Temp Check In --How Hot is it where you are today?

[Blackhatjack]

Presently 96 in Raleigh, NC --expected to hit 103 this afternoon. High humidity. Heat index to be over 110 degrees.

100 in Sanford, NC

[Hepburn]

1. Palos Verdes Penn ~~ South Bay of Calif...

...temp right now is 73 degrees.

[distantearlywarning]

2. In Pittsburgh, PA

currently 92 with 80% humidity. Ick.

We have a heat advisory for this afternoon. Heat index should put us well above 100 degrees.

[Hepburn]

4. I grew up not too far from Cleveland, Ohio....

...I hear ya on the humidity! OUCH!

[bpeale]

31. I grew up in Akron, Ohio

[Hepburn]

71. Akron-Canton area here....

...hi former neighbor!! :hi:

[bpeale]

132. hi from a former Akronite

[RamboLiberal]

139. Today in Pittsburgh (Thur) low 90's

But we got our ass kicked by 3 waves of storms. First ones were early morning with some nasty flooding and lightning strikes. Second wave came in early afternoon with wind damage and more flooding. Third wave rolled through early evening. Some of the worst storms I've ever seen in Pittsburgh in 50+ years.

[TwilightZone]

3. 90 in Austin, on the way to 98. 100+ forecast for 4 of the next 6 days.

But then, I like it hot! :evilgrin:

[AnneD]

33. About the same here in Houston..

97-98 and we get use to frying our huevos on the sidewalks here this time of year. The humidity is suppose to make it feel like 105.

And to think the rich and famous pay good money for the sauna treatments we get daily. bada bing

This is one of the few places you can have 100% humidity and it NOT be raining.bada boom

[TwilightZone]

62. Strangely, this is some of our first hot weather.

It's been raining most of the summer, which is very unusual. We've had a lot of days in the 80s, while the average high for this time of year is about 95.

Looks like that's over, though!

[AnneD]

85. Yeah...I can't really complain....

The rains have kept it nice, August is suppose to be the hottest month after all. Wonder how that bodes for Hurricane season now that the Gulf is heating up.

[TwilightZone]

87. Good question.

Considering how much of our moisture came straight from the Gulf, I'm surprised that there hasn't been more tropical development.

Re: Gulf heating up - I noticed yesterday that the water temp at Corpus Christi is now 91F!

[AnneD]

105. I don't know how long you have been hurricane watching...

as everyone around here does-but wasn't last year bizarre. The one hurricane we had threatening to come into the Gulf literally had it's top blown off by the upper wind currents. I have lived on the Gulf for years and that was a first for me. If weather patterns hold and we make it through to October-we are pretty safe. I hate to see the waters warm up like that. As much as I hate to admit it-hurricanes are essential for diffusing the heat and keeping the water tolerable for marine life. Yin and yang I suppose.

[Bobbie47]

5. s.w. Illinois

temp 99
heat index 110

[Hepburn]

13. Question:

What does "heat index" mean?

[madrchsod]

23. actual temp then add in humidity

"it feels like" a "100 degrees" is what heat index means

[wake.up.america]

53. From Wikipedia - heat index :

At high temperatures, the level of relative humidity needed to make the Heat Index higher than the actual temperature is lower than at cooler temperatures. For example, at 80 °F (approximately 27 °C), the heat index will agree with the actual temperature if the relative humidity is 45%, but at 110 °F (roughly 43 °C), any relative-humidity reading above 17% will make the Heat Index higher than 110 °F. Humidity is deemed not to raise the apparent temperature at all if the actual temperature is below approximately 68 °F (20 °C) — essentially the same temperature colder than which wind chill is thought to commence. It should be noted that humidex and heat indexes are based on temperature measurements taken in the shade and not the sun, so extra care must be taken while in the sun.

[Hepburn]

70. Thank you to both of you for the explanation! n/t

[madrchsod]

28. every county south of i 80 in illinois

is under heat advisory or warning...it`s half way decent up here today. i actually went outside and did yard work...

