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For me in South Texas, it was one of the coolest summers I can remember. We had no days at or above 100, and most of the month was below average.

This was due to the High Pressure dome not being over us as it normally is, causing us to have lots of rain.

Many Texans were happy that this summer wasn't a scorcher. While I understand that this weather isn't good (or normal) for us, I fear the nice weather will just make more Texans not care about climate change.

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We've been "enjoying" your high pressure system up in the Pacific Northwest. There are plenty of places at the equator that were cooler than Vancouver yesterday. You can have it back. Please.

I’m so sad for the glaciers in Washington state :’(

I was looking at the glacier above Joffre lakes (north of Whistler) on Wednesday and thinking that it will probably be gone in my lifetime. It looks smaller this year than the last time I was there four or five years ago. I looked for photos of it this time of year in the past, but my Google fu failed.

For me in Rhode Island, it's been quite warm. Today @ 91 degrees is similar to trend I've seen all summer - a near uniform temperature for the whole East Coast. It's 91 today in Atlanta GA, Jackson MS, & Houston TX.

It's also 91 in Burlington VT & Bangor ME. It's been strange like that all summer.

It's 85°F in my backyard right now, I can remember several summers where the night time low in mid-August stayed above 85 (or 90). Those are miserable days.

I've been happy at how relatively cool it's been. I don't think I've seen a single day in triple digits yet and it's the first time I can remember that happening since moving to Texas. Not a fan of the rain, though, but I guess it's probably good for the land.

It's definitely been weird sitting here in the coolest summer I can remember hearing about these heat records being set elsewhere, but thankfully I well understand how averages and spatial variation work.

Interesting article about this point yesterday:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-12/u-s-cl...

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