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On 7/28/2025 at 11:33 AM, Storm the Field said:

The stretch ahead from 7/28 to 8/13 is historically the hottest period of the year in Texas, based on daily average high temperature.

Yup, but 8/8 is the date when the average high starts to drop which is always something to look forward to, but right now I'm not bothered by summer. We'll see if I feel that way on 8/30.

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The hot, dry days touching 100 only stuck around SETX through Wednesday. Back to mid-90's and high humidity for the foreseeable future. Still a good 40 days away from when I start scouring the GFS models for any hint of the Fall's first cool front.

Only noticeable difference over the next few weeks will likely be the days getting a little bit shorter. Currently losing a little about 90 seconds of sunlight each day. 2 Fridays from now will be the last sunset of the year later than 8 p.m. in the eastern portion of TX.

 

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Man, I'm getting to the point of the Summer where I'll be happy just to see a day on the forecast where the low is even 2 degrees less than the day before.  Every single day in the current 14-day outlook for Houston is a high between 92-96, high humidity, and a low of 78 or 79. Groundhog Day weather, where it's just the same day over and over and over.

Really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Colorado the week after next. That first evening in town at sunset and it's in the 50's after flying out from a heat index over 100 is one of life's great pleasures. 

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I did yard and pool work for two days this weekend it was awesome outside. Sat in the pool a bit ago enjoying the perfection of my work and looking at the partly cloudy skies and high 90s on the temp and said to the wifey, this is how I remember summers as a kid, hot but completely doable even outside most of the day.  We found shade, a pool and enjoyed a little breeze here and there and nothing close to heat exhaustion. I have no complaints.

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After my workouts I like to take a 15 minute walk around the neighborhood to kind of stretch out and decompress.  This itme of year I'm usually sweating as much or more after my walk as when I was working out but not yesterday.  Temp in the low 80's, cloudy and I actually cooled off instead of staying hot as hell.

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We're at 5+ years now since returning to Austin from Houston.  If there's one thing I've noticed is that the shade matters so much here and at times can be relatively tolerable even when it feels like the depths of hades in the sun.  The humidity difference matters.  Plus this morning it was down to 71 in the morning - felt reasonable.  I am not complaining about this summer.

Reminder of Mabry in 2023...

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Going on nothing but the sky,, tell me what month you think this morning is in central Texas? 
 

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no cheating…. Yeah that’s not an August morning sky. I’ll take it!!!

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3 hours ago, troph said:

That looks like my lawn before I mowed it Saturday. What is this green everywhere?

Yeah, I tend to keep my lawn longish in the summer so that the blades shade the roots.  I don't think I can do that anymore.

On a side note, just checking... it is 11:25 AM on August 4th and this is the closest weather station?  Amazing.

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4 minutes ago, texasdago said:

Yeah, I tend to keep my lawn longish in the summer so that the blades shade the roots.  I don't think I can do that anymore.

On a side note, just checking... it is 11:25 AM on August 4th and this is the closest weather station?  Amazing.

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we have a service but it had been three weeks and they went a bit AWOL on me so I said fuck it I could use the exercise and wanted an excuse to avoid the gym and the courts.  cut on the highest setting and still cut 2-3 inches off. I have a couple of heat stressed spots but not much. freaking yard is emerald green in the places that are under 6-8 hours of sun per day. 

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1 minute ago, NorthLoop said:

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Edge of a desert.

 

11 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Dry heat 

It’s like a blow-dryer outside in your face when you go check the mail.

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