As Nelly said ...... It's getting hot in here .....

Clearly we're in the desert, we are not far from the Tropic of Cancer and we know it's going to get hot, but blimey, do the summers get hot? July and August are the hottest months of the year, with clear blue skies, scorching sun, and temperatures in the early to mid 40's. I like the sunshine so thrive on this type of weather in the day. The difficulty is in the evenings, temperatures don't drop as much as you would expect and humidity is high. This summer is apparently a particularly hot one, with daily temperatures way above the average of 43 degrees for this time of year, nighttime humidity at around 80% and 90%, and evening temperatures not often going below 37 degrees.

I had to pop out to a meeting at mid morning recently and was shocked at the temperature display in the car:

Just to let you know, the car was parked in the shade and later that day I was in the car again, unfortunately without a camera phone and the display showed 50!