Bring on da HEAT!

Okanagan desert-palms · Sat May 12, 2012 1:58 pm

Early summer heat. Monday 90f 32c http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0210
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weathe ... _savedcity
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0312

John

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 12, 2012 2:22 pm

That will sure beat the freezing nights we have been having here.

Your palms are sure going too like that.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat May 12, 2012 7:40 pm

Yup, about time!

You won't hear me or my plants complaining until my shoes melt...

Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:25 pm

ITs been 22C - 25C the last week, and im absolutely loving it! Here is my 14 day forecast. Not your 32C, but relatively as nice! My last frost isnt till juen 1st, and I think its safe to say, I can plant!

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/caon0688

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun May 13, 2012 2:14 pm

Good for you, Jesse, it's been a long haul.

Enjoy!

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun May 13, 2012 6:27 pm

Barb your fip flops will be melting real soon. We have had cooler than normal spring and now the heat will be with us until Oct. Turned on the air conditioning today 29.5c 87f . Jesse glad your able to do some planting. The plants roots need a early head start.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun May 13, 2012 6:51 pm

Bring it but bring the rain too

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun May 13, 2012 7:44 pm

No rain in the Northern tip of the Sonoran desert here Jim. Dry and near as hot as Arizona in the summer time in the Okanagan Valley. http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-E ... ottest.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osoyoos
http://www.surfsideosoyoos.com/

John

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon May 14, 2012 3:17 am

yea.....we got hot yesterday too.....it must have been in the upper 70's or evey the big 80F??

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:14 pm

We had a high of 95F today, tomorrow high of 58F. Forty deg. in 24 hours?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:17 pm

Good for you, Aaron, about time you went to 95.
Your brevifolias will love that.

I'm 40 degrees less than your temp!!!!

And weather office issued a "rainfall warning" for us 24 hours ago.
What's arrived so far wouldn't coat the bottom of a beer glass.

May still have to irrigate tonight if nothing develops.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:35 pm

We need to send Barb some of our 'crappy' drizzle! The local school hit a high of 51F with drizzle all day.........no sun forcasted until Friday?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:36 pm

Well the cold air is coming this way and so is the wind. Blew over my biggest cholla and ripped a branch off my desert olive.

I should have known this was going to happen, I just came inside from picking up the last of the tumble weeds!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:55 am

Thanks Tim, we got your crappy drizzle overnite...half an inch.

Today it's heavy cloud hanging low in the valley, can hardly see the mountain tops.

Strange...cold again, actually dropping temps by afternoon.

And it ain't over yet: (the white horizontal lines are "normal")
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/cabc0312

Oooh, Aaron, can that Cholla be righted if the roots aren't torn too badly?

Happy 40 degrees lower than yesterday

(mumble mumble bitch bitch....)

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:41 am

lucky1 wrote: Oooh, Aaron, can that Cholla be righted if the roots aren't torn too badly?

Happy 40 degrees lower than yesterday

(mumble mumble bitch bitch....)
Barb

I think I'm going to move it, the plant with all it's spines and wieght is more than I can do. But I think I will start a new with a couple of cuttings and plant something in it's place.

50F here, and they said it might snow wed. night.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:53 pm

That'd be a tough plant to move, but a leeward spot is probably a good idea.
Wear your chainmail (or is it male?)

suit to move it.

We'll be "near freezing" for overnight in a day or two.

Oh goodie

Hang in there Aaron...maybe Mt. St. Helen's can warm us up again.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:26 pm

snow Aaron?? WOW.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:07 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:snow Aaron?? WOW.

They may have changed the forcast now? But yes they did talk snow and freezing over night temps, but I don't think in will happen.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:07 am

You got some cold.....your temp right now shows 36F.....brrrrr.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:09 am

Barb - At least you got some rain. Looks like youre in a rainfall warning...

Aaron - Youre in a freeze warning :S How high up are you?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:22 am

Finally got some rain, we`re at 1 inch so far.
Very unusual to get a rainfall warning (that actually pans out into rain)

so coooooold again...risk of frost tonight.

