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eyoungren said:
It's usually just people who have recently moved here or visitors it seems. If you've been here long enough you (should) know to be prepared/equipped.

Our first summer here (2001) we left the A/C off for a few days when we went to visit my parents back in California. We came home to dead fish in the fish tank because the water just got too hot. It can happen during that part of summer where it's 95º at 3am.

So from that we learned, never leave the A/C off during summer. Turn it up sure, but NEVER off. And always have enough water/protection when outside for however long you're going to be out there.
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I'm in the Central SE, and we regularly get 85-90F in the Summer.

Today it reached 86F, with ~82%(outside)/~80%(inside) humidity. Nothing like Eastern Texas, but...

My exposed homework assignments have started to wilt :eek:

I don't do A/C until about 90F.
 
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splifingate said:
I'm in the Central SE, and we regularly get 85-90F in the Summer.

Today it reached 86F, with ~82%(outside)/~80%(inside) humidity. Nothing like Eastern Texas, but...

My exposed homework assignments have started to wilt :eek:

I don't do A/C until about 90F.
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I lived in Houston from 1974 to 1979, so I get it. ;)
 
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This week each morning has been very low single digit temperatures.

Thank goodness the heater works well. But the cost to run it is a pain. Batteries coming soon.
 
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Outside heat index and the mini temp sensor are just about the same.

(in a few days it'll be much cooler though, can't say the same for mini)
 
32 yesterday. No AC in most of the UK. By the time I’d finished packing up the trade show in Wales I looked like I’d just got out of a shower. Not fun.

Mercifully it’s cooler today. Just 23 degrees or so.
 
We hit 117º last Wednesday. That was 1 degree shy of the record of 118º for that day. And it's not even August yet. Phoenix, Arizona.
 
eyoungren said:
We hit 117º last Wednesday. That was 1 degree shy of the record of 118º for that day. And it's not even August yet. Phoenix, Arizona.
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We hit 109 in Cottonwood that same day. But yesterday Flag was gorgeous, sunny and 82. Wind was a bit strong but that is usually the case up there.
 
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Herdfan said:
We hit 109 in Cottonwood that same day. But yesterday Flag was gorgeous, sunny and 82. Wind was a bit strong but that is usually the case up there.
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Yesterday was very strange, we maxed out at 99º which is very unusual for this time of the year. News says we are ramping back up though to 113º on this coming Sunday.

PS. The opening date for the Buc-ee's (Goodyear) is now June 2026. Thought you might want to be updated. ;)
 
dwrufus53 said:
Was living in the valley back in the 90s. I remember June 26, 1990 when it hit 122. Don’t really miss that kind of heat.
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Yeah, I wasn't here in 1990. We moved here in 2000 so totally missed that. OTOH, there have been at least one or two days in the past five years where it hit either close to that mark or above it. I can recall at least a couple times where Sky Harbor stopped all flights.

But I'm also no stranger to it. Before Phoenix, I used to work in Indio, California. That's in the Coachella Valley and there was more than once where the temps on any particular summer day were 120º or above. Fortunately, I didn't actually live in Indio (work was a 50 minute drive from home).
 
Woof, rain rolled in and with it relative humidity jumped up from 12 to 42. I mean I’ll take it as high desert only gets so much but yucko, not used to the sticky icky haha :D
 
6/20 - 95F, transformer blows power out for 4 hrs.
6/27- 93F, transformer blows power out for 30 min.

Fortunately we put in a whole house standby generator (Generac), expensive $14k, but convienent and it’s paying for itself. Two winters ago, we lost power during a winter storm, and the state claims to have fixed the issue. I guess they need to work on their transformer tech… 🤔
 
Huntn said:
6/20 - 95F, transformer blows power out for 4 hrs.
6/27- 93F, transformer blows power out for 30 min.

Fortunately we put in a whole house standby generator (Generac), expensive $14k, but convienent and it’s paying for itself. Two winters ago, we lost power during a winter storm, and the state claims to have fixed the issue. I guess they need to work on their transformer tech… 🤔
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Maybe it’s the Decepticons?

Curious why you chose a generator over Solar and battery back up? Would save you money when electricity is working and give you an option when power is down.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Maybe it’s the Decepticons?

Curious why you chose a generator over Solar and battery back up? Would save you money when electricity is working and give you an option when power is down.
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I've always wanted solar panels... I've looked into solar several times recently and if I was going to stay in a location for 20 years, it would pay for itself. I'm angling to leave this hell hole*, and $40k is over the top, too many complications, and the cost of the loan out weighs the monthly cost savings.

*Global warming summertime irony: It's getting hotter across the country up to Minnesota, and over to New York, Virgina , etc. My Son lives in Kansas, and it's hotter there, than it gets here along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The only difference is that their heat period is shorter than ours, but in the summer, easier to be up over 100F in the Summer. Here, it's unusual.

One example, you can't pay $40k for it and just tack that onto the price of your house. If you plan on leaving soonish, you can plan on eating it. If cities were smart, instead of another power plant, they would be 80% or more, subsidizing the cost of putting solar on every house in city limits (6 million people live within Houston, Texas) and tapping it into the grid. But there have been no substantial subsides while I've looked at this option. As is, I can get my electric less expensively though the local utility.

Of interest, solar panels need an electrical power source to function. To actually have power when the grid fails, you need to have a backup battery, $10K+, that's designed to operate at night after the sun goes down. I included this price in the $40k, but last I heard the price has gone up. There are reports of people actually buying solar without the backup battery. That's shooting yourself in the foot. 🤔
 
Huntn said:
I've always wanted solar panels... I've looked into solar several times recently and if I was going to stay in a location for 20 years, it would pay for itself. I'm angling to leave this hell hole*, and $40k is over the top, too many complications, and the cost of the loan out weighs the monthly cost savings.

*Global warming summertime irony: It's getting hotter across the country up to Minnesota, and over to New York, Virgina , etc. My Son lives in Kansas, and it's hotter there, than it gets here along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The only difference is that their heat period is shorter than ours, but in the summer, easier to be up over 100F in the Summer. Here, it's unusual.

One example, you can't pay $40k for it and just tack that onto the price of your house. If you plan on leaving soonish, you can plan on eating it. If cities were smart, instead of another power plant, they would be 80% or more, subsidizing the cost of putting solar on every house in city limits (6 million people live within Houston, Texas) and tapping it into the grid. But there have been no substantial subsides while I've looked at this option. As is, I can get my electric less expensively though the local utility.

Of interest, solar panels need an electrical power source to function. To actually have power when the grid fails, you need to have a backup battery, $10K+, that's designed to operate at night after the sun goes down. I included this price in the $40k, but last I heard the price has gone up. There are reports of people actually buying solar without the backup battery. That's shooting yourself in the foot. 🤔
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Oh solar without a battery is virtually pointless. Unless you have a sweet deal like my Dad. He’s had his around 15-20 years and still on a very generous grandfathered plan. He gets about 70p a unit from the grid for whatever he doesn’t use. These days you get around 7p a unit for whatever you feed back to the grid.
They still have a decent subsidy for installation. Cost is around £15-20k here for a system with a battery as well.

The trouble is working out what system you want is complicated. I’d order them today if I had the cash as it’s getting more and more expensive for electricity. If I had the money I’d also fit AC as well. The summers are getting unbearable in the UK and longer. Most homes have no AC.

Obviously we are never moving. From our bungalow. We are here until we drop down dead.
 
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