[JoDog]

41. Northern Illinois

Temp 88
heat index 102

[BlooInBloo]

6. 71, cloudy, muggy (by our standards) - Seattle, WA.

[Buck Rabbit]

82. Wow, you're a couple of degrees "hotter" than we are in Portland today.

[BlooInBloo]

101. Heh!

[jayctravis]

7. St Louis Metro - 93 @ 12:20pm n/t

[JFN1]

8. Hot!

97 degrees, humidity 44%, heat index 106, expected to climb to 110 today - we're in Southern Illinois right now, helping to care for our niece. I had no idea it got this hot here - I miss Portland, where it's in the 80's today!!

[Klukie]

9. 78 in Erie Pa. and High humidity....

Hey I used to live in Sanford and Garner NC

[Blackhatjack]

29. Both are still there! (and growing) n/t

[bigtree]

10. High 90's

going on 200 degrees

[TornadoTN]

11. Outside of Knoxville, Tennessee - 94 on the way to 98+

Plus humidity thats so thick, that it feels like you're walking into a sauna.

[johnaries]

22. You're lucky, you have a higher elevation.

Here in Nashville we have a pressure system that's been sitting right on top of us and cooking us like a pressure cooker. "Air you can wear"!

[TornadoTN]

42. Ouch, keep cool out there!

It appears we may hit 100 here tommorrow, if the weather reports hold true. That's without heat index! It's positively miserable to go outside, the local hospitals are swamped with heat related issues and respiratory problems.

[atreides1]

12. Washington DC

Currently it's 100, but add in the heat index and it's 109, Humidity 38%.

[Blackhatjack]

I've been there trudging around Capitol Hill when it felt like 100 ... my sympathies for you

[xultar]

14. It's not the heat, it's the stupidity. 96 feels like 103 and high 99 DAYUM HOT.

[johnaries]

15. Nashville, TN. 95, expected high of 102 (index 105).

Expected to be hottest day on record since 1990.
Heat advisory continued through Thursday.

[EFerrari]

16. San Francisco: 59 and cloudy. :-(

[ben_meyers]

17. Suppose to hit 103 today in Phoenix

Of course that's below "normal" here.

[JTFrog]

18. Too hot. My a/c has been out for 3 days.

97 and 62% humidity at present. Indy

[madrchsod]

19. coolest day in a long time- 81 in Northern Illinois 61% humidity

more rain on the way tonight

[Hepburn]

20. Wow on some of the temps across the country!

It's going to be a high of 105 degrees in Palm Desert today and it looks like cities in the mid-West and the South are competing with temps in the Calif desert...PLUS those non-desert areas have the humidity to contend with on top of the heat.

I hope everyone stays cool and safe in this heat wave...and thank gawd I live by the beach! I don't know how I could handle some of the weather that is going on elsewhere right now.

[DemReadingDU]

21. SW Ohio. 91, feels like 105!

[wake.up.america]

24. 62 º and rainy - Innsbruck

[Cabcere]

Technically, I'm not in Williamsburg (VA) yet...

...but because I spend most of the year there, I've got my Desktop Weather gadget set up to give me the Williamsburg forecast, and right now, it's 100 degrees there. :( I'm not exactly looking forward to going back in a few weeks - with the ridiculous humidity that we get there so often, it probably feels more like 115 degrees. :(

[alfredo]

25. Lexington Ky 91 at 1:32 High humidity. Tomorrow should be 99.

[bamacrat]

26. 97 right now in Tuscaloosa, supposed to hit 103.

Heat index near 110.

[unsavedtrash]

130. my backyard thermometer showed 100 degrees at 5 this evening.

Supposed to be hotter tomorrow and Friday.

[Canuckistanian]

27. 29 degrees - Oops, that's 84 degrees Fahrenheit in Ottawa

I have to look it up every time. I've completely forgotten how to compare the two systems.

