people think our miserable months are Dec/Jan/Feb but I love them. Rare winters without a few blizzards are a real let down. Nothing like a howling blizzard with the snow driving sideways to make you feel really good inside. Contrary to popular belief, Roads are cleared continuously and almost always by he next day and by tradition our family travels to breakfast in the blizzard. The FWD vehicles are lined up outside the restaurants. BTW.. Maine is not in the arctic circle as some southerners have asked me about in the past.
How about everyone else. Do you tend to enjoy the 'three months' weather in your area? I'd think that in many places if you grew up with it it's just not the same without it.

[Cliffmeister2000]

How about everyone else. Do you tend to enjoy the 'three months' weather in your area? I'd think that in many places if you grew up with it it's just not the same without it.

Here in the Western part of the Phoenix Valley, and even more-so in the Southeastern portion, a significant part of the winter population are "Snowbirds" (folks who don't like their 3 months or ours). I went to the fairly famous swapmeet in Mesa Arizona once, and driving around looking for a parking place within walking distance, I suddenly stopped and asked my wife if she could see, amongst the dozens of cars around us, a single Arizona license plate. She could not.

[Kens]

Too much rain here. We have flooding in the small towns around Pittsburgh. My yard is like a swamp.

[Rick Sheerin]

Believe it or not, it's been very summer-like here in Central NY. It was in the 90's all thru thru the holiday weekend and mostly in the high 70's- low 80's for the last few weeks. It has rained the past two days though, which is good because my lawn was getting drier than a popcorn fart!

[traveler]

send some of that 100 degrees here to central Or, we need it. Rain seems to be the weather of the day in and day out.

[PKCSPT]

The only time of the year I don't like Minnesota is early early spring. Ground is frozen snow is melting and everything is cold and wet, but it only lasts a couple of weeks then things bloom.
Oh and any day over 80, thankful for airconditioning those days.