Coolest summer I can recall...

[wdchuck]

This has to be the coolest summer in my lifetime, here it is, mid August and the night temperatures are in 50's, with daytime highs only 20* more. Only a couple 90* days all summer, don't get me wrong, its great using only a fan and not an A/C, much smaller electric bill.

The real question though, what kind of winter will we have with such a cool summer?

How about the rest of you guys, what's it been like in your neck of the woods this summer?

 

[046]

It's been the HOTTEST summer in Tulsa for quite some time!

with a string of 105 degree days... normally just breaks 100
combine that with higher humidity due to extra rains..
makes for one HOT summer!

 

[ropensaddle]

This has to be the coolest summer in my lifetime, here it is, mid August and the night temperatures are in 50's, with daytime highs only 20* more. Only a couple 90* days all summer, don't get me wrong, its great using only a fan and not an A/C, much smaller electric bill.

The real question though, what kind of winter will we have with such a cool summer?

How about the rest of you guys, what's it been like in your neck of the woods this summer?

Not too bad this year yet some 100s in July but that is expected here
I have seen it hot all the way through October. I am hoping it stays cool
I can put enough clothes on to stay warm but can't take enough off to
stay cool

 

[mga]

Coolest summer I can recall...

where's al gore??????

 

[avalancher]

It is cooler here than last summer, but still a lot of over 90 degee weather. To make matters worse(or better, depending on how you look at it) we have also had a lot of rain this summer. Three days of hot, then two of rain. Makes excellent growing weather, but it sure drives up the humidity. I shouldnt complain though, last summer was just hot with no rain to speak of.
I will be glad when fall gets here.Much easier to hit the woodpile in 60 degree weather.

 

[04ultra]

WDCHUCK its all about Global cooling......Just get yourself ready for the heavy winter thats coming.......

 

[Dennis_Peacock]

Yup....I'm really liking the cooler temps myself. The garden got a very slow start due to the cooler temps and slower start to summer. The only things that got a real break with the cooler temps were ME and the electric bill.

 

[valleyboy]

Hey Wdchuck,

It has been pretty nice here in Tucson, AZ this summer. Our rainy season (Monsoon) is currently active--High humidity and 90-100 degree temps- until mid September and than it becomes....Paradise!! All the vegetation is very green and we are above average for rainfall this year. Lot of Mesquite growth....Gotta go.... my Lil' Stihl "Mirna" is calling me....:chainsawguy:

 

[jjett84724]

Been cooler here more then normal to. Our garden got a slow start, then it got hot and then it rained. It's like the tropical rainforest out there now. I hope the winter isn't too hard on the average joe. I don't think they can afford it.

 

[iowawoodcutter]

Coolest summer I can recall...

where's al gore??????

Al Gore left. He solved global warming, his work is done.

 

[Zackman1801]

its been the coldest summer i can remember here in maine too. its rained 3-5 days a week if not every day for about 2 months now. Plus nights if its not raining are about 45-50. days high 60's to mid 70's hasnt been 80-90 for weeks now. I actually cant wait for winter, it just means skiing.

 

[mga]

Al Gore left. He solved global warming, his work is done.

i see.

he's probably looking at homes in the caribbean where it's warmer, so that when the global cooling kicks in he'll be safe.

 

[woodbooga]

We've been under a flood watch for the past 9 days here in NH and much of the northeast has been one sopping wet mess with record or near record rainfall. Temps have been around 70 where I live in the east central part of the state - weatherman said we should be at like 86, which we've only hit a few times this year.

It's been screwy. My lawn turned brown in May for lack of moisture. Now, it's greener than I've ever seen it for mid-August.

 

[twincam]

I think ive run my AC more his summer than before. I know my electric bill confirms that.

 

[woodbooga]

Coolest summer I can recall...

where's al gore??????

There's some science that suggests that melting ice in the arctic will result in cooler temps in the short term. All that cold water cooling the ocean temps. Not being a scientist myself, I couldn't say if this is or isn't the case. Given the complexities of the dynamics of global climate interplay, it seems plausible that there's room for some counterintuitive results.

All I know is my woodpile is mighty soggy and I'm hoping for the pattern to break. Glad I've got 3+ cords indoors already and suspect I'll be able to get 2 cords out of my piles and stacks that are (somewhat) covered. Prolly the stuff that's not too close to the ground. Even raised on a pallet, the splashing of the rain's moistened my bottom two rows.

 

[blizzard]

although this summer seems cooler than last I know it is by far not the coolest. I am fairly young and can remember summers much cooler than this.

 

[danrclem]

This summer is cooler than last year where I live. It's been fairly hot but nothing out of the ordinary. The last few days have cooled to the mid eighties with low humidity. That humidity makes a big difference.

I don't think the summer temps really have that much effect on the winter temps. I think weather just runs in cycles.

 

[mga]

There's some science that suggests that melting ice in the arctic will result in cooler temps in the short term. All that cold water cooling the ocean temps. Not being a scientist myself, I couldn't say if this is or isn't the case. Given the complexities of the dynamics of global climate interplay, it seems plausible that there's room for some counterintuitive results.

All I know is my woodpile is mighty soggy and I'm hoping for the pattern to break. Glad I've got 3+ cords indoors already and suspect I'll be able to get 2 cords out of my piles and stacks that are (somewhat) covered. Prolly the stuff that's not too close to the ground. Even raised on a pallet, the splashing of the rain's moistened my bottom two rows.

well, i was making a joke, but as far as GW goes....it may well be happening, and you may have a good point, but the argument would be if it was caused by man or just one of nature's cycles.

we've had long long discussion in the other forums about this...feel free to add your thoughts.

 

[mranum]

This has to be the coolest summer in my lifetime, here it is, mid August and the night temperatures are in 50's, with daytime highs only 20* more. Only a couple 90* days all summer, don't get me wrong, its great using only a fan and not an A/C, much smaller electric bill.

The real question though, what kind of winter will we have with such a cool summer?

How about the rest of you guys, what's it been like in your neck of the woods this summer?

I can tell you that the kids I had working for me shearing Christmas trees in central WI sure liked it cooler this year.

 

[woodbooga]

well, i was making a joke, but as far as GW goes....it may well be happening, and you may have a good point, but the argument would be if it was caused by man or just one of nature's cycles.

we've had long long discussion in the other forums about this...feel free to add your thoughts.

...and your point was taken as such - a good natured ***.

One of the more interesting books on the subject I've read on the global warming subject was by Dixie Lee Ray (if I'm recalling her name correctly). She was from Washington state and the bane of many man-induced climate change supporters. I'm not sure if this was an original statement or just a reiteration of data she'd heard elsewere, but she posited that the cumulative amount of pollutants created by man doesn't compare with the amount of greenhouse effect materials spewed forth by a volcanic erruption on par with Vesuvius (sp?) a couple thousand years ago. For a kid in his early 20s back 15 years ago, I thought this was an interesting way to compare apples to apples.