On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 8:33:20 AM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
> On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 11:49:15 AM UTC-6, KenK wrote:
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in news:nmup2g$jrc$1@dont-
> > email.me:
> >
> > > Apparently Washington state is the only state that escaped the high
> > heat
> > > today.
> >
> > I'm having my own private high heat this past month. About 6/15 The 100K+
> > AZ town in live near had a week-long heat wave, around 115. Then it
> > returned to normal - high 90s, low 100s, once in a while low teens. Out
> > here in the farmland where I live, about 2 miles west of town, it's
> > consistently been around 15 degrees above theirs since then. They report
> > 100 on the radio weather report, 1 get 115. Yesterday it was 113 there,
> > 132 here. I'm afraid this is going to last all summer. This has never
> > happened before - the temperature in both places was always close to the
> > same. Must be a very local phenomena, I've seen no mention in the
> > newspaper. My usual source of cooling, evaporative cooler, just blows hot
> > air - the water in it nust be too hot to cool the air. Very strange, Very
> > miserable.
> >
> > No, it's not a defective thermometer, all three of my outside
> > thermometers agree.
> >
> Evaporator coolers compound the problem by releasing even more moisture into the air. If you had a proper air conditioner you would experience less discomfort.
> ====

It depends. My in-law's cooler works swell in Oroville CA. That place is a tinderbox on the verge of exploding i.e., very dry. For them, the summer will probably be a long one.