Hot Weather. Gaming.
Jul. 22nd, 2023 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerIt's been hot recently. That's not just a "here" story but seemingly an everywhere story right now. Much of the US is roasting under a heat wave, as are many other countries around the world.
Fortunately the weather here in Sunnyvale has not been all that extreme. The worst day was Saturday a week ago, when temps topped out at 93°. What was especially surprising about that was for most of the previous several months we'd had cool weather. I'd been joking it was like the 113th day of March, weather-wise. Then, all of a sudden, *wham!* July heat wave.
This past week wasn't as bad as that, and not as bad as much of the rest of the country. Temps topped out in the 80s most of the week. I think there were two days that didn't even hit 80. Both our summer and winter temperatures here are moderated by proximity to the ocean— but not as badly as San Francisco, where 68° (20° C) is still a perfectly normal summer high.
Today was in the 90s again, at least according to my weather app. It says Sunnyvale reached 91° today. I don't know for sure if it got quite that hot in my neighborhood. It was certainly cooler mid-morning when we went out to the pool and hot tub, the after lunch I was inside all day playing games with friends.
Games day with friends was fun. I played an old favorite, Power Grid, with people who've played way more than I do. I play, like, once a year. It sounds like they play at least once a week. I also played two new games, 6 Nimmt, and (I think) One Word.
When I left my friends' house at 9pm the temp outside was still 75° (measured by my car's air-intake thermometer). It's unusual for it to stay that warm in the evening. Even when it's hot during the daytime around here it tends to cool more off at night. That's good for sleeping, of course. I have no end of trouble falling asleep if I'm hot. But on the other hand cool evenings make it hard to enjoy being outside late. This evening I'm sitting on the balcony at 9:30 and it's still pleasantly warm.
Fortunately the weather here in Sunnyvale has not been all that extreme. The worst day was Saturday a week ago, when temps topped out at 93°. What was especially surprising about that was for most of the previous several months we'd had cool weather. I'd been joking it was like the 113th day of March, weather-wise. Then, all of a sudden, *wham!* July heat wave.
This past week wasn't as bad as that, and not as bad as much of the rest of the country. Temps topped out in the 80s most of the week. I think there were two days that didn't even hit 80. Both our summer and winter temperatures here are moderated by proximity to the ocean— but not as badly as San Francisco, where 68° (20° C) is still a perfectly normal summer high.
Today was in the 90s again, at least according to my weather app. It says Sunnyvale reached 91° today. I don't know for sure if it got quite that hot in my neighborhood. It was certainly cooler mid-morning when we went out to the pool and hot tub, the after lunch I was inside all day playing games with friends.
Games day with friends was fun. I played an old favorite, Power Grid, with people who've played way more than I do. I play, like, once a year. It sounds like they play at least once a week. I also played two new games, 6 Nimmt, and (I think) One Word.
When I left my friends' house at 9pm the temp outside was still 75° (measured by my car's air-intake thermometer). It's unusual for it to stay that warm in the evening. Even when it's hot during the daytime around here it tends to cool more off at night. That's good for sleeping, of course. I have no end of trouble falling asleep if I'm hot. But on the other hand cool evenings make it hard to enjoy being outside late. This evening I'm sitting on the balcony at 9:30 and it's still pleasantly warm.
