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Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:05 am

ok so this may not be out of the ordinary for some of y'all, but sheesh, it's still spring in NC!
This was from my drive home yesterday - we've broken several temperature records set in the 1800s over the last week...

Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:07 am

crazy- i spoke to my dad in SC and he said it was 100* also. We have had it in the 90s* lately, + rain, floods and tornados- time to get the hell out of dodge.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:31 am

96º on Long Island yesterday and 93º today. Supposed to break tomorrow. The camper is sitting while I drive the wagon with the a/c. I'm getting too old to "tough it out" :-)

Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:54 am

LMAO!! It's only going up to 88 here today, you all will get the chance to laugh at me though, come August, you cant even breath when you go outside here its so damn hot and humid. Couple of days last year it was 104 with 90% Humidity.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:00 am

Expected high today in the Boise, ID area is 62º. Perfect weather.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:18 am

My bird bath was frozen yesterday morning. June 9th. I'm glad I didn't plant my basil yet.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:39 am

westy@7000 wrote: My bird bath was frozen yesterday morning. June 9th. I'm glad I didn't plant my basil yet.
NEVER plant your basil before the first Friday following the full moon in June...Jesus, where have you been?

Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:28 am

It was around 80-85 at 8am and HUMID on my way to work today. I think we're supposed to hit 98.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:13 am

Mid 90's for the last week in Cincinnati and not a snowflake in sight. That's all I care about.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:40 pm

chickengeorge wrote: westy@7000 wrote: My bird bath was frozen yesterday morning. June 9th. I'm glad I didn't plant my basil yet.
NEVER plant your basil before the first Friday following the full moon in June...Jesus, where have you been?

Ours is doing great- stuck in the ground end of April. Made pesto last night.

It's humid here- it's never humid here. Typically our dew points are somewhere around freezing in the summer but now they are in the 60s. I'd like to punch out whomever's responsible for this- dry air is why I'm here.

Yep- 'Old Man Yells At Cloud'.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:30 am

72* with an onshore breeze on the L.A. coast, better get a hoodie. man you people are right! california does suck! :roll:

Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:47 am

I saw a herd of gazzele run through my yard this morning, it's fukn Africa hot here. :D

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:01 am

The weather sucks here too, but not for being too hot. It's the opposite. :? Wonder if Al knows? :-k Anyone notice how it used to be "global warming", but then it cooled off some so they had to change it to "climate change"? That way they have it covered no matter what happens. :roll:

Quote: There’s rain on the grill and snow in the passes
UW prof says it’s the coldest spring since 1917
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There’s further proof that this spring has been uncomfortably and depressingly cold — the coldest in memory, the coldest since 1917
Validation came Tuesday from the University of Washington, where Cliff Mass, an atmospheric sciences professor, published his new “barbecue index.”

“I’ve gotten a lot of calls about how unusual this weather’s been,” said Mass. “In roughly 90 years, this is the most unpleasant year for being outside and having a barbecue.”

Mass and meteorologist Mark Albright found proof of the pain after reviewing warm spring days since 1894. They tallied the number of spring days above 60 degrees.

“Sixty degrees is a very important temperature,” Mass said. “Most people are fairly comfortable being outside.”

He found that most years have about 42 days of warm weather between March 11 and June 10.

This year, there have been only 23 days with temperatures above 60 degrees.

Not since spring 1917 — when there were only 18 days of warm weather — has there been so many chilly spring days, Mass said.

The first nine days of June are supposed to average about 68 degrees, but this year temps averaged 57 degrees, measured in downtown Seattle. That’s the coldest ever since records started in 1891.
Five Western Washington sites including the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Bellingham all broke records for having daily high temperatures that are very low.

“Our high temperatures this month are closer to our average low than our average high,” meteorologist Dennis D’Amico said.

It’s not just the cold weather that seems weird. Winds whipped up Monday, briefly knocking out power to 20,000 customers in north Snohomish County.

A few inches of snowfall in the mountain passes Monday and Tuesday made international TV news, and drew calls to local meteorologists from media outlets in Vancouver, B.C., and Los Angeles.

The snow fell at low elevations, bringing out state highway snowplows in June for the first time in 30 years. The winter-that-never-ended broke the state snowplow budget by at least $9.1 million, and crews were forced to plow when they are usually mowing grass.
Mount Rainier set a record for June snowfall with 33 inches, breaking the previous record of 22 inches. The odd late snowfall also prompted an avalanche warning in mountain backcountry starting today.

The cold temperatures are blamed on the La Nina cold surface water temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean. They’ve influenced the jet stream and helped drive down temperatures in the Northwest, Mass said. The cold weather has slid south from the Gulf of Alaska.

Forecasters predict a cooler than normal summer without any sign of how wet or dry it might be, D’Amico said.

Weather is expected to get nicer through the rest of the week, with temperatures warming up into the mid-60s and with the possibility of a dry weekend. On Monday, it might drizzle but temperatures are forecast to stay in the 60s, meteorologists said.

Mass confesses even he’s ready for a change. He planted vegetable seeds in April: zucchini, green beans and peas.

“They rotted in the ground,” he said. “A lot of my flowering plants were delayed. My tomato plants are not going anywhere, but they’re still alive. My friend who is a beekeeper said the bees are suffering, and the amount of honey laid into the frames is way below expectations.”

Although, according to the calendar, summer starts June 21, the whole month tends to be overcast and gloomy. Summer doesn’t really start around here until July 11, Mass said.

Until then, it’s still wool socks and sandals season. Remember, wool helps to wick away the water — even the tears that fall because you can’t barbecue.

Reporter Jeff Switzer: 425-339-3452 or jswitzer@heraldnet.com.

Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
By Jeff Switzer
Herald Writer

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:15 am

I'm not sure what to do here. The temps in Cincinnati this week are suposed to be "normal" for this time of year.

Should I go sit in my basement and wait for the apocolypse?

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:32 pm

ovalboy wrote: I'm not sure what to do here. The temps in Cincinnati this week are suposed to be "normal" for this time of year.

Should I go sit in my basement and wait for the apocolypse?

Sit in the den. The view will be much nicer there.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:34 pm

Today it will be 94, it is going to be hot and humid this summer :(

Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:49 pm

108 in good old Vegas.. this is nothing!

Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:52 pm

Bunch of pansies......... Think its hot...... just think what hell will be like. :shock:

Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:01 pm

volkswagenut wrote: Bunch of pansies......... Think its hot...... just think what hell will be like. :shock:

It was 130 everyday while I was in Iraq

Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:04 pm

100 degrees at 8pm have had 100+ for the past couple of weeks. And we have had only 1.1" of rain THIS YEAR!!