It's a DRY HEAT!

[Pbalkan]

Everyone knows about Arizona.... right?

April is the beginning of full-summer in the desert. Last weekend, Phoenix had it's first 100 degree day. Sometimes there is no precipitation for all of April, May and June... until the arrival of the summer Monsoons in July.

Flagstaff is at 7000 feet and much cooler than the low deserts. But, last weekend saw temps in the mid-70's and bright blue skies.

So why..... on April 9, 2011 did I wake up, look out my window and see this? (And it's still coming.... with no trace of a plow.)

[ESTEBE VERDE]

Everyone knows about Arizona.... right?

April is the beginning of full-summer in the desert. Last weekend, Phoenix had it's first 100 degree day. Sometimes there is no precipitation for all of April, May and June... until the arrival of the summer Monsoons in July.

Flagstaff is at 7000 feet and much cooler than the low deserts. But, last weekend saw temps in the mid-70's and bright blue skies.

So why..... on April 9, 2011 did I wake up, look out my window and see this? (And it's still coming.... with no trace of a plow.)

You would have to search the historic weather patterns. But, a cold front from The Great White North mixed with Hot Wet Air from the Gulf and Pacific and you've got snow!

Enjoy!

Flagstaff is incredibly gorgeous all times of year! :thumbup:

[jtb]

Cold and rainy down here in phx. but I won't complain it'll be 100 again really soon!

[mcdesant]

ya i love when it rains here cause i know it only happens so often haha just a couple more weeks till we are steady 100s

[OLDMAN]

Global warming doncha know.

[Argonaut]

Global warming doncha know.
Beat me to it!:lol:

[OLDMAN]

Sunny and 70 here in the burbs of Chicago. Which is nice...I don't think we saw the sun all week.

[Mako72]

I feel your pain. High 90s last here in Bullhead, this week 55 and windy then rain last night and today. Sucks, I want my heat back!

Jay

[Pbalkan]

I feel your pain. High 90s last here in Bullhead, this week 55 and windy then rain last night and today. Sucks, I want my heat back!

Jay

Lemme check my crystal-ball.... Bullhead City, eh.....?

Yes! I predict that it will be HOT this summer! :lol:

(Note to non-Arizonans. Bullhead City is in western Arizona, on the Colorado River. If you pay attention to weather reports, it often records the highest temperatures in the NATION!!!) :w00t:

[rickboone1]

About 90/90 in the pit of Hades here today. 90 degrees and 90% humidity.

[Clovis Man]

I was in Tempé three years ago when it was 117 F! The truck air conditioner kept the cab at a nice comfy 95!

[Mako72]

(Note to non-Arizonans. Bullhead City is in western Arizona, on the Colorado River. If you pay attention to weather reports, it often records the highest temperatures in the NATION!!!) :w00t:

Funny story, last year the wife and I visited Death Valley in May. When you enter the visitor center a ranger gives every visitor a lecture about heat safety. I stopped the ranger and said "We're from Bullhead City", without blinking an eye she said" Oh you'll be fine then, you guys get hotter than us!". It was only a 100* that day!:lol:

Jay

[Boriasm]

I feel bad for you AZ folk. Growing up in the Central Valley of Cali I got used to 105-107 degree days for weeks at a time. Then when I went to school at Auburn (War Eagle!) I got used to 90-97 degree days with 85%+ humidity for weeks at a time. Now that I live in NYC and survived my first snowy winter, I NEVER want it to be hot again, I love the cold!

[Phog Allen]

Count me as another who is tired of the heat. And it is only April here in Kansas. But as those who live here know, Kansas has three distinct climates. I cannot cite them exactly but in the Eastern third, where I live, it is considered some sort of semi tropical zone. Anyway, it is like Louisiana only instead of hot and sticky for eleven months of the year it is more like six and sometimes seven. We have been blessed with more "normal" northern hemisphere winters and summers lately but we had 91 last week with humidity in the 80% plus category. It happened again yesterday. Much too early for this area. And yeah, even though Arizona is a dry heat which I tolerate MUCH better than humidity, it is still hot. I really prefer the dry cool areas of the Northwest Rocky mountain states like Western Montana and Eastern Idaho. Winters be hanged. I am the odd guy out. Heat is starting to whip my bum big time whereas most people approaching middle age hate the cold. Just odd that way.

Regards, Todd

[hunter87597]

Consider yourself blessed, or lucky, whichever you prefer. I live 2 hours from the Louisiana swamps.

It feels like humid death 12 months out of the year.

Here is a beautiful illustration of how I felt this morning when I woke up

:bayrum2:

[ESTEBE VERDE]

It's freezing here in San Francisco right now. But Summer is coming. It's sure to get much much colder. :thumbup:

[Clovis Man]

The most uncomfortable I ever was, due to heat, was in -- MINNESOTA! Yes, Minnesota, known for its absolutely FRIGID winters, can be unbearably hot, too -- when you consider it can be 99 F and 99% RH! Wowsers!

[Phog Allen]

Consider yourself blessed, or lucky, whichever you prefer. I live 2 hours from the Louisiana swamps.

It feels like humid death 12 months out of the year.

Here is a beautiful illustration of how I felt this morning when I woke up

:bayrum2:

Sorry for your lot but...better you than me!:lol::lol:

Seriously, I don't know how you folks do it. I know, the saying always goes that you get used to it. Well when I was a kid I paid it no mind. Once I grew up I started noticing it much more. The last decade(which was actually much more mild than the 80's or mid 90's) really drove it home. Really the oppressive humidity is what gets to me. It just beats me to the ground.

Regards, Todd

As an aside, we finally had a cool front move through overnight and it is now in the mid forties this morning. Quite refreshing. So I guess I had best quit complaining.

[Groat]

I lived in Arizona, about an hour south of Tucson, for 18 months while I was in the Army. Though the town was a little bit small for my tastes, I really enjoyed the climate. Sure, it was hot in the summer. However, the vast openness of everything was something I loved. The scenery was something I really liked as well, it was far different from the east coast forest I was used to. I really wouldn't mind going back there again to live at some point.

[Pbalkan]

I lived in Arizona, about an hour south of Tucson, for 18 months while I was in the Army. Though the town was a little bit small for my tastes, I really enjoyed the climate. Sure, it was hot in the summer. However, the vast openness of everything was something I loved. The scenery was something I really liked as well, it was far different from the east coast forest I was used to. I really wouldn't mind going back there again to live at some point.

Ft. Huachuca?

I have a 2nd home in Rio Rico... 10 miles due north of Nogales. Very honestly.... that's God's country. It's what you grew up thinking the old-west was. My wife and I always told each other that we'd love to have a home down there when the kids were grown.... and we did. I have since bought a little acreage around the place, for a buffer, and added a bedroom to the house. My kids can sell it when I'm gone but I never will.

Here's a shot of it in mid-summer. It's hot and even a bit humid when the summer-monsoons arrive. But, the place greens-up and is glorious. The shot is from the "small-ridge" next to ours where I'd like to build my kids a home... if they ever leave Brooklyn. (They grew up in Arizona.... go figure!)