Its nearly Sept and its blazing hot,is it that hot where you are?103 degrees

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
August 28, 2009 3:55pm CST
I searched for weather but couldnt find it in all mymanyinterests'so chose life. My guestion its nearly September so is it as hot where'you are right now as it is here in Garden Grove California? Its 102 degrees outside and maybe 80 in here.We have four wild fires now burning in Southern Ca. we are definitely hAveing a heat'wave but its not tropical.
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@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
28 Aug 09
The record high temperature in Austin was 112º on Sept. 5, 2000. Per: http://www.austin.com/content/blogcategory/192/364/ - And believe me, I remember that day - MISERABLE!!! So what if its almost September - we've already had 67 days of 100 or more temps this summer and minimal rainfall - maybe setting a new record driest year, unless things change in the next few months...
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@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
29 Aug 09
I remember the year we had 41 days over 100 in a row. It was miserable. I do not know about total numbers. Those were just days in a row.
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@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
1 Sep 09
last few days have been below 100!! actually feels good in the morning and not too bad in the afternoons - gee, tell me again that 95 is cool?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
elicbxn yes Texas is a really hot place to be in the summer and fall never been there but read about it. we have been in this heat wave for about a week and its wearing me down. its dry and the forests and hills are tinder dry.the big fire is in LaCanada in the angeles forest and close to mt wilson and the big observatory.so hope it doesnt go ]up the mountain. people have already lost their homes and they claim it will take to Sept 8th to get that fire out.I think today is expected to be only 93 so thats a bit better
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Hi hatley, I'm waving to you from across the country. Here in New England right now it is really chilly and rainy. I have been wearing a sweatshirt all day and still not really warm. A week ago we had our heat wave for the summer and it really was pretty suffocating. A good portion of our summer here has been rainy and cold. It has rained so much here. hope you have air conditioning,Hatley.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
31 Aug 09
Hi hatley, Sending you net weather...it is so awesome right now here. Today was a typical fall day. It was cool enough that you wanted sleeves but a sweatshirt would have been too much. Just beautiful. Yes you can see a slight change in the leaves but not too much yet...give it another week or so. That is weird turning on the air at 7pm. Wonder why. I don't have air conditioning so I just bear with it when we have our little heat waves. Luckily they don't last long. We just put on the fans, pull the shades and strip down to bare essentials.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Sep 09
hi sid thanks for the weather. hehe oh my it got so chilly in my room fromthe air conditioner last night i had to pull up my comforter.why not have it on during the hot part of the day?
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi sid waving back send someof that nice chily rainy weather'over here New England wont you be getting all those gorgeous colored leaves now on the deciduous trees?we used to have that back in s.Dakota where I came from. Most of the buildingis air conditiohed and they turn it on in our rooms at 7 at night but why not during the day? we can go downstairs but what if we want to be onthe net? I am sitting in front of a floor fan so feel pretty good now.septembershere are prettyhot and we seemto get these wild fires, courtesy of idiots who set them.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
31 Aug 09
Our weather was kind of hot in August also. It ended up being very cool near the end of it though. It was in the low 80's and today is going to be 75. that is alot cooler. It was in the 90's a couple of weeks ago.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi stephcjh ah 75 that sounds really good.its about ninety tody which is b etter than it was.The one big fire thats still out of control is spreading and in no way close to being controlled at all.its caused a lot of damage and a lot of homes have been destroyed all because some fool had to set a fire just for fun I guess. why do they do it? that fire has caused a lot of the heat I am sure.I am not close to the fire but I do feel for those who have lost their homes due to the fire.
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
here in the philippines if 91 outside, and whats not nice is we only have two season, the wet and the dry season. so we experience hot season more than the rainy season. when it rains it just gives us more heat after the rain. lucky if it rains from morning for that would be a cool afternoon but rains cause trafic and flood. i guess weather became very strange already
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
3 Sep 09
it gets really frustrating when it gets very hot and we dont have any cooling device to help us with. oh we have electric fans but during the very hpt season it does not really help at all so we just shower atleast 3 times a day to make us feel cool. we always thirst for the rain but when typhoon comes it cost flooding and traffic is a headache. weather is really very strange already we no longer know when is the rainy season and when does summer ends. but the heat that cost fire there in your country is very alarming, i can see like that on tv news.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi roniroxas i had heard that the philippines only had two seasons . i imagine the rains with the heat could make you'miserabvle but if you have some cooling that will help a bit.'Here its hot agaIn today but not quite as bad. about 93 and very dry. the fires are probably causing some of the heat. the big laCanada fire is still burning out of control and people have already lost homes.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi roniroxas most of these fires were sad to say set by arsonists, which is so sickening . how anyone could enjoy watching a fire destroy trees and homes is just beyond me. it must be a mental sickness for sure. I had always thought the monsoons were pretty predictable but I bet all the changes we all see are caused by the global warming.
