You know it's too hot when....

[applestar]

You know it's too hot in the garden when...

The iPad you left in the sun on the bench refuses to wake up saying "I'm too hot -- I can't work like this.... Put me in a shade so I can cool down....."

The actual alert message displayed was " This iPad needs to cool down before you can use it" -- it was nearly too hot to hold too.

[KeyWee]

When it's imperative that you keep a pair of anything for your feet right at the back door, because you can't set foot on the deck without frying your soles.

[kayjay]

...when your CAT is panting. Heh. Our cat did this in the summer of '88 after we moved into a new home with no A/C. That was the hottest summer I remember.

[Marlingardener]

When it's July in Texas.

[ElizabethB]

When you are out at the crack of dawn to do your outdoor chores and return to the A/C by 8 a.m.
When you either do your grocery shopping late at night or before dawn.
When a Southern Woman doesn't wear make-up during the day because it melts off the minute she steps outside.
When you use ceiling fans 24/7 to augment the A/C.
July in south Louisiana.

[gumbo2176]

You curse your decision to opt for vinyl seats instead of cloth in the new car.

You need to wet your motorcycle seat before sitting down on it if parked outside in the sun.

Cats and dogs are huddled together under a shade tree.

Squash plants are using their huge leaves to fan themselves.

Popcorn shows up in your corn rows.

Tourists from Alaska melt into the sidewalks in July.

People from England gulp glasses of iced sweet tea.

[Rose bloom]

When you are panting and drinking several cups of water just from walking outside.
When my Asian cucumbers wilt and wither.
When even my bird is slightly panting.

[imafan26]

When your still sweating after you get out of the cold shower.
When you have to drink a gallon of water and you still have concentrated pee and night cramping
When the plant pots are so hot you get a first degree burn when you try to move them. No wonder the plants are wilting.

[Susan W]

...when the water in 'rain barrel' a large Brut plastic trash can is too hot to use for spot watering after noon.

...when you look at alternatives to high temps. It's cooler, so they say, 6 ft down in the ground. I'm skipping that option for now.

[GardeningCook]

When it's July in Texas.

Or Virginia. We're on a heat advisory for this weekend & possibly a goodly portion of the next week. Heat index temps 105+. What fun!

[imafan26]

You know it is too hot when the cat sleeps upside down in front of the fan.

[OrchidJumpup]

....Any day you live in Miami. We apparently don't believe in seasons just Summer. Forever.

[imafan26]

Wait until August, it gets muggier and hotter than July.

[applestar]

You know it's too hot...

...when you have to hose down your head and face to keep from getting too hot by mid-morning, then start to feel lightheaded only an hours later... And realize your head and hair have COMPLETELY DRIED ALREADY ...only thing that was giving me a modicum of relief was that the back of my T-shirt was still damp and plastered to my back.... But that could have been sweat.

[Marlingardener]

Believe me Apple, that was sweat!
We are very familiar with sweat here in Texas. There is winter sweat, which is a dampening of your hairline and you change tee shirts only twice a day; then there is spring sweat, which means you need a large bandana tied around your forehead to keep the sweat from running into your eyes, and you also need to buy more shorts and tee shirts so you can change clothing frequently; then there is summer sweat when you just give up and go around wringing wet all day; and then there is fall sweat, when you are looking forward to the cooler days that will make your sweat-wet tee shirt feel so comfortable!