HOT!

Nancy Howell · Jul 31, 2012

Dallas area - supposed to be 106 today, 108 Wed & Thurs, 100's for the rest of the 10 day forecast. Zero rain chance. Pasture here is fried, lots of just plain dirt.

Farm is doing ok.

MFPoor · Jul 31, 2012

Welcome to my world. Your weather report describes the entire month of July as we saw it. Farm isn't doing so well.

Too Far Gone · Jul 31, 2012

Here 60 miles Northeast of Kansas City we are pretty much the same with no grass left,However we did get 1" and a tenth in 3 rains over the weekend,and the weeds and clover greened up.Hope to get a little more soon.Hope we all get some soon.

SweetFeet · Jul 31, 2012

How do you handle it? And how much above normal is this for you... or is this normal temps in TX? Do you just do outdoor work in a.m. and p.m. the lay low the rest of the day?

We had a good couple weeks near 100 in MN with heat index in the lower 100's... it was miserable. A/C could barely keep the house cool. Started to make winter seem favorable!

The Red · Jul 31, 2012

I remember too well the summer of 1980 in Enid, OK. We had 90 days of 90 or above. 30 of those days were 100 or above. Hottest day was 117!

Harold H · Jul 31, 2012

In the summer of 1980 we went on a vacation to the Arkansas Ozarks. It was over 100 every day we were there and broke a record for over two (may have been three) weeks of conseutive days over 100 degrees in that area.

Harold H

glennster · Jul 31, 2012

yeah, but, its a dry heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats hay bale-ing weather!!!!!(small squares, james can stack)

old · Jul 31, 2012

Not as hot as you are but still hot here at the Lake of the Ozarks at around 102 for the last few days

Vernon in Ks · Jul 31, 2012

It was 111 here near Wichita ks yesterday. I backed my truck into a crack in the ground and had to put it 4 wheel drive to get out.

J-TEX · Jul 31, 2012

you got the DRY and HEAT part correct!!!! hay has to grow first!!! nothing growing in 110 heat and no rain, everything is brown and burnt up. I am 2 hrs north west of Dallas, been 102-111 here for weeks.

DownSouth · Jul 31, 2012

A little bit cooler down here at the tip of TX, but not much. They said 102 next few days. Windy so it feels cooler than that. Average this time of year is mid to upper 90's so for us it's really not all that bad. The negative, it's dry but since it's cotton harvest time that's actually a good thing! Keep hydrated and continue on!

donjr · Jul 31, 2012

Phffftt!!!! 85 and mebee sum showers this afternoon.....

Billy Shafer · Jul 31, 2012

I am 130 miles south of James and Nancy. 89 this morning at 6:00.Now at 1:00 it is 103.

Handle it by drinking lots of water,stay in the shade where it is only 101. Or stay in the house where it is only 81

gitrib · Jul 31, 2012

Subject: HEAT ALERT: You Haven't Seen Anything Yet

BAE Colleagues -

It appears that north central Oklahoma (including Stillwater) will be the hottest area of the nation this week with unbelievably high temperatures by Wednesday. The map below is from the NAM weather forecast model which we use in OK-FIRE and shows the predicted 4 p.m. temperatures on Wednesday. As you can see Stillwater is expected to be 116F (47C) on Wednesday. If achieved, this would exceed the hottest temperature at Stillwater from last summer by 5 degrees ! (we reached 111 twice during the first week of August 2011). The “official” forecast is for highs some 5 degrees cooler, but the NAM has been right-on the past week with respect to high temperatures.

Those of you at the conference in Dallas, consider yourselves fortunate – you should be at least 10 degrees cooler than here !

The heat this week should just about finish off any remaining summer crops, which are already in bad shape. No rain is expected either.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m only the messenger.

J. D. Carlson
BAE Meteorologist

Dick2 · Jul 31, 2012

And there is more heat coming. After we're through with it next week, we'll send it on over your way.

wisbaker · Jul 31, 2012

It's about 85 degrees today up here in the Northwoods, thanks for the weather updates-it reminds me why we choose to live here, sometimes in the winter we forget, especially during the late March snowstorms (is spring here yet?)

The Red · Jul 31, 2012

That concrete ramp at Vance AFB would get up to 140 degrees. That is when we stopped flying. Crew chiefs couldn't handle it. The superior air conditioning in the T38s was basically a system that blew not as hot air......

Dave_Id · Jul 31, 2012

It's only supposed to get up to 101 here today down in Austin... I think I'll BBQ a few steaks outside today since it's so mild.

larry@stinescorner · Jul 31, 2012

glad the farm is doing ok,we dont want James to be stressed !!!

larry@stinescorner · Jul 31, 2012

Dave in Tx · Jul 31, 2012

108.6 here in central Tx at 5 PM. Not hard to break a sweat this evening.

redtom · Jul 31, 2012

There was a feature tonight on the CBS news about how Texas is beating the drought in the panhandle. A feature of one farmer using high tech computerized irrigation and sprinklers low to the ground, etc. I'm sure its true but one area does not solve your whole state's drought, does it? It struck me as a "feel good" report that didn't illustrate the seriousness of the whole situation.

Gambles · Jul 31, 2012

Because our corn got appraised at 8 bushel/acre, we've been putting it up for silage. Thanks to the wind being just right, (or wrong) half our cutting pattern is sitting in a non-air conditioned truck with the windows up to keep the silage dust out. It was actually quite nice to roll down the window at the end of the row and have 100° air feel pretty good.
It wasn't pretty today.

old_bc · Jul 31, 2012

It was 112 when I came out of the doctor"s office in east central Arkansas yesterday afternoon.

Gene Stevens Oh-Tx · Aug 1, 2012

Dave...How do you post info for TX when your IP shows you are in Kansas?

chevytaHOE5674 · Aug 1, 2012

About 90* here on the south shore of Lake Superior, which may not seem hot to many of you but for our location that is HOT. We are setup to deal with prolonged -30* cold and 20 feet of snow better than just about anyone, but aren't equipped for the heat.

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