Tuesday
In my own mind I like to break summer in Houston into four phases. We can do this in Houston because “summer” season lasts so long, typically about five months. This is contrast to meteorological summer, which runs from June through August, and “solstice” summer, which runs from June 21 through September 22 this year. For me, Houston’s summer typically runs from about mid-May through mid-October. Here are the four phases:
Early summer: When we first start to see 90-degree temperatures with regularity, but some nights in the 60s are still possible, and there’s still the thinnest hope of a weak front
Mid summer: When highs run from 90 to 95 degrees, and nights are sultry, but you know it could still get worse
High summer: Somewhere between late July and early September there’s a period where temperatures reach the upper 90s to low 100s and you realize, “Ok, this really is the worst.”
Late summer: This is the period in September and early October when days grow shorter and we usually see the first front or two of the season. But most of the time it’s still hot.
Eric Berger – The song remains the same with regard to our hot forecast, so let’s discuss the four phases of summer – Space City Weather
The four seasons of a SE Texas summer… It sure seems right to me.
Sitting on the front porch, waiting on bus number 2. A mockingbird is singing in the pecan tree to my right. The blue jay is singing somewhere in the oak trees in front of me. Cars go by, individually moving past the house on the road. There’s a bit of a breeze causing a low chiming of the different wind chimes.
Judging by the colors, we have definitely moved into full summer. Hell, when you walk out and it’s already in the upper 70s, there’s no doubt about it being full summer.
Last bus has come and gone, so I think I’ll take it back in the house… I’ll catch y’all on the other side…
