Hot enough for you?

Whoa, you're worse off than we are in central Florida. Stay safe!

Wow, just be careful. We're supposed to have some mid-90 degrees next week with a heat index of 100+, but it's only supposed to be for a couple of days.

I feel your discomfort.  Here in Richmond VA I see the forecast expects 103 F on July 02.  A dry heat I don't mind, it's the humidity that I hate.  Seems we have had an unusual amount of rain this summer, thunderstorms with high winds weekly, getting steamy. I lived in Ottawa ON, for 18 years in an apartment on the 19th floor.  No central AC but being up high I could catch a breeze.  However, after the first summer, buying a number of floor fans, I bought a small AC and managed to get it into a window never made to hold an AC.  My concern it would drop out of the window, or I would drop out of the window trying to secure it.  The rental company charged a one time fee of $100 each summer if you had a window AC unit because utilities were included in my rent.  That was definitely a fair price.  After all the years I rented this apt. they finally tore up all the apartments to install central AC, which I could only enjoy for my last summer in Ottawa.  So I experienced months of construction mess in my apartment only to enjoy the central AC for a few months.  Even as a child growing up in the 1950s, my family always had central AC and I will never live anyplace without central AC in the future.  In my old age, I am lucky to still have a full head of hair.  But humidity causes my hair to frizz, not acceptable.

@abaucom   The humidity has been a major factor with this heatwave and it compounds the discomfort for many of us.

In the biosphere of the Great Smoky Mountains, the heat rises to 97 or 98 F. We almost always get 100% humidity. But it is the atmospheric pressure that makes people feel bad, AND this area of east Tennessee is the capital of allergens. This large stand of deciduous trees is responsible for pollen and mold beyond belief.

Edit. I survived the summer of 1980 in Texas. Dallas - Ft. Worth. The record still stands, 4 decades later. "The 1980 Dallas - Fort Worth heat wave was a catastrophic meteorological event featuring an all-time record high of 113 °F on June 26 and again on the 27th. The summer recorded 69 triple-digit days and an unprecedented 42 consecutive days at or above 100 °F from June 23 to August 3. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

• Fatalities: The 1980 United States heat wave caused 96 deaths statewide, with 76 occurring in Dallas County alone.
• Infrastructure: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth archives show mechanics worked mandatory overtime to fix air conditioning in city buses, and zookeepers set up continuous hoses over lion enclosures to protect wildlife.
• Historical Comparison: The 69 total days hitting ≥ 100 °F remained the record until it was broken by the summer of 2011 (71 days)."

@perrone1   And, now you know why I don't live in Texas, anymore.  Too hot, too humid, too far from the ocean or the gulf (Houston).

The weekend was hell (104-107F), but today we're getting a break and should only see high 80s, though the humidity will be between 44 and 57%.

We will be 94 degrees all week with an index of 104 today. We have a small AC that keeps us comfortable in most of the house with the aid of ceiling fans. My brother has an AC in his bedroom. I am doing ok in my room with just fans 

@perrone1 We just celebrated my son’s birthday on the 24th…he was born in Dallas in 1980 and I went back to my mail route in that 113 degree heat and remember it well. Just 9 years earlier I was carrying mail in Fairbanks, Alaska at minus 62 degrees; the reason I got a transfer to Dallas. I’ve never regretted that move and still live here in north Texas.

@david-vandermeer 

It was something, wasn't it? I vividly remember being out in the middle of the day but never sweat. Humidity was super low and the sweat evaporated instantly leaving a residue of white salt powder on your neck. The tar coming up from the streets and getting all over tires. Water rationing. I should have bought one of these shirts when I had the chance:

@perrone1 Tony funny you should mention this heat wave as it is one I shall never forget. I flew into the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport during this heat wave and the pilot came on the intercom telling us the temperature was 117 degrees. I was picked by a guy who owned a collection of Oldsmobiles and he was selling a 1961 Starfire I came to see. Long story short, I bought the car and was going to drive it back to St. Louis. The car was very sound mechanically but needed a total restoration. The car also had factory A/C which blew cold. After checking all of the fluids I set off for St. Louis which was approximately 900 miles. The car was running perfectly however the convertible top started to disintegrate so I pulled off into a welcome center. I got out my roll of duct tape, which was in my tool pouch, and proceeded to tape together what was left of the top. After another few hundred miles what was left of the top suddenly flew off of the car. With about 500 miles to go and no top the A/C was useless. By the time I got home I had second degree burns. I was never so glad to be home in my life. My usually understanding wife just looked at me like I was some kind of idiot which had the ring of truth to it.

@bob-jackman 

OMG Bob. You made it through, and lived to recount a cool, er, ah, HOT story!!  Poor David V. and I had to stay and endure it. I presume, knowing you, you got the car restored to satisfaction?   

@perrone1 Actually I had another project going on including a relocation to the south and never got around to doing the restoration. A retired friend bought the car and did a three year restoration which earned a best of show at the Oldsmobile Nationals which I believe was held in Dallas. I tried to buy the car but my friend sold the car to his son in law who lives in Iowa I believe.

@bob-jackman

@perrone1   The last time I was in Texas was to attend the Cattlemen's Ball in Fort Worth (not to be confused with the larger Cattle Baron's Ball(s), with which it is associated), and, fortunately, the weather was fine, which was a blessing as it was black tie, unlike the more casual Cattle Baron's Balls.  There is no worse punishment, imho, than being draped in a penguin costume in humid weather.