Is this how hot DC is all summer or will this pass?

[Anonymous]

PP, "slant of August light." I know exactly what you are talking about!! Beautiful image!

[Anonymous]

Last summer was bad and the summer before that was even worse. I forget the figures but the majority of July was well over 90 degrees. I specifically remember most days being closer to 100. People who haven't lived elsewhere don't realize how nice it can be to have the windows open most of the summer. When I first moved here, I was amazed how so many houses don't have screen doors in the front and back doors. Now I know why. The AC has to be on so much of the time.

That said, it has been a cooler than normal spring and summer so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last summer was bad and the summer before that was even worse. I forget the figures but the majority of July was well over 90 degrees. I specifically remember most days being closer to 100. People who haven't lived elsewhere don't realize how nice it can be to have the windows open most of the summer. When I first moved here, I was amazed how so many houses don't have screen doors in the front and back doors. Now I know why. The AC has to be on so much of the time.

That said, it has been a cooler than normal spring and summer so far.

I'm from Georgia. This weather is nothing to me. But I remember one summer my family rented a house in Cape Cod and I was FLOORED to discover there was no air conditioning in the house. It just wasn't necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enjoy the heat, summer children, because Winter is Coming.

Signed,
Lord Commander of the Order of The Night's Watch, from the Continent of Westeros, Land of The Seven Kingdoms, across The Narrow Sea.

[Anonymous]

All I know is, I was pregnant last summer, so this one is definitely better!

Seriously, though, last summer broke all kinds of records. Check out the Capital Weather Gang blog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Enjoy the heat, summer children, because Winter is Coming.

Signed,
Lord Commander of the Order of The Night's Watch, from the Continent of Westeros, Land of The Seven Kingdoms, across The Narrow Sea.

If I can have Jon Snow or Robb Stark, bring on winter!

[Anonymous]

We didn't even turn on the air conditioning today. Now, tomorrow -- tomorrow it will be stinky hot.

[Anonymous]

OP, where did you move here from? Alaska?

Summers in DC are truly miserable, and, yes, this one has not been particularly bad. But it's not even July yet. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

It's gross here during the summer but I've been through worse. Monsoon season overseas is hotter and more humid. Yuck!

[Anonymous]

At least we aren't in...Denver:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57461614/denver-ties-record-5-days-at-100-or-higher/

"DENVER — The National Weather Service says the temperature in Denver has reached 100 degrees or higher for the fifth straight day, tying a record set in 2005 and 1989. The temperature at Denver International Airport hit 105 degrees Tuesday for the second straight day."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least we aren't in...Denver:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57461614/denver-ties-record-5-days-at-100-or-higher/

"DENVER — The National Weather Service says the temperature in Denver has reached 100 degrees or higher for the fifth straight day, tying a record set in 2005 and 1989. The temperature at Denver International Airport hit 105 degrees Tuesday for the second straight day."

Well, it's on its way here.