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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

October 

Yep, not sure why anyone is clinging to years of old when fall started in September. We will get our typical 24 hr fake fall in September but I’m geared up for blast furnace conditions through the third week of October. 

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17 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Yep, not sure why anyone is clinging to years of old when fall started in September. We will get our typical 24 hr fake fall in September but I’m geared up for blast furnace conditions through the third week of October. 

Fall doesn't start in September.  BUT, the first "cool spell" that knocks it below 90 degrees for a few days does.  Now, as a dove hunter, I am pretty familiar with when that happens.  It used to be around the 19th-20th of September.  Now, it's about a week later, generally the 25th-26th.  And it lasts about 2.5-3 days.

But yeah....it's not until the 20th of Oct or so that we can usually say "summer heat is over."  It can still be hot, but generally not "summer hot."

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2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

We staved off the full force of the blast furnace until August.  That's a win compared to most years.

I think I'll be able to handle 2.5 months of this shit compared to the usual five months.

Not to mention that current forecasts show seasonal blast furnace, not record-breaking blast furnace.  I'll allow it.

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My little weather update this morning reported "Very hot weather." so I clicked on it to see how hot it was going to be.  95-97 for the foreseeable future... bitch, please that ain't 'very hot weather' for this time of year.

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31 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

My little weather update this morning reported "Very hot weather." so I clicked on it to see how hot it was going to be.  95-97 for the foreseeable future... bitch, please that ain't 'very hot weather' for this time of year.

Well it is for yankees.  And Californians.

 

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On 8/6/2025 at 12:46 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

My little weather update this morning reported "Very hot weather." so I clicked on it to see how hot it was going to be.  95-97 for the foreseeable future... bitch, please that ain't 'very hot weather' for this time of year.

It's not.  That said, took some visitors to the gun range yesterday afternoon.  Three hours out in that heat, and yeah....shirt was soaked through.  Drank so much water (and an agua fresca) that I had to get up and piss twice last night.  It was damned hot....yet, it was tolerable.  The guests were English, they were wilting a bit more, but even they could soldier through.  So, just "normal August hot," not "shit, we can't survive here anymore" hot.

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Historically speaking, tomorrow is the last day before the worm starts to turn ever so slowly, at least in regard to average daily highs and lows. From 7/29-8/12, we're at the peak daily average of 96/77 (this is for Houston). Typically, that drops to 95/76 from 8/13-8/22, then 94/75 starting 8/23 and so forth.

Over the next 3 weeks or so, we'll drop an average of 1 degree off the average high and low every 7-8 days, before speeding up to every 5-6 days once we get into September.

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Still no 100s at my house so far this year, though it was probably 99.499999999 a few days ago.

The 10 day currently stays clear of it as well, and at that point, we're getting to where it becomes a lot less likely to happen with each passing day.

Got nothing to complain about as far as summer temps this year.

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On 8/11/2025 at 6:36 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

This last week has been the worst of it and it’s still been tolerable in smallish doses. Not great, but not wake up in the morning pissed off at the world maddening either. 

Yeah well I mean, I expect high heat in Central Texas in the summer.  The only times I ever get pissed off are when it's record-heat, like, 2011 levels of heat.  That summer we had 90 days of 100 or more.  That's rageworthy.  Normal summer in Austin is, well, normal summer in Austin.

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Yeah, this summer has bene totally tolerable.  98?  99?  Ok.  100?  Yeah kind of sucks but its not 105 or 107 day after day.  Assuming the source I saw was correct, the hottest temperature this summer in Texas was 103.  The highest in the state.  If real, that's a cakewalk summer.  

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It's funny that compared to the last few years, summers like this one are abnormal.

Average Texas yearly temps for the last 15 years. Those are rankings are ranked against the last 130 years. In the last 15 years, we've had 7 of the top 10 in the 130 years of tracking.

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/states/texas/average-temperature-by-year

Year Rank High (°F) Low (°F)
2024 1 80.8 56.4
2023 2 80.5 55.6
2022 13 79.4 53.5
2021 18 78.3 54.0
2020 9 79.5 54.2
2019 22 78.0 53.8
2018 19 78.1 53.9
2017 4 79.7 54.9
2016 6 79.1 55.2
2015 24 77.4 54.2
2014 66 77.2 52.6
2013 51 77.6 52.6
2012 3 80.6 54.9
2011 4 80.9 53.8
2010 51 77.5 52.7
2009 24 78.5 53.0
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On 8/11/2025 at 5:35 PM, Storm the Field said:

Historically speaking, tomorrow is the last day before the worm starts to turn ever so slowly, at least in regard to average daily highs and lows. From 7/29-8/12, we're at the peak daily average of 96/77 (this is for Houston). Typically, that drops to 95/76 from 8/13-8/22, then 94/75 starting 8/23 and so forth.

