Weekend heat wave summary

[phantom power]

Note the record high nightime-low for Phoenix of 97F. Fuck me. It's almost as though something is trapping that heat... like... a greenhouse.

The heat was unrelenting yesterday across the Southwest U.S., where most of California and Arizona set new high temperature records. The 99 degrees in downtown Los Angeles beat the old record of 96 set in 1960, and the suburb of Woodland Hills hit a record 119. All the cities in California's Central Valley set records: 109 degrees in Sacramento, 111 in Redding, and 112 in Red Bluff, Stockton and Modesto. San Francisco's 87 degrees easily beat the record of 81 for the date, set back in 1917.

In Phoenix, this morning's low temperature was 97 degrees, which broke the all-time record for highest low temperature ever recorded in that city (96, set on Jul 15, 2003). Tucson's low of 89 Saturday morning was its highest low temperature in recorded history, as well. The temperature topped out at record 116 in Phoenix yesterday, and 121 in nearby Gila Bend.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=431&tstamp=200607

[flamingyouth]

1. We had record highs in Seattle on Friday and Saturday

Obviously, not as high as those temps but high for here (96), and considering hardly anyone has AC, not a lot of fun.

[phantom power]

3. I'm sure that's worse. Here it just means the AC works a bit harder.

Unless, of course, it starts blowing our grid, in which case things could be very bad indeed. The local utilities do not appear worried, yet.

[depakid]

7. Same with the Portland area

We hit 108 on Friday... That's an all time record high.

Very unpleasant without AC.

[DianeG5385]

2. 3 blackouts, one hour or so for 2, two hours for one

In Rohnert park, it was 106 yesterday and expected to be the same today. I expect the power to go out around dinner time today so I pre cooked dinner and have powered up my portable dvd player.

[Bobbieo]

4. The worst thing about S. AZ heat is that it won't let up.[

Like the energizer bunny it keeps going and going until mid September.

[phantom power]

5. Or October. I remember 105F in mid-October a couple years ago.

[Bobbieo]

6. There is nothing more annoying than a summer cold in S. AZ ---

[valerief]

8. Well, at least, we're using up more energy and the energy cos. are

getting richer and richer and richer and richer.