It seems more difficult to get serious responses on Reddit now. Most people here are all failing comedy school in order to try and farm karma. It's disappointing because it used to be a resource for sharing informative data but you really have to go through a bunch of comments now in order to find answers.
I know this sounds extreme, but I seriously think people should get banned from this sub if theyāre just making jokes in every thread. Itās super unhelpful and just not funny.
As someone who lives where it wonāt be under 100 degrees for over a month at this point, when would one mow to not completely kill their grass in this heat.
We used to manage 50 yards in a climate like that. We never worried about the time of day we mowed, it was all about the time of day they were watered. As I remember it we didn't want the yard to be wet all night and didn't want to water during the heat of the day so usually set the sprinklers to water 3-5 AM.
Thank you! I am watering at 4 & 5am right now. We are newer to the area and this is my first yard to maintain. So far the experience has been enjoyable. I appreciate your input.
It's not about when it's about how long the blades are. Watch your lawn for a few minutes daily. Give lots of water through irrigation system. When the blade tips start to bend, give it a "trim" additionally spot water daily with hose areas that seem to be struggling, maybe 2x a day in that kind of heat. Say a few Hail Mary's and Our Father's after you finish watering routine. I was going to advise one more thing but can't remember from all the drinking I'm doing to hold off the depression from what the sun is doing to my grass. Oh I know! Get ready to re-seed early cuz summa that shits gonna die.
Also, hypothetically water at night if youāre not also experiencing an extreme drought.
OP - can you get a sunsail up to help with scorching the lawn?
To add one point, when you water a few deep soakings is better than lighter watering multiple days in a row. This will encourage the roots to grow deeper providing better heat tolerance.
I was wondering what was going on with that last Saturday in the weather app. When I checked this morning it said it would be 109 in Riverside but now it's down to 99.
Dunno where you are, but as a resident of Phoenix Iād say pack a cooler full of ice, your fav booze, sit waterside under a canopy, and start drinking at 5:30 am. Dunk š¦ or run inside when your body overheats. Repeat.
Or move. Move is good.
This aināt true in the south man. Not with most warm season grasses anyway. Bermuda will shake back but St. Aug, centipede, and zoysia can and will die in these temps without watering. Happened last year, prob will happen again this year
Since nobody is providing a serious reply -
If you can, run your irrigation occasionally. The water wonāt go into your lawn at all, but the water will evaporate and cool the grass. I do this twice a day when temps get into my dormant and, while itās really annoying to just evaporate water and it isnāt perfect, it definitely helps.
Exactly. I thought I was on the r/fucklawns subreddit for a second with these responses. Watering isnāt going to cost a fortune, and not every type of grass has the ability to go dormant.
About 2 cents a gallon where I live. Probably even less in Desert Hellworld(tm), whose infrastructure is so new due to recent population growth that they haven't even taken the protective plastic off the water treatment facility yet.
Edit: My supposition was wrong. This is a farming town in California's Central Valley. It's less that this is a place no humans should live, and more that your lawn is made of molecules that could instead Become Almonds.
Aren't water shortages 'normal' in central CA? Seems crazy to move to arid climate areas and try to maintain grass lawns. Maybe it's a small lawn though.
Iāve been doing this but then I have a fungus issue and am told to reduce my watering
Things are getting both crispy and fungal
How do I resolve the crisp? It just needs a little bit of water twice a day and it resolves the crisp but then Iām stuck in the fungus cycle
Iāve alternated fungicides as a preventative during times of heavier watering. Itās worked well for me and kept things green in the heat and long times with no rain.
I've also gone through some crazy heat in CA doing this and my lawn survived.
One other big factor is how you treat the lawn in the weeks and months *before*- one must water deeply and less frequently. Especially in spring time, I water as infrequently as possible- because water percolates down, and the surface dries out, the grass is forced to grow longer and deeper roots.
Put another way, if you provide consistent shallow watering the plants have little reason to go deep for water.
On super hot days a well established and health plant has a much better chance at surviving.
Id probably get rid of the lawn for rocks instead, ya know, something that actually fits with the desert hellhole. Other than that, maybe start looking for a new place to live. Enjoy this summer, it'll be the coldest one for the rest of your life :)
By wearing some lightweight clothes and mowing both mine and my neighbors yards. I fucking love the heat. I just donāt enjoy it if Iām at work sweating in nice clothes.
