Posted on 06/22/2017 8:54:16 PM PDT by cardinal4
Maybe you saw the insane numbers? Eighty-five degrees at seven in the morning, 119 degrees by noon (in June!), planes unable to fly in the heat, tap water coming out hot, pavement so boiling it instantly destroys skin, jokes about “but it’s a dry heat” getting immediately annoying, millions of people wondering, for the umpteenth time, why the hell they live in Phoenix anyway and hey isn’t South India pleasant this time of year?
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| Detroit Area Average Monthly Temperatures from 1870 to 1880 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Avg for Year |
| 1870 | 39.5 | 26.6 | |||||||||||
| 1871 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 39.8 | 48.9 | 60.1 | 67.3 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 33.3 | 22.9 | 48.2 |
| 1872 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 25.6 | 47.4 | 57.7 | 69.5 | 74.2 | 73.4 | 63.6 | 49.7 | 32.6 | 18.3 | 46.6 |
| 1873 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 30.9 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 70.7 | 72.2 | 70.8 | 61.3 | 48.1 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 46.8 |
| 1874 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 34.3 | 37.6 | 58.8 | 69.1 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 66.4 | 51.1 | 37.8 | 29.7 | 48.4 |
| 1875 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 40.5 | 56.7 | 66.0 | 69.6 | 66.8 | 59.9 | 46.5 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 44.1 |
| 1876 | 32.1 | 28.1 | 29.5 | 43.7 | 56.8 | 68.8 | 72.8 | 71.6 | 59.0 | 45.8 | 39.1 | 17.8 | 47.1 |
| 1877 | 19.2 | 33.6 | 26.0 | 45.4 | 56.4 | 66.1 | 72.0 | 71.2 | 64.3 | 53.8 | 39.2 | 38.1 | 48.8 |
| 1878 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 41.4 | 53.4 | 55.4 | 63.8 | 74.0 | 71.2 | 64.3 | 51.7 | 38.9 | 22.8 | 49.5 |
| 1879 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 34.3 | 45.2 | 59.1 | 65.1 | 72.8 | 69.4 | 58.6 | 59.6 | 38.1 | 28.7 | 47.8 |
| 1880 | 36.7 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 46.2 | 63.7 | 68.4 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 61.8 | 48.6 | 29.8 | 21.8 | 48.5 |
http://www.weather.gov/dtx/dtwtemp1870-1880
Last 50 or so year average:
| ANNUAL | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | YEARS | # CITIES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Temperature (F) | 52.8 | 31.9 | 35.3 | 42.4 | 52 | 60.8 | 68.7 | 73.3 | 72.1 | 65.2 | 54.8 | 43.5 | 34.5 | 59 | 11,877 |
| Average High Temperature (F) | 62.9 | 42.2 | 46.3 | 53.8 | 64.3 | 73.2 | 81.1 | 85.7 | 84.4 | 77.4 | 66.7 | 53.8 | 44.8 | 56 | 12,609 |
| Average Low Temperature (F) | 49.4 | 33.7 | 35.7 | 42.1 | 49.5 | 57.9 | 64.9 | 68.8 | 67.8 | 62.4 | 50.1 | 41 | 35.7 | 60 | 185 |
| Average Precipitation (in) | 34.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 55 | 15,497 |
| * Years is the average number of years used to compute the average. # Cities is the total number of locations used to compute the average. | |||||||||||||||
http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/state.php3?c=US&name=United-States-of-America
Nope- sorry- not much different today than it was 100 years ago
Why does he care? And it is a dry heat, thank goodness.
Well, I guess you could take refuge in ancient Indian caves and cliff dwellings but it might get kind of crowded with all of Phoenix trying to jam in there.
There are usually 365 days in a year. That means on average 3 or 4 of those days would be the “hottest in the last 100 years” just based on random chance alone. This hottest in history (how long have we had good measurements for Phoenix?) will be broken a day or two a year at least just based on odds. Same with coolest.
I’m okay with heat and hope to be moving my family to Phoenix at the earliest opportunity. SF is dead last on my list.
Maybe this guy could come move out here to Massachusetts where we have about 4 nice months out of the year.
Even the first ten days or so of June weren’t so great.
Yeah, it is called “Summer”..
I had a condo in western Arizona for a while and during the summer there was no such thing as cold water out of the tap. Even with the a/c on it still ran somewhere between warm and hot.
My son is dating a gal from California - he grew up and lives in Seattle. A hot day for him is 80 degrees. (This morning our heat kicked on - I need to turn it down more!) She is moving to Phoenix. We told him he should wait for winter to move down there to acclimate a little bit.
He did draw the line though on her looking for a job in Chicago!
Poor widdle snowflake should come to Lake Havasu ... it was 122 here yesterday
I thought people only lived in Arizona in the winter.
When it’s livable.
It was 125 at Needles and Topock Tuesday. I’ve ridden a motorcycle in 126 degree weather. No biggie. just have to dress right.
Other than being a little early this year; there’s nothing unusual with the temps. Maybe the hotter months are just shifting to be a bit earlier than before. Maybe they will shift back when its good and ready. It is just nature after all.
When it hit 99 today, it was time to turn on the a/c.
Read ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK by Burke, to see what the weather there was like in the 1870s.
No change.
What’s not to like about a free sauna every day for several months of the year?
I worked at a big company in Phoenix 20 years ago. They would keep the indoor temperature around 68. I liked nothing better than to come out at the end of the day and warm up. The typical 107 degrees wasn’t enough, however. I would sit in my car that had been baking in the sun all day and REALLY warm up. Must have been 140 degrees. After a while I’d turn on the car and the AC and go home.
Where is Sam Kinison (RIP) when America really needs him? He could get these dumbass snowflakes in line in a heartbeat.
All Morford cares about is the weather’s sexual orientation.
Florida has had the coolest June weather so far. No one talks about it
Yeah snowflakes melt in Phoenix... And?
I have lived here since 1984... and never lived in a house with an air conditioner, nothing but swamp coolers for me, I will say our new dual pane windows made an amazing difference. Today was warmest day so far inside the house, our high today was 85. Tuesday when it hit 119 we only reached 79 inside, Swamp coolers work pretty good for the time that “It’s a dry heat” Monsoon season, not so much.
The way I explain Phoenix in the summer to northerners is:
Crank the wood stove up to high and then stick your head in it.
That is Phoenix in the summer. :-)
That old poofter is still around?
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