DFW area was on its way to breaking the 1980 record of 42 straight days of 100+ degree heat, but a storm front moved in last week and we only got to 97, so our string ended at something like 40 consecutive days of 100+ heat. We got our first rain in at least a month or two the other day. But we'll be returning to 100 degree days this coming week apparently. *sigh*
We had a sudden downpour on the NE side of town. I was so happy. It rained really, really hard and for a good amount of time too.
Saturday was nice....overcast all day at my house. I didn't capitalize on it by doing yardwork or anything, though.
SciGuy: Weekly Weather: A ridiculously warm August continues This is getting ridiculous. Of course Houston has continued its 100-degree-day streak and could break the record set in 1980 today. But that’s not the worst of it. The entire summer has, overall, been brutal. First came June, with an average temperature of 86.2 degrees that ranked as the warmest on record in Houston according to the National Weather Service. July came in at 87.1 degrees, third warmest on record for Houston. But August has been different altogether. This month’s average temperature is 90.6 degrees. Granted the month is only half over, but that is truly ridiculous. The warmest August on record, which occurred just last year, was 87.7 degrees. So this August has been very nearly 3 degrees warmer than any August on record. Let’s put this another way. The typical August in Houston has an average temperature of 85.0 degrees. The warmest previous August, last year, was less than 3 degrees warmer than that. Then there’s this August, which so far is an additional 3 degrees above the warmest ever August. Someone whose better at math than me could probably tell me how many standard deviations outside of the norm 90.6 degrees would be after 120 years of records. Like I said, the weather we’ve had so far this month has been ridiculous. But wait, there’s more. Galveston has the lengthiest record of weather data in this region, and its all-time record high overnight low temperature, 85 degrees, occurred a total of nine times between 1874 and 2010 according to the National Weather Service. It has occurred nine times this summer, including seven days in a row ending Saturday. I don’t think we can blame the urban heat island effect for that one. more...
I had to post this... the greatest snowfall seen at Wellington, New Zealand in 30 years. Enjoy! <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27709878?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27709878">Snow on Cuba Mall in central Wellington (HD)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rotierney">Ro Tierney</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Yeah, good luck catching me running my sprinkler in my backyard at 4am. No way ****ing pigs are out on the streets at this time. That's like hard core Shipley's hour before changing of shifts.
We have seven water main breaks in our neighborhood that have gone unrepaired for over a month. Glad the city is so proactive in water conservation
We just put in new grass in our entire yard after putting in an irrigation system. LOL bad time to put in new grass eh? Dang HOA telling us to put in a new sod or a fine.
don't be so sure. Some towns have the city patrolling late night and catching people at 2 and 3 in the morning. The city wants/needs money so they will do what they can to get it. That being said, you should be smart with you water usage anyways.
Well, Rick Perry, hair. Hair, guns, Texas, jobs. Rick guns, Perry hair. I think you may understand now. No rain in there.
Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me just as I'm not surprised to see 80% of the police force on radar duty to collect money for the broke ass city. As for my water usage, I have a new home with a brand new lawn. It needs to be watered to set. Since I've been reading that La Nina is most likely coming back and we will have another 12 months of this, I should probably just dig it up, by a monster truck remote controlled car thing and have a gigantic mud racing track. It's either dead yellow grass or mud. Pretty sure racing remote cars in mud would be more exciting.
you can turn a loss (cost of water) into profit (charging kids to use your track). I'm surprised more people just havent given up on their lawns. west texas got a couple of inches last week or so ago.