Over the next 3 weeks or so, we'll drop an average of 1 degree off the average high and low every 7-8 days, before speeding up to every 5-6 days once we get into September.

yet Sept 6 and Sept 13 are guaranteed to be 100+F

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  • Sept 13 - 3pm  UTEP
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Amazing Texas has avoided this shit. 

Honest question. What the fuck do people living in Arizona expect? It's a desert. However, NYC leading the country in heat related deaths shocks me. I guess people really need AC where 50 years ago, they didn't.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/death-toll-extreme-heat-arizona-county

More than 400 people are suspected to have died from extreme heat in Maricopa county, Arizona, so far this summer, according to official figures, as the brutal current heatwave enters its 12th day.

August is on track to be the hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) every day apart from one so far. As of 11 August, at least three daily records had been broken including an all-time monthly high of 118F (48C), as well as several night-time record temperatures, according to Isaac Smith, meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Phoenix.

The current extreme heat warning issued by the NWS is the fourth and longest of the summer thus far, and will extend at least through Wednesday night with temperatures forecast to hit 110F. Increased cloud cover and possible thunderstorms will then bring a brief respite towards the weekend but another very hot spell is forecast by the start of next week.

 

In 2025, the county medical examiner’s office has so far confirmed only 35 heat deaths – 17 directly caused by exposure to high temperatures, and 18 cases where heat contributed to the fatality, including by exacerbating chronic medical conditions or the effects of alcohol or methamphetamine. Another 369 suspected heat-related deaths remain under investigation, according to the county’s heat surveillance dashboard which is updated weekly.

June and July were a little cooler than recent years, despite topping 115F on multiple days, which at least partially explains the lower death toll. Improved access and extended hours at city cooling centres may also be playing a role, according to Dr Nick Staab, the county’s chief medical officer. First responders and hospitals have reportedly gotten better at treating heatstroke and other temperature-related emergencies.

Yet despite the encouraging numbers, Maricopa county is still on track to be the deadliest place for heat in the US after New York City, the country’s largest metropolis, where heat contributes to 525 deaths on average each year.

“With this many cases still under investigation and it only being mid-August, there’s a lot that could still happen,” Staab told KJZZ, the local public radio station.

Heat-related deaths have soared in Maricopa county over the past decade, with 645 in 2023 compared to 61 in 2014. The county has become increasingly unlivable for many amid record-breaking heatwaves driven by the global climate crisis, unchecked urban sprawl and an affordable housing crisis – which combined with patchy mental health and substance misuse services has contributed to a growing unsheltered population.

Last year, heat deaths fell for the first time in a decade to 608, according to official figures, but the city and county have since come under fire for alleged undercounting. A recent investigation by the local TV station ABC15 identified multiple cases in which heat was discounted as a factor despite the person dying in extreme temperatures.

“People are dying awful, preventable deaths that are not being accounted for in the official figures. We need more consistency and transparency if we’re going to wrap solutions around this public health crisis,” said Stacey Champion, a community advocate campaigning for more standardized counting of heat-related deaths in Arizona.

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On 8/13/2025 at 11:01 AM, crash_davis said:

It's funny that compared to the last few years, summers like this one are abnormal.

Average Texas yearly temps for the last 15 years. Those are rankings are ranked against the last 130 years. In the last 15 years, we've had 7 of the top 10 in the 130 years of tracking.

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/states/texas/average-temperature-by-year

Year Rank High (°F) Low (°F)
2024 1 80.8 56.4
2023 2 80.5 55.6
2022 13 79.4 53.5
2021 18 78.3 54.0
2020 9 79.5 54.2
2019 22 78.0 53.8
2018 19 78.1 53.9
2017 4 79.7 54.9
2016 6 79.1 55.2
2015 24 77.4 54.2
2014 66 77.2 52.6
2013 51 77.6 52.6
2012 3 80.6 54.9
2011 4 80.9 53.8
2010 51 77.5 52.7
2009 24 78.5 53.0

Fake news. I see two 4s, libster…

Posted
On 8/15/2025 at 9:40 AM, crash_davis said:

I guess people really need AC where 50 years ago, they didn't.

I guess people weren't quite the fatasses 50 years ago. 

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