I had something else planned for this post, but I but possess got to utter almost the proverbial elephant inwards the room: THE HEAT. We're used to hot summers hither inwards Davis, but this recent estrus waves is both early on for the flavour as well as brutal. Yesterday (Monday, June 19), Sacramento striking 107°F (42°C), a tape for that day. Some forecasts telephone phone for 110°F (43°C) on Thursday, non far from the hottest temperature e'er recorded inwards Sacramento: 114°F (46°C) on July 17, 1925. We're a few degrees cooler inwards Davis, but non plenty to actually matter.
What makes things worse is that the nights are sweltering equally well. Typically, nosotros cool off inwards the eve thank you lot to the
Delta Breeze, a air current coming from the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta as well as bringing cooler air from the Pacific Ocean. Lately, though, the Delta Breeze has been a no show.
I gave my potted plants a proficient watering on Sat as well as am keeping my fingers crossed they'll larn inwards through this estrus moving ridge without damage. It's equally good early on to tell.
One thing is especially ironic: Just ten days ago, on Sunday, June 11, the twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum
I visited the Ruth Bancroft Garden inwards Walnut Creek, nosotros had a rare summertime rainstorm that brought us temperatures 20°F below normal as well as a ½ inch of rain. I took a bunch of photos as well as desire to portion them alongside you lot today inwards hopes they'll brand you lot experience cooler, too.
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| Agave cupreata |
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| Agave bovicornuta |
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| Agave desmettiana 'Joe Hoak' |
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| Agave 'Blue Glow' |
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| Aloe vaombe |
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| Aloe vaombe |
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| Opuntia cacanapa 'Ellisiana' |
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| Cleistocactus straussii |
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| Echinopsis 'Johnson's Hybrid' |
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| LEFT: Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' RIGHT: Leucadendron 'Safari Sunrise' (aka 'Jester') |
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| Leucadendron argenteum |
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| Gaillardia ×grandiflora 'Goblin' |
But let's larn dorsum to reality. The conditions forecast for Davis is a mixed picture: to a higher house 100°F (38°C) until Saturday, as well as then a boring but steady cooling tendency volition begin.
What is in that location to brand you lot experience improve than looking at the forecast for places that are fifty-fifty worse off? Take Phoenix, AZ, for example, where 40+ flights on regional carriers were canceled on Tuesday because it was
too hot for the smaller planes to accept off.
Or fifty-fifty better, Death Valley, CA:
I vividly hollo upward driving through Death Valley inwards July of 1986 inwards a ridiculously minor Renault alongside no air conditioning. It was 126°F (52°C) that twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum at the Visitor Center, as well as signs warned non to impact the rocks because your peel would literally stick to them. I was drinking constantly as well as never had to boot the bucket to the bathroom. There's that underrated do goodness of high heat!
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