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It is Hot Outside!

On It — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:13:28 GMT

Here in the mountains at 7200 ft. altitude it is 92 degrees in the shade on my porch. This is unusually hot. The wildlife are coping as best as they can.

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RetRN — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:20:45 GMT

The heat has been pretty intense of late, thankfully we are having a cooler day today. The heat will return into the 90's with high humidity again on Monday so I will enjoy the next couple of days.

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On It — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:23:38 GMT

I saw a post that the Phoenix area is about to have a high pressure dome bring in some of its hottest temperatures ever. Apple News had an article that July 3 and July 4 were the two hottest days ever recorded worldwide.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:43:42 GMT

@On It wrote:
I saw a post that the Phoenix area is about to have a high pressure dome bring in some of its hottest temperatures ever. Apple News had an article that July 3 and July 4 were the two hottest days ever recorded worldwide.

@On It The dome has been over Arizona and New Mexico for a week or so. Phoenix was 117° Thursday. We in Albuquerque have been 99° for several days and the whole next week is supposed to be 100° or higher. This is extremely unusual for us.

The dome was over Mexico for several weeks before it slowly moved North over us. Wonder if it'll move to the mid-west?

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On It — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:21:33 GMT

@Kachina624 It took a minute to find the article. It was from the "Washington Post" and said that the high pressure will intensify over Arizona and New Mexico bringing hotter temps that should peak midweek next week. Lovely!

Edited to add: This may last weeks instead of days.

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icezeus — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:18:31 GMT

A dome of high pressure is moving into California. I am starting to receive the excessive heat watch alerts.

For us it's not just the crazy heat, but the power outages, and the fires.

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Boomernichols — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:31:34 GMT

@On It Bless their hearts! I keep water in my birdbath and lately the deer have frequented it more often than the birds! I heard a man at the vet say yesterday he heard that LUCIFER was going back to HADES to cool off........

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songbird — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:52:57 GMT

I never could understand how anybody in their right mind would found a city in a crater. For the most of thie history of the city, Phoenix was a transient city. People come in, stay for a while, and move on. Couldn't take the heat. . Now with air conditioning it has changed. But seriously ....eventually it will get too hot to live in there. You can't really walk around outside for very long. You leave your air condition house to your air conditioned car to your air conditioned work, etc. I can't imagine anyone living there without a car.

It's very hot here. Temps in the 90's very humid. Brief storms followed deluges of rain. Everyday for the past 2 weeks now. It will continue in to this week. Everyday.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:37:16 GMT

@On It wrote:
@Kachina624 It took a minute to find the article. It was from the "Washington Post" and said that the high pressure will intensify over Arizona and New Mexico bringing hotter temps that should peak midweek next week. Lovely!

Edited to add: This may last weeks instead of days.

It's 108 in Peoria, AZ right now at 3:30. Only to get worse next week. And we live in the cooler part of The Valley.

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ruthbe — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:29:21 GMT

I live in Phoenix....And yes it is soooo hot here. So far for July every day the high has been 110 or higher. Projected to be maybe 120 later next wee. Last evening watching the news...108 at 9pm Another reason I don't like it here. We don't even get a reak at night. Next week the low during the night...in the 90's. I know people say it's a dry heat. But when you get it that hot...try putting your head in an oven...it is just plain HOT!!!!

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ruthbe — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:44:25 GMT

I should have added...I do agree it is very hot in parts of the country ...with very high humidity. I don't know how you do that either. UGH!!

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Desertdi — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 02:21:20 GMT

I'll "accept" the heat...over shoveling SNOW. (And I have tossed TONS of the stuff in my lifetime!)

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:25:21 GMT

@ruthbe ..................I lived in Phoenix for 3 years and it got HOT!

People say but its a dry heat. lol. I said turn your oven on to 100 crawl in and close the door. That is what its like.

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Linda0215 — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:43:02 GMT

My heart goes out to those of you who live in these areas. I can't imagine what it's like. Do you ever get power outages or blackouts? If you do, what happens? How do you survive? Those types of temps are life threatening.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 15:23:26 GMT

@Linda0215 ..................For the 3 years I lived in Phoenix we did not experience a brown or black out. People that work outside start work at 3 or 4 am and work until 10 am or noon (companies have big flood lights). You dont go outside much. If you have water mist on you patio or deck you can be out there. You wait til evening to do much outside anything.

What always cracked me up, especially when I first moved there the weather person would say.......a cold front is coming in and it will cool down to 99 degrees.

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Trailrun23 — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 15:32:31 GMT

I have spent quite a bit of time in Scottsdale. I also lived in ABQ and Las Cruces. Hot but much better in ABQ and Las Cruces than Phoenix. It truly is drier heat so you don't sweat as much, but it is still blistering heat. I could never live in Ohoenix very long unless I never left the a/c inside. Spring training was as late in the season I could be there....I was gone before summer officially got their.

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Linda0215 — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:03:01 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
@Linda0215 ..................For the 3 years I lived in Phoenix we did not experience a brown or black out. People that work outside start work at 3 or 4 am and work until 10 am or noon (companies have big flood lights). You dont go outside much. If you have water mist on you patio or deck you can be out there. You wait til evening to do much outside anything.

What always cracked me up, especially when I first moved there the weather person would say.......a cold front is coming in and it will cool down to 99 degrees.

@Imaoldhippie Thank you for the explanation. Makes perfect sense. Phoenix has figured out how to live in such extreme heat. Here in the northeast, everyone freaks out when the temps get over 90. The weathermen freak out. The government freaks out. The electric company freaks out. The people freak out! We're told to run our laundry and dishwashers at night when there's less demand for electricity but we still experience rolling blackouts and energy cut backs. I suppose it's because we're dealing with such antiquated infrastructures that can't keep up with the demand. Of course, we pay some of the highest energy bills in the U.S. for all this fun. 🥴

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:08:09 GMT

@Linda0215 wrote:
My heart goes out to those of you who live in these areas. I can't imagine what it's like. Do you ever get power outages or blackouts? If you do, what happens? How do you survive? Those types of temps are life threatening.

Never had an extended power outage where I live. The only outage we've have is if crews are digging somewhere and accidentally cut something. Then SRP fixes it pretty quickly. Even through our monsoons we've rarely had a power outage for more than a few minutes.

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:00:17 GMT

Growing up and living in So CA three digit temps are what goes with the territory. Mother was from Phoenix AZ and we'd go to visit there in the summer with three digit temps.

Sorry to say that for me, it's not such a big deal. For those where these temps are unusual, they will pass and then you may want them back in the cold weather months.

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RetRN — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:25:37 GMT

Very warm here (90's) but lower dewpoint than was forecasted. It is breezy which always helps. We really do need rain though.