Your Weather, 2025

[flowerbug]

There's some old wife's tale about the # of fog days in August that translates to Snow days in January.

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we're in a low spot, have you ever heard the expression "Foggy bottom"? yes, we've got one of those (Mom may say something about Me, butt we don't have to go there do we?)... it is very rare we don't have fog and heavy dews here.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

It hit 104 here at our home at 400 ft elevation, and on a hill facing west. Today might be a degree or two hotter. We had to run the AC during the night, to try to cool down everything. Its only the 2nd time we've done that this year.

I don't turn on the AC until later afternoon, cus I'm good at sweeping in all the night cool air to make the house cooler, and then close everything up tight in mid morning.

 

[flowerbug]

bits of rain so far, humid and going to get warmer, not sure what i'm doing today until i do it.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@Rjodie Ranch same here… I turned on my AC about 10PM. For 25 minutes. The inside of my home temp never got above 77F degrees even though it was 99F outside. I rarely use my AC. I planted trees around the perimeter of the house and garden and it cools the house by 20 or more degrees. Scientists call this process transpiration. As a result of transpiration, the temperature under a tree can be up to 25 degrees cooler than in the surrounding area. This transpiration affect cools homes adjacent to the trees.

 

[Marie2020]

Airless. I keep waking up at night there seems to be no airflow.

Currently it is 21 but feels like 24c according to the weather forecast. 3km wind but I can't feel any real breeze.
It's just stiffling.

People feel really uncomfortable at night, having to close their windows.

I put on my dyson aircon but it makes very little difference.

 

[digitS']

I planted trees around the perimeter of the house and garden and it cools the house by 20 or more degrees.

Shades, have you seen Nifty's post in the Trees & Shrubs subforum?

Different trees in that zone 9 location. Maybe you have some familiarity with them.

Steve

 

[Marie2020]

Woke up over an hour ago to lack of air in the bedroom. All of our little birds have disappeared again. Something has changed.

We are due rain Wednesday according to the forecast. I hope it's not the soapy drizzle again

 

[digitS']

Our neighborhood seems to be a nesting location for House Sparrows. No longer having the 2 immediate neighbors with their millet bird feeding, the sparrows may not find such easy pickings when nests empty and their population explodes.

Little flocks pass through daily — may be the juveniles. Wondering where there's more permanent residents, I have noticed that supermarket parking lots have a sparrow foraging under about every 3rd car. Same in the Winter.

The neighbor with the 3 small spruce trees and the one with the privet hedge offer important protection for the sparrows and there are never times when they are totally absent.
Steve

 

[ducks4you]

We are having practically perfect weather. It Would be perfect if it weren't so dry, BUT, I will take the lovely temperatures.
It is expected to be 47 degrees F at 6AM on Wednesday morning.

 

[flowerbug]

forecast was for high of 72F and scattered shower chances this afternoon. i see a few north of us not likely to get here as they are heading east. one small one missed us a bit ago.

i was outside enough to enjoy the day and to get things done until i was tired enough to stop. that's as good as it gets and about all i can ask for...