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torsoboy · Jul 15, 2005, 03:41 PM

Here in sunny St. George it is 115 degrees today.... wish my car's air conditioning worked!

How hot is it where you are?

turtle777 · Jul 15, 2005, 03:47 PM

31 Celsius. It's bearable, but very humid.

-t

BlueSky · Jul 15, 2005, 05:07 PM

In s. california it's about 68 because of the GOD-DAMN CLOUDS.

ThinkInsane · Jul 15, 2005, 05:23 PM

Upstate NY and 90 F and plenty of humidity. And I love it. Everyone's crying about how hot it is, and it doesn't bother me in the least.

FulcrumPilot · Jul 15, 2005, 05:30 PM

nice cool 15 C here! wish it was hot as hell so I can drink more beer!

OogaBooga · Jul 15, 2005, 05:30 PM

It stayed pretty cool in Austin today. But usually it gets to about 102 with mild humidity.

Since I just started living on my own, I'm trying to find ways to lower our electricity bill. Last month's was over $100, for a 800 sq. foot apartment.

scaught · Jul 15, 2005, 05:44 PM

it says 84F in dashboard, but feels alot worse than that.

Goldfinger · Jul 15, 2005, 06:09 PM

31° C. Quite nice.

Mastrap · Jul 15, 2005, 06:13 PM

95 today, feeling like 110. Damn the smog and humidity.

hickey · Jul 15, 2005, 06:16 PM

78 here, it just rained a little and cooled things off too

Goldfinger · Jul 15, 2005, 06:20 PM

Fahrenheit makes my brain hurt.

JustAnOl'Broad · Jul 15, 2005, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Goldfinger

Fahrenheit makes my brain hurt.

41C
104F
Northern California

My car AC needs serviced.
Bummer; but the drive home at midnight is much cooler.

Happy B'Day !
(oops, the birthday person was in the Potter thread.)

mitchell_pgh · Jul 15, 2005, 06:54 PM

81... and thunderstorms...

Sage · Jul 15, 2005, 06:56 PM

113°F – and we've never had A/C, so, yeah. No A/C in my truck either.

ManOfSteal · Jul 15, 2005, 07:17 PM

New Very Hotness!

JHromadka · Jul 15, 2005, 07:23 PM

It's been near 100 lately until we finally got some rain. Now it's in the upper-eighties.

iLikebeer · Jul 15, 2005, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by torsoboy

Here in sunny St. George it is 115 degrees today.... wish my car's air conditioning worked!

How hot is it where you are?

I'm about 200 miles south of you. Weather.com says 95F, but it was just over 100 at school. My T-Storm weather professor grew up in Prescott and says this is the latest it has ever been this hot. We almost got monsoon season started this weekend, but the High moved off and brought in drier air for the next week. You might get lucky and get a T-storm today or tomorrow, but the rain would probably evaporate before it hit the ground. Next weekend another High pressure is supposed to move in over Eastern Utah/ 4 corners area, so we might get some moisture from the Gulf to come up and cool us off.

It would really suck to be in Phoenix. It's been well over 100 every day since mid-June. http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...opnav_outdoors

SimpleLife · Jul 15, 2005, 09:09 PM

It was 30 degress Celsius here, in Montreal. I did 120 km on my bicycle in about 4 hours and drank 4 liters of liquid.

I may do that again tomorrow...

Weyland-Yutani · Jul 15, 2005, 09:14 PM

Right now it is 3:09 AM and 25 deg C and oh so humid. In the daytime it is 35 deg C and incredibly humid. Laundry takes more than 40 hours to dry when hanging outside. In the end of July we are expecting about 40 deg C. The fan is on 24/7 and aircondition all night. It is the price of life by the coast. On the upside I can cool down in the afternoon in the Meditarranáneo.

cheers

W-Y

Railroader · Jul 15, 2005, 11:06 PM

about 95F here. About 35C.

But the humidity was near 90%.

