My summer lately
 

This is how my summer has been for the last 3 weeks...taken inside the car waiting for the storm to pass...
I think by the end of the week this cooler weather (24 ºC/75 F) is gone. Full sun and hot weather (36 ºC/97 F) is coming... and watering a lot too...:evil:

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Do I remember correctly that you needed the rain? Wasn't last year dry and fiery?

I kinda like wet :)

Glad for you that you are getting much needed rain, but the weather is so messed up. Up here in the Netherlands we haven't had a drop of rain in 2 weeks, and it's not forecast to rain for further 2 weeks, and it's hot. Seeing as the soil in many places is sandy, plants are suffering from the drought already. Summers here are supposed to be cool and somewhat rainy, with the occasional hot day. It's the other way around this year...

The problem is that the jet stream is much further north than it should be, which has dragged the hot dry weather up into northern Europe, and brought rain to Spain and Portugal.

You've been having my weather!

It has been very hot and sunny here - we had our warmest day in Scotland last week - 33C.

It has rained on one day since May - many of my orchids are showing signs of scorching and heat damage. 18 hours of sunlight per day at this time of year and no clouds in the sky has cooked them.

I'm not complaining though - it is nice to have a spell of warm weather.

Hot here! The weather guesser is only right about temperatures. Lol we're going to get a "donkey tail" to forcast!

Yes, we were under a dry spell for more than a year but this spring was rainy, above the average...and it still haven't stopped. Now the soils have enough water content and everything seems to be fine, but...
Everybody here in Portugal, due to the catastrophic fires last year (more than 100 people killed and hundreds of houses destroyed), must have cleaned all the land from wild weeds and bushes (all combustible material) to prevent fire propagation but, with these rains a warm temps, everything have grown again so...let's see what happens this year.

I appreciate having a view into your locale. Sparks my curiosity and wanderlust. Thank you!

I think we all have curiousity about each others home places.:)
Usually I post photos of my area in Spring but this year I failed...not enough oportunities. Maybe in Summer...:)

Is that an olive tree? Mine would love to leave their pot and be planted in the ground...until winter came.

These past two days, I am finally watering plants. We were getting sooo much rain but now it is hot and the rain has been skipping us.

Yes, that's an olive tree. Here, everywhere you go you'll find hundreds of them.
In the background are grapevines...again, everywhere you go you'll find them.

Strangely, I was born in Spain and lived there for a few years, and would love to visit someday. I live in New Mexico in the USA. Sadly I would not count as a Spanish Duo-Citizen. I love the pictures of the rain and olive trees.

Where in Spain have you lived?

Hi! I lived in Madrid until we moved to New York. I was the kid of Americans working at the US Air Force base at Torrejon de Ardoz.

Madrid... not the best place to see olive trees. But a nica city, anyway.:)

We are expecting the arrival of the summer next week.
Temps around 45ºC/113 F for a few days and then it gets cooler again into high 90's.
Some of my orchids will suffer with these temps if left outside, but as they are small plants, I'll put them inside.
I will be out for a week and I won't be here to take care of them...and I'll miss my Stan wardii first bloom...and don't even know how it smells.:(

How is the weather now?

For the last days and whole next week for my city temp forecast is 40 ºC (104 F) max / 20 ºC (68 F) min.
HR ranges between 13 and 80%.
Clear skies, lot of sun...ideal for a swim at the river.:)

That sounds nice! We are in a typical monsoon season. We had two weeks of partly cloudy weather with some evening rain, relative humidity 30%, temperatures between 85-102 F / 29-39C. Now we expect a week of sun, low humidity, 85-110 F / 29-43C. Between Tuesday August 7 and Saturday the 11th I had 3.5" / 90mm of rain at my house.

This year we had cool temps and rain until July...I have never seen that before, at least that I can remember.
I think some of my plants were mixed up due to that...

Wife and I lived in Tucson for a few years. Loved it down there. The monsoon storms were incredible. Never saw so much lightning in my whole life. And after the storms passed, so many rainbows!