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Spain and Portugal heatwave: Temperatures could exceed 48C this week breaking all-time Europe record
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By the way, you all know it but those of you talking about hiking, cycling and all that stuff. Not a good idea. Certainly not during the day. If you are on holidays, try to do that stuff as early or late as you can and join the tradition of siesta with your A.C. on.
The joke now being that that seems comparatively cool for a UK summer.
I think, outside of the odd super hot day, the worst thing about this summer has just been the persistence. We always have heat waves and it's definitely been hotter but I don't think it's ever been so constant for so long.
These are just the main cities in Spain right now. Highest temperatures are usually recorded in smaller ones.
Yup, that's 84 high temp warnings.
When you are really happy to reach temps about 30 C° after days of 35-38 C° you really know its a hot summer.
Stay cool Iberia!
Stay cool Iberia!
It's okay, you can drown your sorrows in one of these there:
(there are also vegeterarian ones, though no idea how good those are and they're not as available as the regular ones)
This looks like a cover for a heart attack simulator kind of game. What is this exactly? A french national meal? Toast, ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, cheese? I would!
Today we still don't know we have yet to reach the peak of the day in terms of hotness, but at least 46ºC are expected in some areas
Weather is strange everywhere. It is Winter here (south of Brazil) and I live on a region with temperate climate like the south of Europe. It should be around 0 to 10 oC mostly of the days (going subzero at night, but we do not have snow). However we got weeks of 20-28 oC days. Climate change is a myth yeah.
Yup, weather's going crazy. Australia's had its warmest and driest July in recent history. It should be cold and wet (and frankly, miserable), but nope.
East Coast of USA and Canda has sky high humidity almost all summer long . We wish we had 50% or less
I live in Spain and I took this picture last summer:
So, this week it will get even worse. Mind you, I've seen this urban thermometer go as high as 50 and 51 degrees Celsius years ago (I'm pretty sure I have another pic somewhere), and there may be some sort of malfunction or circumstance that makes this one go that high, but still, I can believe it.
EDIT: More proof here (48 degrees, same city in 2012) and here (47 degrees last year). Also, they've just mentioned on TV that somewhere in Portugal will reach 50 degrees today.
So, this week it will get even worse. Mind you, I've seen this urban thermometer go as high as 50 and 51 degrees Celsius years ago (I'm pretty sure I have another pic somewhere), and there may be some sort of malfunction or circumstance that makes this one go that high, but still, I can believe it.
EDIT: More proof here (48 degrees, same city in 2012) and here (47 degrees last year). Also, they've just mentioned on TV that somewhere in Portugal will reach 50 degrees today.
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It's in the sun, official temperatures are measured in the shade.
Here in Lisbon our AC in the studio is at MAX.
We have a huge window on one of the sides and the sun hits it all afternoon. We have a special blind that is suppose to keep the inside cool but you can still FEEL THE HEAT outside as you approach the window.
The computers are going to melt :p
We have a huge window on one of the sides and the sun hits it all afternoon. We have a special blind that is suppose to keep the inside cool but you can still FEEL THE HEAT outside as you approach the window.
The computers are going to melt :p
I didn't know that, I see. Not that it helps when you have to endure that in the street anyway, I remember walking in the shade one of those days and it felt like someone was pointing a hair dryer to my face.
Saturday will be the apex. ,
temperatures will only return to normal by Wednesday, Thursday of next week
temperatures will only return to normal by Wednesday, Thursday of next week
North of Spain is the best place to live confirmed!
Saw this forecast for august. There's a 50 on there...
At the center of my town, in which granite rules (literally) temps reached a nice toasty 46ºC.
Like I mentioned in this thread already: granite, somehow, makes it much, much worse on the outside.
Like I mentioned in this thread already: granite, somehow, makes it much, much worse on the outside.
It peaked at 53C when I went there. The ground was unbelievably hot.
Damn 48C!
I'm getting 35C in California regularly, but that's nowhere near 48C! I can't even imagine that kind of heat. Is it at least a dry heat?
I feel chilly at 25C.
I'm getting 35C in California regularly, but that's nowhere near 48C! I can't even imagine that kind of heat. Is it at least a dry heat?
I feel chilly at 25C.
it's insane to make people do manual work with these temperatures
RIP. Poor fella :S
Pretty much. It's unbearable, even when the starts going down.
Heat above 40°C should be treated the same way blizzards and extreme cold are: don't go out unless you need to.
Using Celsius living in Arizona? I love you!Humidity isn't too high so that's not terrible.
That's actually similar to where I live. I hope they have AC though.
The sad thing is that I dont remember a summer in the last decade without a dead worker by a extreme high temperatures. Terrible and awful.
No, I just displayed in Celcius since this is a Euro thread. Though we do have a highway in Arizona that displays everything in km.
