Yes, It's Hot

Minnesotans love to be the center of attention – though we’d never admit it. Yet every time we end up on some list of Gayest, Bike Friendliest, Hipster-est, or even St. Paul ending up as the 24^th worst dressed city, we cannot stop talking about it. Ever. It comes up all the time. People make really lame jokes about it. “Look at that guy riding that total hipster bicycle…yeah, he’s probably gay, too. Ha Ha Ha! You, know…because of all those polls we’re on”

Hipster bicycle.

Bands come to town and throw in the obligatory Prince cover in their set - and the crowd goes nuts because Prince is from here and we love that all these famous people recognize that. Like it gives us some worth that Prince is from here and - that unlike most of the other celebrities born in this state – he continues to stay here.

This is what a real Minnesotan looks like. Don't you believe that Fargo movie.

But if there is one thing that rises above all things when it comes to what Minnesotans love to talk about, it’s the weather. My goodness. It’s either too cold, too hot, too snowy, too cloudy, too rainy, too humid, too dry…we never have perfect days here. It is never 75 and sunny for more than an hour on some random afternoon in June. Well, not too random. It will most definitely be a work day. We don’t get nice weather on the weekends.

And if there is one thing that I hate talking about more than anything, it’s the weather. “Cold enough for ya?” “Hot enough for ya?” Ugh. God. That is why I do whatever I can to not talk to strangers. I go outside to catch my bus, the headphones go on, a book comes out. Do.Not.Talk.To.Me.

So, lately it has been very hot here. And if you bring it up to anyone, they will gladly tell you about how our dew point is higher than the Amazon. And for one moment over the last couple of days, we were the hottest place in the world. THE WORLD!!! Did you know it’s warmer here than it is in Arizona right now? Isn’t that crazy? People think it’s so cold here all the time, well they should come here now. That would show ‘em.

Our sun is hotter than yours.

Us poor Minnesotans, though. It’s just too hot. I mean, you can’t do anything in this weather. We’re a hearty folk. We like it hovering around 65 – as long as the sun is shining. Of course, you got to get a good rain in every now and then. Good for the grass.

But 108 degrees!!!! That’s almost a 140 degree temperature change from the coldest day in January!!!! And, yeah, that’s pretty crazy. Most places don’t get that kind of range. Which is why we should be enjoying this heat. We should be baking in it. We should thank Mother Nature for treating us to this warmth. Because it does get cold here. It gets ridiculously cold here. And soon enough, sooner than you like to think about it, it’s going to be cold again. And everyone will be taking to their Facebook pages to remember the days last summer when we had a stretch of 100+ degree weather and we could stand outside in nothing and still be hot, but now we are bundled from head to toe and are still freezing and isn’t it just so crazy to live in Minnesota?

Ah, geez, look at me talking about the weather.