Liked it. it's making the beer taste that much better.

The Windozer · Jul 15, 2005, 11:19 PM

68 degrees north, nine degrees Celcius.

kiwibabe · Jul 16, 2005, 12:03 AM

Current temperature at 4.02 pm 6.8˚C (44.2˚F).

I wish it was hot ...

iDriveX · Jul 16, 2005, 12:42 AM

The Conejo Valley (just east of Malibu) just 5 miles north of "THE Valley", it's currently 59 degrees, it's 80 in THE Valley. God Bless my Valley.

vinster · Jul 16, 2005, 01:09 AM

Been in the mid-to-upper 90's (~35c) here in Colorado. I've been living in the UK up until a year ago so am not used to the extended heat.

I prefer the cold.

Kerrigan · Jul 16, 2005, 01:15 AM

This thread is making me hott and sweaty

TubaMuffins · Jul 16, 2005, 02:02 AM

the 5th or 6th day straight over 90 and well above 50% humidity here in minneapolis. wish my car had ac, im dying out here and we still have a few days left of this heat wave.

X-Ray · Jul 16, 2005, 02:49 AM

Currently a comfy nighttime 23º c and will go down to 19º c. But, days will be between 37-39º for the next week.

UgL_Quicksilver · Jul 16, 2005, 03:40 AM

Here in Ohio it has been running a hot 85-90 degree's (F) and i do not have any air in my house what so ever....sucks to be me

torsoboy · Jul 16, 2005, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

... You might get lucky and get a T-storm today or tomorrow, but the rain would probably evaporate before it hit the ground. Next weekend another High pressure is supposed to move in over Eastern Utah/ 4 corners area, so we might get some moisture from the Gulf to come up and cool us off.

It would really suck to be in Phoenix. It's been well over 100 every day since mid-June. http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...opnav_outdoors

Yep, rain passed us by. We saw the clouds though, so that was nice. Looks like it is supposed to be over a hundred degrees a day for us for the next few weeks still.

I remember the days in Phoenix... I lived there for two years when going to college. I worked outside at a carwash, so I got to feel every one of those hot days. Now I have a nice cushy job where I sit all day in a climate controlled office.. can't say I miss the weather in Phoenix. Nice city though.

iDriveX · Jul 16, 2005, 04:04 PM

Will everyone please use Fahrenheit, like the rest of the civilized world. This Celsius crap is screwing me up.

Lateralus · Jul 16, 2005, 04:05 PM

91 now. 97 by dinner apparently.

Sucktastic...

Dale Sorel · Jul 16, 2005, 04:08 PM

Here near Sacramento CA where seeing 41° C almost every day

iDriveX · Jul 16, 2005, 04:13 PM

Dude, you live in Sacramento, I think you HAVE to use Fahrenheit. Quit being some whiney british celsius user.

nredman · Jul 16, 2005, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by iDriveX

Dude, you live in Sacramento, I think you HAVE to use Fahrenheit. Quit being some whiney british celsius user.

95F here in central minnesota

Goldfinger · Jul 16, 2005, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by iDriveX

Will everyone please use Celsius, like the rest of the civilized world. This Fahrenheit crap is screwing me up.

Fixed

JoshuaZ · Jul 16, 2005, 04:34 PM

Its 85 down in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But we've got high humidity.

I can always take the heat, but the humidity always gets me. Thanks goodness for recycled air.

iDriveX · Jul 16, 2005, 04:44 PM

I hate this: "Yeah it's 115 in Palm Springs...but it's a it's a dry heat"

Yeah dry like sticking your head in a convection oven.

ghporter · Jul 16, 2005, 05:43 PM

iDriveX, I can use both F and C. Right now it's 88ºF/31ºC, with an expected high of 96ºF/~36ºC. The humidity is at about 58%, but I expect it to rise as the day goes on. This is MUCH better than through the past few weeks, where we skirted 100ºF/38ºC just about every day. A lady I correspond with in Toronto said that during the week it got to 44ºC!!! Dang! What's up with that? It's not supposed to be hotter in Toronto than in Texas... That's just WRONG.

wdlove · Jul 16, 2005, 05:57 PM

Currently 86 degrees, but it's the humidity that makes it so uncomfortable.

vinster · 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by iDriveX

Will everyone please use Fahrenheit, like the rest of the civilized world. This Celsius crap is screwing me up.

