97° F (36° C), 108° F (42° C) RealFeel, in NW Connecticut

I grew up in Maryland without AC. We slept on the boat every weekend on Chesapeake Bay. Being around the water was the natural thing to do. We had an attic fan and I remember sleeping in wet t shirts and even wet sheets.

I got a taste of the West in 1969 and made plans to move when I finished college. I used to live in Wyoming, and Colorado and bought a new truck that did not have any air conditioning. There was some hot weather but it was short lived.

I have been in Nevada for 38 years. For decades we had no AC. At 5000 feet with dry air the nights always cooled off. Reno has grown a lot and the irrigated pasture and alfalfa fields have changed over to buildings and pavement. It does not cool off like it used to.

I have been in Carson Valley for 15 years. I needed a jacket this morning because 55 degrees feels cold in the summer. Now we have AC and use it. Getting older makes having AC much more comfortable. I can't imagine living without it.

I just returned from two weeks among the numerous islands and peninsulas in the south end of Savant Lake ON. It was pretty much a sweat fest with highs in the 80’s and muggy air. This trip convinced me I am done with tripping in July and most of August. Maybe it’s my advancing age - I’ll be 78 in a few months - or the total thyroidectomy I had a year and a half ago, but my metabolism seems to have really changed. My endocrinologist thinks she has my thyroid replacement medication where it needs to be, but if I even think about sweating it comes pouring out. Only shoulder season trips for me now.

Forecast for yesterday was 100°. We went paddling anyway.


Water coming out of that creek is sll spring fed, clear as glass, and very cold. There's a lot of that in this stretch of the Snake.
Forecast was correct, but I stay cool by occasionally soaking my hat in the river and putting it on while it's still dripping.

This is one of the rare times I sit in a tandem canoe, so my wife can hold a paddle mostly how you see it here.

100F with low humidity sounds fine by me when you're on a spring-fed river. It's a far cry from here, where the humidity goes over 90% and water temps in swimming pools are over 90F as well.

That is also my wife's preferred paddle position in a tandem. Sometimes we don't even pretend she's gonna paddle and she faces me so we can chat and picnic (another time I'll opt for a double blade).

I remember when I worked a season in Yellowstone, we were amazed to record water temps of springs near 40F and over 100F very close to each other, depending on the geothermal vents in the area.

Tsuga8 said:

100F with low humidity sounds fine by me when you're on a spring-fed river. It's a far cry from here, where the humidity goes over 90% and water temps in swimming pools are over 90F as well.

That is also my wife's preferred paddle position in a tandem. Sometimes we don't even pretend she's gonna paddle and she faces me so we can chat and picnic (another time I'll opt for a double blade).

I remember when I worked a season in Yellowstone, we were amazed to record water temps of springs near 40F and over 100F very close to each other, depending on the geothermal vents in the area.

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Oh yeah, there's a hot spring nearby also. Opposite side of river. We are on the trailing end of the Yellowstone caldera, after all.