Tomorrow is, of course, the last day of July. August is always hot around these parts, but it's when I start looking forward to cooler days.

It's been a running joke for years between me and my wife. I say that come September 1st, the cool weather will be here, and she always tells me no. It's true that summer will extend into September but it's also true that around these parts, we usually get the first relatively cool weather right around Labor Day weekend. Sometimes we don't get it, but usually, there's at least a hint of it.

Really, I can't wait. To me, those Fall days with clear blue sky and cool nights with the windows open are the best, listening to the stillness outside and the lethargic crickets in the dark.

Spring is much like that, too, except that Summer is right around the corner, and I'd much rather have the Fall, when the oven is finally turned off for a while. It's those beautiful days on each side of Winter and Summer that honestly and truly make me appreciate being alive.

I'm with you 100% Para, I'm done with the heat and love the Fall. The Lord should make two Fall seasons for me.

How long is the unbearable part of summer where you are? Atlanta area right? I've often wondered which is the better trade off. Not much unbearable Summer here in Western PA. Maybe 3 weeks of oppressive humidity. But the winter is pretty much 6 months of overcast, grey AND gray. Ad a few months of deadly cold, and a solid 5 months of some, to allot, of ice/snow.

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Down here in South Texas we have two seasons. Summer and February.

Heat seems to bother me more and more each year. I too like the fall very much. I prefer spring a bit more though because I love thunder storms. And while we get some decent storms on occasion in the fall we get lots of really good thunder storms in the spring.

We are going to miss July, but we spent it in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan on Lake Huron. The lake effect is real. We only turned on the AC for two days in July. We get the news from Marquette in the U.P. and it’s been a scorcher up there.

Unfortunately, the kids start school in two weeks, so we are heading back to Florida this week. Blech! Last week, the water near Key Largo was over 101 degrees. The water, not the air, they think it a world record for ocean water surface temperature. Lake Huron by us hit 73.

That will be nice. I remember a tree-lined pond in the mountains of Vermont in October next to a narrow blacktop rest stop. That was beautiful Fall weather, the pond and leaves was so amazing it didn't look real, more like a painting.

Climate Change is real!

Just watch for it soon....

Well said Para. I have been telling folks it feels like we are living on the surface of the sun these days.
Forest fire smoke is just around the corner. Thanks God it has not arrived yet. But the heat is horrible. Dry as a bone.
My goal is always to get to 8/15. Even though it can still be scorching hot at that point. The days start to get shorter. Which means it takes a bit longer to get hot and the evening start to come sooner as well. So not hot as long which is a big relief in and of itself.

I cannot wait. I told my wife. We will not go another summer without some better system for cooling the house.

Truly has not been as bad as I make it out to be. But It is certainly no picnic either. And is certainly my least favorite time of year by far.

Yeah, one more month (August) and I then can see cooler air at the end of the tunnel coming though. Last year's July's hottest temp where I was read 108 (real temp, not heat index). But luckily, August was not as bad. Hoping for the same this year.

I'm starting to understand seasons and planning parts of my life around it.

The first season I've come to note is the allergy season which is from beginning of February to mid May. I started painting my outside door mid-February. I couldn't come out to finish it until mid-May.

The second season I noted is the monsoon season which is from mid-June to end of September. I was prepared for this year when I got new windshield inserts in May and also a new set of tires that needed replacing.

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Last week, the water near Key Largo was over 101 degrees. The water, not the air, they think it a world record for ocean water surface temperature. Lake Huron by us hit 73.

I hope that doesn’t translate into an elevated hurricane season.

Fall is my favorite time of year for sure. This has been a difficult summer. We lost one of our wells (our largest one), to the development because of a collapse. What should have been a 1100 ft deep well was reduced to 750ft with poor quality. The capacity of the second well is barely keeping up some days it’s not. So we have an outside watering ban until sometime mid Sept. That’s if everything goes well on the new drilling. Drilling to a depth of 1500ft should take a month. No watering does not work very well on a newly established lawn. I finished the irrigation system first week in Oct of 22 and had the grass seed planted a week later. The cooler weather of the Fall will be a welcome sight.

I loath hot,humid weather and love the Fall, but the thing I like about
spring is there are fewer bugs. Was on the deck this afternoon and about
a dozen bugs wanted to fly into my ear.

It’s been uncharacteristically rainy this summer after a dry spring. Lawn usually has gone dormant by now, but it’s been growing like Spring. We’ll see what August brings.

Indeed, Fall is my favorite season!

The north Alabama area is much like Para's area around Atlanta during the summer... miserably hot and humid! I can tolerate heat fairly well, but the humidity for me is a killer!

Saturday my family went to an anniversary party for my in-laws in Huntsville. The heat topped out at 101° around early afternoon. It was so humid all I had to do was walk out the door and immediately break out into a major sweat! Of course, that's the day my wife had a blow-out on her car and it had to be replaced with the spare after the party was over!

August is still hot as hades around here, but I know that cooler and dryer (lower humidity) days are just around the corner, and I can hardly wait!!!

Really looking forward to some cooler weather. The end of July finally brings the start of the monsoon season this year. The locals have apparently been calling this one the "nonsoon" because, well... it hasn't been. Got the first real good rain a few nights ago, a storm with lots of wind, rain, and my favorite: lightning and thunder. Some gently rolling thunder tonight, just the right frequencies to make the house rumble. I love seeing nature do it's thing.

I dated a girl in highschool whose mother was razzing her father one night at the dinner table about his favorite season being fall. He just grinned and said "death draws nigh."

It’s supposed to be in triple digits all week here in Oklahoma, 108 on Wednesday. I hope my AC and the grid hold up.

You don’t have to shovel heat…..