July - Are We Going To Break The Record?

A sunflower in my garden - LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (457307)
Switzerland
July 1, 2017 7:36am CST
In the Northern Hemisphere, July is the warmest month of the year. Three different agencies, have confirmed that July 2016 has been the warmest July since the data are collected from 1880. Will this July set a new record? I hope not, we had a few too hot days at the end of June, but today is a warm and sunny day and I like this temperature more. Several countries celebrate their Independence Day in July, this include: United States (July 4th) Venezuela (July 5th) Argentina (July 9th) The Bahamas (July 10th) Belgium (July 21st) The Maldives (July 26th) and it is National Day for Canada (July 1st) France (July 14th) Are you leaving for vacation, or you stay at home this month of July? The photo is a sunflower in my garden.
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• United States
1 Jul 17
A beautiful sunflower Anna. Perfect. Not going anywhere staying home. July is sweltering heat here usuallly.
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• United States
1 Jul 17
@LadyDuck In any case, I will stay in when it is too hot or take my trusty umbrella over my head. Enjoy July Anna
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView Inside the house is never too hot, especially on the lower floor.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you, as soon as the seeds show up, the birds will feast on it. We also stay home and I hope it will not be too hot.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Jul 17
Thats a beautif;l photo I hope we do not break amu ueat recprds thats for sure.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you Patsie, I hope it will be the cooler and not the hotter. I cannot stand the heat anymore.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
4 Jul 17
@TheHorse We were also in the 100s last week, but we are back around the 80s, the nights are fresh, at least a cool air comes inside with the windows open.
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@TheHorse (205108)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jul 17
@LadyDuck After a few days in the 100s, we've had more moderate weather here over the past week or so.
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@sabtraversa (12805)
• Italy
1 Jul 17
June was really bad, I just hope July won't overdo. What a beautiful sunflower you have there, by the way!
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you Sabrina, I love sunflowers, they are "happy flowers". June has been too hot in the middle and miserable in the end. I hope that July will not be too hot.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
1 Jul 17
Love your happy flower! I do not like hot and sticky temperatures and I certainly hope that nobobdy will break their heat records this year.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
2 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Same here, I loved the heat when I was young, but now I find it to be more like torture than enjoyment.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
@marlina I cannot remember that I suffered so much when I was young. Now I immediately get tired and I cannot stand the noise when it's too hot.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you Marlina, I love sunflowers too. I hope it will not be hot at all, I cannot stand the heat anymore.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
1 Jul 17
I love the sun flowers.Our plant finally coming in.Thank you for the information on this. We will not be doing much this month of July.The usual going to the beach for a day or so. No big plansHow about you?
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
We have no big plans, we will go for daily trips to the lake, or to visit some small villages in the mountains the hottest days. Have a happy July Alfredo.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
1 Jul 17
@LadyDuck sounds good there.I love the idea.
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• United States
1 Jul 17
Your sunflower is beautiful Anna. I love sunflowers and they remind me of my mom who had them in her garden. July is usually a very hot month and since I hate when it gets too hot I am hoping we don't set any records this month. No plans for vacation this summer and I do wish I was going somewhere but it's not in the cards.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Sunflowers reminds me the hot sun of summer. We have nothing planned and I hope that we are not going to break the record. For the moment it's colder than usual and I like this.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
1 Jul 17
Tonight I noticed the weather forecast and it seems it is not as hot as the past days in Europe now. And that's nice. We will have a travel from July 30 and we will be back on August 6. I hope we will have a good time.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jul 17
@LadyDuck No wonder the weather is colder so much compares to the weather forecast I watched before.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
We had thunderstorms the past few days, this morning not only it was not hot, it was COLD! I hope not to have a too hot July.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
@youless We went from 37º Celsius to 18º Celsius during the day, my poor plants are confused.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Jul 17
thats a beautiful flower you have. i sure hope July will not be hotter as these last days of June was nearly the end of me.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Jul 17
@LadyDuck me too! same here happened
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 17
@bunnybon7 I would prefer a colder than usual July than a very hot one.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
We had a terrible heat wave from June 22 up to June 27, then thunderstorms and pouring rain and July started a lot less hot than usual. I hope it stays this way.
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@crossbones27 (48395)
• Mojave, California
1 Jul 17
I hate my birthday. In August hottest month of year here. Not cool when you a birthday boy. Oh well I just do fire shots and toast the weather as I pass out in the sand.
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• Mojave, California
1 Jul 17
@LadyDuck No, but July gets me trained. lol
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Do you have your birthday in July? Well, it's a nice moment to celebrate.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
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• China
1 Jul 17
What a bright coloured sunflower !Here July is supposed to be dog days,however today there is no hint of hot day,instead, it rains cats and dogs all day.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you, it's a beautiful sunflower. Today is almost cold here. We had several hot days in June, but not today. July is always the hottest month here.
