Hot fun in the summertime. I’m not talking about Sly and the Family Stone’s Top 40 Hit of 1991, but rather the number of days that Phoenix has recorded an official temperature of 110 or more. On average we have 18 days a year and that has not changed since the National Weather Service has been keeping track.
So far in 2018, we have recorded 12 such days already, with 2 more days predicted to be 110 or more. In theory, we will only have 4 more days and then we are home free until next June! If you believe that, I have a deal for you!
But, “It’s a dry heat” right? No, not this time of year. You see we are in the monsoon season where tropical moisture comes up from the Gulf and lands smack dab in the valley. Bringing with it haboobs, wind, severe lighting and of course tropical rain, pushing our humidity up to deadly heating conditions.
Heat is the weather condition that kills more people than any other weather element. Dry or Moist, it can be deadly.
I’ve been in Arizona now going on 10 years and for whatever reason, this summer seems to be taking the biggest toll on me. In saying this, I’m not complaining, just explaining! I have found that you can always find a way to deal to deal with the heat and I don’t have to shovel sunshine any time during the year.
So, therefore, we live here and not in Michigan anymore because once we get by most of August and the threat of 110 degree days, the rest of our lives are comfortable and joyful. All the way to next summer!
Hot fun in the summertime. Not just a reality but a marker for better things to come.
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