No. Why don't you learn to use the metric system? Actually, "the rest of the civilized world" uses Celsius. The US is one of the only countries left in the world that's still using imperial measurements.

The US should switch, or at least make sure to teach and practice both systems.

EDIT: Fixed 'empirical.''

ghporter · Jul 16, 2005, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by vinster

The US is one of the few countries still using empirical measurements.

Wrong term. I think you meant "Imperial" measurements, and that only applies to liquid measure. The U.S. officially uses Celcius, but has not forced everyone here to adopt and internalize it. This has avoided some issues, such as when Britain switched to metric measures and there was an outpouring of wrath about "messing with the pint!" It also tells you something about the person; some folks work to blend in, others don't bother, and still others don't understand.

If you mention a "quid" or a "guinnea," I get the gist of your statement, even though those terms went out with shillings and farthings. On the other hand, do you understand what a double eagle is? It is all simply sociocultural difference, no different from calling the same thing the "loo," the "head" and/or the "john."

vinster · Jul 16, 2005, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Wrong term. I think you meant "Imperial" measurements, and that only applies to liquid measure. The U.S. officially uses Celcius, but has not forced everyone here to adopt and internalize it.

Yes, imperial measurements. Well if we officially use Celsius, broadcasters should show us both measurements. It would go a long way towards helping people understand the system and make changes.

ghporter · Jul 16, 2005, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by vinster

Yes, imperial measurements. Well if we officially use Celsius, broadcasters should show us both measurements. It would go a long way towards helping people understand the system and make changes.

Broadcasters don't show both because audiences don't want that. In places where the common use of metric measures was mandated, they did that...and a lot of people still resent it.

I personally try to keep Celcius in mind, but I grew up with Farenheit, but it's an old, deep habit and thus hard to break. I DO think (somewhat) in meters and grams, but that's a different issue.

vinster · Jul 16, 2005, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Broadcasters don't show both because audiences don't want that.

But broadcasters should also be concerned about making positive contributions to society. It certainly wouldn't hurt to show a F/c measurement at some point in the broadcast.

Sky Captain · Jul 16, 2005, 06:43 PM

I had to replace the compressor in my central aircondition unit today.
5 hours of toil. But it's working.

ghporter · Jul 16, 2005, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by vinster

But broadcasters should also be concerned about making positive contributions to society. It certainly wouldn't hurt to show a F/c measurement at some point in the broadcast.

If broadcasters were interested in journalism, your point would be valid. Today it's all about "infotainment." Nuff said? I'd like to see more reference to Celcius/meter/gram stuff everywhere, but unfortunately until the audience as a whole demands it, the broadcasters just won't bother.

Sky Captain · Jul 16, 2005, 07:12 PM

I have to use both. C & F. It gets confusing sometimes.
What's worse is one of the birds I fly, the altimeter is set in milibars ans ATIS is in inches of mercury.

Hugi · Jul 16, 2005, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by scaught

it says 84F in dashboard, but feels alot worse than that.

I was just about to ask: Are you posting while driving?

And then I realized I am an idiot.

It's midnight, quite bright and 12°C up here. Warm enough to sit in a sweater on the balcony and drink beer. Which is what matters.

nonhuman · Jul 16, 2005, 09:23 PM

72° F. I love San Francisco.

Dale Sorel · Jul 16, 2005, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by iDriveX

Dude, you live in Sacramento, I think you HAVE to use Fahrenheit. Quit being some whiney british celsius user.

Alright dude, does that mean I have to take the Charger off of the cinder blocks too