109 degrees today WTH is going on?

[hoodat]

It got to 109 degrees today in San Diego. It NEVER (till now) gets that hot here, especially this late in the year. I'm giving up on my cool weather crops till things cool off. The bagrada bugs ate all my mustard.

 

[thistlebloom]

Yikes! You live a lot closer to the coast than I did when I lived there, but I recall many 100 degree days in September.
Many school days walking to, or, from school found me with a bloody nose.
Hopefully you won't get a Santa Ana on top of the heat.

 

[desertlady]

weather has been crazy ! my plants are so confused !!

 

[Southern Gardener]

Wow, that stinks! I'm glad our temps have leveled off to normal this time of year - upper 80's. September is supposed to be a dry month for us, but we've had a lot of rain in the last couple of days and 80% chance today. I still haven't planted anything except winter squash - looks like I won't for a few more days.

 

[desertlady]

Wow, that stinks! I'm glad our temps have leveled off to normal this time of year - upper 80's. September is supposed to be a dry month for us, but we've had a lot of rain in the last couple of days and 80% chance today. I still haven't planted anything except winter squash - looks like I won't for a few more days.

bring rain over here please !

 

[desertlady]

Farmers almanac : for California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah area :
September 2012
16th-19th. Pleasant weather.
20th-23rd. Unsettled again for California coast.
24th-27th. Dry, but quite breezy.
28th-30th. Unsettled weather returns.


October 2012
1st-3rd. Fair and tranquil.
4th-7th. Windy, with a few scattered showers, especially California.
8th-11th. Turning fair, rather cold.
12th-15th. Scattered showers.
16th-19th. Windy, rainy; quite stormy Utah down into Arizona.
20th-23rd. Clearing, colder.
24th-27th. Fair initially, then unsettled again.
28th-31st. Starting off pleasant, but turning stormy, colder for California east.


November 2012
1st-3rd. Stormy.
4th-7th. Fair, cold.
8th-11th. Light snow Nevada, Utah, much of northern Arizona.

 

[OldGuy43]

High today 74 - low 66 and 3" in the rain gauge and still raining.

 

[desertlady]

High today 74 - low 66 and 3" in the rain gauge and still raining.

 

[baymule]

We got 1 1/2" today!! But the crazy weather has my pear tree blooming! In September??? And a friend's azaleas are blooming too! Gheesh!

 

[hoodat]

We got 1 1/2" today!! But the crazy weather has my pear tree blooming! In September??? And a friend's azaleas are blooming too! Gheesh!

I've seen that happen. What I think is that some plants get forced into dormancy by unusual heat and drought conditions; then when they get some rain and relief from the heat they wake up and think it's Spring.