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What A Relief It Is!

Kachina624 — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:31:50 GMT

After a month of brutal heat in the Southwest, the monsoon season has arrived. I awoke this morning to 55° and a light rainfall, with a high of 75° predicted. It has now cleared off and is beautiful but very windy. My AC is OFF. More rain predicted for evening and every cool day this week. It is very rare for it to cool so much here this time of year but is a welcomed respite.

Strange how our weather here in the desert has flip-flopped with that of the Northern half of the country now experiencing extreme heat. It'll be back here too but we'll enjoy the cool while we can.

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LuvmyLab — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:37:49 GMT

Please send some of your cooler weather to us in the Pacific NW! We desparately need it!

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eddyandme — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:39:44 GMT

We're having a "heat wave" (3 days in the 90s) here in MA. Has been unseasonably warm, yet nothing like you experience.

I can relate though, it is nice to shut off the AC and just enjoy the cool breezes.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:43:46 GMT

@LuvmyLab wrote:
Please send some of your cooler weather to us in the Pacific NW! We desparately need it!

@LuvmyLab Believe me we paid our dues and earned a few nice days. Yours will undoubtedly return shortly. Wish I could loan my AC today.

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Mistreatedbycs — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:50:53 GMT

@Kachina624

...and based on your title, I thought it was a personal health issue...

oh too funny....you're talking about the weather.

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LuvmyLab — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:15:37 GMT

@Kachina624 We have AC in our house, our cars and where we both work so we are ok. I just feel for those here that don't. So many don't because we never have this kind of heat. I saw on CNN today that we have the hottest temps in the US. They would have to go out of the country to find higher temps than us.

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Desert Lily — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:01:15 GMT

@Kachina624 I live further west and it will be 108 to day and 109 tomorrow. If monsoon weather arrives later in the week, we'll have 104 temps with heavy humidity.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:08:29 GMT

@LuvmyLab wrote:
@Kachina624 We have AC in our house, our cars and where we both work so we are ok. I just feel for those here that don't. So many don't because we never have this kind of heat. I saw on CNN today that we have the hottest temps in the US. They would have to go out of the country to find higher temps than us.

@LuvmyLab It may feel like it but not quite like this.

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LuvmyLab — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:27:00 GMT

@Kachina624 We are close, supposed to hit 118 tomorrow or Tuesday.

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Spurt — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:39:51 GMT

@Kachina624

I was just mentioning to my sister the other day, how its been a strange summer here in South Texas with all the rain.....And the northern part of the country is experiencing extreme heat and yet here we've had a moderately mild summer for us anyway....and more rain expected this week with temperatures in the upper 80's and its almost July!!!---😲😲.....I remember some years its been in the upper 90's or 100 even on the 4th of July.....

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Kachina624 — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:41:25 GMT

@Desert Lily wrote:
@Kachina624 I live further west and it will be 108 to day and 109 tomorrow. If monsoon weather arrives later in the week, we'll have 104 temps with heavy humidity.

@Desert Lily. The weather in AZ will soon be a distant memory for you. Think about 109° next winter when you're driving through snow in your new home.

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Desert Lily — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:46:53 GMT

Hi @Kachina624 , I'm even further west than that and am baking in the heat with everybody else out here. I used to live in NY, upstate NY, and we had some huge snow storms there. I miss seeing green, and lilacs, and cardinals & blue jays, and autumn leaves, and even dandelions. But you're right; I can wait to be reacquainted with a snow shovel. Lol.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:57:12 GMT

@Desert Lily Would you believe we had a high of 63° and drizzle most of the day today. in Albuquerque? Haven't had the AC on for 3 days. I'm wearing a sweater. Strangest thing I ever saw.

Bad flooding down in SE NM from too much rain. Pecos River overflowing at Carlsbad.

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Desert Lily — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:59:52 GMT

@Kachina624 I envy your temp. It was 106 yesterday. It was supposed to rain today, but it missed us. Maybe tomorrow. Enjoy the cool weather while you can.

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:18:32 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
After a month of brutal heat in the Southwest, the monsoon season has arrived. I awoke this morning to 55° and a light rainfall, with a high of 75° predicted. It has now cleared off and is beautiful but very windy. My AC is OFF. More rain predicted for evening and every cool day this week. It is very rare for it to cool so much here this time of year but is a welcomed respite.

Strange how our weather here in the desert has flip-flopped with that of the Northern half of the country now experiencing extreme heat. It'll be back here too but we'll enjoy the cool while we can.

You're so lucky to have some cooler air. I'm miserable with the heat and humidity! Maybe we can catch a break soon too. The heat is much more bearable when it's not days upon days of the same temps @Kachina624 .

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:20:15 GMT

@LuvmyLab wrote:
@Kachina624 We are close, supposed to hit 118 tomorrow or Tuesday.

I don't think I could make it living in those temps @LuvmyLab . Do you at least get a nightly breeze?

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Kachina624 — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:02:32 GMT

@gertrudecloset What part of the country are you in?

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:05:40 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@gertrudecloset What part of the country are you in?

I live in the North East in Pennsylvania @Kachina624

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Kachina624 — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:09:51 GMT

@gertrudecloset I lived in PA. When I was in HS and college. Graduated from Kutztown University spent one summer taking courses at West Chester. Also spent a year at Drexel Univ. Small world.

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:43:44 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@gertrudecloset I lived in PA. When I was in HS and college. Graduated from Kutztown University spent one summer taking courses at West Chester. Also spent a year at Drexel Univ. Small world.

@Kachina624 I'm not indigenous to P.A. I'm originally from New York. I moved to P.A. about 10 years ago.