I would just like to say...

[phantom power]

we're getting cooked down here in AZ. Climate change? Hard to say, but we've been breaking records. It's been 115 several days in a row.

Mostly, it's just aggravating me, and adding to the electricity bill.

[kliljedahl]

1. Yeah, but it's a "dry heat"

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[phantom power]

2. If only. The @#$!!# monsoon is kicking in.

[phoenixprogressive]

3. The heat is probably God's punishment for our wicked right wing ways

[LiberalEsto]

4. It was a mere 98 degrees in the Arctic recently

if you're looking for a cooler vacation spot

[phantom power]

5. Hmmm, how refreshing.

I seem to remember reading that it can get surprisingly hot up there in the summer, since the sun spends to much time above the horizon.

[Viking12]

6. It's not any better in WI

Averaging around 90 degrees for 10+ days with no rain for the last month. It is expected to remain hot and dry through the foreseeable future.

The continuous 100+ degree days was one of the main reasons I left Arizona five years ago.

[NNadir]

7. It this unusual?

[phantom power]

9. Somewhat unusual, although not wildly.

The historic average temperature for the month of July is 104, so far the average for this particular july has been 111. The nighttime lows are off-kilter too. We've been having nighttime lows around 90-92. Historic lows are more like 78 (on average).

It's almost as if something is trapping heat. Like, oh, I don't know... A greenhouse. Yeah, that's it. A greenhouse.

[bemildred]

8. Sucks in LA too, but not that bad.

I think we should start building underground.
Thermal ballast.
Dig your house instead of putting it up.

[phantom power]

10. That would make perfect sense.

the Phoenix valley ought to look like the Skywalker summer home on Tattooine.

Instead, we build 99% of our homes without even a basement. I really miss having a basement.