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I mean, one can say the same about many places up north before Central Heating was mainstream / affordable...

Let's just say I'll rather deal with Summers in Texas over the Winters downwind of the Great Lakes. EDIT: And days like the ones we're expecting through the weekend (temps stuck in the 50s with nothing but stratocumulus and light stratiform rain/drizzle) only reaffirms how much I would hate having to deal with several months of it.

And it's all relative too. Even an oppressive Summer (ala 2011 or 2012) for the Detroit area would be considered cool for the Deep South and Desert SW...

*Laughs in Texas*

With an average temp of 64*F, 2025 was the 6th warmest March on record for DFW...

Warnings for 80 MPH winds in Genessee and Oakland Counties..

Warning for Detroit now, 70 MPH winds...

Welp, aside from the freak FW storm that collapsed just as fast as it blew up, this afternoon's Watch is turning out to be a bust...

Can confirm from experience, 80 MPH straight-line winds fortuantely don't cause much nearly as much destruction with bare trees vs. full leaf out.

Severe T'Storm Watch in effect until 10pm... https://x.com/NWSSPC/status/1906457674717212685?t=XgQU6Y1_P2H4Dk-JDbKrGA&s=19

https://x.com/NWSSPC/status/1906402317005422997?t=SZ2bpund_HP6E8IJOlQ2jw&s=19

No one can hype up an event like Roger...

DFW did officially make it to 90*F for the first time this year. Also, it's the hottest day of the year, thus far. Not quite a record high though (that's 97*F). DFW has another shot at hitting 90*F on Saturday.

DFW has a shot at its first 90*F day on Tuesday.

That's definitely what all signs point to. But not before parts of TX get a bit of drought relief.