What's the temperature where you are???

[Jenbirdee]

high noon

alternate app!

 

[chrissynemetz]

51°F mostly clear and calm
11:15 a.m.

 

[kikiruru]

1244 pm Friday 64 feels 64

 

[Nomadicus]

67° and partly cloudy

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I am the odd southerner, here. -born and raised in Texas, but HATE the heat. I wear shorts all winter, and have been known to dart to the mailbox barefooted if it is above 35 outside. I live outdoors late October through May.......then, it is hibernation time. I'm allergic to temps over 80/85.

Summer is our hibernation time, too. We have two summers: dry summer and wet summer. We call those the "hell months." Together they take up about six months of the year. That means we're trapped indoors half the year! We just sit in front of the A/C and avoid going outside unless we really, really have to.

Many people switch to night mode if their jobs and lives allow it. Exercise, gardening, walking the dogs, household chores, cooking, washing the car, etc. are all done between midnight and 4:00 A.M.

It's not unusual to see people out pushing strollers, jogging, or working in their yard at 2:00 A.M. I found that really weird when I moved here (still do).

Some people go to bed at 7:00 or 8:00 P.M., wake up at midnight to get stuff done, go back to sleep at 3:00 or 4:00 A.M. for a few more hours, then get up and go to work. It's as exhausting as it sounds.

Running errands at night during the hell months was a lot easier prior to the lockdowns. Place like Walmart and many grocery and drug store chains had plenty of stores that were open 24 hours. Now they all close at 10:00 or 11:00 P.M.

Crime has really skyrocketed here. Few people are willing to go outside at night now, even during the hell months. It's a dilemma.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

1:30 P.M.
82F
12% humidity
sunny

Chick status: happy.

 

[kikiruru]

70 feels 71 at 548 pm Friday

 

[TXchickmum]

Summer is our hibernation time, too. We have two summers: dry summer and wet summer. We call those the "hell months." Together they take up about six months of the year. That means we're trapped indoors half the year! We just sit in front of the A/C and avoid going outside unless we really, really have to.

That's a hoot! That's our reference, too! We always say we have three seasons: cool, spring, and hell. We don't have a fall, and spring is from February to mid/late April. After that it is just hell until late October. That's when cool season begins. I walk at dark before the sun comes up, and get all of the chicken chores done then (except for the running ice jugs to the waterer every few hours so they have drinkable water).

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Ours go:

April-May-June = Dry summer hell months. This can start in March.

July-August-September = Wet summer hell months. Intermittent lightning-thunder storms, heavy winds, lots of damage. This can go through October. We're not really safe until November.

October-November = Spring-ish. This is usually the only time we see plant growth; it's a result of the rain we get in the wet summer.

December-January-February = Winter-ish. May or may not include rain. Some years we get a bit of snow.

March is a weird transition time that doesn't have a season, it's when winter winds down and the dry summer starts up. We start using the A/C during the day and we're still using the heater at night.

This is such a weird place to live. It's like I moved to another planet.

 

[Nym]

I am the odd southerner, here. -born and raised in Texas, but HATE the heat. I wear shorts all winter, and have been known to dart to the mailbox barefooted if it is above 35 outside. I live outdoors late October through May.......then, it is hibernation time. I'm allergic to temps over 80/85.

I'm the exact opposite and get surprising energy bursts during the hottest part of the year / anything high 20s / 70s over 80F. My boiler maker father was often called on to do hull repairs on ships docked at BHP (now Bluescope Steel). He said it would register 50C / 122F + down there and they would tug on a line and bring him up every 15mins for a cool down. Even in his late 70s, and still wearing work-weight clothes, he would leave the shade for the sun! I think it's in my DNA lol