These Dog Days of Pre-Summer
Like every May/June timeframe here in the wonderful desert southwest, the temperatures are soaring more than plummeting. Yesterday’s high reached 110F here at Casa Basil with a relative humidity of 1%. Doppler Dave tried to look me in the eye during the 4:30 newscast and tell me the high was 105. Bull shit Doppler. Perhaps in the official temperature white box at the airport. But out here in the outlying areas of the city, that swing is much greater. The picture above shows 107. When I took the picture. But check out the little numbers under it. the low/high of the day. 75 and 110. And this is on my back patio. In the shade.
For example, right now as I write this at 0456, Doppler Dave’s team is reporting it has cooled down to 86F. But out here? Currently 78F with my weather station claiming it has in fact dipped down to a low 75 overnight.
June is traditionally the hottest month of the year for us – as in the month with the most triple digit temperatures. Honestly though, out here in the outskirts, we’ve already hit triple digits by the end of May and continue through September. Which is why heading up into the Lincoln National Forest to camp for the weekends are especially refreshing this time of year. The lows are still dipping into the 40s and highs are 60s. Can’t wait to head up there!
Guess I’ll start working on fixing that fresh water tank bracket on the RV.