"Roy" > wrote in message
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> 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.
> ====

They work quite well in a dry climate.