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europe summer is here today and it's unbearable already
- Thread starter hobblygobbly
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Telling people who are used to a certain type of weather to "toughen up" due to climate change is kinda dickish behavior.
Yeah, try 90s. The heat makes me dizzy, gives me a headache, and I just generally feel uncomfortable all day and night. But lol or whatever.
Well if it's due to climate change, then they really better toughen up. 80 degrees isn't hot, much less boiling. Period.
I was just joking with my original post, but given the reactions, it seems my joke was dead on. lol
Tell me if it does anything. Apparently they all suck more or less lol
So far it feels like it does a better job! Getting a breeze of cool air is an improvement over just blowing the warm room temperature in my face after all, lol
Gotta refill with water every now and then and switch the cooling element with the other you keep in the freezer, but it's little trouble.
I guess even if it doesn't lower the room temperature much, a cold stream is at least something lol
People keep saying they're not use to such unbearable 30°c heat yet it's 30° summer after summer. So, how are people not acclimatized to such hellish heat? If the temps are over 35 then yeah I agree it's getting hot.
Yep, it's been great! Not looking forward to this weekend with the sun coming out :(
I managed to convince my German girlfriend to let me buy a 60 euro fan for the aoartment. Maybe next summer I'll try AC.
All these Germans act like if you dare have moving air while they sleep it will make them sick and it's so annoying.
All these Germans act like if you dare have moving air while they sleep it will make them sick and it's so annoying.
Historically, 38.5C is the highest temperature ever recorded in England. The average maximum temperature for all of England is 20.1C. 30C is extremely hot and very rare by British climatic standards. Our buildings aren't designed for it. In the 2003 heatwave the road surface of the M25 orbital motorway melted.
Meanwhile, here in the SoCal we're in the middle of then wonderful June Gloom. Gonna enjoy the most of it because once it ends we're looking at 90-100F (32-37C) weather on a daily basis...
No, that would be a very different climate. We're at a very high latitude and we're on an island.
Must be thermal blackout curtains. Ordinary light-blocking black cloth won't necessarily keep the heat out.
I once turned the air conditioning off in my apartment so I could get to sleep. In Southern California, in October. Woke up in a pool of my own sweat. Lesson learned.
You got me, I'm lying about my AC use and I actually think 80 is boiling. Dang.
I'm not lying, I definitely want all of my windows open and I'm also hoping for a through draught whenever the temperature rises as high as 25C (77F) here. Maybe it's something to do with the humidity, but it's also about how our houses are designed to retain heat rather than disperse it.
Well at 77 I want all my windows open also as that's perfect weather. lol
I have, lol. They're those silver coated ones that reflect the sun away and white on the inside so they don't absorb the warmth.
Man I totally would. My AC basically stays on for like 10 months out of the year. 72F is the ideal internal temp for me.
The lack of AC proliferation in Europe is the reason I never travel there in the summer.
Honestly our weather is much more comfortable at around 18C (64F). You can walk around in shirtsleeves. 25C and sunny is cover-up weather, sizzling in a pool of sun block and sweat. It's where we have sleepless nights because the house hasn't cooled down.
Its 18 and overcast here in Ontario Canada lol.
And you know what? Its not bad. Not sure how much my plants like it.
And you know what? Its not bad. Not sure how much my plants like it.
Well, in that case just put a wet towel on your head and ride it out.
Last year I took ice cold showers 3 times a day. I guess it's time to start that again 😅
Yikes. Your lows are about where our highs are right now and I do not want to see those highs anywhere in the UK in my lifetime. They're only acceptable if I'm stretched out on a sun lounger by the sea or a pool somewhere.
Can we please the fuck not?
I generally try not to mock Europeans that can't handle warm weather because of this. At 18ºC I'm wearing a sweatshirt and long pants. In fact during the winter I have the heat in my house set to come on before it gets as cold as 64ºF/18ºC.
25ºC/77ºF is what I currently have my AC set to, and its the current temperature of the room I'm in. I'm also wearing a long sleeve shirt and long pants.
D:
21/22 or bust. My wife and I leave the heating off in the house unless it's 100% necessary so it's not normally on until mid/late Autumn.
Big difference. Air conditioning is everywhere in the US. It's almost nowhere in much of Europe.
This.
Also because of the very cold winters the houses are build differently. Houses temperature can be 30*C and more during summer.
Heat stays inside the structure for long time even after summer is over. Usually it goes middle of autumn before heat has vanished.
Gonna be 34 in London on Wednesday. We had 38 back in the 2003 heatwave, unfortunately I was in the south of France and it reached 42 or so there.
I live in Greece, soon it will be 30+ at night but I'm used sleeping with a fan and not a A/C that I only use during the day. Last night I didn't have my fan out and had to do a shower to sleep, at least it was around 25 degrees.
I must have blanked it from my mind. D:
And I've just checked the forecast for next week and you're right it looks horrible.
It is hard for me to picture such temperate places as some of you live in. Here in Florida, it's been 85+ degrees Fahrenheit for a month or two it seems.