BajaNomad - The HEAT in Baja?

The HEAT in Baja?

Bob H - 7-23-2006 at 01:25 PM

It has been unusually HOT here in San Diego the last several days. I was wondering if it is also hotter than normal in Baja? Any reports?
Bob H

shari - 7-23-2006 at 01:36 PM

It was 110 in Sta.Rosalia a couple days ago and has been hotter than usual here in Asuncion for July but we still haven't needed even to turn on the fan...glory be to Asuncion!

JESSE - 7-23-2006 at 01:42 PM

They tell me is hotter than usual here in La Paz as well.

bajajudy - 7-23-2006 at 01:58 PM

It has definitely been hot here. WHEW
We tag team town...one of us stays in the car with the a/c going and the other does what they have to do. The humidity is getting higher as Emilia approaches and although she is not a threat she will come close enough to drive the humidity even higher. Last I looked at the Weather Channel, they say it is 100 but feels like 111 with 42% humidity.
It is 80 in my house with 0% humidity and I am one happy camper. I cant believe that in SC we used to run our A/C's at 72. Seems like a waste. These mini-splits are the way to go and come with my highest recommendation.

bajalou - 7-23-2006 at 02:17 PM

Seem slightly hotter in San Felipe than last couple years - humidity starte up today

Heat

Cypress - 7-23-2006 at 03:58 PM

Isn't it usually hot in the sweet, sweet summertime? :rolleyes:

comitan - 7-23-2006 at 04:11 PM

Larry

You are giving the temperatures for Comitan, it is hotter in the City of La Paz due to much asphalt, and many buildings that block the breezes.

bajabound2005 - 7-23-2006 at 04:22 PM

Ensenada is a good 10 degrees hotter than usual with high humidity -- ditto for the record breaking heat all over Calif Alta. We are expecting relief midweek.

comitan - 7-23-2006 at 04:25 PM

They showed a heat map of the US on the news tonight its hot all over, not global warming just hot. :lol:

Skeet/Loreto - 7-23-2006 at 04:37 PM

Here in the Great State of Texas-The Panhandle{3500 Ft} it has been unusally Hot for the past week. However 8 miles South of Amarillo at Timber Creek Canyon we do not need the A/C-windows open and Fans-have to pull up some cover about 2 AM.

This heat wave reminds me of the conditions right before Hurricane Lisa Hit La Paz.
Jesse; Keep your Head Down!

Skeet/Loreto

comitan - 7-23-2006 at 04:54 PM

I think Skeet has something, if it is hotter then the water will get hotter, those are conditions for spawning Hurricanes.

Skeet/Loreto - 7-23-2006 at 05:15 PM

Comitan:
I recall the conditions prior to "Lisa".
Cattle were dying by the Hundreds in the Mountains, Goats were being shipped out by the Cratefull from Loreto.
The Elder Senior Davis- A very important Person and Holder of many Thousands of Hectares in and Around Loreto and other Ranchers Hired a Private company out of Texas to Seed the Clouds.
The Pilot of the Special Built Cessna 210 few into the Buildup of Clouds over the Mountains and "Seeded" The clouds at 20,000 Feet.Each Day he returned the Mechanics would "Bondo" the leading edge of the Wings for the Next Days Flight{Caused by the Hail he went thru to drop it at the correct time}.
Shortly after this procedure "Lisa" hit and did the Great Damage to La Paz, Villa Constitution and to some degree Loreto!
Rumors where everywhere-That the Ranchers had caused "Lisa to Happen"

Be Aware!

Skeet/Loreto

Bob H - 7-23-2006 at 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cypress
Isn't it usually hot in the sweet, sweet summertime? :rolleyes:

"Sweet. sweet summertime"... well, I guess if you live in Idaho that's true. But we are not used to this type of heat in San Diego, along with the humidity. Otherwise it's a mild summer here year round! Absolutely fantastic climate here!

Thanks for all the responses Nomads.
Bob H

thebajarunner - 7-23-2006 at 07:09 PM

All time high yesterday and today in Modesto- officially 112
I heard that Palm Springs was 120 official yesterday, also a record.
Right now, at 7 p.m. it is 101 on my porch (AOL sez 104) and overcast.
YUK!!!
Pool time, for sure.

