It’s Definitely Summer
Things are a bit warm around the Persian Gulf: Iranian city feels like 73 C as heat wave smothers Middle East. That temperature is a heat index and it converts to 163.4°F. The Iraqi government just declared a holiday because the actual air temperature high is forecast to be 120°F+ with the lows only going down to 90 for a week.
The reason there was no cat blogging today is that we have been having thunderstorms pop up that do provide some relief from the 100 to 110F heat indexes that we have been experiencing.
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Wow. I’ll still complain about Houston, though. It’s not just the heat AND humidity… it’s the duration. We’ve had high 90°sF or low 100°sF for two continuous weeks, no interruptions and NO RAIN, at least not here at Our House.
I keep finding reasons not to go outside, but of course you can only do that for so long before, e.g., hunger draws you to the grocery store. It’s a good thing we have a place to live and a working a/c; I’d hate to face this on the street. Houston always loses a few homeless people every summer to extreme heat; I believe that number is higher than usual this year… damn it.
The rains do cut the pain a bit, but afterward you can’t go outside without your glasses fogging, not that I want to go outside more necessary.
I just can’t believe those temperatures, and they are definitely deadly. Yes, I noticed that we aren’t getting the change that I was used to. It seems that we are stuck with long static periods that lasts weeks instead of days.
It was pretty hot (mid 90’s) here earlier in the week, but it’s been in the low 80’s during the days recently. Quite acceptable with a fan blowing.
At 11PM it is 81°F with a heat index of 85. It is the humidity that is making it so oppressive, even with a breeze under the trees drinking tea. The water temperature in the Gulf is in the mid 80s, so taking a swim doesn’t help.