Yesterday, here was hot and a bit muggy - 29 degrees (84 Fahrenheit) and 60% humidity. Today was the same until mid afternoon, when it began to cloud over and then rained for 20 minutes. By 6pm it was only 16 degrees (61 Fahrenheit)
That's an amazing drop of 13 degrees (24 in Fahrenheit) in only 3 hours.
Years ago, when living in Nairobi, Kenya, the mid afternoon temperature, taken at 3pm, was 33 degrees (92 F) That night, the temperature at 3am had dropped to 3 degrees (37 F) a 12 hour swing of 30 degrees (55 degrees in Fahrenheit)
Has anyone else experienced comparable rapid temperature swings?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Nope. Where I live (state and county) we have very little temperature differences. Yesterdays high was 64 and the low about 55. It is a temperate climate and living on an island archipelago (of over 170 named islands) the water acts as a battery taking in heat during the day and giving it off at night. [en.wikipedia.org]
JackPedigo
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June 7, 2018
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Mojacr is usually moderated by the Med, but yesterday it went a bit haywire.
I cannot remember specifics but yes I find it is happening more often than I remember throughout my life time. Also it seems as though our transitional seasons (Spring and Autumn) are changing.
patchoullijulie
Level 8
June 7, 2018
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I have watched storms come in in various parts of the US. Weather fascinates me.
HippieChick58
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June 7, 2018
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Only in the desert.
bigpawbullets
Level 9
June 7, 2018
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I live on the edge of the only officially designated desert are in the whole of Europe, but I'm also only 150 yards from the sea, which strongly moderates temperature swings.
texas and ariona are much hotter
@whiskywoman Been there in July. It was hot, but it wasn't 120 degrees at the time. (That's the highest I've experienced here in Spain) In Kenya I've experienced 130 in the Magadi area.
The main thing, though, was the huge temperature drop, during daylight hours, in just 3 hours.
its been 110 and 120 near Austin and in phoenix for over a month ive seen where a cold front comes through and its 90 and ppl are shivering and wearing sweaters
when I first moved from Illinois one day we got in the car and they were huddled in the back crying turn on the heat we are cold as I passed the bank it said temp 80 I knew 80 was too warm for heater and I rolled the windows down
that was 40 yrs ago
@whiskywoman I know the feeling. If you've been dressed as lightly as possible and enduring really heat, then when it drops to merely being hot you suddenly have to reach for a sweater. Strange, really, isn't it?
Seems to me, without accurate numbers to give you, that my area is flipping from high humidity, fairly high temps, to low humidity, quite cooler temps unusually often...
njoy_life_2
Level 7
June 7, 2018
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i live in an icehouse, wearing heavy woollen jumper & shawl indoors at 9-13 degrees celsius, while outside it is 25 degrees at the same moment.
walklightly
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June 7, 2018
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When that happens I open all the windows and doors. I've got mozzy netting on them all, so bugs cannot get in.
@Petter, that's smart. we don't get many bugs in winter here.
@walklightly Bet you do in the summer! We need to spend 6 months here and 6 months there every year.
@Petter, these days i am actually not really sure any more which 6 months i'd prefer to spend here. winter is a little bit too uncomfy without heating (environmental concern), & summer can be unbearably stifling in its hot humidity. i would prefer a drier climate, but that would come with less than lush vegetation. i did like my year on la gomera though.
@walklightly Investigate the highlands of Kenya. The best climate in the world. Uganda isn't too bad either, and is certainly lush.
@walklightly Anything like your local roads? This one is in Kenya.
@Petter, outback road maybe. but that's where the gazillions of flies live. what made you move from kenya to spain?
@walklightly I moved because of the future prospects for my children. Kenya was no longer a land with a bright future, where one could create a stable, remunerative and rewarding career.
My children were being educated at boarding schools in England and I settled in Spain, where I was able to set up a good business. Once they had finished their schooling
we prevailed upon them to settle in England (where they both now have excellent careers and stable lives)
From Spain I can drive to England (in Kenya it always meant a flight, with government clearance before one could buy a ticket, etc) Using toll roads the trip takes 18 hours of driving time, but now I am retired we avoid toll roads and stay overnight in hotels, usually 2 nights, but often longer because we detour and spend a day or two visiting interesting places.
I haven't been back to Kenya for 5 years, so I'm thinking of another trip soon.
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