This color-coded climate data center map shows us exactly when to expect the most misery.
Following a mild, humid but mercifully rainy week, yesterday brought 80 degree temps and 89 percent humidity by 7 a.m. Here it is, I thought, the miserable suffocating days of Dallas, TX summer are officially at their height. Of course, that’s not true. Not even close. We haven’t even started in with the 100 degree days — you know, when all your friends start posting dashboard thermometer pics on Instagram and Facebook.
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center map recently posted by the Weather Channel helps residents of various regions of the country prepare for the hottest times of year.
Much of the U.S. is experiencing the hottest days of the year, but in our neighborhoods, the most-toasty fall in August.
“By that time, the somewhat daily, slow-moving thunderstorms of early summer will have given way to more persistent high pressure aloft over the South, suppressing clouds and drying soil, helping temperatures to soar,” note the Weather Channel authors.
Related:
Read about neighborhood kids helping Dallas’ homeless survive summer in our July story about Little Stewpot Stewards.
Show the heat who’s boss at the July 13 Too Hot to Handle 5k and 15k at Norbuck Park.
