How blazing hot end of August?

[blackjackdelta]

Right now I would take 105, it has been in the teens to sub 0, to much snow and ice. Makes my poor ole bones ache.

Jack

 

[mrswh]

Nah, we'll be in the 90s here in August, too!

We try to do the park in the morning, rest in the afternoon and then back at night so we miss the worst of the heat. 100s is my only fear . . . .

Well if you are from Denver, it will be hot!

I love the hotel pools on these hot summer days.....back to the park at night.
If you stay at a resort hotel, you can pool hop. However, you can only use the pool at the GCH if you are a guest there.

 

[LucyDingo]

Nah, we'll be in the 90s here in August, too!

We try to do the park in the morning, rest in the afternoon and then back at night so we miss the worst of the heat. 100s is my only fear . . . .

Haha...don't you love when people think places like Colorado and midwest states are cold year round?

I went to Southern California one June and when I left the midwest it was super hot, upper 80's and whatnot. At night in socal is was fairly chilly so I was cold. My DH's socal friends were like, "you're from the midwest, you should be used to the cold." They didn't understand that it was much hotter back home than it was in socal at the time.

 

[HydroGuy]

Nah, we'll be in the 90s here in August, too!

We try to do the park in the morning, rest in the afternoon and then back at night so we miss the worst of the heat. 100s is my only fear . . . .

In all my summer visits to DLR over the years only one day did it ever reach 100 degrees. SoCal has heat waves like everywhere else, and it does get over 100 degrees. Sometimes. But it is not that common. 90's are more common. And 80's are even more common and the typical high temperatures.

Regardless, it can reach 100 anytime from April to October so if you are afraid of high temps then go Nov-March. Otherwise the averages are with you and you will not likely see 100 degrees any time of year.

If you set yourself up with the afternoon break, and no one has extreme heat sensitivity, you will be fine.

 

[Sherry E]

This past November, we had some crazy 100+ degree temperatures in SoCal, but that was an anomaly. On the other hand, it rarely stays in the 80's in the peak of summer. It may start out in the 80's, but it creeps up fast. The low-mid 90's is much more common for late July on through September and often October (hence, the dry air and heat and winds = brush fire conditions). August and early September are especially brutal for those of us who are heat-sensitive. 80's are the norm for the Spring, early summer and late Fall.

And that has been my experience for the 41 years I have lived in SoCal!!

In any case, since it sounds like the OP doesn't mind temps in the 90's,so it should be okay! It is unlikely that it will get into the 100's for too many days. This past year was hotter than usual for a longer period of time. But if it WERE to get into the 100's, August and September would be more likely to climb to that level than other months.

 

[LucyDingo]

This past November, we had some crazy 100+ degree temperatures in SoCal, but that was an anomaly. On the other hand, it rarely stays in the 80's in the peak of summer. It may start out in the 80's, but it creeps up fast. The low-mid 90's is much more common for late July on through September and often October (hence, the dry air and heat and winds = brush fire conditions). August and early September are especially brutal for those of us who are heat-sensitive. 80's are the norm for the Spring, early summer and late Fall.

And that has been my experience for the 41 years I have lived in SoCal!!

In any case, since it sounds like the OP doesn't mind temps in the 90's,so it should be okay! It is unlikely that it will get into the 100's for too many days. This past year was hotter than usual for a longer period of time. But if it WERE to get into the 100's, August and September would be more likely to climb to that level than other months.

For me....90 degrees and 100 degrees don't feel all that different. They are both miserable...haha.

 

[HydroGuy]

This past November, we had some crazy 100+ degree temperatures in SoCal, but that was an anomaly. On the other hand, it rarely stays in the 80's in the peak of summer. It may start out in the 80's, but it creeps up fast. The low-mid 90's is much more common for late July on through September and often October (hence, the dry air and heat and winds = brush fire conditions). August and early September are especially brutal for those of us who are heat-sensitive.

And that has been my experience for the 41 years I have lived in SoCal!!

In any case, since it sounds like the OP doesn't mind temps in the 90's,so it should be okay! It is unlikely that it will get into the 100's for too many days. This past year was hotter than usual for a longer period of time. But if it WERE to get into the 100's, August and September would be more likely to climb to that level than other months.

