August Starts With Record Breaking Texas Temperatures & Electricity Use With My Pool In Shock

Day 2 of August has barely seen the arrival of that giant hydrogen explosion in the sky, yet those nuclear reactions are already heating my area of Planet Earth to 88.1 degrees.

Heading to a scheduled high of 108 today.

The first day of August got to 107, breaking the former record of 106.

The Texas electric grid operator, called the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, reported that Texas set a peak-hour electricity usage record yesterday between 4 and 5 in the afternoon.

Today will be Day 32 in a Row of 100 or higher. The record is 42 days. I strongly suspect the record will be broken.

In the meantime, I am unable to escape the heat for a refreshing dip in the pool, due to this being the day the pool gets it non-electrical chemical shock. A very needed shock when the water is being overly heated on a daily basis.

As you can see in the above picture, the pool is looking particularly inviting this morning. Sadly, I can not accept the invitation.

Temperature Records Keep Falling In One Of The HOTTEST Summers In Texas History

The 27th day of July has dawned with a clear sky, near as I can tell. Currently the outdoors in my location is being heated to 83.6 degrees.

That liquid location you see in the picture is looking particularly inviting this morning.

We broke another temperature record yesterday. Again it was the morning low. A record high of 86 for the morning low. The highest morning low ever recorded at the official National Weather Service Dallas/Fort Worth temperature monitoring station.

In these HOT parts of America we keep a Top 10 list of days in a row of triple digit days. We are now tied with 1952 at #3 on the Top 10 list. If the current predictions turn out to be correct, on Saturday we will be at #2 on the Top 10 list at 29 days in a row of 100 or HOTTER.

To reach the coveted #1 position, after Saturday we will need 13 more HOT days to reach the record 42 days in a row of 100 or HOTTER set in 1980.

August of 1980 was the first time I was ever in Fort Worth. I had driven here in a Toyota without A/C. I remember the HEAT was totally unbearable. I did not understand how people could live in such a place. And now, 31 years later, I totally understand how people can live in such a place.

Because I am one of them. About to go swimming in the HEAT and later likely to go hiking in the HEAT.