[bpeale]

30. Las Cruces, NM...96 deg F, 20% hum.,dewpoint 48degF

and the day is still real young. we will hit max temp. around 4-5pm.

[AnneD]

45. I always liked the weather in Cruses...

You wake up to cool mornings and there is not much humidity. Shade would cut the heat a bit. I lived in Cloudcroft and this was when we would have so many of our tourists,

[sweetpotato]

32. 101 in Columbia, SC

Heat index of 109.

Its hot and humid. Not much overnight relief as lows are in the 80s.

[HeeBGBz]

34. Biloxi - 94°F + 56 % humidity

Heat index = 107°F

[HeeBGBz]

99. Biloxi update: - 93°F + 62 % humidity

Heat Index: 109°F

[Hubert Flottz]

35. 96 degrees 49% humidity, just west of Charleston West Virginia...

it is warm.

[Individualist]

36. Heat index 99 in Tri-Cities (TN)

[jojo54]

37. So. Jersey - 94 but the humidity must be 150%!

It's stifling outside!! Even the groundhog hasn't come out to eat!!

[tnlurker]

38. Memphis

94 degrees with high expected to be 101. Heat inddex of 110+

[DemGa]

39. 99 degrees near ATL....UGH!!

[RebelOne]

68. My thermometer reads 94, but it seems much hotter.

I'm in Marietta, so maybe it's cooler here.

[emilyg]

79. Heat index 104 in Hotlanta

[Speck Tater]

40. Cloudy and cool in Eugene, OR. Like always. 66 F (nt)

[Blackhatjack]

43. High humidity raises the Heat Index Quickly ... leading to dangerous conditions

[Midlodemocrat]

44. Central Virginia - 101, with a predicted heat index of 116.

[Blackhatjack]

50. I saw where you were included in the Orange danger zone....

[Liberal In Texas]

46. 92 in DFW 58% humidity. Heading to 98-99, Heat index up to 105.

You can only work outside before noon. I just quit some work in my garage, and I'm soaked.

[Mandate My Ass]

47. 95 in Philadelphia, PA right now. Humidity 51%

I'm typing this in my un-airconditioned bedroom. It's hottttttt.

[Bake]

48. Jackson, MS: Currently 94 (heat index 102)

Forecast is 98, with a heat index of 110.

Y'all try to stay cool. And check on your neighbors, especially the older folks.

Take care,
Bake

[TechBear_Seattle]

49. In Seattle, 63 degrees F, cloudy with occasional drizzle

The planet is currently in an El Nino weather pattern, meaning that the Pacific Northwest is much more likely to get the low pressure systems which are typical of spring and autumn. These pull in cooler, wetter air off of the north Pacific and result in cool, wet weather. During normal and La Nina years, we get high pressure systems which pull hotter, drier air from the east, leading to very clear skies and temperatures between the upper 70s and low 90s.

It sucks to be you guys :hi: but I'd rather be elsewhere during La Nina years, believe me.

[Blackhatjack]

57. I enjoyed the weather in Seattle on visits ... want to trade for NC weather right now?

We are to hit 103 this afternoon with the heat index much higher.

[TechBear_Seattle]

93. Thanks, but I'll pass.

It is easy to put on an extra layer; it is more difficult to take off layers when there are none left to take off.

[janetle]

97. Yep and drink our coffee

I walked my dog in the rain this morning at 58 degrees in the Puget Sound area. It was misty and wonderful--wouldn't trade this for anything.

[lpbk2713]

51. Not so bad now ....

but it'll get a lot hotter in '09.

[JTG of the PRB]

52. In Longmont, Colorado it's 91 degrees at 11:45am.

It's gonna be a warm one today.

[Mojorabbit]

54. 93 in orlando

humidity at 60 percent. A steambath.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

55. 101 in Richmond! Heat index of 108

and the AC in my office is dying...

