Surprisingly Cool Outside

@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
June 8, 2017 6:25am CST
We’ve had rain for the last three days. It’s still cloudy out and drizzly, but the worst of it has passed. Long stretches of rain is not surprising in the summer here in South Carolina. Some years we have next to no rain and the following year it will rain every day. It all depends on where we are in the El Nino cycle. It was dry all winter and spring with just occasional rain showers. The summer started out that way as well. I didn’t expect the three day downpour, but what surprised me the most was the temperature. It’s only 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 C) outside. It hasn’t been this cool since the first of March. Sweatshirt weather in South Carolina in the summer time? The idea just doesn’t compute. What is your weather forecast for the day? (I took this picture last summer. Unfortunately I can’t remember where I was when I took it. I thought it was a good example of a typical summer day here in South Carolina.)
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
8 Jun 17
We also had 3 days of heavy rain, today is sunny, but the air is pretty cold, we had 11 C this morning, now it's warming up a bit.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
It will be hot before we know it. It supposed to get back up into the 90's (32 C) this weekend.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@BettyB It will be hot starting from next Monday here, we should also have 32 C and later in the week thunderstorms.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Right now I'm looking forward to warmer days, but I know I'll grumble when the humidity kicks up. It will by the end of the month.
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
8 Jun 17
A heavy frost on the ground on this wintery New Zealand morning.
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
9 Jun 17
@BettyB in my part of the country not too bad. It's 10 a.m. here at the moment and the temp is 12C - 56F. yesterday when I wrote of the early morning frost it was 3C - 37F
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
How cold does it get there in the winter?
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
8 Jun 17
Oh what a nice place to relax..I love if the weather is good not too hot and not too cold..so far the weather here is good..later I will be off to walk around again..Have a nice day
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
It is a peaceful setting.
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• Germany
9 Jun 17
@BettyB ..Yes..I agree..
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
8 Jun 17
It's so beautiful summers ,I should say. In summer one can only see dried up trees here, with less moist ..
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
It's either too much or not enough rain.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
That's an impressive display, I'm sorry it's not yours. It's rained here the last couple of days and is cool, but last week it was like summer.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Summer will settle in soon. I really wish I could remember where I took this picture. Oh well, I have hundreds of pictures of places I can't identify. I wish this setup was in my back yard. I love it.
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• United States
8 Jun 17
i'd love to climb through yer pic 'n jest sit a spell. glad ya got some rains 'n not the floodin'. seems feast 'r famine. el nino 'n la nina aint behaved 'ccordin' to plans'n this region.
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• United States
9 Jun 17
@BettyB me, too! not that such'd matter much coz i doubt i'll e'er make't to yer neck 'f the woods 'gain. we're to be'n the triple digits this weekend, somethin' i aint lookin' ferward to. i so hope yer able to get out'n enjoy yers!
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Thanks. I wish I could remember where I took that picture. The sun is out this morning but its still cool. Supposed to heat up this weekend.
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• United States
8 Jun 17
Today it is nearly 80, but now cloudy. We may get a thunderstorm later on. Hopefully it will happen when I am sleeping. I sleep well during a thunderstorm.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
I like to watch the thunderstorms as long as I'm home. I really hate driving in them.
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• United States
10 Jun 17
@BettyB I hate driving in a storm!
@silvermist (19702)
• India
13 Jun 17
Wherever in South Carolina you took the photo,it is beautiful. Here it is raining intermittently.But we have rainy season . We are happy to see the rain after the sweltering heat of last two months.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
14 Jun 17
I honestly don't remember where I took it. I which I did.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
11 Jun 17
We are not too far from you and found it rather cool for a few days here too @BettyB Today it made it to 82. It's all good as long as we don't have snow!
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
14 Jun 17
82 is a nice comfortable temperature, not cold but not sweltering either.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jun 17
Love that photo.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Thanks.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
9 Jun 17
Today is supposed to be 19C here by us, but there is a icy chill in the air. It is supposed to be winter, so the 19C is throwing us a bit. I hope you get your summer back @BettyB .
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
It's supposed to show up again this weekend with a vengeance.
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@sallypup (61158)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Jun 17
We were in Charleston not that long ago. We were amazed at the rain! Like being in a car wash. And warm. 75 above and a hard driving car wash. Just wow. Had fun otherwise.
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@sallypup (61158)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Jun 17
@BettyB Amazing architecture. And fattening restaurants. Loved the plantation and its history.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Some years we'll get rain every day in the summer. Other years, nothing. Charleston has a lot to offer a visitor.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
14 Jun 17
Enjoy the beautiful cool weather. It has been hot and humid here in Florida.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
14 Jun 17
It's starting to heat up here in SC as well.
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@25life (190)
9 Jun 17
The picture is really beautiful.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Thank you. It turned out nice.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
Lovely flowers! We do have rains in the afternoon and it makes my plants happy. They've been suffering a lot due to extreme heat.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
That's true. I won't have to water my garden for a few days.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 Jun 17
Right now it is 54 degrees but will rise to the mid 50s later in the day.
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Jun 17
I liked the picture that you took. The flowers look nice.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Thanks. I took it last year, or the year before. I don't remember. I wish I could remember where.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
9 Jun 17
That photo is calling to me! It's so peaceful and beautiful, and makes me want to sit and rest on that bench. We had three dreary days in a row, but the sun popped back out yesterday with very pleasant temps of 69 during the day. We are getting a heatwave beginning Sunday. Yay!
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
The heat will be moving again here soon and then I'll be grumbling. Why can't it stay a nice 75-80 every day?
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
It is still cool in your place though it is summer. In our country, it is sizzling hot during summer or dry season; it could reach to high temperatures like 40 degrees Celsius!
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
Forty is way too hot! I don't think I could handle that. I don't like the extremes, too cold or too hot.
@Kandae11 (55035)
8 Jun 17
Those blooms are beautiful. For the past couple of weeks it has been sunny days in my neck of the woods.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
9 Jun 17
I hope the nice weather continues.