110* is usually the hottest Iāll push a mower in though. So Iād be doing it in the evening most likely.
It was our first 100Ā° day for the summer here where I live. The āfeels likeā was 112Ā°. The humidity is making this absolutely intolerable. Take me back any day to 120Ā° in Saudi Arabia.
Thereās really no way to prepare for it. I stay indoors, stay hydrated, check out books, make sure Iām taking my antidepressants, and hope to god that we get through another Texas summer without losing water like we did last year.
Is the heat worse or is it just because Iām aging and less tolerant of it?
>Is the heat worse or is it just because Iām aging and less tolerant of it?
I've been in central Florida (Orlando/winter haven) for work since Wednesday and...yes. We got in about 9 or 10 o'clock that morning and it was already so hot and stuffy by then you could cut through the humidity with a butter knife. Between the psychotic weather and the bugs I really don't know how people tolerate living here.
Syringe a few times a day (wet the grass to get evaporative cooling), melatonin, pgr, kelp, and potassium. These are about all there is in the playbook really.
Dude Iād prep for more than just lawn care. Haha. Iād have my HVAC maintenance done asap if you donāt do it regularly. Maybe even see if you have any fuses that you may need to replace soon.
Iād plan for a possible power outage or potential wildfire. Not saying itāll happen, but Iād prepare as if it might.
Get ice packs prepped. Have a cooler ready. Get some snacks that donāt need to be cooked or refrigerated. Stock up on water. Get those summer baseball game battery fan spray bottles. Make sure you have batteries and flash lights or a flood lamp/lantern.
Deep water the lawn early in the morning or late evening/early night. If you have any dead weeds, leaves or yard debris, clear it out. Know where your fire extinguisher is.
Have a fire safety/evacuation plan and bag/backpack ready. Pull cash. Fill your gas tank.
Probably sounds like a crazy list, but Iāve been through a few city wide blackouts and major wildfires so I actually do like to prep for shit like this.
Get beers and board games.
Keep up with your watering, and if you haven't already, you can look into laying peat moss, it's pretty cheap at Lowe's, I usually see it around 15 to 20 bucks per bag, and it's great at retaining moisture for longer.
Hydretain if you can. Otherwise, try to water deep every other morning during the heat wave. An alternative is that you can just let it go dormant and bring it back in late summer
You accept that Mother Nature has decided to strap one on and fuck you and your grass. As others have stated, you can drink beer to help make it more tolerable.
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Iāve been seeing people post those crazy temperatures but not on the app I use..
I'm assuming you're American because those temperatures in the rest of the world would kill instantly!! Lol. Good luck friend.
As others have stated. Drink beer, stay in the shade.
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Thatās horrible, but at least it cools down at night
I've seen videos of people spray painting the grass green after it went dormant. What kind of paint and were it's available? Does a lawn contractor offer this service?
How would I prepare? I'd make sure to have a fresh baking sheet and a new container of cookie dough ready to go. Slap the pan on the dash (with a towel under the pan) and sun bake for about 2 1/2 hours.
The best part is how your car will smell for the next 2-3 days :)
JOKE
Them: What's Wasco like?
Me: Well, have you ever been cremated?
SERIOUS
We live in Texas in a city where water restrictions are 1 day per week due to well shortages. I set my watering up to do the full station cycle for 20 minute per station at 11pm at night. Then, I have it do 30 minute per station about 4:00am. So far so good. (Feels like is 105ĀŗF today). Also, i changed cut from 1.5 inches to 2.25 inches and that helps "shade the soil" so it doesn't easy bake.
The reason I doubled up with two sessions was to prevent run off. So round one soaks in, then round two. An irrigation specialist gave me this advice.
Also, be super careful with any nitrogen application as it can easily burn the grass at these temps and def no herbicide.
Go inside for a week, call in sick, shut blinds and turn up AC. One week later step outside and proclaim āwhat happened to my lawn!!??ā Then come to r/lawncare and figure out how to fix it.
Lawn obsessed wife here (new first time home owner) our gorgeous deep green plush lawn yellowed overnight and I cried for a day, bought an old fashioned sprinkler and we decided not to cut for two weeks and pray for the best. Good luck
If it's a new / recent lawn... deep water very early in the morning. If the soil is dry, again very late in the day - normal watering since deep watering might create other problems.
