atuarre
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Lake Charles, LA
clubs:  |  Central Texas always this hot?
I recently relocated to the Brazos Valley, and I wanted to ask, is it always this hot in central texas? I mean it seems like it is hotter than it was in Louisiana???? |
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Corona
It's cool, I'm takin it back
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San Antonio, TX
| It's usually not this humid. It's been horrible these past few weeks. The heat is normal, the lack of rain and humidity is not. (At least in my experience these last 5 years)
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McSummation
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Round Rock, TX
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Hot? It's not hot. You want hot, wait until it's 105 like it's been some times. 100+ for 3 weeks in a row is when things really start to dry out. (Think - "last year".)
April and, especially, May are usually rainy. Then, about the 2nd week of June it quits and won't start again until late September, unless we get some tropical stuff blow through.
I've been in Round Rock for 28 years, and 12 before that in Clear Lake City (between Houston and Galveston).
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alg
Have you ever seen the rain?
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Houston, TX
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I think it has been relatively cool this year. Dry and highs not going past 100. |
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fozngoof
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Temple, TX
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We moved here about 8 years ago, and arrived just in the beginning of like 6 weeks straight of 100+ temp. (I might be exagerating a little, but I don't think so)
I asked my wife if we moved directly to hell, or just a subburb.  |
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MLOK5
My Reality Check Bounced
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Plano, TX
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Y'all should come to Dallas, where it has been over 100 more days than I can count. Everyone's foundations are having problems & we're under such tight watering restrictions it's not even funny, not to mention insane A/C bills. Check out this thread:
»Electric Bill Jumped!
It's just crazy! |
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DrTCP
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Round Rock, TX | reply to atuarre
Today (well actually yesterday 8/16 now) was 108 according to outside temperature reading in my Toyota. It was around 6pm. |
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jamesv
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Austin, TX
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This has not been a hot year. It has been unusually dry - we normally get more rain - but not hot.
Most years central Texas sits under a high pressure dome fed by the jet stream starting from mid summer through September or so. This keeps away any tropical or gulf moisture that might come inland. Usually there are a few breaks in the high pressure pattern as the summer goes along, but not really this year and the tropics have been quiet anyway.
We also haven't had a really cold winter in a few years either. We really need a good hard freeze to kill some of the insect population.
The highest temperature I've ever seen at my house (heavily wooded) since I started logging in 1999 is 106F and the lowest 26F (that may not be reliable). I saw 114F in 1999 on I-35 near the old Mueller airport.
From memory I think McSummation is right - May is the wettest month of the year (normally) and April is second wettest. |
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buttoni
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Temple, TX | reply to atuarre
Occasional 100's is not unusual for Texas, but 100's daily for two weeks + in a row is fairly unusual. But at least it's a DRYER heat here than in the Galveston area I was in for thirty years. |
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buttoni
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Temple, TX | reply to fozngoof
fozngoof, I moved to Temple 4 years ago. Glad I wasn't here the year YOU moved here! That WOULD have been hell. |
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fozngoof
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Temple, TX | reply to atuarre
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alg
Have you ever seen the rain?
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Houston, TX
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August 30th, @07:26PM
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Is it over for the year? It is noticeably cooler now than it was as recently as a week ago and the forecast doesn't show any predicted warming.
I sure hope it is because I would be able to get away with just running the A/C during the late afternoon. |
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