[mvd]

56. In SE PA, 92 - unbearable with the humidity

Hoping we get some rain before the cooler weather tomorrow.

[EnviroBat]

58. Hot enough to do some crotch-pot cookin!

Too hot to even ride the motorcycle this week. Like riding on a furnace with a desert wind blowing in your face. "But, but nothing to see here, the climate is fine. Don't worry. Global warming is a myth..."

[AlCzervik]

59. 87f is the projected high today in elk grove, ca. It's been unseasonably cool here

the past few days, i won't complain because normally at this time of the year it is really hot and out air quality is awful. Sacramento, come for the trees, stay for the chunky air.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

60. 72 degrees in sunny Huntington Beach, California, with a mild ocean breeze

Going outside is very pleasant in the micro-climate near the ocean in southern Calilfornia. However, once you get into a car and try to drive anywhere in this ant hill, it quickly becomes Hell on Earth.

[Hepburn]

92. Hi, neighbor!

Palos Verdes Penn here! :hi:

[Wiley50]

61. 40 miles E. of nashville 99 now, forcast 103 SUCKS! n/t

[Oilwellian]

63. 100 in SW Virginia n/t

[MissB]

64. 65 in Portland Oregon,should hit 70 today

[verse18]

65. We've had 100+ temp all week in Memphis.

It's 101 now.

[NYC Liberal]

66. NYC it's 97 with the heat index n.t.

[sinkingfeeling]

67. 94 degrees here with a heat index of 98.

[tekisui]

69. 92 F in the mountians of Asheville, NC. you can drink the air

[Blackhatjack]

100. In my Asheville memories it is always cool even when hot elsewhere....

92 seems awful hot for you folks.

[Arkansas Granny]

72. In Fort Smith, AR

Currently: A Few Clouds, temperature 91°F (33°C), humidity 57%, heat index 101.

Today's forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 108. South southwest wind between 8 and 11 mph.

[NeedleCast]

73. 88 in San Juan

No hurricanes. It's a good day.

[greyl]

74. 99 - Lanexa, VA

However, a small survey like this isn't a great argument for global warming, just like a limited sample of abnormally cold temps aren't a good argument against it. ;)

[1monster]

75. 94.1 in the shade in NE Florida. Substantially cooler than yesterday, NT

[Lorien]

98. Same in central FL. n/t

[uppityperson]

76. 68, drizzling, NW WA. Plus side is I don't have to water garden

negative side is my stay-at-home pjs are wet to the knees.

[BrotherBuzz]

77. 72 in Sacramento Valley - normally we should be experiencing triple digit temp

[Xenotime]

78. Looks like global warming is in full swing....

[Left Is Write]

80. We're having a cold snap here in the Boise area.

After weeks of triple-digit temperatures, we've been pleasantly in the low 90s the last few days.

[guitar man]

81. That reminds me

I need to check my lunch, it's out on the sidewalk, should be done by now...:wow:

Oklahoma City - supposed to hit 100 some time today :(

[rhiannon55]

83. In Lawrence, KS (near KC) --

Temperature is supposed to reach 99 degrees today, with the heat index around 105.

[napi21]

84. 101° right now, and it always gets warmer late afternoon! N. Ga.

I won't walk the 140 ft. to the mailbox until after the sun goes down!

[n2doc]

86. 96 Savannah GA and HOT and MUGGY

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

91. I used to live there - I KNOW what you mean

It's not the blast furnace heat of Las Vegas, but the humidity makes it unbearable. I spent two years in Savannah when I was a kid. I remember that when the heat started in the summer, you would start smelling a paper mill that was up river. The sickly sweet smell combined with the heat and humidity made it hell. That was back in the late 1960s. Hopefully, they've done something about that paper mill by now.

[n2doc]

96. Paper mill(s) still there

We only seem to get the stink when the wind blows from the north. Unfortunately they haven't figured out that one can make paper without the stink. I used to live around a California pulp mill and they figured out how to do it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

129. Too bad. It's such a pretty city

I used to live on the corner of Bull and E. 48th. I miss all the trees and the beautiful old houses.