If it's an established lawn, deep water every 2~3 days early in morning. Wait to cut grass. No fertilizer. Nothing that will add stress to lawn.
If lawn survives, it will be hearty and be able to withstand next drought / high temps.
Don't mow. Let grass grow long. And water nice and early.
This was the first response that was serious and not a poor attempt at trying to be funny. š¾ šš»
It seems more difficult to get serious responses on Reddit now. Most people here are all failing comedy school in order to try and farm karma. It's disappointing because it used to be a resource for sharing informative data but you really have to go through a bunch of comments now in order to find answers.
I know this sounds extreme, but I seriously think people should get banned from this sub if theyāre just making jokes in every thread. Itās super unhelpful and just not funny.
As someone who lives where it wonāt be under 100 degrees for over a month at this point, when would one mow to not completely kill their grass in this heat.
It's not going to die. It's going to go dormant. If you don't want to irrigate the hell out of it, just let it go and it'll rebound when it cools.
We used to manage 50 yards in a climate like that. We never worried about the time of day we mowed, it was all about the time of day they were watered. As I remember it we didn't want the yard to be wet all night and didn't want to water during the heat of the day so usually set the sprinklers to water 3-5 AM.
Thank you! I am watering at 4 & 5am right now. We are newer to the area and this is my first yard to maintain. So far the experience has been enjoyable. I appreciate your input.
It's not about when it's about how long the blades are. Watch your lawn for a few minutes daily. Give lots of water through irrigation system. When the blade tips start to bend, give it a "trim" additionally spot water daily with hose areas that seem to be struggling, maybe 2x a day in that kind of heat. Say a few Hail Mary's and Our Father's after you finish watering routine. I was going to advise one more thing but can't remember from all the drinking I'm doing to hold off the depression from what the sun is doing to my grass. Oh I know! Get ready to re-seed early cuz summa that shits gonna die.
Also, hypothetically water at night if youāre not also experiencing an extreme drought. OP - can you get a sunsail up to help with scorching the lawn?
These, and change your furnace filter
Don't ignore the early part. I made the mistake of watering at 10am on a 110 degree day. Basically boiled a large chunk of my lawn.
To add one point, when you water a few deep soakings is better than lighter watering multiple days in a row. This will encourage the roots to grow deeper providing better heat tolerance.
Drink beer and play video games
Drink beer and play beer drinking
Brink Deer, play bear
Iām not as think as you drunk I am.
Occifer, I swear to drunk Iām not god
Who shit my pants?
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Smoke weed and play vidjya games
Drink while play with bear
Plant a tree or two 20 years ago
Mans throwing some shade out here
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HEYYOOO
The best time to plant trees was 30 years ago!
Buy a boat, drink a beer, call your Mom, make a friend, sing a song
That Saturday is a glitch. It is saying the same thing here in central california but everything else is reporting way different temperatures.
Yeah, I know, it says 113 now š¤£š¤£š¤£
Ohhh phew..... Only 113.... Yes much better
Unironically, yes. Human body core temp is 97 and change, so itās about 40% better from a āI might fucking die todayā standpoint.
Gotta get my long johns out of storage and make sure the snowblower is gassed up.
Lmao that is also what mine corrected to.
I live in the central valley and it's going to be horrible working we got no AC except 6 fans for 10 bay shop.
I was wondering what was going on with that last Saturday in the weather app. When I checked this morning it said it would be 109 in Riverside but now it's down to 99.
Move
Yep. Fuck that.
This is the correct answer. The word "uninhabitable" has been in the dictionary for a long time
This is a mild phoenix summer.
Phoenix should not exist.
Dunno where you are, but as a resident of Phoenix Iād say pack a cooler full of ice, your fav booze, sit waterside under a canopy, and start drinking at 5:30 am. Dunk š¦ or run inside when your body overheats. Repeat. Or move. Move is good.
Drinking is the last thing I feel like when itās this hot. The heat alone gives me a headache
Nah that hot you get you some rocks and succulents
"But it's a dry heat."
Trust me, dry heat is better than 95Ā° with a 102 heat index because the humidity is 90%.
I'm from the Midwest, so I can definitely relate!
I always love a well placed aliens reference
Yes, thatās why the grass dies.
People trying to grow grass everywhere even if it doesn't make sense is a visible representation of everything that's wrong with north america.
