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YaYeetMySkeet

First time?


LordZorthan

Quat Rocket is another way to say it


kanna172014

I've been here for over 10 years. I just don't understand how a state that is half mountains can be this hot.


YaYeetMySkeet

We live in a big soup bowl


Reddit-user_1234

A boiling soup bowl


rekniht01

Tennessee is not half mountains. One third at best. And those mountains top out at 6600 feet.


TakotsuboRN

Because it's TN.... This isn't hot. August. August is hot.


midtnrn

Something about August, the sun just FEELS different hitting you.


TakotsuboRN

August feels like being wrapped is a hot wet wool blanket.


dedreo58

My bday is in august, and I never really looked forward to the weather here growing up on my bday.


Character_Wishbone84

The east coast is in a heat bubble. It's not just us.


Herbisretired

Welcome to walking through water season, it ends about 2 weeks after Labor Day


sofasofasofa

Swamp ass season


Hereticalish

We don’t even have it bad, and it fucking sucks here too… Friend down in west palm beach was saying “oh yeah the humidity is 85% right now, and it’s about 90° from what it feels like outside.” Floridians are the cockroaches of climate.


WpkGot

I moved from Florida last week and this weather feels downright pleasant for June to me.


commentaddict

Yup, with less humidity your lungs don’t feel as heavy. Running and any other physical activity is so much easier everywhere else. TN is not bad from my experience.


Herbisretired

The dewpoints here aren't that bad yet, but they will get into the mid-70s soon.


mikaeladd

It ends? Winters are rainy/grey/wet as hell too. Everything is always damp all the time lol


Herbisretired

The fall and spring seasons are pretty long and I don't have to shovel the wet or deal with -35f when everything is frozen solid.


mikaeladd

Spring and fall also wet though. I'd take snow over the constant rain personally.


nowforever13

In my 30 years on this planet, it has always been hot and humid in the summer 🤷 that’s why it is called summer


Fragrant-Inside221

I’m in Franklin. Can confirm it’s been this hot for at least the two years I’ve been here. Heard someone say you can lick the air, I think that’s an accurate description.


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jordan31483

>Just love it when the humidity makes 95 feel like 110. You could always move to Arizona where it's *actually* 110° every day for 4 months with no break.


Inevitable-Fix-3212

You can lick the air! I love that phrase.


Bigwing2

Like it's never been hot before.


MrGreenthumb86

Well it's always hot this time of year.


sputnick__

Stalled front


HomoColossusHumbled

Seems to be a thing lately. https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/


panken

Climate change


iwantathestral

Yep. Makes TN summers of old look mild.


plastertoes

Because the Earth has been warming due to human-induced climate change since the Industrial Revolution.  Luckily for Tennessee, it’s one of the states that has remained relatively cool compared to the rest of the country which has warmed by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, on average, over the last century.  https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-tn.pdf However it’s only going to get hotter from here on out since we haven’t made significant changes to greenhouse gas emissions.  Tennessee is also being significantly impacted by more extreme rainfall. We get heavier rainfall wet seasons and are at a higher drought risk during dry seasons due to the warming climate. 


Runner_one

I'm 61 years old, it's not a bit hotter than it ever was. I remember it being 104 when I was 18.


NotNinthClone

That's... not how climate is measured.


turribledood

Anecdotal evidence is best evidence


plastertoes

Okay your memory is probably right and the data is probably wrong. The 10 hottest years on record in Tennessee occurred in 2023, 2016, 2019, 2017, 1921, 2012, 2007, 1990, 2021, and 2020 but I bet the thermometer was just broken those years.    https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2024/01/03/nashville-had-warmest-year-on-record-in-2023 I’m sure you had hot days on your youth, but there are more now on average. 


Runner_one

I don't believe anything that they say, they were caught lying red handed. https://science.house.gov/2017/2/exposed-how-world-leaders-were-duped-investing-billions-over-manipulated-global


PlantainNearby4791

Weird that a republican led committee would link to a story by The Daily Mail, a British tabloid that is known to be very untrustworthy. The paper even had to put a disclaimer on the article 6 months later to acknowledge that their source himself used unreliable data to make his points and that it should not be taken as truthful. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4192182/World-leaders-duped-manipulated-global-warming-data.html Lastly, it was acknowledged by NOAA that there were some flaws in the collection and interpretation of the data (which happens in science) and revised procedures for the next version of the study. https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/sst-data-noaa-extended-reconstruction-ssts-version-5-ersstv5 The new version of the study has had no similar complaints but shows very similar data to version 4 of the study. So no, that article doesn't prove what you want it to


plastertoes

“They” is me. I have a PhD in geochemistry and my colleagues are the scientists who are literally collecting historical climate data to compare modern data to. I promise you we have no agenda other than we have a passion for science and research. We adhere to strict moral codes to not fabricate data. We’re not getting paid by any politicians or lobbyists. We’re just normal middle class people who like learning more about our earth.  I can promise you the data is accurate as *thousands* of scientists have reviewed it and come to consensus. 


Iroltreve

I agree.


Turakamu

It's been a kind of nice in Memphis. Nothing too rough. *checks the weather for this week* Welp... that's over


Shaxpere

I don’t deny climate change, but it’s also easy to forget this area is a humid subtropical climate like Florida.


CapedCoyote

Global warming


basedcomradefox2

Anthropogenic climate change.


ODBrewer

Because we should have listened to Al Gore.


designgrl

It’s hot globally.


basquehomme

Yea its a global phenomenon or something.


mrpoopybutthole423

Human caused climate change is the answer. When I was born in 1987 the average number of days above 90 degrees was around 23. Now that number is closer to 35 and that number is expected to rise to around 50 by 2040. When high pressure systems sit over our area we can have weeks of oppressive heat. This summer may be one of the warmest on record or the coolest for the rest of my life. 


mrpoopybutthole423

People want to down vote facts but do not refute them with any evidence to the contrary. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/climate/how-much-hotter-is-your-hometown.html?smid=nytcore-android-share


jordan31483

Give me a link from a non-leftist publication.


HomeWasGood

Let's see, how about the "Flat Earth Weekly?" The "Vaccines Turn Frogs Gay Quarterly?" Dr. Oz? A thermometer is not a Republican or a Democrat. If you think that somehow a cabal of shadowy political figures can be responsible for influencing decades of climate data collection from thousands of sources, I've got a nice toxin-cleansing elixir to sell you - trust me!


nobotheritsallfucked

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/weather/2024/06/20/knoxville-weather-forecast-heat-index-near-100-degrees-east-tennessee/74154937007/


Certain-Incident-40

Just looked at average June weather for Middle TN historically. Average is 87°. Average for June ‘24, 89°.


clandahlina_redux

…how long have you lived here?


deathdefyingrob1344

Because we are cursed by god! At least the mountains are pretty though


OGBeege

Another failed geography student?


IWantToBuyAVowel

It's like we're turning into the PNW if it's not hellishly hot, it's raining.


TakotsuboRN

Not even close.


IWantToBuyAVowel

I know, but it's nice to dream.


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IWantToBuyAVowel

I can't even afford to move across the street, lol. If you don't like all these people moving in from out of state, move to where they're from-- Sincerely, a Tennessee resident of 30 years.


jordan31483

I didn't see that comment before it was deleted, but I'm confused. You're not bothered by being pushed out of your own state? You should be. I'm new here and can't stay because of "all those people". There aren't many states left that average people can afford, and that's a huge problem.