O, the weather outside is...

[LordMortis]

For your area or in general? I thought it was a dry winter and so far it's been a dry spring. I've been happy about this. I dunno about the plants.

[Kraken]

For your area or in general? I thought it was a dry winter and so far it's been a dry spring. I've been happy about this. I dunno about the plants.

Greater Boston specifically. New England's climate is getting wetter over the long term.

[Blackhawk]

I haven't checked the numbers, but we've been getting a ton of rain here, even for an Indiana spring. It's ruined much of this year's coveted window weather so far, as even high 70s after it's been raining is so humid that it's miserable.

[Kraken]

I still haven't turned the heat off. Looks like this week will be the first one without lows in the 40s.

[em2nought]

I still haven't turned the heat off. Looks like this week will be the first one without lows in the 40s.

I haven't turned off the air conditioning in over a year.

[Blackhawk]

I still haven't turned the heat off. Looks like this week will be the first one without lows in the 40s.

I want to live where this is so.

[Kraken]

I still haven't turned the heat off. Looks like this week will be the first one without lows in the 40s.

I want to live where this is so.

It's been a chilly spring. We're in for a few days of summer weather starting tomorrow, then it's back to cooler days by this weekend. Ima turn off the heat tomorrow and hope it can stay off until fall.

[LordMortis]

I broke down and turned on the AC two days ago. I'm pretty good about letting 50 degrees cool air in at night and locking it in the house before the weather hits 65. Only our nights are only going down to the mid 60s and the days are getting toward 90. That and my new mattress seems to love retaining heat. I need to do something about that because I give off a lot of heat and prefer it to move away from me. I can heat my small house in spring and autumn enough with body heat and cooking to turn the heat off while the nights are still in the low 40s and the days in the mid 50s. That's not so good for keeping the house below 76 even when the days are only hitting 80. That and the sun make my small house in to an oven, even with all the blinds drawn in to darkness all day every day. I need to become a creature of the basement again. Put some furniture, a functioning laptop, and a functioning TV down there.

[Jeff V]

The last 2 days, severe storms were predicted. All we got was about 30 seconds of drizzle, enough to deposit a coating of dust on my newly-washed car. In anticipation of the rain that never came, I fertilized the lawn and put out new grass seed, as well as planted some bushes, flowers and veggies that I'm sure would like a drink. Now the next chance of rain is this weekend. I'll have to blow up my water bill now. Drought season has started early, just like summer (92 today, it's still in the 80's now).

[ImLawBoy]

We didn't get the rain last night, but the winds were strong. Lots of downed branches today.

[jztemple2]

Not much good news for those of us on the East Coast

What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic

Waters across the Atlantic’s tropical belt — extending from the coast of Africa through the Caribbean — are hotter now than in any other late May on record, with over 90% of the area’s sea surface engulfed in record or near-record warmth. The extent of marine heat has never been greater heading into a hurricane season, outpacing by wide margins the previous late May record-holder in 2005, a year remembered for one of the most active and destructive hurricane seasons in modern history.

[Jeff V]

We didn't get the rain last night, but the winds were strong. Lots of downed branches today.

Yeah, my fire pit is begging to be ignited.

[dbt1949]

Wow, I never knew they talked.

[Alefroth]

Not much good news for those of us on the East Coast

What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic

Waters across the Atlantic’s tropical belt — extending from the coast of Africa through the Caribbean — are hotter now than in any other late May on record, with over 90% of the area’s sea surface engulfed in record or near-record warmth. The extent of marine heat has never been greater heading into a hurricane season, outpacing by wide margins the previous late May record-holder in 2005, a year remembered for one of the most active and destructive hurricane seasons in modern history.

[Isgrimnur]

I'd say it was a good run, but, well...

[Unagi]

Wow, I never knew they talked.

Well that's because you cut out their tongue, didn't you?

Didn't you!?

[jztemple2]

NOAA has released its 2024 Atlantic hurricane season outlook... oh dear

[Alefroth]

Damn!. That'll certainly exacerbate this issue-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- ... nt-health/

On the worst days, when the backyard would flood and the toilet would gurgle and the smell of sewage hung thick in the air, Monica Arenas would flee to her mother-in-law’s home to use the bathroom or wash laundry.

“It was a nightmare,” Arenas, 41, recalled one evening in the modest house she shares with her husband and teenage daughter several miles north of downtown Miami.

She worried about what pathogens might lurk in the tainted waters, what it might cost to fix the persistent problems and whether the ever-present anxiety would ever subside.

Residents in neighborhoods around Arenas’s have similar tales to share — of out-of-commission toilets, of groundwater rising through cracks in their garage floors, of worries about their own waste running through the streets and ultimately polluting nearby Biscayne Bay.

[jztemple2]

Speaking of hurricanes, our local weather station also mentioned that it has been several decades since we've gone this far into the calendar year without a named storm. Mind you, it's not that the Atlantic isn't trying, as we have a disturbance out there now, although no development is expected.

[jztemple2]

We are expecting record high temps in the nineties this holiday weekend. We are also awaiting the start of the rainy season. It normally kicks in about Memorial Day weekend but nothing so far in the forecast. The forecaster noted that in 1998 the rainy season didn't start until the first week of July

And speaking of weather...

[jztemple2]

Today marks the beginning of the 2024 hurricane season, as every single news outlet in Central Florida has mentioned today

So far not a named storm at all, which is fairly unusual. However, almost all the 30+ sources noted by our local weather folks on Spectrum note that this will be an above average to intense season

[Jeff V]

Waterpark opened today. Mid-60's and rain all day. Last weekend, it was nice. Tomorrow will be no rain and a little warmer, but still not waterpark weather. I have 24 hours to decide whether to get MiL a season pass -- she goes home in 2 weeks, but 2 days will pay for itself.

[Kraken]

Looks like we're in for a very pleasant week -- dry, comfortable temps, not much humidity. I shall enjoy it while it lasts.

[Scuzz]

Here in central California we have yet to have a day over 100’, but next Wednesday and Thursday are supposed to be around 105’. Yea, that is hot.

[Blackhawk]

Here in central California we have yet to have a day over 100’, but next Wednesday and Thursday are supposed to be around 105’. Yea, that is hot.

I remember central CA enough to remember the joy that was summer. And, honestly, I'd prefer the 110 degree days in Fresno over the 90 degree days with 75% humidity here.

[Scuzz]

Here in central California we have yet to have a day over 100’, but next Wednesday and Thursday are supposed to be around 105’. Yea, that is hot.

I remember central CA enough to remember the joy that was summer. And, honestly, I'd prefer the 110 degree days in Fresno over the 90 degree days with 75% humidity here.

Having experienced near 100’ temperatures with ridiculous humidity in Washington DC and Des Moines, I much prefer our dry heat.