We were pushing 100 today with a heat index of 111--you can't do anything without getting soaked!

I sent my son to Florida to get his college education. On visits to see him, the humidity, the bugs and the temperature were often just miserable. However, visits in the winter were very pleasant. Skeet, turn on the air conditioner and stay inside. (1,307-)

You are right--the humidity is the real key and I don't think the heat index really reflects the effect. We toured Death Valley a few years ago when the actual temp was 115--it actually did not feel as hot as it does here in the mid 90s (with mid 90% humidity).

The only problem I had in Death Valley was that the wind caused my eyes to burn because of the salt build-up in my tears.

We get 3-4 months of oppressive heat--June thru Sept and a couple months of cold (even then we can have a 70 degree day), but we get 3 months in spring and 3 months in fall that are very nice (50s at night to 70s in the day).

You bet...............near 100 and dry as a bone. Having to spends lots of time and money watering every day. No let up in sight right now..nor rain on the way.......strange weather for S. Louisiana. David

IT WAS 94 HERE YESTERDAY AND FORECAST IS FOR 96 TODAY WITH A HEAT INDEX OF 105, POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. TWO WEEKS AGO WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE HIGH 50'S, GOOD OLD MINNESOTA, UFF DAH

This is worse than normal--we normally have summertime highs in the low to mid 90--maybe a few days of upper 90s in July/August, but the dry conditions in June are getting to be the new norm--then we start getting the afternoon thunderstorms in July and August.

We had a nice May with rain almost every week and cool temps--only problem was that it was windy (that was only a problem for boaters.) That was the first May in years that wasn't dry as a bone.

On the night news here in Colorado, it showed some stree flooding in Florida. Have temperatures changed? - Millet (1,304-)

We got about 1 inch of rain late yesterday.....not enough to do anything except perhaps keep the well rooted stuff alive and give us a nighe of temps in the 80s instead of the 90s...............better than nothing though.....I am thankful for anything we get....now that the bubble is broken I hope that we go to the norm for S. Louisiana....and that would be 90s daytime with evening showers of 2 to 3 inches and steamy cooler temps after the rain. Its like a rainforest..............and I like it and so does citrus and other stuff..............................David

Pretty much the same here--we got an unexpected rain on Tuesday--a little less than an inch here--but it was still welcome as well as the relief from the extreme heat--low to mid 90s for the next few days--more or less normal.

Same thing here skeeter. We got a unexpected rain tuesday after noon. I made sure to look on the weather radar and there wasn't a cloud in site and as soon as me and my father and some friends go out in the pasture lightning hit 20 yards from us and it started a down pour and knocked out the electricity for a couple hours. Had to crank up the generator so that we could watch the college world series. If you have never been in southern humidity then you haven't felt heat. Every inch of your body is excreting sweat at a extreme rate. Nasty.

Glad you were not hit by the lightning! There is a phenomenon down here called blue sky lightning--there have been a couple people killed by it since we moved here almost 30 yrs ago.

I agree with you about the humidity--I really feel for those people that have to work outdoors when it is hot and humid (farm workers, construction workers, road crews). I did it when I was young, but I don't think I could do that now.