Where do you live? I'm in the PNW and its sunny and coolish, no humidity. I feel for you!

Yes!!!! Dog days of summer!

Sweat bath here too. I just got back from my night walk. A little rain wouldn't be a bad thing.

This has got to be the hottest summer on record.

We have a pool and hubby has built solar heaters for it over the past few years to extend our swimming season, both in terms of months and time of day (we like to take late night swims)

This morning it was 88 in the pool at 8 am. I didn't run the heaters until noon and by 2 pm, it was at 93. I turned the heaters off and it continued to gain temps and by 5 pm the pool was at 96. I had to turn on the misters and the sprinklers and remove the cover to try to lower the temp.

Right now it is 12:30am and the pool is at 90.

It's a sad thing when you have to tell your kids the pool is too hot to swim in!

Who wants to get in a 96 degree pool when the sun is blazing and it's 104 outside?

Same here. Our heat index yesterday was 107. We hit 92 degrees with the dew point at 70. Which is oppressive.

If the guy who invented air conditioning were still alive, I would kiss him & cook him dinner. AC has sure helped my emphysema lungs.

same here, its awful!! S.E.PA... HAZY, HOT AND HUMID!!!! UGH!! with some showers mixed in which makes is worse., i hate summer!! it just drags me down, so tired....i can't wait for autumn:) you are right Scotty, thank goodness for person who invented AC!!!

I'm in Northeast Ohio.

Last night it really was oppressive. I was sitting in the recliner and the sweat was literally dripping off me - everywhere! My hair was soaked around the neck area, so I got a towel and wrapped it around there. I don't have air conditioning and the table and floor fans normally do a decent job, but last night, ugh. The fans were just blowing hot air around. Then it eventually cooled down a little right before bedtime, 11:30p.

If I keep the windows shut, drapes drawn, and some rooms closed off during the day, my old house will stay pretty comfortable until around 4pm. or so. That's when the sun is hottest on the West side of the house.

I thought today would be better but it's 10:51am and already warm and muggy. I'm getting ready to go to the recycling bins down at the fire station and then pick up Mom to take her to a doc. appt. At least my car has air conditioning! In the distance the sky looks ominous, we could use more rain.

About 8:00 this morning a huge storm passed through here with winds over 80mph and tons of rain. The wind has finally stopped, but the rain is still going. My daughter had weights this morning and I told her to stay there until the storm had passed. She said trees were down everywhere and my mom called and said a semi had overturned on their way into town.

It is over 90 here at noon and going higher with heat index of over 100. Last night PA got tons of rain to the east, west , north and south of us. 3-6 inches. Not one drop here so now I have to go out in this heat and water everything where most people don't. I get physically ill in this weather and have to walk the dog at midnight. We are in a bad drought and everything looks awful. I have hated summer for years now since every one is hotter than the one before. At least we have central AC, and I have a window unit in my bedroom as a bonus. So it's 71 in the house and 91 outside and feels like an oven when you open the door.

On really hot days, I like to get a slurpee like drink for my lunch at the local Juice Stop with yogurt to make a meal replacement. It does cool me off from inside.

Here in Kansas we start running the air conditioner constantly in May (due to allergies) and never open the house up because of oppressive heat/humidity until at least October. I, too, thank the refrigeration genius who invented the air conditioner, and I'm thankful for the new energy efficient unit we installed in May. Otherwise I would have to live in the basement to avoid the heat. I only dream of low temperatures once again getting into the 50's. It doesn't even "cool off of an evening".

I have a note on my calendar for July 24 (well, actually there are two notes for that day).

1.) Traditional HOTTEST day of the year.

2.) Royals baseball fans may remember #5 George (Howard) Brett (my favorite baseball player) and the "pine tar incident" in 1983. And the only thing that was "hot" that day was George (LOL).....

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=george+brett+pine+tar+incident&view=detail&mid=944F79103F35597B27A2944F79103F35597B27A2&FORM=VIRE

I don't have my a/c in yet and it has been in the 90's. One night even with all my fans it was quite hot in the house so after the rare storm we had the other night it was really breezy and much cooler so I went out onto the porch at 3 am and sat in my new big red chair and slept for a few hours until it got light. Much cooler last night in the house.

We're having 100 degree days, I hate summer, but am thankful it's not humid ..unfortunately it means a lot of fires...(Southern Colorado)

Cherryfizz, your big red chair sounds comfy.

Actually my bedroom isn't all that bad at night. It stays comfortable, not AC-cold, but comfortable. But it wasn't always like that, only since I remodeled that big room and the guys blew insulation over the 14' ceiling and the nearby library ceiling. Plus I have a small fan on the dresser that blows on me all night. I could do without the noise of the fan but can't sleep without the air blowing on my face. That little Dollar General fan runs its heart out and has for several years now.

Jewels, I saw pictures of your storm on tv and it looked so scary. I hope no one was hurt! We had a tornado touch down and some straight line winds here yesterday. Thankfully I didn't have any damage. It's still hot and humid. I have great a/c, but I like having a fan on me as well. I'm not a big fan of summer because I don't like all the bugs. :(

83, Friday night 10:30 pm

Another toasty week ahead in Columbus Ohio with high humidity. I'm READY for autumn.

It seems weather-wise we've been one month ahead of ourselves all this year. Like for instance July feels like what August used to feel like when I was a kid. It was always the hottest month.

Ewww, that Columbus forecast doesn't look comfortable at all.

We've had 'a breather' for two days now, but will be back into the 90's and humid again soon -- after only 60 last night. We had a teeny shower yesterday afternoon; first 'natural' moisture in three weeks. (Counting from last car wash.) Central air has been running pretty constantly since May. Big water and electric bills. We only irrigate around the house, usually once a week, midnight to 5 a.m.

We're 30 miles north of Chicago, a couple miles from Lake Michigan. There have been some drownings in the lake this month due to rip currents. I just read that waves in the lake come every three seconds -- unlike the oceans' bigger, slower patterns. Swimmers get too far out, then get beat up by the waves and tire before a current lets them go.

Schoolhouse, Mother Nature sure is making up for the last 2 summers. They were absolutely beautiful. Never hit 90 once.

2012 was terribly hot also. We hit 100+ temps 4 days in a row. That's a lot for lil' ol' Ohio!!