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For me in South Texas, it was one of the coolest summers I can remember. We had no days at or above 100, and most of the month was below average. This was due

For me in South Texas, it was one of the coolest summers I can remember. We had no days at or above 100, and most of the month was below average. This was due to the High Pressure dome not being over us as it normally is, causing us to have lots of rain. Many Texans were happy that this summer wasn't a scorcher. While I understand that this weather isn't good (or normal) for us, I fear the nice weather will just make more Texans not care about climate change.

avisser 5y ago
For me in Rhode Island, it's been quite warm. Today @ 91 degrees is similar to trend I've seen all summer - a near uniform temperature for the whole East Coast. It's 91 today in Atlanta GA, Jackson MS, & Houston TX. It's also 91 in Burlington VT & Bangor ME. It's been strange like that all summer.
- asciimov 5y ago
  It's 85°F in my backyard right now, I can remember several summers where the night time low in mid-August stayed above 85 (or 90). Those are miserable days.
arbuge 5y ago
Interesting article about this point yesterday: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-12/u-s-climate-change-is-easier-to-see-on-the-coasts https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-12/u-s-cl...
eloff 5y ago
We've been "enjoying" your high pressure system up in the Pacific Northwest. There are plenty of places at the equator that were cooler than Vancouver yesterday. You can have it back. Please.
- valleyjo 5y ago
  I’m so sad for the glaciers in Washington state :’(
  - eloff 5y ago
    I was looking at the glacier above Joffre lakes (north of Whistler) on Wednesday and thinking that it will probably be gone in my lifetime. It looks smaller this year than the last time I was there four or five years ago. I looked for photos of it this time of year in the past, but my Google fu failed.
nonameiguess 5y ago
I've been happy at how relatively cool it's been. I don't think I've seen a single day in triple digits yet and it's the first time I can remember that happening since moving to Texas. Not a fan of the rain, though, but I guess it's probably good for the land. It's definitely been weird sitting here in the coolest summer I can remember hearing about these heat records being set elsewhere, but thankfully I well understand how averages and spatial variation work.

avisser 5y ago

For me in Rhode Island, it's been quite warm. Today @ 91 degrees is similar to trend I've seen all summer - a near uniform temperature for the whole East Coast. It's 91 today in Atlanta GA, Jackson MS, & Houston TX. It's also 91 in Burlington VT & Bangor ME. It's been strange like that all summer.

asciimov 5y ago
It's 85°F in my backyard right now, I can remember several summers where the night time low in mid-August stayed above 85 (or 90). Those are miserable days.

arbuge 5y ago

Interesting article about this point yesterday: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-12/u-s-climate-change-is-easier-to-see-on-the-coasts https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-12/u-s-cl...

eloff 5y ago

We've been "enjoying" your high pressure system up in the Pacific Northwest. There are plenty of places at the equator that were cooler than Vancouver yesterday. You can have it back. Please.

valleyjo 5y ago
I’m so sad for the glaciers in Washington state :’(
- eloff 5y ago
  I was looking at the glacier above Joffre lakes (north of Whistler) on Wednesday and thinking that it will probably be gone in my lifetime. It looks smaller this year than the last time I was there four or five years ago. I looked for photos of it this time of year in the past, but my Google fu failed.

nonameiguess 5y ago

I've been happy at how relatively cool it's been. I don't think I've seen a single day in triple digits yet and it's the first time I can remember that happening since moving to Texas. Not a fan of the rain, though, but I guess it's probably good for the land. It's definitely been weird sitting here in the coolest summer I can remember hearing about these heat records being set elsewhere, but thankfully I well understand how averages and spatial variation work.