88 degrees at 9:30PM with 60 % humidity.
I am happy that I am not sleeping in a tent. I am grateful that we have a cool and dry house.
Wow, I have no idea how anyone could rest in this heat and humidity. It just boggles my mind. I know hubby wouldn't survive long in this weather so again, I am grateful for our decision to install the mini split this spring.
That said at 7AM this morning it was beastly out also. I took out my waterproof camera in a camera bag and set it on the porch to slowly acclimate to the weather.
The mules have a heavily shaded area that I save for just this kind of situation. I use this little section sparingly.
The grass has come back nicely after the last rain we had a week ago. There is day time shade and when there is a breeze, they can stand under the box elders and languish in the cool air.
They have small 25 gallon tank so they can get drinks of fresh water and I can easily dump it and fill it again with a hose.
Gosh, us Northern Folk don't do so well with lots of heat!
We are setting records for overnight high temperatures and I think some records were broken today for our part of the state. But so far so good.
After all, I could just fill up a spare stock tank and go sit in it!
We did get over 100F by 4PM when I went out to refresh critter water. I did chores at that time because the breezes were supposed to quit when by sunset.
However, we are not enduring the heat as long as others in our country are having to do. Can you imagine being in places that have not seen a let up of intense heat for over a month?
Yikes.
Stay well.