Holy hot!

[robertt]

The Associated Press: Midwest heat wave expected to persist this week 126 degrees! In Iowa! That's nut's.

Here's our forecast for the next 7 days here in OKC. We are on our 29th 100 degreee plus day, without heat index, and their is no end in sight. Thank goodness I work nights, I despise the heat. It's bad enough at night, I can't imagine being in it all day.

Having to tarp a load in this would really bite the big one too. When I hauled construction equipment I never had to tarp but just chaining down a load was bad enough in this type of heat.

[Mr. Ford95]

Yes it is bad chaining down in this heat. I was unloading a backhoe yesterday and it was only 93 here with an index of 105, I broke into a sweat just looking at it. Good luck with the heat, it's supposed to fully arrive here in the Mid-Atlantic tomorrow, gonna have to be careful myself. Had a heat stroke last year, nearly a year to the day when temps hit a high of 105 and the index topped 116-118 in the pine trees I was working in. Don't want to experience another heat stroke, one was enough.

[Malaki86]

I'm still at home in WV, towards Dallas tomorrow. The temp here is only 82, but the 'feels like' is currently 95. Just walking outside will completely drench me in sweat.

[robertt]

Yes it is bad chaining down in this heat. I was unloading a backhoe yesterday and it was only 93 here with an index of 105, I broke into a sweat just looking at it. Good luck with the heat, it's supposed to fully arrive here in the Mid-Atlantic tomorrow, gonna have to be careful myself. Had a heat stroke last year, nearly a year to the day when temps hit a high of 105 and the index topped 116-118 in the pine trees I was working in. Don't want to experience another heat stroke, one was enough.

I had one back in the 80's, dang near kilt myself, (young and dumb), I guess that's why I can't tolerate the heat anymore. I was up inside the tail of an airplane,(C-5), and just didn't realize what was happening before it was too late. Thank goodness for co-workers. Be careful Mr.Ford, that "muggy" heat out there is worse than here, which I know you already know. I lived in Delaware for 20yrs so I have experienced it.

[robertt]

I'm still at home in WV, towards Dallas tomorrow. The temp here is only 82, but the 'feels like' is currently 95. Just walking outside will completely drench me in sweat.

I think it's like 300 degrees there.

[Malaki86]

Today (at home) the forecast is 92 deg with 67% humidity. Ughhhh

[Mr. Ford95]

That was me also Rob. I didn't realize how far along and in trouble I was until I noticed I had stopped sweating. If my brother hadn't been there I would have been 6 ft under. He helped me into his truck and cranked the AC, after 2 hours I had yet to feel as if I had cooled down while he was freezing his rear off. I was def. on the edge before I realized what was going on.

I think our humidity has been hovering around 70%, at 6 am it's currently 100% and 75 degrees.

[Malaki86]

I used to work in a factory in Winchester, VA. One summer it got ULTRA hot outside, let alone a huge building full of injection molding machines (walking outside into 95deg temps felt like an a/c). I started getting overheated and walked into the supervisors office (w/ ac) and sat down. He told me I had to get back to work, even if I was too hot. I made him call 911. That day, something like 50 of the other people in the same plant went to the hospital.

Luckily I had caught it early as well - only sat in the hospital about 14hrs or so (paid, btw).

[Roadhog]

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[MichiganDriver]

99 forecast for Michigan for tomorrow. I've seen hotter up here, but not too many times.

[golfhobo]

So.... can I put y'all down as a YES on Global Warming now?

[Mr. Ford95]

Just for today and tomorrow you can Hobo After that it's back to anit-Global Warming.

It was extremely hot just like this last year here except we've had some rain this time mixed in. Last year we were in the middle of a small drought so it made it seem worse.

[robertt]

Lots of global warming in the 1800's and early 1900's Only 6 records were set after 1990 and only one of those was after 2000. Nothing new, it's gonna get hot and it's gonna get cold.

State high temperature records[/h]

