You have to live in the desert to appreciate what a relief it is to see that the Weather Channel forecast high today is only 99 F.
Temperatures in the high 90s, which could cause a killer heat wave in Chicago, signal the onset of cooler days in Southern California's Mojave Desert.
Fall brings the return of double-digit days after more than three months of triple digits, including 110 just this past weekend.
Talk about a long hot summer.
The seven-day forecast calls for a high of 88 this coming Sunday.
To put that in perspective, we had nights here in August when the overnight low was in the 80s.
The overnight low tomorrow is supposed to be 62. The fall chill is definitely in the air.
Now, it will be possible to walk around the block without fear of heat stroke.
Smart shoppers in Palm Desert keep coolers in the back of their cars so the meat and milk won't spoil on the drive home. Soon they will be able to store the cooler until next summer.
Pretty soon it will even be possible to buy a candy bar in a store and not have it melt in your hand as you walk out into the parking lot.
When you live through a desert summer, these little gifts of fall mean a lot.
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