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Title: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Valmy on August 02, 2011, 07:50:36 AM
And that is no small achievement...and I thought 2009 was unbearable.  If it was not for Air Conditioning I would move.  Oh and for you Euros 89.7F is 32C.

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This July Was The Hottest Month Ever in Austin
By Nathan Bernier

Crack open an ice cold drink and give yourself a pat on the back: you just survived the hottest month in Austin history.

The average daily temperature for July 2011 was 89.7 degrees. The previous record for the hottest month was set in July 2009, when the average daily temperature was 89.5 degrees.

Don't expect it to get cooler anytime soon. The National Weather Service forecasts highs of 104 degrees or higher all week long.

If it's any consolation, it's not just Texas suffering through a heat wave. Furnace-like conditions are being reported across the United States.

"We not only have record highs, but also record high overnight lows, with temperatures staying way up in the 80's overnight," Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Ressler told USA Today.

http://www.kutnews.org/post/july-was-hottest-month-ever-austin

Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Martinus on August 02, 2011, 09:45:18 AM
Weird. Here it was probably one of the coldest summer in a long time - July has usually been the warmest month, but this year it has been mostly rain and the temperature between 13 and 20 Celsius (32C during summer is not unusual here).
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Razgovory on August 02, 2011, 09:51:38 AM
Bleh, the heat has been terrible here as well.  Everyday the high is over 95 (and often in the hundreds), and the low is around 85 (falling to that about 2 in the morning).  And it's horribly humid as well.  It's 90 degrees right now, and it's going to get to 103 according to weather.com  I read that Texas is facing a drought as well.  We aren't, though it really hasn't rained any.  We still have some mild flooding though.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Ideologue on August 02, 2011, 09:56:49 AM
Pretty bad here, although in large part because of the shitty construction of my apartment.  If I don't give the air conditioner significant lead time, on the order of a couple of hours, by afternoon it gets up to about 85 or 90 in the house.

Yeah, this is worth another rent hike.  I'm out of here like last year as soon as I can manage it.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: The Brain on August 02, 2011, 09:57:33 AM
:o 90 degrees in the corners?
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Neil on August 02, 2011, 09:58:45 AM
I think Edmonton set a new record for rainfall.

Fuck you, Somalia.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Liep on August 02, 2011, 10:13:46 AM
It's been 16,4°C average here in july and I think that's too high. With that and 5 times the normal rainfall it's been a hellish month.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 02, 2011, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Liep on August 02, 2011, 10:13:46 AM
It's been 16,4°C average here in july and I think that's too high.

:blink:
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:19:42 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 02, 2011, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: Liep on August 02, 2011, 10:13:46 AM
It's been 16,4°C average here in july and I think that's too high.

:blink:

16.4 average means half the time it's above 16.

16 is a perfect daytime high - but not an average.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: DGuller on August 02, 2011, 10:27:14 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:19:42 AM
16.4 average means half the time it's above 16.
No, 16.4 median would mean that. :smarty:
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:29:50 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 02, 2011, 10:27:14 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:19:42 AM
16.4 average means half the time it's above 16.
No, 16.4 median would mean that. :smarty:

I just knew some pinhead would come along and "correct" my post.  Thanks for being that pinhead. :hug:
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: KRonn on August 02, 2011, 10:34:12 AM
Massachusetts weather seems to be about normal for summer. We had a hot spell in July, hot and humid, but that's to be expected. We could use some rain; grass is burning out but that's pretty normal anyway.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:39:40 AM
With all the rain my back lawn was about 8" high after being away two weeks.  I'd have been better off using a swather, rather than a lawn mower. <_<
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Malthus on August 02, 2011, 10:42:21 AM
Goddam hot in Ontario this July.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Admiral Yi on August 02, 2011, 10:48:34 AM
Heard on the radio that 3,500-4,000 cows croaked in Iowa from the heat.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: The Great Santini on August 02, 2011, 11:29:56 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 02, 2011, 10:48:34 AM
Heard on the radio that 3,500-4,000 cows croaked in Iowa from the heat.

The French sneer at your low numbers.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 02, 2011, 11:53:28 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:19:42 AM
16.4 average means half the time it's above 16.

16 is a perfect daytime high - but not an average.

It's ok for 3 in the morning more like.  :P
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Jacob on August 02, 2011, 11:56:35 AM
Vancouver's been particularly cold this summer. My tomatos are not happy about that.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: The Brain on August 02, 2011, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 02, 2011, 10:42:21 AM
Goddam hot in Ontario this July.

That's just you.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Malthus on August 02, 2011, 02:28:09 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 02, 2011, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 02, 2011, 10:42:21 AM
Goddam hot in Ontario this July.

That's just you.

Aw, shucks.  :blush:
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Liep on August 02, 2011, 03:03:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 02, 2011, 10:19:42 AM
16 is a perfect daytime high - but not an average.

:yes:
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Lettow77 on August 02, 2011, 03:38:35 PM
 It's been in the 90s or 100s just about every day since I got back. It's been wonderful!

I really missed this weather. When you first get in a car, breathing is so difficult, and it feels bad.

oppressive really is a good word for it. Still, I've learned to love the lash :wub:

Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Razgovory on August 02, 2011, 06:54:30 PM
It's 107 outside, and it's almost 7 in the evening!  C'mon!
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Neil on August 02, 2011, 07:26:54 PM
Civilized peoples don't come from places where it gets that hot.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Razgovory on August 02, 2011, 07:59:17 PM
Quote from: Neil on August 02, 2011, 07:26:54 PM
Civilized peoples don't come from places where it gets that hot.

No clearly civilized people come from a land where the natives make homes out of ice.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Grallon on August 02, 2011, 08:12:02 PM
July in Montreal - 2nd highest on record (after 1950 something).  There was a week of over 95F (with humidex) - for fucking DAYS!  I loathe summer!  Fortunately - September is less than a month away now.




G.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Neil on August 02, 2011, 08:18:13 PM
Using Fahrenheit?  What the fuck, Grallon?  DeGaulle would weep to see you abandon a free Quebec so easily.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Grallon on August 02, 2011, 08:32:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on August 02, 2011, 08:18:13 PM
Using Fahrenheit?  What the fuck, Grallon?  DeGaulle would weep to see you abandon a free Quebec so easily.

:rolleyes:


There are people here who are Celcius impaired.  Being the merciful soul that I am - I merely adjusted the values.




G.
Title: Re: July 2011 the hottest month ever in Austin, Texas
Post by: Neil on August 02, 2011, 08:40:48 PM
Quote from: Grallon on August 02, 2011, 08:32:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on August 02, 2011, 08:18:13 PM
Using Fahrenheit?  What the fuck, Grallon?  DeGaulle would weep to see you abandon a free Quebec so easily.
:rolleyes:

There are people here who are Celcius impaired.  Being the merciful soul that I am - I merely adjusted the values.
People who don't use Celcius are stupid.  You're too soft on idiocy.