Day 139: Triple Digits
Posted in Project 365+1 2008 on May 18th, 2008 by Karin 
I know taking a picture of a computer screen is kind of a copout, but the first triple digits of the year are always a momentous occasion around here, and I didn’t have a thermometer to photograph, so this is what you get.
Triple digits usually signal the beginning of summer. Oh, if we’re really lucky there may be a day in the high 90s during monsoon season, but for the most part, once it hits 100, it’s here to stay until October. Last year, we hit 100 at the end of April, so I’m appreciative for the extra few weeks of nice weather.
Strangely enough, though, once this high pressure system (which is promising 108 or so degrees tomorrow) moves out, a low pressure system will take its place and by the end of the week, the temperatures will drop 20 degrees into the high 80s, which we will try to enjoy and take advantage of, since I bet we won’t see that again until October! Then it will start a steady climb back into the 100s by the end of next week and that will most likely be that. You never know, of course. Weather in the desert can be fickle. Either way, the first 100 degree day is always just a little sad to me.
Taken May 18, 2008.
