1. Looks like North Carolina is bucking for The State That Squeezes Every Possible Drop Of Sweat From Its Citizens this summer.
2. We’re running a close second for The State That Preheats Your Car To A Fiery 450° In The Shade.
3. Because nothing says July like dozens of sweaty tissues overflowing your cupholders.
4. You know it’s bad when you say stuff like, “Hey! It’s only gonna be 89° today! Woo hoo!”
5. Then again, there’s no denying that’s a far sight better than these 95, 97, and 99 degree pressure cookers. So. Very. HOT.
6. And, as any good Southern gal will tell you, “It’s not just the heat, it’s the humidity.” Truer words were never spoken.
7. It’s so humid – how humid is it? – It’s so humid, bangs lie limply against foreheads everywhere.
8. It’s so humid, mascara smears cheeks by 10am.
9. It’s so humid, shirts get soaked through on the walk across a parking lot.
10. So go forth, fair North Carolinians, and may the force of powerful air conditioning be with you.
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Disclaimer: I wrote this piece last week when we were deep in the throes of forecasts like “It’s a hot one out there! We’re looking at a high of 97 today!” Then the long term forecast told me you’re getting a break from the heat – wait for it – right when I’ve scheduled this post. For the love. Whatever. I’m leaving it as is. This is North Carolina – wait four days and it’ll be tropical again.
True story. When we lived in Georgia, every day below 90 was a gift from God, and anything under 80 was like a holiday for me. It’s good to be home!
Where I STILL wear waterproof mascara all summer, Laura.
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Waterproof mascara is my saving grace (although sometimes even that will melt…). 😆
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Haha! Oh my.
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I so love your title. Made me laugh out loud because I know it is true! Been there for many years.
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And if we can’t laugh about it then all that’s left is a mountain of sweaty laundry. I’d rather laugh. 😉
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Utah, which is the first place contender for “The State That Preheats Your Car To A Fiery 450° In The Shade”, along with Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico, with California weighing right in there (competition is FIERCE), has been oddly (and for folks like me happily) COOL this year. It still hasn’t gotten ‘that hot’ and it’s the 2nd week in July already. Usually it IS 450 in the shade and if one is driving a dark colored car (mine is midnight blue), it is brutal. I leave ‘Baby’ (the car) parked inside the garage as much as possible when that kind of weather is abundant. This July (and I’m hopeful for August too) has been rainy and rather cold (mid 70s to mid 80s at most). Hallelujah! There IS hope! We don’t get the humidity as much out here, given there are no large bodies of water really, but ‘dry’ heat? Is as nasty as “wet” heat, if a bit tidier. I visited Washington D.C. one May (long ago) and having to change my clothes three times a day because they were sopping wet after a mild excursion anywhere there, was annoying and I soon ran out of options of clean clothes. No thanks. I’ll take dry and smelly over wet and disgusting any old time.
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Wet & disgusting is an excellent description. Also a fabulous name for a grunge band, but I digress.
We visited Las Vegas last summer – got off the plane at 8:30pm to temps ~ 110 degrees & that’s when I decided “dry heat” was a myth for me. TOO HOT is TOO HOT regardless of humidity. 😆
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We are also sitting in a steam bath in CT, Laura, but not quite as bad. Still, I need this to end.
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WE ALL DO!! I say we band together & force Mother Nature…oh, who am I kidding. Mother Nature has us in her iron grip.
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Sending some cool breeze and rainy love from seattle
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Gratefully accepted, Sadje. 🙏🏼
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Pleasure!
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We have had an unusually comfortable summer, in the 70s – so far. We’ll see what August brings. Good news is that whatever our temperature there is no humidity for which I am happy.
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These are good things — now go knock on something wood right this moment before you earn the wrath of the gross summer!!! 😆
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Especially since I know Mother Nature is not my biggest fan.
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So steamy was it yesterday that my air conditioner nearly quit – it stayed stuck on 81 trying to get down to 77! Poor thing. #BoxFansForever
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We’re lucky we don’t all blow the power grid!
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It’s still possible! #staycool
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#likeacucumber
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yeh. winters here look pretty tempting to you right now, huh, huh, huh???
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You’d think so. And yet somehow I forget this misery every time January rolls around with its ice storms.
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It’s true the humidity can make it feel miserable. Being here in west TX we usually have it hot, but not much humidity…until this year. Ours is usually less than 15 percent, but lately it’s been up in the 80s percent. We feel like we’re drowning in moisture. Not fun, especially when the temps are high 90s, and looking at maybe 102 by tomorrow. … Stay cool! 🙂
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Movie theaters usually have record sales when it gets this hot. It’s just too miserable to be outside!
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we are dealing with much the same here in Michigan, though when my sister arrived from Arizona, she said she loved the cool, moist air )
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“Moist” is an understatement for around here! 😆
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I still suspect your blip in temps would still count as melting here in Yorkshire- so it works here. We go mad when it’s 70.
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True. NPR ran a story about how Alaska hit 90 degrees last month — they usually average 67 in the summer. I can’t even imagine what those poor folks did!
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