So how hot is it where you are today?

[Mcssls]

106 a week ago. 74 today

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[AzScorpion]

Yep, I love the dry desert heat. Make a killing with work? Man, quit trying to kill me - I’m trying to retire!

I had a look at the satellite images for the west valley - wow, lots of new development. They’ll be clear to the nuclear power plant in no time. When I do come back, I’m gonna sit back, eat lots of good Mexican food, and drink my share of Tequila and local craft beer…and then I’m going to take it easy. The best Mexican food is not in Mexico, it’s in AZ, but then again, it used to be Mexico, so it makes sense.

I'm trying to retire too but this site doesn't help and now getting a Bronco will be another money pit. I'm just glad the building boom is now because I can now work less and make more.

Not sure if you were ever up in Estrella Mountain Ranch before you left? Now they are building all up the hill by the Start Point tower and way out back there is Canta Mia. That has now built all the way out to Willis Rd and down towards Rainbow Valley Rd.

When you do decide to come back the first dinner and drinks are on me! ???

 

[66F100]

88 with 70% humidity. Feels like 97. Supposed to be much hotter tomorrow and Wednesday. Mid 90s with a real feel of 110.

I made hay and milked cows today.

Thank God for AC in the truck and tractor but the Skid loader is a sweat box. Used to square bale but now we round bale. Stacking square bales in the haymow is miserable on a day like this.

Milking is crazy hot. We work in a sunken parlor and the cows feet are about 30" above your own. Their udder is about 60" high. Everything is concrete and the humidity is around 90%. Cows have a temp around 102 and the milk comes out very warm. Each animal is like a heater in there and we use alot of water to wash and rinse away all the manure and other mess. It's a really tough job but awful this time of year. Five hours on your feet, soaking wet, filthy, and smelly.

I will sleep good tonight! Hope Momma doesn't want any loving, I am too whipped for it!

 

[Okanagan Winemaker]

It’s 103 F right now going to 105+ for the next few days.

 

[Trigganometry]

It’s 103 F right now going to 105+ for the next few days.

Wow, that’s up there too! Hang in there

 

[Samsquanch]

Yep it’s HOT!

96 tomorrow and 97 wed with very high humidity. My air compressor in my shop died yesterday I believe of heat stroke. My pressure washer that I bought last year ate a pump just now trying to wash the ranger. The heat is taking its toll.

 

[66F100]

Yep it’s HOT!

96 tomorrow and 97 wed with very high humidity. My air compressor in my shop died yesterday I believe of heat stroke. My pressure washer that I bought last year ate a pump just now trying to wash the ranger. The heat is taking its toll.

Where are you in MD?

 

[D Fresh]

Currently 71 degrees.

 

[AzScorpion]

Currently 71 degrees.

Damn I'm jealous. We won't see those numbers until December.

 

[D Fresh]

Damn I'm jealous. We won't see those numbers until December.

We're in a bit of a cool wave now. We should be in 90's. I hesitated posting as I didn't want to rub it in.

We'll be back to hot soon. And when your 71 degree winter days come back you can make me jealous.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

It’s 103 F right now going to 105+ for the next few days.

Bill, I lived in Kelowna for a year - moved there from Vancouver - great winters (Silver Star, Big White), bloody hot summers. I was a pro-level mountain bike racer at the time and trying to train in that heat was almost impossible - would get up to ride at 6:00 am while it was only about 20° C. Racing was worse - started at noon. It’s great for producing grapes and gets cold enough to make awesome Icewine but man, it sure isn’t kind to humans and other living creature. Stay hydrated - wine doesn’t count - okay, it does. ?

 

[AzScorpion]

We're in a bit of a cool wave now. We should be in 90's. I hesitated posting as I didn't want to rub it in.

We'll be back to hot soon. And when your 71 degree winter days come back you can make me jealous.

I joke about it but I really do hate being cold so I deal with the 3 months of hell here. Some winters here can get pretty cold, into the upper 20's at night and low 50's for the highs. Still better than living back east though. We're actually getting an unusual cool spell this week. I know 102 doesn't sound cool to most but trust me it's like a cold front compared to last weeks 116.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Wow, that’s up there too! Hang in there

He’ll be fine - Bill’s in one of Canada’s best wine regions - the Okanagan Valley - it’s a bit like parts of California wine country but guys like Bill (@Okanagan Winemaker ) are making big reds that are making folks in Napa look over their shoulder now and then.

 

[D Fresh]

I joke about it but I really do hate being cold so I deal with the 3 months of hell here. Some winters here can get pretty cold, into the upper 20's at night and low 50's for the highs. Still better than living back east though. We're actually getting an unusual cool spell this week. I know 102 doesn't sound cool to most but trust me it's like a cold front compared to last weeks 116.

When I was younger I would've preferred cold over hot. I used to say, "you can always put more clothes on."

I'm steadily moving the other direction as I age.

 

[AzScorpion]

When I was younger I would've preferred cold over hot. I used to say, "you can always put more clothes on."

I'm steadily moving the other direction as I age.

Same here. I played hockey and snowmobiled out in the cold all the time and it never bothered me. It was -20 in Eagle Lake ME every February when we'd go up there snowmobiling and single digits for the high. I think I was in my mid 40's when I started hating being cold more and more every year. Here I wear shorts 365 and the dry heat is great for any aches and pains too.

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