"We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave..."
We have two indoor/outdoor thermometers in our house - one on the East side of the house and the other on the West side. When the morning sun is on the house, the East thermometer reads what we call the 'sun temperature.' The other side reads the 'air temperature.' The reverse is true in the afternoon when the sun is in the West.
The 'air temperature' is the 'actual' temperature. The 'sun temperature' is the effect your skin feels when you're in the open with the sun beating down. The sun effect is enhanced because of our altitude - 5,100 feet above sea level - and our low humidity - about 10%.
Here are the two thermometers and what they were reading when we just came in from feeding the horses - time about 5:18 PM on Wednesday afternoon.
Here's the 'air temperature' on the East side with the sun in the West. The outdoor reading is the bottom number - 102.5 degrees.
It was reading 103.5 degrees when we went out at 5:00 PM to feed the horses.
Here's the 'sun temperature' on the West side - what you feel on your skin.
The outdoor temperature is the top number - 112.1 degrees.
The normal temperature for mid-June should be in the low 90's. "We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave..."
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4 comments:
I know..there's no humidity.
Still sounds HOT
It certainly is hot! Driving home the other day from Santa Ana, it registered 106 in my car thermometer!
Guess we need a little more wind to cool us off. :)
It's been crazy. I was really hoping for a good rain last night.
Oh, wow!!! Take care! That sounds hot to us! Glad you don't have humidity to go with it. Hope you cool down to 90! That sounds crazy to me - 90!
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