[Behind the Aegis]

88. New Orleans

94 feels like 108!

It is supposed to get a few degrees hotter today. The only good thing is the humidity is only around 58%.

[BeachBuckeye]

89. Ft. Myers, Florida 94 very average degrees

Quite a normal day for this area

[laruemtt]

90. 95 Huntington, WV - 102 heat index!

and it usually gets hottest around 5 p.m. - only 2:30 now...

[karlrschneider]

94. Northeast Oklahoma, 99.5. Don't know the heat index, probably 105

:scared:

And this is right by a big lake!

[Shine]

95. Scotts Valley (near Santa Cruz), CA: 71 degrees. Sorry, people!

:D We're lovin' it out here on the west coast!

[mentalsolstice]

102. Birmingham, AL - 104 n/t

[Blackhatjack]

106. What part of B'ham? I used to live near Mountain Brook and Hoover...

[mentalsolstice]

145. Roebuck Springs n/t

[Blackhatjack]

103. It is now 103 in Fayetteville, NC and 100 in Raleigh & Chapel Hill..

[azmouse]

104. 104 in Phoenix today... we're having a cool spell!

:hi:

[AnneD]

107. Mom retired and lives in Gilbert...

and is a AZ native...I got her a pair of small oven mitts for driving one year for Christmas. She gave me an AZ. snowman snowglobe. She's so funny.

[azmouse]

111. A lot of people here have oven mitts in their car.

It's the only way we can handle the metal parts on the seat belt without burning ourselves!

Oh well, in 2 months the heat will be over and the best weather of the year arrives.
I can hardly wait...

[AnneD]

113. Yep...

the temp drops down to a bone chilling 80.

You can tell the native Arizonian...
you use pot holders and oven mitts to drive your car.
you have an extensive collection of kitchen towels in your car.
every car you've ever owned was light coloured.
you carpet your dashboards.
you can't find a parking place at the grocery store at 12 midnight.
you think nothing of wearing shorts to a meeting.
you know what a swamp cooler and a chimera are.
you string Christmas lights on your cactus trees
you think driving should be banned from Oct-Mar. by anyone over the age of 65

Did I cover most of them?

[BamaGirl]

108. 97 with heat index 107

in Dothan, Al. The current local joke is the seasons are tolerable, hot, damned hot, and you've got to be kidding me. :P

[CreekDog]

109. It's 65 at noon at SF Airport, heading up to 67

yesterday was 68.

But I like hot weather, though 100+ on the east coast is just plain miserable.

[Blackhatjack]

110. Do they have that kind of weather available for Take-Out? LOL

That would be a 33 degree drop for us today.

[Ghost in the Machine]

112. Ten Mile, Tenn... 96 in the shade at 3:30 pm ...

I'm gonna check what it is out in the full sun...


On Edit: Just spent about 5 mins outside with thermometer in direct sun... 108 degrees!!

[Wiley50]

114. 40 miles East Of Nashville 105 degrees ACTUAL TEMP ((not indexed) n/t

[brentspeak]

115. It was so hot in northern NJ that...

("How hot was it?")

It was so hot, that hot water was coming out of both taps.

badda-boom

:crickets:

(About 93 degrees Farenheit)

[Burma Jones]

116. In Germantown, MD, the high was 102 with a heat index of 110

it's only 95 with a heat index of 100 right now.....

[eppur_se_muova]

117. 97 in MD, three days in a row. Dew point is 77 deg. nt

[SoCalDem]

118. Near Riverside, CA.. 72 degrees

in my office.. It's probably much hotter outside though

[nolabels]

121. WTF, only 84 degrees down the street in Perris

Mostly it seems it would be 94-110 around here in August. Some really nice weather we are having here lately. I think they should keep sending that hot air crap out of here and back to the east more often.