Axel - 7-23-2006 at 08:55 PM

Drove home from abreaojos last week and it was very hot all the way home. My buddy that I was with lost his alternater and had no a\c, Ask him how hot it was.

bajabound2005 - 7-23-2006 at 09:03 PM

How about HOT????

hot

lewm - 7-24-2006 at 08:34 AM

We have been averaging 116-117 here in Laughlin, Nv. I went to the casinos yesterday. My car temp. said 127.
I was in Cabo in June. It was 95, but high humidity. We have that dry heat here. Ha Ha.

Hot, Hot, Hot

MrBillM - 7-24-2006 at 09:07 AM

I saw an article in Sunday's Times which referenced the fact that the World is at its warmest for over 100,000 years (when, presumably, gas was 10 cents a gallon and people were leaving their A/Cs and TVs on all night) so we should expect warm temps.

Having moved from the coast to Indio in 1970, I've seen a lot of Hot weather in 36 years and prefer it anyday to COLD weather. Here in YV, the temps are over 100 everyday (albeit with generally low humidity) and, so far, we usually only have a couple of fans running daily, no A/C or "Swamp" Cooler.

oxxo - 7-24-2006 at 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by thebajarunner
I heard that Palm Springs was 120 official yesterday, also a record.
Pool time, for sure.

Yesterday, at 9 pm, temperature 113 in Palm Springs. No relief in pool either, water at 93 deg. But it's DRY heat!

:barf:

vandenberg - 7-24-2006 at 07:26 PM

Inthe low 90's here (87 at night ), humidity unknown, washer leaking, dryer out, fridge quitting, help of any kind unreliable. About ready to croak.

comitan - 7-24-2006 at 07:38 PM

Vandenberg

I would suggest you take the bottom cover off the refer in the back and take a vacuum to it. That is something everyone should every other year.

thebajarunner - 7-24-2006 at 09:11 PM

We broke another all time in Modesto, 113.
Low in Sacramento was 84 last night, also an alltime record.
And I moved here from Tacoma 40 years ago because I love the heat....
sigh.....

David K - 7-24-2006 at 09:33 PM

It was GREAT in El Rosario... :spingrin:

The fog was along the coast, and it was reported very hot in Catavi?a by John M who drove there one day... 5 miles from the coast made El Rosario perfect for the summer festival! (Photos and report coming)

capn.sharky - 7-25-2006 at 07:30 AM

'Low in Sacramento was 84 last night, also an alltime record."

Thats odd. With all the State Senators and Assemblymen on summer vacation, one would think most of the hot air left town.

thebajarunner - 7-25-2006 at 08:40 AM

Or, conversely, that had they stayed it never would have dropped below 100.
Speaking of 100, today will be 10 straight over the century mark, which is also an all-time record.
Jumped in the sauna last night, ooops, we don't have a sauna, it was the pool and it was verrrrrry warm water indeed.

It was hot!

sandbox - 7-26-2006 at 11:48 AM

I drove back to Alta Cal from BCS last weekend. We were reading temperatures north of 110 degrees from Villa Jesus Real to El Rosario. highest was 116, but I'm pretty sure it was hotter than that. Like 120+. I'm amazed the cars kept up. We did not use AC one time south of the border.

Weird weather came in the form of the 3(!) hurricanes that passed under us during the 13 days we were there. When was the last time there were 3 EPac hurricanes in less than 2 weeks in July? Consider that there is a fairly strong tropical storm that's going to scrape Mag Bay right about now. I looked in the NOAA archive and couldn't find anything close to this type of activity. Looks like the EPacific is doing a small imitatation of the WAtlantic last year. If I lived in Cabo, I might be planning a trip out of the tropics for the next few months. And I might want to book an annual trip around this time of year indefinitely.

Global warming is a big hoax. I mean who are you going to believe- your own eyes/thermometer or Exxon ("Its not climate change, its just really, really, really, ridiculously hot!")

Heat in the Big City

MrBillM - 7-26-2006 at 01:57 PM

There was a real tear-jerker article on page one (above the fold) of yesterday's Los Angeles Times describing the difficulty the residents were having dealing with the unrelenting heat. At the beginning of the article they listed a box showing the overnight lows along with the historical average. The highest of those current overnight lows was 75 Deg in Burbank and Downtown L.A. The article then led off with a resident who couldn't sleep even with all the windows opened and was forced to take his pillow and blanket out on the back lawn to get any rest. I was almost overcome with sympathy pangs.

