Hot enough for you lately?
Depending on your needs, maybe yes maybe no.
If you’re the type who enjoys balmy days and nights then the recent 80 degree temperatures are probably just a smidge outside of your comfort zone.
But if you’re the kind of win at all costs overachiever who sets a daily personal best in steps stepped, push ups pushed, or running times timed, you’re most likely hot under the collar.
You look at parts of the globe and see them melting under heat waves and heat domes—areas where heat is trapped under a dome of high pressure—and see temperature records falling like autumn leaves.
Scientists said recently the planet experienced a succession of hottest days ever last week, with a global average of 63.1 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s remarkable news given that only the Northern hemisphere is in the warm season, while the Southern hemisphere is supposed to be in its cool period.
Back in the States the ocean water around parts of Florida is an unprecedented 90-plus degrees and closer to home Phoenix, Arizona is on a hot streak, with temperatures above 110 degrees for close to 14 days in a row.
Meanwhile back here in South County, the backyard thermometers are lingering in the 80s. If you’re the kind that says records are meant to be broken, undoubtedly you’re not happy right now.
But don’t fret.
Most Southern California residents who have called this place home for more than three or so years know the hottest months are usually September and October. Given that we’re still about two months away from peak heat season there is plenty of time to break daily, weekly, monthly and all-time heat records.
But even if you enjoy watching records topple, why would you want that particular one to crumble?
Excessive heat brings with it a myriad of health and safety problems, heatstrokes and wildfires among them. It can be deadly.
Stay hydrated, stay cool and check in on elderly friends and relatives who don’t have access to air conditioning or cool ventilation. It appears we are in for a long, scorching summer.
