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

[ppine]

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.

 

[jdeerfoot]

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.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

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.

 

[Tsuga8]

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.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

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.

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.

 

[ppine]

I have been on 2 canoe trips when the daytime highs were over 110 degrees F. One was the Green River in Utah. We went in July which was a mistake. It was hot even at night and heat radiated off the red sandstone outcrops. But the river was quiet and we had plenty of flow. We camped in some of the same places that John Wesley Powell did. I slept at night with a flannel sheet and nothing else. We floated along in the river hanging onto the boats a lot of the time.

The other surprisingly hot weather occurred in Montana on the Upper Missouri River. We started and Ft Benton, also a July trip. We hit a hot spell. I remember stopping at a remote BLM field station which had a met station. Their official thermometer read 114 degrees F. They had irrigation so we got to drink some cool water. I remember drinking 3 quarts in half an hour.

In contrast, we did a trip on the Lower Colorado River in the desert between CA/AZ. We went in Feb and hit a cold spell. We had frost every night. Buidling a fire was tough because of the lack of woody fuel. Dealing with the darkness was a challenge. We brough some solar lights for around camp. It was worth while though to be out there with the coyotes, wild donkeys and owls. One night under a full moon next to the river, we could see not one light anywhere. We were slightly under dressed for the conditions.

 

[Whit30]

Here in N AL its currently 85F w H Index of 91F, 63% Humidity. Downright chilly compared to what it's been, lol. Did a short overnight a few weeks back and it was brutal. Went thru almost a gallon of water and a whole can of bug spray, lol. Still a positive for my mental health though. Did a 13 mi float last Sat on a crowded rental Yak TN river and only tolerated it because of the cooler Tennessee water temps and the swimming opportunities.
Temps are looking even better for tomorrow and 1st half of next week. Im going out for a few hrs this afternoon, maybe fish a bit, unless a big thunderstorm rolls in.
Tomorrow is my band practice day.
Plan to get out and do an overnight out and back somewhere close by Mon & Tue.