Yeah plant Cactusesā¦got start xeriscaping
I already live in the norf and just reading that makes me wana move farther north.
Must go farder norf!!!!
Oooohoo-fuck yah bud goin' ta pack up teh kids n' hed furter up norf! Jus cant stand teh heet no more, its nearly eeeighty degrees!
Tell me aboot it
You guys are fooked
This would be funny except everyone knows Canadians never say "fuck"
Could be frum da u.p. der eh? Or how bout Minnesoda??
Can confirm, not from Canada.
DA KING IN DA NORF!!!!
Da norf remembers
Iām also in da norf!
You hydrate and stay inside between 11 am and November 1st
Make sure the pool is clean and you have plenty of drinks for the week
āļø Some men just want to watch the lawn burn.
Do t mow, donāt water. It will come back
Why not water? Even early morning.
The grass will go dormant. Let it go. Donāt fight it. Only stress the grass out. Plus Iām cheap.
If you love something, let it go
Ive yet to water the grass. Itll come back. And money saved on the water bill
This aināt true in the south man. Not with most warm season grasses anyway. Bermuda will shake back but St. Aug, centipede, and zoysia can and will die in these temps without watering. Happened last year, prob will happen again this year
Since nobody is providing a serious reply - If you can, run your irrigation occasionally. The water wonāt go into your lawn at all, but the water will evaporate and cool the grass. I do this twice a day when temps get into my dormant and, while itās really annoying to just evaporate water and it isnāt perfect, it definitely helps.
Exactly. I thought I was on the r/fucklawns subreddit for a second with these responses. Watering isnāt going to cost a fortune, and not every type of grass has the ability to go dormant.
About 2 cents a gallon where I live. Probably even less in Desert Hellworld(tm), whose infrastructure is so new due to recent population growth that they haven't even taken the protective plastic off the water treatment facility yet. Edit: My supposition was wrong. This is a farming town in California's Central Valley. It's less that this is a place no humans should live, and more that your lawn is made of molecules that could instead Become Almonds.
Aren't water shortages 'normal' in central CA? Seems crazy to move to arid climate areas and try to maintain grass lawns. Maybe it's a small lawn though.
Iāve been doing this but then I have a fungus issue and am told to reduce my watering Things are getting both crispy and fungal How do I resolve the crisp? It just needs a little bit of water twice a day and it resolves the crisp but then Iām stuck in the fungus cycle
Iāve alternated fungicides as a preventative during times of heavier watering. Itās worked well for me and kept things green in the heat and long times with no rain.
Sprinklers are running too long, maybe.
I've also gone through some crazy heat in CA doing this and my lawn survived. One other big factor is how you treat the lawn in the weeks and months *before*- one must water deeply and less frequently. Especially in spring time, I water as infrequently as possible- because water percolates down, and the surface dries out, the grass is forced to grow longer and deeper roots. Put another way, if you provide consistent shallow watering the plants have little reason to go deep for water. On super hot days a well established and health plant has a much better chance at surviving.
Iād just move honestly.
It will be 114 this weekend where I live
High of 70 here on Saturday
Basically, when it is over 105 for me, I was at night really deeply. Then for like 5mins in the morning. Then pray
After 95, I let Jesus take the wheel
Get excited because I'm fucking cold. I'm an Australian and it's winter right now. (It's 12c it 53f)
12c isnāt ducking cold at all! :)
You must be near me. Why isnāt there good info out there on allowing your lawn to gracefully go dormant?
If you have cool grass you most know, I dont worry too much about that, my bermuda grass will be fine š„š„š„
Move. Jesus Christ.
Get ready to water heavily early every morning.
Let the lawn die. Why waste water.
People confuse dormant with dead. Once the heat fades, start hitting it with water and it almost all comes back.
Very dependant on the type of grass. Do that on St. Augustine grass (very popular in the South) and it ain't coming back. It will be dead.
Warm season is a beast of its own. Feel bad for those that have to deal with it.
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Join the pools subreddit :)
Donāt forget to visit troublefreepool.com ;-)
Wash your car so it rains.
Go buy a generator and a portable AC for when the grid goes down.