I am NOT hauling palms indoors again...they`re on their own

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:42 am

Now into our 5th day of rain...never saw that before here!!!!!
Over 2 inches in the rain gauge.

The water authority must be freaking because of the lack of revenue

Other areas 30 miles northeast have flooded roads and communities cut off with a bridge washout and mudslides.

Won't have to water for a month...yippppppeeeeeeee!

Threw some logs into the woodstove last night, it was so cold

Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:03 pm

Itll be a pretty gren desert this year! Glad you didnt get into the flooding

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:13 pm

Thanks Jesse.

I think the wild opuntia growing at the top of my place is drowning...

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:11 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:You got some cold.....your temp right now shows 36F.....brrrrr.

It sucks

Had a bit of freezing weather the other day, the wind has been long lasting this spring, I think I have had enough.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:14 pm

canadianplant wrote:Barb - At least you got some rain. Looks like youre in a rainfall warning...

Aaron - Youre in a freeze warning :S How high up are you?

Yes I think even tonight we might see another freeze (sorry for the late post) I am just about 4000ft

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:19 pm

I think the wamest I've seen it all day is 53F and even that would a cold January day in Arizona. Come on Idaho get with it.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:47 pm

It'll get better Aaron...

Today's the first sunny day here in FIVE....

People were evacuated from low-lying areas nearby from MELTING SNOW in the mountains rushing down the hills, joined with 3+ inches of rain.
What a mess.

When the heat hits, we won't be acclimatized to it.

Shopping list: buy a hammock and 2 trees to hang it in.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:18 pm

lucky1 wrote:It'll get better Aaron...

Today's the first sunny day here in FIVE....

People were evacuated from low-lying areas nearby from MELTING SNOW in the mountains rushing down the hills, joined with 3+ inches of rain.
What a mess.

When the heat hits, we won't be acclimatized to it.

Shopping list: buy a hammock and 2 trees to hang it in.

Barb

Nice! Hot as hell here.....84 degrees at 11:18 pm and back to 98 F tomorrow
Humidity is killer too
Happy Summer!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:42 pm

This week is a heck of a lot better than this time last year. As in highs of 92 F or so vs. 100 F.
That starts next week and continues indefinitely. Good thing I'll be somewhere cool then, like New Mexico, Arizona, etc....

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:08 am

certainly don't come out this way if u want something cooler...Although the bananas and palms love our three month hot and humid spell.....

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:17 am

Man.\,thats a harsh flip from 90s back to 50s!

Maybe here in October-but very rare....possibly springtime too.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:57 pm

DesertZone wrote:
TimMAz6 wrote:snow Aaron?? WOW.
They may have changed the forcast now? But yes they did talk snow and freezing over night temps, but I don't think in will happen.

WTF UN imaginable...really!!!????

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:39 pm

sidpook wrote:
DesertZone wrote:
TimMAz6 wrote:snow Aaron?? WOW.
They may have changed the forcast now? But yes they did talk snow and freezing over night temps, but I don't think in will happen.
WTF UN imaginable...really!!!????

We never did get snow that night, but I think it hit the freezing point.

We had a high of 58F three days ago and now back in the 90'S. I think I like the 90F better.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:40 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:This week is a heck of a lot better than this time last year. As in highs of 92 F or so vs. 100 F.
That starts next week and continues indefinitely. Good thing I'll be somewhere cool then, like New Mexico, Arizona, etc....

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:53 pm

The weather in my area has been relatively warm for the past few days, with temps ranging between 24 - 28 C. However, this is nothing compared to what southern Ontario and the eastern US are experiencing!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:59 pm

Aaron, you're heading south next week?
Bet you've been packed for days

Looking forward to seeing the pics...heard Phoenix was 104F yesterday.
Ouch.

Cameron, glad you're having good weather...about time!
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:47 pm

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, you're heading south next week?
Bet you've been packed for days

Barb

I wish I was going south, even with those temps. I have to stay up here for another year or two.

PS I'm always packed for Arizona, even if I go bare-foot.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:54 pm

Duh, now I get it, sorry Aaron!

I remember when it was "5 years or so".
Now you're down to 1 or 2 years.

Barb