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re: It didn’t used to be this hot
Posted on 8/14/23 at 2:57 pm to FreddieMac
Posted on 8/14/23 at 2:57 pm to FreddieMac
The sun is getting hotter.
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 2:59 pm to Death Before Disco
quote:
The sun is getting hotter.
Actually, this may be correct. I read an article in a journal the other day that said they anticipate the sun is going to a maximal phase.
quote:
Over the course of a solar cycle, the sun will transition from a calm to an intense and active period. During the peak of activity, called solar maximum, the sun’s magnetic poles flip. Then, the sun will grow quiet again during a solar minimum.
Initially, peak activity was forecast to begin in July 2025. Now, experts believe the cyclical peak is more likely to take place in mid- to late 2024.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 2:59 pm to Death Before Disco
I attended my grandfathers funeral two years ago to the day yesterday and I can promise you it was every bit as hot then than it was this week. Multiple old people almost fainted and there wasn’t a person there that wasn’t soaked through from being in the sun for 45 minutes.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:05 pm to Deactived
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Wtf school did you go to?
I'll just say you're full of shite before the answer
I remember the middle school in my town not having air conditioning and I am 38. The first two years my sister (40) (no pics) attended they didn't have it.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:07 pm to PillPusher
quote:Triple digits for this many consecutive days? I Don think so.
I attended my grandfathers funeral two years ago to the day yesterday and I can promise you it was every bit as hot then than it was this week.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:17 pm to FreddieMac
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And you would be wrong. The heat this year is record breaking true; but the record was set back in 1922 in Louisiana. When I bought my house back in 1999 or so we had a heat wave like this because of an El Nino
There wasn't El Nino in 1999. In fact, 1999 was the start of a triple dip La Nina, similar to what we just came out of. 1998 was a very strong El Nino year. We had a pretty swift transition to La Nina, and by the heart of Summer we were solidly in La Nina.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:22 pm to PillPusher
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I attended my grandfathers funeral two years ago to the day yesterday and I can promise you it was every bit as hot then than it was this week. Multiple old people almost fainted and there wasn’t a person there that wasn’t soaked through from being in the sun for 45 minutes.
I don't know the area you were in, so I'm going to work off of the Baton Rouge area
August 13, 2021 the high was 90° and the low was 69° (Noice!).
August 13, 2023 the high was 101° and the low was 81°.
ETA: This uses the BR airport numbers. If you were 14ish miles south you wouldn't have been quite as hot.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:22 pm to Allthatfades
It was this hot 10 - 15 years ago or whenever the last El Nino was blowing hell on us.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:23 pm to Allthatfades
It was this hot about. 3 summers ago.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:25 pm to Tempratt
No it wasn’t. Thus the numerous records being set. It might’ve been this hot a day or two but not anywhere close to this long.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:25 pm to jlsufan
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Years with the Most Daily Records
Which years set the greatest number of daily high temperature records in Baton Rouge history?
Rank Year Records Set
1 1921 43
2 2023 30
2023 enters the discussion in second place with several months left in the year.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:26 pm to Allthatfades
It feels different because the humidity is low compared to what it normally is.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:26 pm to Tempratt
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It was this hot about. 3 summers ago.
It wasn't. At least not in southern LA. That Summer, again going with the BR numbers, saw no triple digit days.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:26 pm to Allthatfades
I went to Kiroli and they were installing air conditioning mid 70s. That same time they had a fire sent us to Riser.
They NEVER should’ve installed a/c.
They NEVER should’ve installed a/c.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:28 pm to TBoy
What about the billions of years prior to recorded history?
muh climate change and global boiling reeee
muh climate change and global boiling reeee
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:28 pm to HighRoller
quote:It's regional. Half the country is below average this summer, and even some of the south.
No it wasn’t. Thus the numerous records being set. It might’ve been this hot a day or two but not anywhere close to this long.
We just aren't getting any rain, so our area is acting like the desert that is immediately to our west.
This is what happens when it's just too dry.
Yes, this is different for our area, but it's all about the lack of consistent rainfall.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:29 pm to Allthatfades
Well, put your Hand over concrete or over a blacktop road. Now think of how much more of that has been laid down the last 30 years. Sooner or later replacing grass with reflective concrete has got to have an effect
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:30 pm to Allthatfades
It was. We have records.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:31 pm to Tyga Woods
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That's because it wasn't. 15 consecutive days of 100+ degrees where I'm at. That has never happened before. Gotta go back 60+ years for anything close to that. Anybody in the deep south that says "it's like this every summer" is full of shite. We're averaging almost 10 degrees hotter than normal.
There was an underwater volcano that erupted last year and is basically the reason for the heat wave as it put trillions of gallons of water vapor into the atmosphere, which is a greenhouse gas. That and also it’s just fricking hot down here anyway. So there you go.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:54 pm to TopWaterTiger
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My first car, 1981 f150 single cab w black vinyl seats and no A/C. That sucker was HOT in the summer. Windows stayed down, even during the rain!
I honestly don't know how people lived in the South back in the days of no A/C.
Just sticky hot all the time and you're just nasty sweaty 24/7. frick that.
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