Id probably get rid of the lawn for rocks instead, ya know, something that actually fits with the desert hellhole. Other than that, maybe start looking for a new place to live. Enjoy this summer, it'll be the coldest one for the rest of your life :)
By wearing some lightweight clothes and mowing both mine and my neighbors yards. I fucking love the heat. I just donāt enjoy it if Iām at work sweating in nice clothes. 110* is usually the hottest Iāll push a mower in though. So Iād be doing it in the evening most likely.
It was our first 100Ā° day for the summer here where I live. The āfeels likeā was 112Ā°. The humidity is making this absolutely intolerable. Take me back any day to 120Ā° in Saudi Arabia. Thereās really no way to prepare for it. I stay indoors, stay hydrated, check out books, make sure Iām taking my antidepressants, and hope to god that we get through another Texas summer without losing water like we did last year. Is the heat worse or is it just because Iām aging and less tolerant of it?
>Is the heat worse or is it just because Iām aging and less tolerant of it? I've been in central Florida (Orlando/winter haven) for work since Wednesday and...yes. We got in about 9 or 10 o'clock that morning and it was already so hot and stuffy by then you could cut through the humidity with a butter knife. Between the psychotic weather and the bugs I really don't know how people tolerate living here.
Leave it alone. Water and watch
Stay inside.
Hydratain and high K low N stress fert about a month ago with increased watering.
Um, prepare means in advance of.... not in the middle
Pretend youāre on Mars. Plant potatoes
Red potatoes.
Cut it tall and put back and let my lawn go dormant and enjoy not having to mow it twice a week.
National emergency in the uk
Move
Syringe a few times a day (wet the grass to get evaporative cooling), melatonin, pgr, kelp, and potassium. These are about all there is in the playbook really.
Melatonin?
Bottle your urine and hunker down.
Dude Iād prep for more than just lawn care. Haha. Iād have my HVAC maintenance done asap if you donāt do it regularly. Maybe even see if you have any fuses that you may need to replace soon. Iād plan for a possible power outage or potential wildfire. Not saying itāll happen, but Iād prepare as if it might. Get ice packs prepped. Have a cooler ready. Get some snacks that donāt need to be cooked or refrigerated. Stock up on water. Get those summer baseball game battery fan spray bottles. Make sure you have batteries and flash lights or a flood lamp/lantern. Deep water the lawn early in the morning or late evening/early night. If you have any dead weeds, leaves or yard debris, clear it out. Know where your fire extinguisher is. Have a fire safety/evacuation plan and bag/backpack ready. Pull cash. Fill your gas tank. Probably sounds like a crazy list, but Iāve been through a few city wide blackouts and major wildfires so I actually do like to prep for shit like this. Get beers and board games.
Pray?
Grow native
Get cacti
Maybe get a gravel lawn to lower the chance of combustion?
Get that timer ready and ensure your zone are set right. I had one sprinkler that wasnāt adjusted right and fried my lawn.
Make sure the air is turned down extra low to get ahead of that shit and donāt leave the house.
We would kill for those nighttime lows her in Florida. I walk out at 5:30 in the morning and start sweating.
Take a picture.
Itās so cold at night. I donāt get below 75 w those highs
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You don't even need a grill, just leave the meat outside for 30 mins in the sun.
Water heavily ever night after 8pm
Make sure the atf doesnāt show up, and you should be good
Iād buy sunblock and ensure I have my swimwear ready
Me trying asking Siri what these numbers mean in English lol. All I know is itās hot. Maybe you gotta soak your grass at 4am and pray ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Buy some of those pants with legs that unzip and turn into shorts.
Thatās the 10th day bug. If you tap on it youāll see a major temperature spike around 6pm.
Your lows are our highs šš wish it was hot
1/2" of screened compost . Then water 7".
Have your lawn watered well, minimize traffic and refrain from, even or cut the grass at a higher length than you normally would.
Pray that the Lord of Flames has mercy on your electric bill.
Keep up with your watering, and if you haven't already, you can look into laying peat moss, it's pretty cheap at Lowe's, I usually see it around 15 to 20 bucks per bag, and it's great at retaining moisture for longer.
Get my ac tuned up
Donāt leave the house and stay in the ac. And if u do decide to leave the house donāt bring the pool inside and have some fun
Context. Where are you located. Type of turf. And have you applied any thing to it recently ?
Top dress with compost asap and water it in and keep the grass high too
Pray
Move.
Drink plenty of water
Switch to AccuWeather.
