It wasn't exactly cool yesterday, but it was much more pleasant than it has been, and, if the weather forecasts are correct, the next three days should be nicer still.
Around 3 p.m. yesterday, the temperature here was 92° and the heat index was 89°. That sure beats what it's been, and it makes me think those predictions of highs in the 80s in the early part of the week might just come true after all.
And it really did cool off during the night. When I got up this morning, the temperature was 71° — and forecasts say we can expect lows in the upper 60s for the next three or four nights.
This morning's meter reading seems to be a 'tweener, between 9788 and 9789. Yesterday's reading was also a 'tweener — between 9769 and 9770. That is roughly 19 kWh, and it represents a drop of nearly 30% in electricity usage from the previous 24 hours. (I'm really hoping to see similarly dramatic drops in consumption in the next few days.)
The decline is even more dramatic when you compare it to this date last year. Usage is down more than 43% compared to this date in 2012.
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