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When will this heat STOP?!

Started by snowc, September 15, 2021, 04:16:00 PM

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Road Hog

Texas this year enjoyed a below-normal summer for once. We had about a week of our usual 100s and that was it. July was unusually rainy and so was August. Our first real fall cold front arrives Tuesday with lows in the low 50s.


Max Rockatansky

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Scott5114

Well, I'm really jonesing for that cold front now. My AC has been out since Saturday (blower still runs but the air coming out is only a couple degrees cooler than ambient air temperature so it does jack shit).
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ozarkman417

Answer (for me): roughly 24 hours. A strong cold front is expected to bring temperatures down a whopping 20 degrees. 91 to 71.

paulthemapguy

It's been stupid-warm this September here too.  The wife and I went to the pool yesterday as temperatures sat in the upper 80s...I think somewhere in the lower 70s is expected for this time of year.  The pattern of far-above-average temperatures isn't supposed to break for the next two weeks, either.
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Roadgeekteen

Today it was cool, barely 60. But back up to near 70 this weekend.
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jgb191

The heat stopped here on the last day of summer.  Since the start of the fall season, we've have not had any hot weather -- only low-mid 90s, so the heat has really toned way down from the 100-105 degrees a couple weeks ago.
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Bruce

"Not had any hot weather"

"only low-mid 90s"

Does not compute.

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In Seattle, we've been staying a bit too warm (in the mid to high 60s generally) for fall. Still waiting on the permanent gray to set in for the next few months, with more comfortable highs in the 50s.

Max Rockatansky

It's supposed to be 68F in Fresno.  Apparently the same weather front might bring rain and snow to higher elevations.  That potentially could be good news given the KNP Fire has gotten out of control the last couple days.

jgb191

Quote from: Bruce on October 05, 2021, 01:57:51 AMDoes not compute.

For those of us who are from South Texas, it actually does make perfect sense.  Temperatures in the 90s are nothing unusual to start the month of October (and for any day in October for that matter); in fact places like Laredo and McAllen average 91-93 highs at the beginning of the month.
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The Weather Channel is predicting that Moosonee, ON will be warmer than Tijuana, Mexico this weekend!
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In Kitchener, the highest temp for the longest weekend is forecasted to be a summer-like 24 C/75 F on Monday.

Roadgeekteen

The leaves are changing colors that much here in Western MA. The heat has something to do with that.
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ozarkman417

Quote from: ozarkman417 on September 20, 2021, 12:11:57 AM
Answer (for me): roughly 24 hours. A strong cold front is expected to bring temperatures down a whopping 20 degrees. 91 to 71.
This didn't age well. Springfield's Saturday weather is forecasted to be 90, two degrees away from that day's record high set in 1980.

ET21

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 07, 2021, 04:03:54 PM
The leaves are changing colors that much here in Western MA. The heat has something to do with that.

Are or aren't? Ours are changing earlier than normal and are much duller due to the ongoing drought here
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Rothman

Quote from: ET21 on October 11, 2021, 10:39:41 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 07, 2021, 04:03:54 PM
The leaves are changing colors that much here in Western MA. The heat has something to do with that.

Are or aren't? Ours are changing earlier than normal and are much duller due to the ongoing drought here
I am in the Pioneer Valley right now and the leaves are behind in changing this year.  Less vibrant than other years, too.  Coming up on peak right now, though.
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ET21

Quote from: Rothman on October 11, 2021, 11:37:39 AM
Quote from: ET21 on October 11, 2021, 10:39:41 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 07, 2021, 04:03:54 PM
The leaves are changing colors that much here in Western MA. The heat has something to do with that.

Are or aren't? Ours are changing earlier than normal and are much duller due to the ongoing drought here
I am in the Pioneer Valley right now and the leaves are behind in changing this year.  Less vibrant than other years, too.  Coming up on peak right now, though.

Yeah our peak is supposed to be this week and everything just looks dull. Maybe after this weekend with cooler temperatures things will begin to pop.
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MN: I-90

CoreySamson

Meanwhile, here in Houston the high temperature for Friday is forecast to be 90 degrees. snowc would not like living down here.
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Bruce

Meanwhile in Seattle: morning low of 36F (a new daily record) and highs not budging from the 50s. It's good, but I'd rather have clear skies for the aurora.

https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1448006735008911360

ET21

Depends on the location, like for us above average in the 60th-70th percentile is the upper 60s/lower 70s. All depends on your local area's average high for those dates.
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Road Hog

It has been an unusually warm fall in the Southwest. I normally have to kick on the furnace by Dec. 1, and some years by Nov. 1. This year, it's 2 weeks before Christmas and we've barely had a morning frost yet. I think it's approached freezing a couple of times, but I still have a lot of green in my lawn and a lot of neighborhood leaves are still green.

Scott5114

Quote from: Road Hog on December 12, 2021, 05:36:32 PM
It has been an unusually warm fall in the Southwest. I normally have to kick on the furnace by Dec. 1, and some years by Nov. 1. This year, it's 2 weeks before Christmas and we've barely had a morning frost yet. I think it's approached freezing a couple of times, but I still have a lot of green in my lawn and a lot of neighborhood leaves are still green.

Indeed, and I'm getting somewhat annoyed with it, as my bedroom and office both face south. With the warm temperatures outside, and the sun shining in the windows, both rooms reach 80° in the mid-afternoon. Yet running the A/C isn't a solution, since the north and central parts of the house are nice and cool, and guess where the thermostat is? If it were cooler outside, I could at least open the window, but the temperature difference isn't enough for that to be useful.

More concerning is the lack of rain we've been having. That, plus the dormant grasses and the high winds we've been having, mean wildfires are an increasingly big concern.
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snowc

as we got heat previously, a front came FINALLY on the 3rd, and brought SNOW! and wind.  ;-)

snowc

For the first time since September, highs are gonna be in the 80s!  :colorful:



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