Kansas Summers
@GardenGerty (157551)
United States
July 25, 2017 6:33am CST
In Kansas we have quite a few hot summer days, often lasting into September. We are due for some record heat the next two days, then a brief cool down.
The family that cut the hay across the road have finally come and gotten the five large round bales. It is usually two or three sons and the mother that do a lot of this work. They use a front end loader to pick up the hay and put it on a trailer.
Other things we see are people mowing, and swimming at the pool. In the early morning or late evening you will see walkers. It will be 100 F by 1 pm today and not start to cool down until about 6.
Again I had some insomnia and I am short of sleep. I will go lay down for just an hour, since I have eaten and had one cup of coffee.
I know that on the other side of the globe you have cool weather right now, is it very cold or just moderate?
I shall rest now, but need to make phone calls around 8 a.m., an hour and a half from now. Hope you are having a good day.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
25 Jul 17
We should only hit 93 or 94 today, but the humidity is the killer. Maybe a cool-down over the weekend at 89.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Jul 17
exhausting hot here. will be most the year. we only have a few cool days it seems
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
i would think it would be steamy there as well.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@bunnybon7 I bet it makes it hard on your breathing.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Jul 17
@GardenGerty yes which is what makes it so yuck. lol
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
To me the 80 is cold, and of course 60 is colder.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@Ithink The weather patterns keep changing. We have not had very much "winter" here in Kansas in the last two years.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
26 Jul 17
@GardenGerty I don't like it hot and I don't like it cold.. lol Would love 70's all year around. 
I hate winter here.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Jul 17
It's already cooled down here. On the radio they said it was only 17°C. Inside the thermostat says 68°F. I'm actually wearing socks and a sweater! Oh well, I guess I won't be sweating when I go out to work on the yard. That is, if it doesn't start raining again. It's amazing how fast the grass and weeds grow when it pours buckets every couple days!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@BarBaraPrz We have had rain since I posted this, and I have not gotten it mowed yet. I have been busy moving furniture toward the goal of making an office in one of the large bedrooms. I was setting up a small bed in the back half of the room. I thought about setting up a sleeper sofa, but I already had the bed, so I am doing that. I have put a large bed in the small bedroom where the small bed was. When my daughter visits there are five or six guests that need beds.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
My lawn needs mowed but there are so many inside things to do as well.
@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Jul 17
@GardenGerty Luckily, it didn't start raining again and I got a lot done. I was so tired, I got ready for bed at 7:30! But then I started doing something inside and worked for another couple hours rearranging some furniture and putting away some things I hadn't unpacked yet.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Morning Heather.
A hot hot Kansas summer..I know it.
I bet that hay gets up your nose huh?
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
I think all the dust from the process has been aggravating my allergies.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 Jul 17
@GardenGerty Oh yes it would Heather.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
I often think of your country as being cool..So you are telling me it is more like mine. Of course things can be unusual at times too. Our brief cool down has lasted all week.It is August but our weather is more like October.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
8 Aug 17
@GardenGerty It varies from province to province but where I am it is quite cold in the winters but the summers are very hot.
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
8 Aug 17
@GardenGerty Balkans are prominent as sunny place. Thank you for your climate informative response. Is it typically your August to be more like October?
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
About how cold does it get there?
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@Nawsheen Is that 10 C or 10 F? I think I will have to go look up and read about your country.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
15 Aug 17
Most of the last two weeks has been cooler than usual. Where did you live in Kansas?
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
15 Aug 17
@GardenGerty Paola, Osawatamie and Lane. I loved it in Lane. Back then there were more cats and dogs than people.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
I have been through your area. I do not think I could handle it.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@rebelann It sounds a lot like Western Kansas, which would be not too far north from you, just across the Oklahoma Panhandle, I am thinking.
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@rebelann (111170)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Jul 17
A lot of people say the same thing @GardenGerty many of the military families from the southeastern states say they like the dry heat but not the fact that it's so dusty all the time plus they miss the trees and greenery.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
26 Jul 17
It has been nice this week but still the summer has not been as hot as in the past
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
That is true of here as well. We did have a couple of weeks that were pretty hot, but they seem gone now. August is really being pleasant.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 17
I think back home in Western Australia they are not getting as much rain as they would like but that seems par for the course the last few years.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
I think the weather definitely goes in cycles. I have not been here in this spot long enough to figure out the pattern.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jul 17
I am shocked if its not hot here.
I am sure the guys have mowed and baled hay three or four times already this year in the fields behind me. It has rained so much the hay crops are thriving if nothing else is.
I think I will make that pepper jelly and maybe later some of the watermelon jelly by @Ithink
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
They only let it get hay high once. The rest of the time they keep it mowed so the community can play disc golf.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Jul 17
@Ithink I am sure I will, I for got the sure jel, all I have is ball liquid so I will get sure jel low sugar when I go back. I actually have a watermelon waiting to be cut.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jul 17
You have two weather extremes Kansas. Scorching hot in summer and snow in winter.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
26 Jul 17
We have not had much snow the last couple of years.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@dollaboy You are so right. Negative emotions will not help at all.
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