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This summer

GoneButNotForgotten — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:21:07 GMT

Does anyone else think that this summer has been one of the most miserable they've ever experienced? I live in the PNW and it been terrible: first we had the wettest July on record, and now in August it's been so hot I've been cooped up in my house with the (blessed) a/c running full blast.

I'm in my seventies, not real healthy, and this summer has been just awful. And the weather doesn't really become Fall until sometime in September and once in a while, October.

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skatting44 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:47:00 GMT

Been pretty usual per my opinion.

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:49:31 GMT

Yes...this summer had more challenges that any other, but not about the weather. @GoneButNotForgotten I'm hoping that your health and the weather get better for you.🌹

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insomniac2 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:50:50 GMT

I think our Michigan summer was fairly nice this year.

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Sooner — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:56:09 GMT

Oklahoma was OK. I don't think we every got beyond 105 or so.

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AuntG — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:04:17 GMT

Wisconsin - A few too many 90 degree days. Also more humid than I like. On the plus side, no drought and lawns are green. Many people I know aren't bothered by the humidity so they said it was one of the best summers they remember. Oh, and only one evening where tornadoes came through my part of the state. Some locations had three day power outages.

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chiclets — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:16:01 GMT

This summer has been most uncomfortable.

It has been humid and hot and little to no rain.

I do not have A/C and it has been a challenge.

I agree with everything your said, misery likes company, so here I am. (ugh)

Hoping your comfort will arrive sooner than expected. You are doing the best you can.

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RedTop — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:13:10 GMT

Summer in WV has been great as usual, but wetter than most. No complaints from me.

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Bookplate — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:22:04 GMT

I totally agree. The Northeast has been hellishly hot. I've practically been a shut-in for all of July and most of August. The last time I was indoors this much I was recooperating from surgery!

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SeaMaiden — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:26:33 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten Good you have AC. I also live in the Seattle area and we have a heat pump so we can stay nice and cool too. I think our summers are only going to get warmer and more extreme. That is the future prediction for the PNW.

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SloopJohnB — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:27:36 GMT

Yes, this summer has been terribly hot. Breaking and tying temperature records here. You wouldn't even know we are in our rainy season. Autumn can't come soon enough for me.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:36:00 GMT

Yes! I hate, no HATE, summer anyway. But it seems like every year we get a longer time in the heat and more days in the upper 90 to 100 range.

This year, again, I didn't get to use the a/c so I've been hatin' life anyway. I don't do well in the heat. Never have. Plus I have asthma and other breathing issues so the heat makes that worse. My arthritis causes much more inflamation in the heat as well.

I just want it to end. Decades ago I was at a crossroads and decided to stay here because, back then anyway, we had about 8 months of cool and cold, a couple months of hot, and maybe a couple weeks in August of REALLY hot. Now, it's almost opposite.

Bring on winter. I'll take all I can get. I'll be so glad to not be hot 24/7, since I'm home 99% of the time. To illustrate how uncomfortable the heat is for me, my ideal temps would be highs in the low 50s and lows 20-30. My bedroom needs to be below 60 to sleep at all. It's not been below 80 in months. It's going to be such a relief when it cools down!

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:36:27 GMT

It's Arizona, it's hot. Same every year. One good thing is we haven't had a 115 degree day since July.

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ECBG — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:47:04 GMT

Western NC has been pretty much as usual. The last 10 days or so, days we've had below normal temps.

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Danielle46 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:22:08 GMT

We had a week or two here in NY when it was unusually hot but other than that, I have enjoyed the summer.

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hckynutjohn — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:05:12 GMT

"Most miserable experienced"?

@GoneButNotForgotten

For me, not even close.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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CalminHeart — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:14:49 GMT

Our summer has been crazy.

Record lows all spring
Record low on Memorial Day requiring jackets/sweats.
Flooding before Memorial Day from so much rain
No rain June, July, August
Serious drought.
Derecho (aka hurricane over landlocked) - There hadn't been any in my state for 75+ years and we've had several in the last 3 years
Record high temperatures
Tornadoes
Hail the size of baseballs

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goldensrbest — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:16:20 GMT

Yes, i must say not a good summer, i also have health problems ,70 yrs .old, just can not do things i use to do,it have been a very dry summer here in Maine, grass dead, hot temps.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:32:44 GMT

The weather and climate around the world is changing. More extreme weather. More highs and lows and more ups and downs. The weather we once knew growing up is gone. Expect the unexpected going into the future with the weather. It is what it is.

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Kalli — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:36:05 GMT

Here in NE/Central PA it’s been brutal. High temps, high humidity. An awful combo. This morning it’s already so humid that if I want to enjoy my morning coffee I have to go down to the basement to drink it. ☹️