Hi Sherry:

This has been a can of worms in the past around here, and I am putting on my worm proof suit as I write. I hope you take this as a friendly query and not something more sinister, but since we are talking about heat this subject has gotten some heat of its own over the last year or two.

A lot of people make this claim about DLR (being in the 90's usually in the summer). I have searched and not found any data sources which support this. If you know of any published data I would appreciate it because the best data I have found supports average high temperatures in the 80's. See "Detailed Weather History for DLR" www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23004158 - references for my data sources are at the end of the thread.

I lived in SoCal for 28 years from San Diego to Santa Barbara to Riverside to Long Beach, and spent lots of time in OC where my grandparents lived in Huntington Beach. And I still visit several times a year at different times of the year, but often in summer.

I have my own anecdotal remembrance of summer temperatures there, but everyone seems to remember differently from everyone else. So that is why I looked for measured data. Average highs in the 90's? Yes, in Riverside. But not in Anaheim in my experience. Over 100 in Anaheim? You said it. It does happen.

In any case, if you or anyone else out there has found measured data that supports the 90's average highs, that would help put the worms back in the can. But I am sticking with summer highs in the 80's at DLR until I see something different.

 

[Sherry E]

For me....90 degrees and 100 degrees don't feel all that different. They are both miserable...haha.

I 100% agree, Lucy! Once it gets past 73 degrees, it is too much for me! I like nice, chilly December-January-February weather!!! That is why I obsessively monitor the weather during the summer so closely on the morning news shows, because I am always trying to look at the predicted numbers to determine if it is too hot for me to go out and do anything, or how long I have to get errands done until it reaches 90 degrees!!

 

[blackjackdelta]

Hi Sherry:

This has been a can of worms in the past around here, and I am putting on my worm proof suit as I write. I hope you take this as a friendly query and not something more sinister, but since we are talking about heat this subject has gotten some heat of its own over the last year or two.

A lot of people make this claim about DLR (being in the 90's usually in the summer). I have searched and not found any data sources which support this. If you know of any published data I would appreciate it because the best data I have found supports average high temperatures in the 80's. See "Detailed Weather History for DLR" www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23004158 - references for my data sources are at the end of the thread.

I lived in SoCal for 28 years from San Diego to Santa Barbara to Riverside to Long Beach, and spent lots of time in OC where my grandparents lived in Huntington Beach. And I still visit several times a year at different times of the year, but often in summer.

I have my own anecdotal remembrance of summer temperatures there, but everyone seems to remember differently from everyone else. So that is why I looked for measured data. Average highs in the 90's? Yes, in Riverside. But not in Anaheim in my experience. Over 100 in Anaheim? You said it. It does happen.

In any case, if you or anyone else out there has found measured data that supports the 90's average highs, that would help put the worms back in the can. But I am sticking with summer highs in the 80's at DLR until I see something different.

To me it is "where is it measured at." It is measured in the sun where my body is at or in the shade. Is it measured at DLR or the court house. My car temp says 105 the weather guy says 95.
Good data?? Maybe. Trended, yes..measurement devices always calibrated.??

Jack

 

[LucyDingo]

To me it is "where is it measured at." It is measured in the sun where my body is at or in the shade. Is it measured at DLR or the court house. My car temp says 105 the weather guy says 95.
Good data?? Maybe. Trended, yes..measurement devices always calibrated.??

Jack

I wish they measured the temp on main street in Disneyland. Those would be some numbers I'd like to see.

 

[Sherry E]

Hi Sherry:

This has been a can of worms in the past around here, and I am putting on my worm proof suit as I write. I hope you take this as a friendly query and not something more sinister, but since we are talking about heat this subject has gotten some heat of its own over the last year or two.

A lot of people make this claim about DLR (being in the 90's usually in the summer). I have searched and not found any data sources which support this. If you know of any published data I would appreciate it because the best data I have found supports average high temperatures in the 80's. See "Detailed Weather History for DLR" www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23004158 - references for my data sources are at the end of the thread.

I lived in SoCal for 28 years from San Diego to Santa Barbara to Riverside to Long Beach, and spent lots of time in OC where my grandparents lived in Huntington Beach. And I still visit several times a year at different times of the year, but often in summer.