• United States
29 Aug 09
It's not too hot here. Yesterday was about 90 degrees but the day before that was about 75. I'm more in the Nor Cal area and we're not getting a lot of heat.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi animegirl good seventy five sounds so good and cool.my son wants to move to Northern California as he likes the idea of cooler weather and i think me too. i think that hot septembers and wild fires go together and the fires actually push up the overall heat. the one in LaCanda is still out of control and many have lost everything.we are not close so we are safe enough'
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@Althor (13)
29 Aug 09
Heh, I wish it was that hot around here in the UK, it's freezing now that we are coming into september, especially the nights, I can't wait for summer to roll around again next year, it's all good.
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@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
29 Aug 09
Is it seriously cold already? Now I know why I moved to Spain!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi Its cold in the UK wow wishyoud send some cold this way or Id send some hot your direction? he he he our summer was mild mostlybut now we get hot Sept and the wild fires. most are out but the one huge one in LaCanada is out of control and spreading and burning as it goes.its not close to where we are here in Garden Grove. but i do feel fot those who hAve lost everything.
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@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
Here in the Philippines, the weather is as weird as it can be. Right now my thermometer reads ninety-five and it's almost noon. Come afternoon, it will rain torrents and will be quite cold. This is very bad for my asthma, but I can't do anything about it.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi ann I hadnt realized you get rain a lot like the monsoons,I would'love to visit the philippines one day.Ninetyfive is really 'hot but then the rain should cool it down. the big wild fire is still out iof control at LaCanada just huge,many have lost their homes. its not close to where I am butwse can s ee this huge firecloud maybe one hundred feet tall really scary.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Aug 09
After a week or so of temperatures in the 90s with horrid humidity to make it feel hotter, we've actually cooled down today...been in the mid-60s all day and only going to be in the 70s tomorrow..thank goodness. Bet we'll get some more hot days though And yikes...can you believe it's to be September soon..where the heck did this year go to anyway???
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@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
29 Aug 09
Hi there, Patsie. Yes, i saw the reports in tv news about wildfires. i hope you're not affected and you are safe there. Yes, it is becoming hot in here too. We are having 90 or more lately but we normally have 70 or less in the past. Days are really becoming hotter now.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi neildc yes I was watching on the news and the one in LaCanada is just horrible.and they dont think they can control it til sept 8th those poor people who have just lost their homes.wow. I am not close enough to it to be at all at risk.just we can see the huge cloud that is towering many feet into the air. Its about ninety here now so its not as bad as yesterday. Septembers are usually hot,but also the fires make it worse.
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Hello! I wish we could have a heat wave and it has been much cooler this summer for us and with so much more rain. In June there was a cool off with some rain and I remember having to wear a hoodie and jeans because the Temps were just around 70. I think the warmest has been in the higher 80's and it was only for a day or so and then te temps dipped down once again . I wanted more swimming days but hey what can you do. I think we will have an Indian summer though and no doubt this winter will be cold with lots of snow . Maybe a white xmas havent seen one since a kid.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi metschica maybe I could blow some of this hot air' towards you we had a cooler summer than usual so now'we are 'getting the hot september with the wild fires.most are out'but the one in LaCanda is still moving and growing and burning homes as it goes. we arent close so arent in any danger, I just feel for the'people who lost their homes.
