It was 56 degrees when I woke up this morning. I went around putting fans in the windows, turned off the furnace fan and the a/c. It was 72 degrees in the house when I did that and now it's 68, if not lower.
Yesterday, I sat on the couch, reading or watching a movie, and saw the clouds being blown from the west gradually turn to the south. Ah, said Becs, the weather sage, it'll get cooler now.
Since I was about 11, I've noticed the August Break. Even in Richmond, where the summers broil, usually around the second week in August, we had one luscious week when the temps cooled off, the humidity lowered and the air was delicious.
When I lived in Florida, a friend of mine was taking a transfer to Greensboro, NC. She was very grateful to be leaving in FL, but was afraid that the summers in North Carolina would be no less brutal. I said I didn't know, but she should keep an eye out for the August Cool Down. She was skeptical. And when the second week in August rolled around, she called me and said, "You were right!"
Of course there's no August Cool Down in Florida. If you're lucky, you might have some lovely days in October, November, January and February, but by April, you can forget it because the temperature is already well over 80 and the humidity's creeping up.
I should check weather.com to see how long this one's going to last. Right now, it is wonderful.
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We don't get the August break, but some evening when you are out and about in mid to late August you will get the chilly weather, and that is the start of fall. Days are still warm, especially when wearing the back to school wool skirts, but the nights are crisp. Heaven.
We're in the middle of August cooldown in Ohio, too, and it's lovely!
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