I have my own anecdotal remembrance of summer temperatures there, but everyone seems to remember differently from everyone else. So that is why I looked for measured data. Average highs in the 90's? Yes, in Riverside. But not in Anaheim in my experience. Over 100 in Anaheim? You said it. It does happen.

In any case, if you or anyone else out there has found measured data that supports the 90's average highs, that would help put the worms back in the can. But I am sticking with summer highs in the 80's at DLR until I see something different.

Oh no, problem. Friendly queries are fine! One correction. I didn't say anything about over 100 in Anaheim in that last post. It was over 100 degrees in my neck of the woods for a brief spell this past November, which was crazy! In my post I said "SoCal," which includes where I live in SoCal, which is in L.A. County and not in Orange County. I don't check scientific weather data or facts and figures to compile helpful info for DLR visitors as you do (which I think is absolutely great). I just obsessively follow the weather forecasts and temperature predictions on local news shows when summertime comes so I know when I can get out to run errands without roasting and fainting in the sun! So I can only tell you what I have observed/experienced in 41 years of living in the same exact area of L.A. Beach cities are always a little cooler - including Huntington, I assume. I also think Santa Barbara is slightly cooler than where I am, which is basically the L.A. Basin. However, the Valley is much warmer than where I am by about 7-10 degrees, usually, so there are varying grades of heat! To me, Anaheim - DLR, especially - has always felt warmer to me than what the predicted temps were for the day, because you are out in the sun for prolonged periods of time, amongst thousands of people, standing in lines. But I don't follow to a tee the exact historical weather data for Anaheim.

I don't know what the numbers end up being at the end of the day, only how it feels to me and what the news shows predict for my area of town. I am really only concerned with MY area of town until it is time for me to visit DLR, in which case I pay attention to Anaheim's weather! And of course, some years are different than others, either cooler or warmer. I am only familiar with the patterns of my specific area.

 

[LucyDingo]

For the heck of it, I went to www.wunderground.com/tripplanner and punched in Anaheim, CA with the date 8/18 - 8/31 (the last two weeks of August.) It gives me the historical weather data from Fullerton (as close as I can get to anaheim weather.)

This is from 1994 - present....

And then it goes on for those dates for each year all the way back to 1994. (I'm just too lazy to post them all...haha.)

So while the high temp may "only" be in the 80's on a given day....with the humidity and whatnot, the heat index is more than likely in the 90's. And really, the heat index is probably more important because that is what it actuallty FEELS like outside. I would guess that if the average highs are in the 80's, the average heat indices are probably in the 90's. Which is why people that live there or visit there a lot are saying the highs are in the 90's and hotter in the summer months. Not to mention all of the buildings in the area with thermometers always have higher temps on them than what weather.com reports.

 

[johnmason09]

It will be very hot, to say the least

 

[Gisele]

All that I do know, is that when I was in Anaheim, during the last week of August, it was hot (However one may care to define the word) and it was very humid. The combination I can stand even less from the heat of the day itself.

 

[Sherry E]

All that I do know, is that when I was in Anaheim, during the last week of August, it was hot (However one may care to define the word) and it was very humid. The combination I can stand even less from the heat of the day itself.

Yep! I agree! Send me to the tundra! California is a desert state, after all, so it will be hot in the peak of summer, which is August. But again, the OP sounds like the temps would be okay for their trip, so with lots of sunscreen and water, a good time will hopefully be had!

 

[HydroGuy]

Lucy, great post. I did not see any heat indexes in what you copied but have no problem with anyone claiming a heat index in the 90's at DLR (Fullerton, or Anaheim, or whatever else is close). As far as the temperatures you found, wunderground's data for Fullerton is close to what I found for Anaheim (in fact, it is a little lower than the data I used).

Frankly I personally never pay attention to heat index. I do not know what it is except being an indicator of how hot it feels (whatever that means). On the other hand I know what temperature is.

It seems to me when people ask how hot it is in Timbuktu, they want to know temperatures not heat index.

Bottom line for me is if DLR feels like it is in the 90's (even though it is really in the 80's) then I am cool with that (pun intended ).