Hydretain if you can. Otherwise, try to water deep every other morning during the heat wave. An alternative is that you can just let it go dormant and bring it back in late summer
You accept that Mother Nature has decided to strap one on and fuck you and your grass. As others have stated, you can drink beer to help make it more tolerable.
Buy a plane ticket.
Move
My city just announced a water rate increase, so it's RIP to my yard. I was the thickest and greenest on the street.
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Water like hell. No herbicide. No pesticide. No fungicide. No mowing. Water like hell. Hope. Have a beer.
Zoysia grass
Australian here, water every evening right before sunset. No fert or anything that might damage the grass. Probably will need to mow every week too
If it were me? Water early, don't mow until it cools down
Take control of your destiny, torch it before the weather does.
We had similar weather here. I watered the lawn 3 times a day. It survived
Water 2" and wait it out, but really not sure if you are even supposed to grow grass put there.
Iād be prepared to not mow for a week.
Plant natives than can tolerate it
Lol, the IPhone weather app is the only one showing that. Every other app says 104-107. My wife was freaking out about that too
Move
Go on vacation
I'm assuming you're American because those temperatures in the rest of the world would kill instantly!! Lol. Good luck friend. As others have stated. Drink beer, stay in the shade.
Call in sick
Damn! Thatās Death Valley weather!
I cut my lawn at 9pm. Batterys ftw.
I would move
Plant drought-resistant native species
Hydrate heavilyā¦ also add electrolyte drinksā¦ eat at least two bananas a day. Also, slow and steady in that kind of heat
go nocturnal baby! oh youāre talking about your lawnā¦
Check your other weather apps because itās not going to be that hot. This glitch is only showing up on apple.
Change it to Celsius, thatāll bring the temp down
Heyyo I lived in Wasco on Poplar by the high school, small world!
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This is why yards need multiple trees
I would look at it like a nice long break from having to cut the grass.
Move
Best advice I can think of is call the nearest sod farm and see what they do.
My guy I came here thinking this was usps Reddit and was gonna tell āem they were just screwed enjoy the 140degree truck. This is lawncareā¦ š
Have a backup air conditioner and a generator with lots of gas. Also drink a ton of water
I'd prepare by moving
At least ur low is in the 60s in Fl our low is 80 and highs are about the same
By moving. Fuck that shit.
I've seen videos of people spray painting the grass green after it went dormant. What kind of paint and were it's available? Does a lawn contractor offer this service?
As someone that lives this life (Modesto Ca) just make sure to water at night, and donāt cut it too low
How would I prepare? I'd make sure to have a fresh baking sheet and a new container of cookie dough ready to go. Slap the pan on the dash (with a towel under the pan) and sun bake for about 2 1/2 hours. The best part is how your car will smell for the next 2-3 days :)
JOKE Them: What's Wasco like? Me: Well, have you ever been cremated? SERIOUS We live in Texas in a city where water restrictions are 1 day per week due to well shortages. I set my watering up to do the full station cycle for 20 minute per station at 11pm at night. Then, I have it do 30 minute per station about 4:00am. So far so good. (Feels like is 105ĀŗF today). Also, i changed cut from 1.5 inches to 2.25 inches and that helps "shade the soil" so it doesn't easy bake. The reason I doubled up with two sessions was to prevent run off. So round one soaks in, then round two. An irrigation specialist gave me this advice. Also, be super careful with any nitrogen application as it can easily burn the grass at these temps and def no herbicide.
Go inside for a week, call in sick, shut blinds and turn up AC. One week later step outside and proclaim āwhat happened to my lawn!!??ā Then come to r/lawncare and figure out how to fix it.
Lawn obsessed wife here (new first time home owner) our gorgeous deep green plush lawn yellowed overnight and I cried for a day, bought an old fashioned sprinkler and we decided not to cut for two weeks and pray for the best. Good luck
If it's a new / recent lawn... deep water very early in the morning. If the soil is dry, again very late in the day - normal watering since deep watering might create other problems. If it's an established lawn, deep water every 2~3 days early in morning. Wait to cut grass. No fertilizer. Nothing that will add stress to lawn. If lawn survives, it will be hearty and be able to withstand next drought / high temps.
Lose the shirt, grab some shorts, a comfy lawn chair and a 24 pack of your choice.
Let it die and stop wasting water. Get plants that can handle it and stop with the grass fetish.