It’s officially September, and every single soul on the Texas Coast is collectively screaming uncle.
After a grueling summer of triple-digit index factors and humidity thick enough to chew, the Lone Star State is ready to tap out. We’ve reached that special time of year when pumpkin spice menus drop, but walking out your front door still feels like stepping directly into a preheated oven.
Here at Cocahoe RV Park in Aransas Pass, we love the coastal lifestyle, but even the hardiest saltwater anglers and birdwatchers among us are checking our weather apps ten times a day looking for a miracle. To help with cooler thinking the pictures that are on this blog are from December 8, 2017 when Cocahoe RV Park received 4 inches of snow. Every Texan turns into a kid when this very rare occurrence happens.
If you are currently sweating through your shirt in the Coastal Bend, here is a highly accurate breakdown of where we are at, what we are manifesting, and why relief cannot come soon enough.
The Stages of the Late-Texas-Summer Meltdown
- The Fall Illusion: Meteorological fall technically started on September 1st. The calendar says “autumn,” the grocery store has Halloween candy on display, but the thermometer is still reading a casual 95 degrees.
- Sweating at the Pumpkin Patch: Every Texan knows the unique trauma of trying to create a cozy Hallmark movie moment while sweating through a pair of shorts at a pumpkin patch.
- The A/C Prayer Circle: We are all collectively begging our air conditioning units to hang on for just a few more weeks. You haven’t known true fear until your compressor makes a weird clicking noise in mid-September.
What We Are Actually Manifesting
We aren’t asking for a blizzard—we remember what happened with the grid, and we don’t want a repeat of that mess. We are simple people with simple requests. We are ready for:
- “Cool” Fronts: We will gladly celebrate a cold front that merely drops the high from 102 down to a breezy 89 degrees. Give us a morning low in the mid-60s, and you’ll see us wearing hoodies with flip-flops.
- Better Fishing & Birding Weather: Fall on the Texas Coastal Bend brings some of the best fishing and migratory birding of the year. We just want to sit on the dock or out by the RV without looking like we just stepped out of a swimming pool.
- Stove Cooking: It has been far too hot to turn on the kitchen oven since May. We are ready to finally whip up some hearty, savory coastal recipes without turning the entire RV into a sauna.
Hang in There, Y’all!
The National Weather Service hints that a real, honest-to-goodness cold front could push through South-Central Texas later this month. Until then, keep your AC cranked, keep your drinks iced, and remember: October is just around the corner. We can do this!
Leaving you with a little salt air,
Amy
“May the Lord bless your journey and keep the mosquitoes at bay until we meet again here on the coast.”