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Pattern June Gloom

Working from home today, so I’m enjoying a little time in the hammock this afternoon. RDU is 101 at 2pm while GSO is 94 and Burlington is 97. A bit questionable?
 
superjames1992 said:
Working from home today, so I’m enjoying a little time in the hammock this afternoon. RDU is 101 at 2pm while GSO is 94 and Burlington is 97. A bit questionable?
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i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
 
egg said:
i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
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Just to note, Raleigh's west of the fall line and has quite a bit of red clay.
 
egg said:
i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
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I mean, I doubt it's off by more than 2-3 degrees, but it is curious how it's almost without fail the hottest station in the entire state in these situations, including today.
 
Tempest has 102 here but it always a couple degrees too high. However, somewhat sandy soil here, drought and I'm surrounded by woods, usually blocks most of any breeze. So 99-100 seems plausible
 
egg said:
😞 my bad
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All good. I got some NC geography knowledge but I've got some blind spots and realize its easy to mix stuff up. Raleigh's location can throw people off since we're so close to the coastal plain. Heck, I admit I don't know western NC as much as I should west of 77.
 
Well we don't know how high RDU's sensor will get today yet, but since previous record was 98, we know it will be a record. Exceeded at 1pm today.
 
SD said:
3 weeks with no rain is coming soon. I love these summer fromts, we had a good 2 days of nice weather
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Par for the course. We only had 2 days in April with observed precip. I think it was 6 in May. So far 1 out of 12 in June.
 
At least it's not that humid. Heat indexes even at RDU are "only" in the 105ish-range, which isn't all that remarkable for summer.
 
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