Before leaving Baja, we never saw an overnight low below 85 and all we ran at night was a 12vdc fan over the patio bed. Slept just fine. Back here in the high desert, every night has been at least 80 and we sleep with the overhead fan only.

Just got back...

Mexray - 7-26-2006 at 03:48 PM

...from our son's wedding in Avila Beach (Port San Luis) on the central Cal coast - the temp was just perrrfect! 50's at night mid 70's day time. No fog on Sat (7/22) for a great evening wedding on the golf course there! Had a great time, and our Son and new bride are off to a week in St Lucia - hope they have a hurricane-free week out there on the Caribbean!

We got back to Stockton this morning and it's 100, plus again today...wonder what kind of an excuse we can come up with to get out the central coast again for some relief!

Bruce R Leech - 7-26-2006 at 05:34 PM

Mexray just go :light:

Mike Humfreville - 7-26-2006 at 06:11 PM

From our location a few miles south of Bahia de Los Angeles all during July the sheet lightening rolled up the open gulf. On a number of occasions the clouds made the reversal into the south end of the bay. Several times these distant storms were joined on clouds and rain flowed up the valley where Las Flores is located and between the two sources of energy, lightning flashed in major bolts every few seconds and was immediately accompanied by booming thunder. Our house shook; a nearby friend lost part of his solar system due to lightning. Another had a bolt strike directly in front of his house. It was a war zone and we were less than comfortable.

The nights were typically in the mid-80?s; a few over 90 degrees; the days slightly hotter. The humidity was increased by the clouds and rain. It was smothering. It was HOT!

We?ve been going to Baja?s midriff along the Sea of Cortez most of our lives. There is little you can call normal temperature and as soon as there is a norm something will come long and change it.

I hope it?s not Global Warming but that thought hangs there in my head like a spider on a web thread

David K - 7-26-2006 at 06:17 PM

Mike and Mary Ann... we were looking for you in El Rosario... it was very comfortable there! I hope you both are well!

Mexitron - 7-26-2006 at 07:19 PM

It made it to 70 degrees in North Bend, Oregon, almost breaking the record of 73 degrees for the date. Whew, brutal....

KurtG - 7-26-2006 at 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mexray
...from our son's wedding in Avila Beach (Port San Luis) on the central Cal coast - the temp was just perrrfect! 50's at night mid 70's day time. No fog on Sat (7/22) for a great evening wedding on the golf course there! Had a great time, and our Son and new bride are off to a week in St Lucia - hope they have a hurricane-free week out there on the Caribbean!

We got back to Stockton this morning and it's 100, plus again today...wonder what kind of an excuse we can come up with to get out the central coast again for some relief!

That's my town (Avila Beach) you're talking about, it has been perfect here but absolutely cooking if you go a couple of miles inland. Saturday both Avila and Old Port beaches had more people than I have seen on them in the past 30 years.

KurtG...

Mexray - 7-27-2006 at 08:52 PM

...We rolled into the area last Thursday...stayed at the Sycamore Springs Resort - with a nice hot-springs tub to soak in, right on our own deck!

The wedding rehearsal out at the golf course was Friday night - and there was also an outdoor concert going on there at the Avila Golf facility - talk about grid-lock there in little old Avila Beach! After the rehearsal, we sprung for the wedding party's dinner over at the Ole Port Inn. Jay, the manager over there really fixed up up some great food - we had about 45 bodies attending, and they all raved about the food! We've eaten there many times, and all their stuff is great!

I agree, Sat & Sun had Avila Beach just crawling with 'tourists' from far and wide, enjoying the cooler weather, the beach, etc! We headed out of town up to Cambria, also crawling with cars, etc, and ended up at San Simeon, and a quick look at Hearst's Castle on Monday morning. We welcomed the fog Tuesday morning as we made our way up Hwy 1 to Carmel, etc.

I can sure see why all the hotel/motels in the SLO/Avila/Pismo area charge such hi rates during the summer months - the cool weather draws people like crazy! You're lucky indeed to live there on the coast!