52F. Seriously. It's the 5th of May and it's going to get up to 11C/52F. And this will be one of the warmest days we've had so far, I believe. Ooh, tomorrow it's going to hit 59! Shorts time!
There's still snow on the ground, the leftovers of those giant parking-lot snow mountains. Last week I was still wearing light gloves outside, and right now I'm wearing my jacket in the house (the window is open).
I'm not complaining. I like warm sunshine as much as anybody but I'm not exactly heat-tolerant. I always say, when it's cold, you can layer up as much as you need to stay warm. But when it's hot there is a lower limit to "naked"!
It's just an odd thing to think about for most people, which makes it a fun thing to mention in a blog.
It will get hot here. Usually temperatures in the 75-85 range in summer (well "hot" is a relative term, I suppose.) Last year we had a heat wave of 95. Some of you are laughing right now, and some of you are jealous. Probably both. Just remember all those -20s we get during the winter and you'll feel better, I promise.
But in all honesty, those numbers are a lot hotter than they look because all except the most recent buildings here aren't built for hot weather. There's no A/C in our building, for example, and the windows aren't even designed to hold a window unit - we have to jimmy it in there and stick a can of beans underneath so it stays up. A lot of apartment buildings don't have windows suitable for an A/C. Older homes don't have central air. Forget ceiling fans! There's not a lot of thought given in the architecture here to things like exposures or circulation. So when it gets hot, we're just not equipped to deal with it. When it was 95 outside last year, it was 85 inside our apartment, with our window A/C on and three different fans. Ugh.
But we can dig out of a blizzard in a matter of hours!
nytquill17 posted on May 05, 2008
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Alyss said on May 05, 2008....
LOL! We don't have AC or ceiling fans either but I might invest in a portable AC unit for if the temps get into the 90s.
I was talking with a friend yesterday who couldn't believe that we would be wearing short sleeved shirts & eating ice cream with the temperature only in the 60s so when I said we'll be in shorts when it gets into the 70s he was dumbfounded.
I suppose it's all a question of what you are familiar with. -
nytquill17 said on May 05, 2008....
Haha, yeah. I have family in Florida and they would just be baffled. To them, 60s and 70s is kinda chilly! We went swimming with them once at one of the springs down there, and the water temp was something like 70 and they were apologizing because it was so cold! I was used to 50-degree water in summertime (in the ocean, I mean) so I got a big kick out of the whole thing. -
silverwhisper said on May 06, 2008....
there is a lower limit to "naked"!
ROFL! so true!
you know, i think i'd be thrilled with a year-round high of 95! i didn't realize you guys still had snow on the ground this late into the year! boy, the things you learn here on SC! :>
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nytquill17 said on May 06, 2008....
*giggle* Well there IS a lower limit! :D Though I think you're one of the first people who understood that to be as funny as I meant for it to be.
Well, it's not like all our lawns are dusted with snow or anything. I mean, grass is already growing and trees are budding and such. But in shady spots or in places where the snow was piled up high (since snow insulates itself) there are still pathetic, dirty little mounds of it.
It's just funny, you know, when you're living through the weather day by day, you don't really think anything of it because you've been seeing it melt for weeks and you're used to it being there. But then you realize, "Hey, it's May, and that's snow" and you realize that for some people that's just unfathomable! Same for the temperature - to me, it's getting warmer and warmer but then you realize, hey, it's May and it's 50 degrees out; for some people that's really weird!
I love our weather, though. I love having all four seasons, the feeling of change, here we go round again - and there's nothing like a cold winter to make you appreciate summer, and vice versa! There's something awesome (in the old-fashioned sense of the word, not "totally rad") about seeing the city and the world outside transformed as the seasons change. Makes me feel like I'm a part of history, in a way - that the earth is going through the seasons again as it has for millenia. Something about the forces of nature makes you really feel the timeline and your place in it, know what I mean? Like looking at the ocean makes you feel small but it makes you think about the whole world all at once.
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