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Wow! Sounds like the norman Oklahoma weather. It's finally under 90 here for the first time since June, I think! When you're done with your heat, please send it north, south or west...but please don't send it east, ok?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hicatdla 1 its cooled down to 93 which my big fan is handling, but will send the heat to the north so you wont get it.he he'The big fire is still horribly out of control the thing spreads in all directions driving the firefighters crazy we are not close to it but we can see this huge cloud of smoke going many manyfeet up into the air.scary thing to see. many people are now homeless.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Wow, that is hot. It seems to be about the same temperature here and I reside here in San Antonio, Tx. It has been like that for awhile and then it started just a tad to like 97 degrees. I'm like man that is still hot. I would just love for it to drop down into like the 80s or something. But it probably won't drop to that temperature until maybe october. Ugh, I miss my winters. It doesn't even seem like we hardly get those any more. I have a friend that lives up north and there its like in the 70s. I'm like man please send some of those temperatures down here, cause we really truelly need to cool off lol. We've been getting rain lately, but before we did not have any rain for some time now. But wow, its normally hot like that though, right over there in california? Hopefully it'll start cooling off for the both of us pretty soon.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hitrisha its down to ninety today and its cooler in my room.i have 'never been to Texas but I have heard you hAve some hot summers'there. we would not be quite so hot if the arsonists would not set wild' gires just for the hell of it I guesws. the one in LaCanada is' huge and outof control.a lot of homes have been lost now.Where I am is not close to it but i do feel for those who have lost their homes.
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• China
29 Aug 09
well, it's really hot in our area now, and I feel like buring as the persistent high tempereture, but I can do nothing to change the situation and just be subject to that. You know, for such hot day,you do not wanna get out and do anything esle, just staying home or working room enjoy the cool air-conditioner, hope this kind of day come to an end earlier.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi foreigntradecareer you are hot too, and like you I m staying inside and sitting here by the fan mylotting.too hot to venture out and get a sun stroke. hope we both have cooler weather the big wild fire at' La Canada is making it hotter, the thing is moving and growing and more people are losing their homes. sad, its not close to us we are safe here.
• United States
29 Aug 09
It was 95 degrees here in northern california, but I am a not that close to the bay so its not as cool. Its been cool the rest of august though I think Wednesday was the first day I used my AC all month
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi macdrizzle thats why myson wanted to move to Northern ca because its cooler there. but we had a pretty decent july and august but now september is going to be hot and the wild fire is not helping. the one at La canada is totally out of control and is spreading and burning homes.we are not close thank goodness but its hot here in garden grove
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@AmbiePam (84668)
• United States
28 Aug 09
It was 100 and then 102 degrees all through the week until yesterday. We got a storm Wednesday night. Yesterday it was cooler, but humid. Today it was actually nice. In the 80s, but not a lot of humidity. I wished I had a lawn chair because I would have loved to sit out and get some sun. I would have loved the silence.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi ambiepam its a little cooler today with a high of 93 so hope it'starts to cool down.those fires are probably adding to the'heat as they usually do.they are not close to us but my heart goes out to those people who are now homeless because some nut decided to set a fire to watch the pretty flames. if they catch these arsonists they should get more than a slap on the wrist.
• United States
29 Aug 09
um..we hit 116F today. do i win? LOL! we are supposed to be having our monsoon season, yeah right. we had one sand storm and then it sprinkled for about 5 minutes. that was it. tomorrow is forecast for 114F. in fact it is 12:33am right now early saturday morning and we are STILL at 91F. i should win some kind of prize for this, truly..like say, another a/c lol! or at least a blowup kiddy pool!
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• United States
29 Aug 09
sorry forgot to put where im at! Yuma, Arizona..southwest corner lol!
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• United States
31 Aug 09
oh man ive only seen a little bit of the news coverage on those fires, BAD. stay safe thats for sure!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi cinder I would have bet Phoenix but I was close.we used to live in t empe arizona before we moved here to california so I know about the temps there in the summer and the fall. right you sure topped the list. Id send you an air conditioner but dont have one handy, i am sitting in f ront of my floor fan and that does feel good. we probably are hotter because of the huge wild fire burning out of control in Lacanada. we are not close to that area thank goodness.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
Well when I went out to lunch it was 98 here in beautiful Sacramento. It's probably at least 100 now...
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Aug 09
hi dawn so you live in Sacramento andit is beautiful but everytime I have been there its been hot too. I am wondering if the four wild fires burning here'in southern ca. have anything to do with this heat.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
Or does the heat have something to do with the fires? Do you guys have Santa Ana winds right now? That always brings the crazies out...