For the heck of it, I went to www.wunderground.com/tripplanner and punched in Anaheim, CA with the date 8/18 - 8/31 (the last two weeks of August.) It gives me the historical weather data from Fullerton (as close as I can get to anaheim weather.)

This is from 1994 - present....

And then it goes on for those dates for each year all the way back to 1994. (I'm just too lazy to post them all...haha.)

So while the high temp may "only" be in the 80's on a given day....with the humidity and whatnot, the heat index is more than likely in the 90's. And really, the heat index is probably more important because that is what it actuallty FEELS like outside. I would guess that if the average highs are in the 80's, the average heat indices are probably in the 90's. Which is why people that live there or visit there a lot are saying the highs are in the 90's and hotter in the summer months. Not to mention all of the buildings in the area with thermometers always have higher temps on them than what weather.com reports.

 

[Sherry E]

The heat index is what will matter in the big picture - not the numbers themselves - because it directly impacts how someone interprets/absorbs and handles the heat. Like when you look on certain weather websites nowadays, it will give you the temperature number, then underneath it will often say "feels like" and give another number. That's because it could feel like 95 when it is really 87 degrees. During really hot, hot summer months, it may be 100 degrees in the daytime where I am, for example (which, again, is not Anaheim) and supposedly 'cool down' to 80 degrees at night, but because of the heat index calculations/formula, the air still feels like it is 100 degrees for days.

Did anyone ever claim a temperature/number (in Anaheim, specifically) of 100 or over for August? I might have missed it.

 

[LucyDingo]

Lucy, great post. I did not see any heat indexes in what you copied but have no problem with anyone claiming a heat index in the 90's at DLR (Fullerton, or Anaheim, or whatever else is close). As far as the temperatures you found, wunderground's data for Fullerton is close to what I found for Anaheim (in fact, it is a little lower than the data I used).

Frankly I personally never pay attention to heat index. I do not know what it is except being an indicator of how hot it feels (whatever that means). On the other hand I know what temperature is.

It seems to me when people ask how hot it is in Timbuktu, they want to know temperatures not heat index.

Bottom line for me is if DLR feels like it is in the 90's (even though it is really in the 80's) then I am cool with that (pun intended ).

Heat Index is actually pretty important to most people that live in hotter climates. It makes a huge difference when going outside. Basically heat index is calculated with temperature and humidity in mind. The exact formula is kind of long.

Heat Index is an important factor in the weather. Especially when thinking about the health of people in certain areas. It's important in the same way that windchill is important in the winter.

As someone that lives where there are super hot heat indices in the summer and super cold windchills in the winter...I can tell you that these two weather factors are very, very important.

And for me, the heat index (what it actually FEELS like) is more important than the temperature if I'm going to be outside in it all day.

 

[Sherry E]

Heat Index is actually pretty important to most people that live in hotter climates. It makes a huge difference when going outside. Basically heat index is calculated with temperature and humidity in mind. The exact formula is kind of long.

Heat Index is an important factor in the weather. Especially when thinking about the health of people in certain areas. It's important in the same way that windchill is important in the winter.

As someone that lives where there are super hot heat indices in the summer and super cold windchills in the winter...I can tell you that these two weather factors are very, very important.

And for me, the heat index (what it actually FEELS like) is more important than the temperature if I'm going to be outside in it all day.

I agree 1000%!!! If the temperature is 77 but it feels like it is 85 degrees outside, that is very significant to me!!

 

[LucyDingo]

The heat index is what will matter in the big picture - not the numbers themselves - because it directly impacts how someone interprets/absorbs and handles the heat. Like when you look on certain weather websites nowadays, it will give you the temperature number, then underneath it will often say "feels like" and give another number. That's because it could feel like 95 when it is really 87 degrees. During really hot, hot summer months, it may be 100 degrees in the daytime where I am, for example (which, again, is not Anaheim) and supposedly 'cool down' to 80 degrees at night, but because of the heat index, the air still feels like it is 100 degrees for days.

Did anyone ever claim a temperature/number (in Anaheim, specifically) of 100 or over for August? I might have missed it.

It has been in the 100's in Anaheim before. Obviously that's not the norm, but it does happen.