Phoenix Summer 2020. And a nice surprise to be featured on Flickr Explore.

This past weekend was the hottest so far this year.

Summers in the desert. pic.twitter.com/gL4OgAjyw3

— Kevin Spencer (@kevin_spencer) July 11, 2020

Not having any humidity is the key. For while it does hit you like an oven, you can stay outside for longer than you'd think before starting to sweat. Compare that to the East Coast and, really, I don't know how people in Florida do it. Instantly drenched when you take three steps.

When it gets this hot, there are some fun outdoor cooking stories of course. This Reddit thread from r/phoenix has a couple good examples. From frying eggs in a pan, to baking cookies on your dashboard. The first one I've done, the second is a bloody fantastic idea.

While it's supposed to be our Monsoon Season, we haven't had any rain since April 11th. And no fun lightning storms to watch.

Winter 2019.

A moment to step outside and breathe in that after thunderstorm air. Phoenix is on day three of storm watch 2019 and there has been rain. Our garage flooded and we have a bucket in the kitchen catching drops. So that's cool.

Life in the Desert. Phoenix 2019.

It's chucking it down outside and the patio doors are open. I don't know what's better, the smell of rain or the freshly brewed coffee?

Out in the desert across from our house. We've had a lot of rain, it's not usually this green.

Because you can never have too many "it's cold here" posts.

Into the desert 2018.

It's 37° out today and raining. Just north of here it's snowing.