Not sure what part of the country you are…. But Chicago weather guys are bragging about upper 90s for Monday. With humidity, heat index over 100. I know that doesn’t sound horrible to some folk…. But those are big numbers for northern Illinois where average summer temps are mid-upper 80s.So I'm staying in, in the air conditioning.
Not sure what part of the country you are…. But Chicago weather guys are bragging about upper 90s for Monday. With humidity, heat index over 100. I know that doesn’t sound horrible to some folk…. But those are big numbers for northern Illinois where average summer temps are mid-upper 80s.
Oh…. Humidity is a big deal in northern Illinois. We call it a bonus when humidity drop below 50% and when it starts approaching anywhere in the 30s percent we get downright giddy.Humidity is the killer here. It is starting to climb from invisible fog to bring a straw and sip awhile.
78F? That's not AC!!We don’t run the AC anywhere near that cool. We set it to 78 and will bump it down a degree or two to get it to run if it’s xtra humid. What helps us is our house is totally enclosed by timber. The house only gets about 4-5 hours of direct sun a day. It has to be in the 90s for several days before inside temperature breaks 75 or gets near 78. AC will be getting run next week. Have several days in a row of 90 plus temps.
One of the places I worked at, guys up front thought AC should be set at 68. I’d carry parts out to the service department where it was 100+. Then walk back into the AC. Actually took my breath away it was so cold….. compared to what I’d just come from. We would have customer walk in the front door and complain on how cold it was.78F? That's not AC!!
My mom has it at 75 and I just fall to sleep there.
Can't deal with heat indoors.

It's a full on powder your nards red alert down here on the pond.
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Not that many days ago we’d need a jacket to take the pooch out in the morning. Shorts and tee shirt in the afternoon. Just typical northern Illinois weather this time of year. 40s at night. 70s during the day.I feel so lucky to live in East TN. We've had beautiful weather mostly staying in the 70s and low 80s so far this year. Hell a couple of weeks ago I was still wearing a light jacket at night. Summer's here now, it'll be hot this weekend in the low 90s, but the humidity is low. I can deal with that.
Low 90s for me tomorrow. I’ll be outside grilling a nice steak. Us Illinois boys are tough.Yea, mid/high 90's be like:Stay inside and be like:
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I think I just became a night person.Going to be stupid hot just in time for the summer solstice. View attachment 100726
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