Looks like a good day to go outside and do something else :hi:

[Anwen]

119. 84 degrees in Chico, CA.

Surprisingly pleasant for August.

[peacebuzzard]

120. Knoxville : 96

[KillCapitalism]

122. 101*F in St. Louis, MO as of 5:30p CST. nt

[SalmonChantedEvening]

123. It's SO hot today....

David Vitter has asbestos diapers on

Ted Stevens is building a bridge to Iceland

Denny Hastert's skin pores are now porkfat geysers

The Iraqi Congress won't vacation here

Trent Lott's hair moved

Rush had to take his Oxy in a sippy-cup

Eeeee yuhhuh...

:silly:

[BeHereNow]

124. 82 in the River Bottom, CA

We've actually had it pretty good here the last week-
East Valley area of Los Angeles.
BHN

[Blackhatjack]

125. Forecast for Raleigh tomorrow is High 101

[B Calm]

126. Indiana 93 degrees with a heat index of 107

[Catchawave]

127. Virginia Beach: 99 w/heat index 106

That's Hot :) Praying to the heat pump Gods right now.

[TroglodyteScholar]

128. Heat index of 110-115 in Macon, GA

What a muggy shithole this is.

http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local_story.aspx?storyid=7785

[helderheid]

131. FINALLY cooled down to 93 in Sandy Utah

[onethatcares]

133. 95 in St Petersburg fla, 100% humidity by

200 PM the index will be 110 to 115.

[tjwash]

134. Lows 60's in San Francisco.

:P

[Heidi]

135. 72° Fahrenheit at 4:30 p.m., Ticino, Switzerland.

Sprinkling rain off and on throughout the day.

[kaiden]

136. 76 right now in Denver -- 96 for this afternoon.

[Blackhatjack]

137. 108 in Southern Pines, NC and 100 Heat Index at 11pm at Maxton, NC...

...Hit 104 in Raleigh again today.

[nealmhughes]

138. 88F at 10:37 p.m. near Florence, Alabama on the Tennessee River.

It was 101 today with heat index of 110. Same tomorrow. . .

[Maru Kitteh]

140. 99 in Kearney, Nebraska and the chiller went down in our hospital today

It was horrible. I don't know what we're going to do if they can't get a portable in on a flatbed right away. Evacuate I guess.

[Richard Steele]

141. According to the thermometer in the Chrysler, it was 103 yesterday here in Durham. OZONE alert, too.

I forgot to ask Sweetie what it said today, but it sure didn't
feel much cooler.

[janx]

142. Low to mid 90s in ABQ.

96 forecast later in the next few days. A friend said the thermometer in her car read 102 today, but that was probably when it was parked in the sun. Our days will start cooling off this month. It'll be hot, but not as hot as late June into July.

Edit: These temps are high temps. At night, the temps are in the lower to mid 60s.

[Bryn]

143. I am in Hot Springs, Arkansas and it was 100's today

I wish I were back in Homestead/Florida City, FL near the Keys. It was never that hot.

[JesterCS]

144. 98. Heat Index inc. 117 in Southwest Ohio N/T

[BlackVelvet04]

146. Presently 97 here in southwest VA

and expected to top 100 again.

[Cobalt Violet]

147. 60 in Massachusetts.

It's raining pretty good right now. I love summer days like today.

[paulk]

148. mid 90's in Denver - not a cloud in the sky

To hot to work in the garden by 10 am.

yesterday I was in upstate NY - low nineties, humidity in the nineties also - it was brutal.

[kineneb]

149. Clear Lake, CA: 70 deg, ~55% h., expected low 90s later in day

Like my "neighbor" in Chico: actually rather cool for August.

[jab105]

150. 94 w/a 104 heat index right now...

I'm supposed to be doing a 20 mile bike today , but its too dangerous right now...waiting in the a/c till it cools down a bit...hopefully:)

[warren pease]

151. Portland, OR: 64 right now; predicted high of 75 (sorry) n/t