July 2025 Obs/Disco ... possible historic month for heat

[kdxken]

33 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

High of 88F here, HI got to 91F.  Average high of 79F.

+4 start to the month.

Yikes!

[ineedsnow]

7 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I would def call today warm and humid.  Not sure what ineedsnow was seeing.  
 

not super hot but easy to work up a sweat just walking the dog. 

all I was saying was it wasn't hot or super humid

[powderfreak]

4 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Yikes!

Ha, I mean BOS and BDL are +3.2.

Its been a warm start to the month.

[Torch Tiger]

12 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

 Not sure what ineedsnow was seeing.  

a keg

[Torch Tiger]

Just now, powderfreak said:

Ha, I mean BOS and BDL are +3.2.

Its been a warm start to the month.

Mild

[Snowedin]

Fire flies are glowing, frogs are hopping around and croaking, mosquitoes circling around every living, breathing thing and the air has suddenly become a little steamier in the last few hours..yep, summah is back right where she left off! Soak it all in baby.

[BrianW]

What a week coming up for some great dews.

Muggy then hot/muggy.. followed up by some uncomfy..

 

[Torch Tiger]

Just now, BrianW said:

What a week coming up for some great dews.

Muggy then hot/muggy.. followed up by some uncomfy..

 

 

[Torch Tiger]

unnfff

[dendrite]

Min 67°

Cold!

[HoarfrostHubb]

These manky mornings are getting old.  The stale air and clouds…

[Damage In Tolland]

This is the best feeling. Summers like this where it’s humid literally every single day. With no breaks as far out as one can see . You don’t have to worry about being cold or bringing/ wearing a hoodie at night or in the morning, Just shorts, tees, lots of summer activities and vibes. Enjoying cold IPA’s on the deck or tracking storms. Life slows down and the high dews are a huge factor in making people happy. 

[Hoth]

Just putting out a general service announcement to check yourselves regularly for ticks. My dad has been having flu-like symptoms on and off for a couple weeks and just came back positive for Lyme, erlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Heavy heavy doxycycline in the forecast. He hasn't developed an allergy to red meat though, so there's the silver lining.

[CoastalWx]

Dew is 65. Not bad out.  But yeah these murky mornings suck.

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Dew is 65. Not bad out.  But yeah these murky mornings suck.

I’m ok with warmth, even humidity in summer months (to a point), but mornings like this are gross.   Should be better later on. 

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Min 67°

Cold!

Right? And it comes at the hottest time of the year. You hate to see it. Maybe we can squeak above normal today after the recent cold snap. 

 

[kdxken]

41 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Just putting out a general service announcement to check yourselves regularly for ticks. My dad has been having flu-like symptoms on and off for a couple weeks and just came back positive for Lyme, erlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Heavy heavy doxycycline in the forecast. He hasn't developed an allergy to red meat though, so there's the silver lining.

Wow I don't think I've ever heard of anybody getting all three at once. That's scary. anaplasmosis is nothing to mess around with. Must be a tough guy to go a few weeks with it.

[kdxken]

8 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I’m ok with warmth, even humidity in summer months (to a point), but mornings like this are gross.   Should be better later on. 

Headed to Connecticut to play golf. Always sunny and hot there according to some.

[Hoth]

1 minute ago, kdxken said:

Wow I don't think I've ever heard of anybody getting all three at once. That's scary. anaplasmosis is nothing to mess around with. Must be a tough guy to go a few weeks with it.

Yeah, he pulled off the trifecta. We thought he had a summer flu the first week, but tests came back negative. He had a second bout and was deliriously feverish for a few days last week. He almost never gets sick, which tipped us off to the possibility of tick-borne illness. Poor guy will be on doxy for 28 days, but that's far better than letting any of these diseases become entrenched.

[CoastalWx]

55 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Just putting out a general service announcement to check yourselves regularly for ticks. My dad has been having flu-like symptoms on and off for a couple weeks and just came back positive for Lyme, erlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Heavy heavy doxycycline in the forecast. He hasn't developed an allergy to red meat though, so there's the silver lining.

Hope he’ll be ok

[Hoth]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Hope he’ll be ok

Thanks, Scott. We're hopeful.

[dendrite]

Only a +8 min for CON this morning.

You can’t stop her. You can only hope to contain her.

[512high]

71/73 hvy clouds

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Wow I don't think I've ever heard of anybody getting all three at once. That's scary. anaplasmosis is nothing to mess around with. Must be a tough guy to go a few weeks with it.

Had anaplasmosis in November 2022, wife thought I was having a stroke, vision was messed up, 10 days of doxy did its work.

Not trying to lower the danger, but I've found that ticks seem less prevalent here during the 2nd half of met summer.  Whether they estivate then to avoid the heat, or some other phenomenon, they seem to disappear then.  In mid-August 2019 our annual 2-day forest excursion was in southern Maine - Swan Island (huge deer population), Newcastle, Hebron (near LEW) and Skowhegan.  40+ people, not a single tick reported.  10 weeks later I picked up 26 deer ticks in a half-day visit to a state lot in Topsham, 6 miles south from Swan Island.