Thursday, Aug 7 was a new record temperature for the month of August in Phoenix. It was 118 F.
New August record temp in Phoenix
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Owen Lucas
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“It’s a dry heat” 
LOL I loved that stupid comment. [No disrespect intended!] I would reply with "heat up your oven to 118F and stick your head in there, that's a dry heat too."“It’s a dry heat”
We hit 120° for a single day last summer. Honestly, it doesn't feel that much warmer than 115°.
I wonder how many people put boots on dogs to go out and pee when the temps get that high.
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C'mon down to Arkansastan at 120F and see how much sweltering it is!
No thanks!! That's a wet heat isn't it?
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I think Atlanta set a record on Monday (Aug 5)... for being cold. After two months of horrid heat and humidity, the temperatures for a few days dropped down and set a record COLD temp. of 69ºF. It was incredible. Unfortunately it didn't last and now it's back to 75% humidity and 95ºF.
Austin's only had 8 days this year where the temperature was 100+. A few years ago, we had 73.
The local weather I use has a contiuous Pavement Temperature reading on their website. Currently, it's about 6am and the temperature on pavement is still 88F. By mid-afternoon, it's in the 140s, and sometimes higher. I take my dogs out as soon as it's light enough to pick up their business without having to carry a flashlight.
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It’s so wet you can hold a cup in the air and it’ll be filled up in a minute!No thanks!! That's a wet heat isn't it?
We had a hot humid spell too, it got up to around 100F for a few days. Combine that with the smoke from the Canadian wildfires and it sucked!
Living in the north/east,
I heat my house in the summer and
air-condition it in the winter.
Most people do it wrong and spend a lot of money.
I heat my house in the summer and
air-condition it in the winter.
Most people do it wrong and spend a lot of money.
sad, as the city grows, with more asphalt and buildings, these cities don't cool off at night, as a result temps will keep rising.
My work in victorville is always a few degrees hotter than my house.
