Author Topic: Solar maximum? (Read 769 times)

Matthew · « **on:** October 04, 2012, 02:43:23 PM »

Right now in south-central Texas it's 89.1 degrees at 2:43 PM -- but that isn't the half of it. The heat index is NINETY-EIGHT degrees!

The normal temperatures for my area on October 4th -- High: 79, Low: 59.

What's funny is that we NEVER go below the "average" temp -- it's always far above it. That means something is going on with the sun, the magnetic poles of the earth, etc.

I wish I had a nickel for every time a given day's High Temperature record was set sometime after 2005.

So here we are, running the A/C in October, even though we only run the A/C when it's physically necessary. We're not one of those "run the A/C or heat all the time; don't worry with the windows" families.

I own about 11 box fans and I know how to use them. But it's miserably hot and humid today.

Roland Deschain · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2012, 02:50:28 PM »

I honestly don't know how people who have an option could willingly live in Texas. I moved from the Northeast to the upper South a few years ago and I find the summers dreadfully unbearable.

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:24:59 PM »

Quote from: Roland Deschain

I honestly don't know how people who have an option could willingly live in Texas. I moved from the Northeast to the upper South a few years ago and I find the summers dreadfully unbearable.

Hehe, the hot summers here in the south actually don't bother me much. I'd prefer a hot, humid summer over incessant snow and ice storms during the winter up north.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:27:20 PM »

the sun is very very bright indeed for a pale face

JohnGrey · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2012, 07:16:33 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

Right now in south-central Texas it's 89.1 degrees at 2:43 PM -- but that isn't the half of it. The heat index is NINETY-EIGHT degrees!

The normal temperatures for my area on October 4th -- High: 79, Low: 59.

What's funny is that we NEVER go below the "average" temp -- it's always far above it. That means something is going on with the sun, the magnetic poles of the earth, etc.

I wish I had a nickel for every time a given day's High Temperature record was set sometime after 2005.

So here we are, running the A/C in October, even though we only run the A/C when it's physically necessary. We're not one of those "run the A/C or heat all the time; don't worry with the windows" families.

I own about 11 box fans and I know how to use them. But it's miserably hot and humid today.

It means you live in southern Texas. You know, above that narrow strip of tropical land/desert we gringos call central America? And as far as unseasonable warmth goes, it happens, often with great variability. In the mid-Atlantic region last year, we had virtually no winter, just a slightly cool, wet period from November to March, with stifling heat on either side. Yet, this year it's not even the second week of October and it's already quite cool, especially in the mornings.

Sigismund · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2012, 10:23:37 PM »

I remember reading a book years ago by a woman who lives in South Dakota. There is often a 120 degree or greater difference between the highest and lowest temperature in they year. She observed, "Some of us like this. It keeps the riff-raff out."

poche · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2012, 01:06:53 AM »

just remember no matter how hot it gets in Texas - there will always be one place hotter.