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Aug 09
not yet but thats all we need then some idiot will think'oh gee wouldnt it be fun to see the weeds and stuff burn and'away we go.one fall we had a horribly bad fire in oak creekcanyon that'started towards Tustin and then the wind changed.people and firefighters were both burned in that one.it was set by a couple of teenagers.fpr ten days we had to keepour windows closed and the air conditioning on as the air was just horrible.
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@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
29 Aug 09
I wish you would all stop talking in Fahrenheit, I havent got a clue what you are on about. But you wanna know heat wave, we have over 40ºC (thats Centigrade - you know the one that has 0º for freezing and 100º for boiling) and the rice fields are catching fire and they are full of water. Thats pretty hot in my book. Oh and if you wanna know what 40º translates to in F then you better go find a converter online. LOL
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi ritz wow rice fields catching fire are you kidding well anyway I am one of the fahrenheit people and have to convert. anyway its ninty here and cooler as long as you sit in front of a fan aNyway. it might not be so hot if it werent for the large wild fire at LaCanada thats completely out of control and is burning homes as it travels. thank goodness its not close to where we are.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Sep 09
hi ritz100 i heard that two. seems they had a car accident'and got'caught in a firestorm.hope they catch whoever set that fire.
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@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
2 Sep 09
Praise be to some being that you are safe, I know what you mean about feeling for those who have lost, I heard on the news here in Spain that some firefighters lost their lives in those fires. One can only feel humbled and grateful.
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29 Aug 09
No its not very hot here at the moment at all. I am in the UK near London and it is starting to get a bit chilly now, we had some hot weather for 2 weeks back in July but then it was just cold and raining, which is typical British weather I think here at the moment its around 17/18 degress celsius, im not sure what that is in farenheit.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi folks well giggle he he Im one of the Americans and we did'stick to tghe old fahrenheit temps and dont ask me how to convert.Its about ninty here now which is cooler than it was yesterday.we havent had any rain or even sprinkles in probably 11 months.its horribly dry here and the arsonists took advantage setting four wild fires,most are out but the one in laCanada is really bad, spreading and moving,destroying homes. I am not close to it so am really safe.just sad to see so much damage.LOndon and Spain would so love to be able to travel and see London and Spain too. havent been out of the US.
@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
2 Sep 09
Aw Hatley, you can come see me anytime in Spain, my door is always open. Just so long as you return the favour and I can come visit you in the winter in the beautiful US of A. Serious, I love the US, Ive travelled all over it, but just didnt end up living there, dont know why, just never happened.
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@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
29 Aug 09
Dont worry about not know what that is in fahrneheit, its only the US that use those "old fashioned" temperatures any more! LOL Im in spain and its 40ºC here, not sure what that is in fahrenheit either
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@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
28 Aug 09
Hello my friend Geez I feel your pain, its cooling off here in NYC, thank goodness I can't take the heat, , I hate to hear about the fires its so scary, I have a friend in california will call her tonight to see how things are going for her, really sad sorry you have to deal with this.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi kitty I have heard NYC can get really warm. I know when we lived in arizona the buildings would hold heat and at night you could walk by and touch the walls and they would be really hot. that fire in LaCanada is totally out of control.its not close to us but a lot of peopple have already lost their homes. it threatens mt.wilson where a lot of important stuff like the astronomy dome is located.so they are trying to keep that area wetted down.from where we are we can see these giant smoke clouds just sickening and so scary.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Sep 09
hi kitty 42 the big one is still pretty bad but they said they are making some headway with it. now another one is heading towards Yucapia where my best friends husband lives. she told me this morning its only six blocks from his home. so I am worried for him as Nelda is still married to him although they are separated. He was one of those people who married a woman but really loved another guy, eventually he had to tell her he was gay although they did have one child together. she still loves the guy.So I do hope it doesnt get anycloser to the town. there are 12 different fires now burning in ca according to the newscaster.not all of them are anywhere close however.s ome are probably down San Diego way.
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@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
31 Aug 09
Hello my friend You are right it can get pretty hot here, this year we have been blessed I was able to deal with the heat without complaining too much so thats always a good thing, I feel so bad for all the people that lost their homes , I tried calling my friend left a message she didn't return my call, I am sure she is o.k every time I hear about things like this I worry about her and then she will call and let me know there was no danger to her or her loved ones. I hope by now the fires are under control, my heart and prayers are with everyone keep us posted my friend smoochess to you.
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