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• China
2 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Here two days have been into July ,it has been rainy days. I have had it and would rather have hot days than rainy days.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
@changjiangzhibin89 Too much rain is a problem, we had a little shower yesterday, today is cloudy and fresh, not as hot as usual.
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@rebelann (111072)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jul 17
Beautiful sunflower. I think climate changes are happening all across the globe, it could be a normal phase for our planet because it goes through phases in 1000 or 2000 year increments and no one lives that long so naturally for us it seems odd.
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@rebelann (111072)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jul 17
Yes we did @LadyDuck maybe it will stabilize once again for another couple centuries, only time will tell though.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
We encountered a very stable phase during the last few centuries, but it's moving now. I hope for a not too hot July, today is perfect.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
@rebelann We will not be there to know, but this is how it has been since the beginning of times.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
1 Jul 17
And here I am cranking up the heater as the month has started with the coldest temperature so far this winter down here... Next month (August) seems to have also several countries celebrating their Independence Day including Switzerland, I believe. Beautiful sunflower you have there!
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Switzerland celebrates the foundation of Swiss Confederation on the 1st of August, you remember well. Today it has not been hot at all, we only had 11 degrees Celsius this morning. After the thunderstorms of the last 4 days the temperature has dropped.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
1 Jul 17
Not in a position to go on vacation this year, unfortunately. My mama needs me. We had a solid week of 100 degree temperatures recently, and in June, that wasn't the usual. Normally that may happen in late July or August. So it doesn't bode well for the rest of the summer. We in the U.S. do have our holiday coming up, but I'm doing nothing for it. My mother is in the hospital. She's much better but she will need more help than usual when she gets out, probably. Anyway it's too hot to do something outside.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
We also had a full week around 100 F and this is very unusual for Switzerland. The last three days we had torrential rain, hailstorms and thunderstorms, today is almost cold. I hope your Mom can recover soon. We are staying home, my husband has several doctor appointments.
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@Kandae11 (53678)
1 Jul 17
That sunflower is beautiful. I will be home in July - not sure about August.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
Thank you. We will also be home in July, too many tourists around.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jul 17
Staying home like every year...I hate the heat we are having already here.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
7 Jul 17
After a few fresh days, the heat is back today. I hope it will not last for too many days.
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@just4him (305350)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jul 17
I didn't realize so many countries celebrate Independence days this month. That's a great picture of your sunflower. No, I'm not going on vacation this month, but I am planning to celebrate Independence Day and my birthday, not on the same day. Also my older son's is this month.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
@just4him I have checked the local forecast for the month of July and it seems we are not going to have a serious heat wave as we had at the end of June. I hope it's true.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 17
My father had his birthday in July and my niece too. We are going to stay at home and I hope for a not too hot July.
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@just4him (305350)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jul 17
@LadyDuck It would be wonderful if it's not hot. However, the odds are against it.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Jul 17
It is a gorgeous month so far but we won't be breaking any heat records yet. It's just perfect- in the low twenties. How's Switzerland?
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
7 Jul 17
We had 5 too hot days around the end of June, we reached 38 degrees Celsius, then we had 3 days of thunderstorm and we went back to our average July temperature that is around 28/29 degrees Celsius.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
9 Jul 17
@MarymargII We reached 30 Celsius yesterday afternoon, right now it's 26, it's not too bad.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
9 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Right now we're about 27 degrees Celsius in Southern Ontario, Canada.
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• United States
2 Jul 17
Crazy question for me. I'm sort of on vacation and staying in! We had our Independence Day celebration on Saturday in my neighboring city (where I used to live) and today in the city I live in. I did my celebrating yesterday.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 17
So you will end up with several celebrations, enjoy the fireworks.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 17
@Jeanniemaries Happy Birthday to your grandson, what a beautiful age! I would like to be 20 again.
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• United States
3 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Yes, it's always like that. On the 4th we are celebrating my grandson's 20th birthday.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
2 Jul 17
We aren't going out of town. I'm afraid each of our summers will be warmer than the year before. With all our pollution it's scary to think about. I love your beautiful sun flower.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
I think that this year July will not be too hot here. I do not know why, but this is my feeling and I cross my fingers.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 17
@RubyHawk Yesterday we had a very nice day and the temperature has been around 78 in the mid hours of the day. Let's hope it stays this way.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Today. Sunday is in the 90s here.
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@thelme55 (76477)
• Germany
2 Jul 17
Beautiful sunflower. No, I will be here at home this summer. Our weather is cold here and I hope summer sunshine will be back again. Enjoy your Sunday Anna.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 17
It's cold here too today Thelma. We will stay at home July and August, it's not the better time of the year to travel, too many tourists and high prices.
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 17
@thelme55 This is what I think. If you have no fixed days for your vacations, it's better to wait when the others go back to work.
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@thelme55 (76477)
• Germany
2 Jul 17
@LadyDuck so true. Better take a vacation when all the travelers are working again. That way the prices are getting cheap.
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