State Temp Date Station Elevation (feet)
Ala. 112 Sept. 5, 1925 Centerville 345
Alaska 100 June 27, 1915 Ft. Yukon 420*
Ariz. 128 June 29, 1994 Lake Havasu 505
Ark. 120 Aug. 10, 1936 Ozark 396
Calif. 134 July 10, 1913 Death Valley N/A
Colo. 118 July 11, 1888 Bennett 5,484
Conn. 106 July 15, 1995 Danbury 450
Del. 110 July 21, 1930 Millsboro 20
Fla. 109 June 29, 1931 Monticello 207
Ga. 112 July 24, 1952 Louisville 132
Hawaii 100 April 27,1931 Pahala 850
Idaho 118 July 28, 1934 Orofino 1,027
Ill. 117 July 14, 1954 E. St Louis 410
Ind. 116 July 14, 1936 Collegeville 672
Iowa 118 July 20, 1934 Keokuk 614
Kansas 121 July 24, 1936 Alton 1,651
Ky. 114 July 28, 1930 Greensburg 581
La. 114 Aug. 10, 1936 Plain Dealing 268
Maine 105 July 10, 1911 N. Bridgton 450
Md. 109 July 10, 1936 Cumberland and Frederick 623, 325
Mass. 107 Aug. 2, 1975 New Bedford and Chester 120, 640
Mich. 112 July 13, 1936 Mio 963
Minn. 114 July 6, 1936 Moorhead 904
Miss. 115 July 29, 1930 Holly Springs 600
Mo 118 July 14, 1954 Warsaw and Union 705, 560
Mont. 117 July 5, 1937 Medicine Lake 1,950
Neb. 118 July 24, 1936 Minden 2,169
Nev. 125 June 29, 1994 Laughlin 605
N.H. 106 July 4, 1911 Nashua 125
N.J. 110 July 10, 1936 Runyon 18
N.M. 122 June 27, 1994 Lakewood N/A
N.Y. 108 July 22, 1926 Troy 35
N.C. 110 Aug. 21, 1983 Fayetteville 213
N.D. 121 July 6, 1936 Steele 1,857
Ohio 113 July 21, 1934 Gallipolis 673
Okla. 120 June 27, 1994 Tipton 1,350
Ore. 119 Aug. 10, 1898 Pendleton 1,074
Pa. 111 July 10, 1936 Phoenixville 100
R.I. 104 Aug. 2, 1975 Providence 51
S.C. 111 June 28, 1954 Camden 170
S.D. 120 July 15, 2006 Kelly Ranch/Usta 2,339
Tenn. 113 Aug. 9, 1930 Perryville 377
Texas 120 Aug. 12, 1936 Seymour 1,291
Utah 117 July 5, 1985 Saint George 2,880
Vt. 105 July 4, 1911 Vernon 310
Va. 110 July 15, 1954 Balcony Falls 725
Wash. 118 Aug. 5, 1961 Ice Harbor Dam 475 475
W. Va. 112 July 10, 1936 Martinsburg 435
Wis. 114 July 13, 1936 Wisconsin Dells 900
Wyo. 116 Aug. 8, 1983 Basin 3,500

[Roadhog]

99 forecast for Michigan for tomorrow.

...my part of mitchiegun is a good 15 degrees cooler than you, eh.

[Sharlie]

We are so mild for this time of year I believe we are hitting records for cold temps in my area. Global warming? Not in my neck of the woods.

[robertt]

We are so mild for this time of year I believe we are hitting records for cold temps in my area. Global warming? Not in my neck of the woods.

Where might that be? I saw the temps last week in Seattle and the highs were in the 60's and 70's. If only. If I could wake up every morning and it was snowing I would be happy. I love Fall and Winter.

[Orangetxguy]

Just for today and tomorrow you can Hobo After that it's back to anit-Global Warming.

It was extremely hot just like this last year here except we've had some rain this time mixed in. Last year we were in the middle of a small drought so it made it seem worse.

Here in Texas....we are in the middle of a LARGE drought. My thermometer showed 112 out in the mesquite bushes yesterday. Every step was a powder puff creator.

[Kentla93]

So.... can I put y'all down as a YES on Global Warming now?

Thats a good one Hobo,
Thanks for the laugh, You know damn well they are going to blame The Great King Obama for this heat..

Remember now it is not global warming anymore is is a global climate change...

And yes if you all look real hard towards the Western sky you might notice that it has dropped 2.5 feet since the last measurements were taken, Henny Penny told me so..

Timberwolf

[Mr. Ford95]

At 12:30 today it hit 93 degrees, humidity was 92% for a feels like temp of 123. Tomorrow it's supposed to be an index of 128-130 and up here as the air temp jumps over 100. We have not only the normal High Pressure system pumping in the heat the Midwest got, we have a Bermuda High that has pushed up over us and so we have ridiculous humidity mixed with it. I know I lost an easy 5 lbs today just working in the shop, now the trick is to gain it back and then some overnight.

[Malaki86]

I'm sitting at the T/A in Prescott, AR right now. The temp from the weather channel says it's 99 here. The thermometer on the truck says it's 116. Of course, that's what it actually feels like as soon as you open the doors.

The really bad part here is that my a/c (mainly the front unit) can't keep up with the heat from under the hood. The air is barely cool from the front vents. The sleeper a/c is 'ok', but nowhere near what it should be.

I'll be heading directly to our shop in Waxahachie tomorrow after I deliver in Dallas in the am.