It's nice we are having weather today

I know , This may go nowhere. I have local news stations from all over the country on my favorites list.

 

It would suck if we weren't.

^ Alright , Even I know its cold on the moon. and no wind. They had to make the flag stand at attention.

^Interesting! The same has been predicted for us, later this evening.

Thor wrote:   "Its nice we are having weather today" It would suck if we weren't.

It was just a little play on words, C'mon , work with me here.

It's sunny and 78 degrees at 5pm. Best summer in 22 years in Virginia.
We have had way more rain that we need, ruined plants and flowers, but take rain over drought any day. Best thing is that we haven't had more than a few days over 90 and very little humidity except last couple of weeks. Just wonderful.

Something kind of odd occurred here in Florida this summer. I thought maybe it was just me, but I did some Googling & found a forum where some other people were talking about it. Haven't heard anything out of the local weather idiots, though.

Anyway, even though the daytime temps have been right around where they usually are in the low to mid 90's, the humidity seems to have been a little bit lower.

But what is so striking is, up until about a week or so ago, how low it's been at night.

Normally by early to mid July, & much earlier even, when you step outside early in the morning just as the sun is coming over the horizon, the first thing you're hit with is the humidity & the complete lack of any breeze whatsoever. And that just serves to magnify the heat from the sun, so that by 7:45 - 8 am, it already feels stiflingly muggy & hot. Walk from your door to your car & you're already dripping sweat.

And even at night there is almost no breeze whatsoever. At least not 50 miles inland where I live. Over on the coast there's usually a light night time breeze, but often, it's not much to speak of either.

Anyway, the strange thing is that this year all thru June, July & into August, I would go out in my back yard early in the morning, only to be pleasantly surprised to find it dry, cool & breezy. Almost "chilly" a couple of times.

Recently, around the 12th of August, during the Perseid meteor shower, I sat out in my backyard from around midnight till around 2:30 am watching it. It felt amazing!!! Cool, dry & breezy with very low humidity. I didn't want to go inside!!! And more than one night this summer, I turned off all the fans before going to sleep. Once or twice, I got up in the middle of the night to turn the one I had blowing on me, off because I got so chilly it woke me up.

My electric bill has been noticeably lower the past couple of months too, because I haven't been running my larger, more powerful "commercial grade" fan in the back window that usually runs most of the day.

I sure as hell hope this marks the beginning of a nice long trend.

If every summer was like this one has been, I wouldn't dread them every year.

bwestfall wrote: It's sunny and 78 degrees at 5pm. Best summer in 22 years in Virginia. We have had way more rain that we need, ruined plants and flowers, but take rain over drought any day. Best thing is that we haven't had more than a few days over 90 and very little humidity except last couple of weeks. Just wonderful.

Strange.

I just posted about the same kind of thing down here in Fla.

The nights have been very comfortable.

Unusually so.

The weather sure is acting f'ed up lately ya gotta admit.

Jimbo wrote: Well, don't complain. All that horribleness is compensated for by those 110 degree days & the wild fires & of course the long, wet dreary winters. So really, it's not so bad there after all!!! Down here, we're looking at a good 8 months of those nasty clear skies, warm sun & low humidity. And girls in skimpy tops. You only have to put up with it for 4 or 5 months.

Jimbo wrote: Something kind of odd occurred here in Florida this summer. I thought maybe it was just me, but I did some Googling & found a forum where some other people were talking about it. Haven't heard anything out of the local weather idiots, though. (...) Anyway, the strange thing is that this year all thru June, July & into August, I would go out in my back yard early in the morning, only to be pleasantly surprised to find it dry, cool & breezy. Almost "chilly" a couple of times. (...) I sure as hell hope this marks the beginning of a nice long trend.

MrTim wrote: I noticed similar things a couple weeks ago.  It felt like autumn weather.  A gardener friend even mentioned that some of the trees were changing already.  I'm starting to think the calendars are off....

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.

It was like that back in July, too.

Went outside around 7:30 - 7:45 am & it felt great!!!

Hope it's like this again next summer!!!

And a few more, too.