An odd thing happened yesterday. Well, it was odd for this area. The air temperature was higher than the heat index.
That happens when the humidity is very low. The heat index takes into account the humidity because that affects how the air temperature feels on an individual's skin. When the heat index is lower than the air temperature, that means conditions are dry. And it was dry yesterday — humidity was persistently below 30%.
That happened a lot when I lived in Oklahoma — but not so much in Texas. We have lots of lakes and rivers here. There always seems to be plenty of moisture in the air.
But, when I checked the local conditions around 1 p.m., the air temperature here was 96° and the heat index was 94°. An hour later, it was 99° with a heat index of 98°. By 5 p.m., the temperature was 100°, and the heat index was still 98°
The forecasts continue to call for a cool front that will bring lower temperatures tomorrow, and those lower temperatures will hang around through the end of the week. I hope that's true.
To get to that, I knew all along we would have to endure a truly hot spell. Yesterday was supposed to be the end of triple–digit temperatures — at least for a week. We shall see.
This morning's meter reading is between 9769 and 9770. Yesterday's reading was another 'tweener. It was between 9742 and 9743 so consumption was 27 kWh. That's a decline from the day before — a drop of more than 14%.
Compared to this date last year, my consumption went down more than 16%.
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