How's the weather?

[Aggie87]

The weather's been nice here, but due to the heavy rains "upstream" from us, they are having to release water from the lakes that are our main water supply here. So the rivers here continue to flood, and anyone living near the rivers have problems.

We are also supposed to be boiling our water prior to drinking it, in order to avoid ecoli and other fun stuff.

[Guy Berger]

Fuck... it's supposed to be in the neighborhood of 100 for most of this week. Fortunately I spend most of the day in air-conditioned spaces. I walk to work at 6:45 AM, so normally the walk isn't bad, but it could get nasty this week. SS1, how the hell do you survive summers in Arizona?

Still, I'm glad that there isn't much of that nasty NE humidity down here. At least so far.

Guy

[Tim McG]

Out my way it's cooled down to a nice way cool 95 degrees.

I was thinking of taking out the sweaters.

[MoGrubb]

Out my way it's cooled down to a nice way cool 95 degrees.

I was thinking of taking out the sweaters.

*tsk*

I registered 98 yesterday, but the paper said it was 100. I don't have any asphalt in the yard, could be the difference. It's supposed to be 100-101 this week, until Friday. It's hottern fucking shit, turned on the ac yesterday at 2 PM, mostly do with fans.

[Van Basten II]

Nasty thunderstorm.

[paul secor]

Cooled off today - 80ish - and looks as if we may get some rain. We can use it.

[brownie]

Been raining this morning which brought some relief to yesterday's heat. Today's very civilised with temperatures in the mid 60s!

[Soulstation1]

Fuck... it's supposed to be in the neighborhood of 100 for most of this week. Fortunately I spend most of the day in air-conditioned spaces. I walk to work at 6:45 AM, so normally the walk isn't bad, but it could get nasty this week. SS1, how the hell do you survive summers in Arizona?

Still, I'm glad that there isn't much of that nasty NE humidity down here. At least so far.

Guy

Lots of AC and staying inside

[Shawn]

Thankfully the afternoon rain shower cooled things off yesterday, it was blistering before that. Not quite as hot today but they're calling for it to be in the upper 90's for the rest of the week.

Glad the swimming pool is only 20 paces from the back door....

[DukeCity]

We're entering our monsoon season, with lots of afternoon rain showers. Nice, because we can always use a little more water, but a drag because the increased humidity renders the evaporative cooling system in our house (the "swamp cooler") completely useless.

It's enough to spark our annual debate about possibly converting to refrigerated air...

[Soulstation1]

I could never make it in Arizona with a swamp cooler

[sidewinder]

After a sweltering weekend it was flash floods today !

[MoGrubb]

We're entering our monsoon season, with lots of afternoon rain showers. Nice, because we can always use a little more water, but a drag because the increased humidity renders the evaporative cooling system in our house (the "swamp cooler") completely useless.

It's enough to spark our annual debate about possibly converting to refrigerated air...

[DukeCity]

We're entering our monsoon season, with lots of afternoon rain showers. Nice, because we can always use a little more water, but a drag because the increased humidity renders the evaporative cooling system in our house (the "swamp cooler") completely useless.

It's enough to spark our annual debate about possibly converting to refrigerated air...

From our good friends at Wikipedia:

Evaporative coolers (also called air, swamp, or desert coolers) are cooling devices which use simple evaporation of water in air. They differ from refrigeration or absorption air conditioning, which use the vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycles. In the U.S., small-scale evaporative coolers are called swamp coolers by some users due to the humid air conditions produced. The name sump cooler is also used. Air washers and wet cooling towers utilize the same principles as evaporative coolers, but are optimized for purposes other than air cooling.

Evaporative cooling is especially well suited for climates where the air is hot and humidity is low. For example, in the U.S., the western/mountain states are good locations, with swamp coolers very prevalent in cities like Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, and Phoenix, where sufficient water is available; in Australia, evaporative air conditioning is popular in Perth. In dry climates, the installation and operating cost of an evaporative cooler can be much lower than refigerative air conditioning, often by 80% or so. But evaporative cooling and vapor-compression air conditioning are sometimes used in combination to yield optimal performance. Some evaporative coolers may also serve as humidifiers in the heating season.

[BruceH]

Cloudy. Cold. Gloomy.

[MoGrubb]

We're entering our monsoon season, with lots of afternoon rain showers. Nice, because we can always use a little more water, but a drag because the increased humidity renders the evaporative cooling system in our house (the "swamp cooler") completely useless.

It's enough to spark our annual debate about possibly converting to refrigerated air...

From our good friends at Wikipedia:

Evaporative coolers (also called air, swamp, or desert coolers) are cooling devices which use simple evaporation of water in air. They differ from refrigeration or absorption air conditioning, which use the vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycles. In the U.S., small-scale evaporative coolers are called swamp coolers by some users due to the humid air conditions produced. The name sump cooler is also used. Air washers and wet cooling towers utilize the same principles as evaporative coolers, but are optimized for purposes other than air cooling.

Evaporative cooling is especially well suited for climates where the air is hot and humidity is low. For example, in the U.S., the western/mountain states are good locations, with swamp coolers very prevalent in cities like Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, and Phoenix, where sufficient water is available; in Australia, evaporative air conditioning is popular in Perth. In dry climates, the installation and operating cost of an evaporative cooler can be much lower than refigerative air conditioning, often by 80% or so. But evaporative cooling and vapor-compression air conditioning are sometimes used in combination to yield optimal performance. Some evaporative coolers may also serve as humidifiers in the heating season.

Did I ask? Far be it for me to ask a question before doing research on my own. I already got an asshole, don't need another one ripped.

[NaturalSoul]

I could never make it in Arizona with a swamp cooler

my mother does.

[MoGrubb]

At 10:30 AM it was already 95 degrees.

[Aggie87]

97% humidity and a high of 94 F expected today.

[7/4]

It may be the hottest day this year, which really sucks because I really have to go out and get some groceries.

[MoGrubb]

I worked in the yard from 10 to 10:30 am, noticed it was 95 when I came in. Now it's 100 on the dot.

[Soulstation1]

we had 32/33 days straight of over 100

[Shawn]

It's 95 here, heat index around 105. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 100 with a heat index of 110. ARGH!

[AndrewHill]

Hot and humid.

[Matthew]

It's 67 and cloudy where I'm at. I love Washington weather.