This is it – the hottest and hardest stint of the year, when for a few weeks, area high temperatures will reach the upper 90s and make simply being outdoors a potential health hazard.
For those who make a living working outside or braving the elements in some fashion, these are brutal days.
Today for instance, temperatures are expected to hit around 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. And with a relative humidity of 50 percent, it actually will feel more like a 102-degree day, and that hits a point just shy of what the federal government considers “dangerous,” according to NOAA.
So if you have to work outside, you prepare where and how you can, says Josh Helton, project manager and estimator at local roofer JDH Co. Inc.
“We’re usually on the roof as soon as we get some daylight,” Helton said.