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44° in parts of Spain this weekend.

Infinite Chaos

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And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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I'm enjoying the heat. Stay out of the sun and sit, where you catch the breeze. And life on the streets after sundown is wonderful.
 
It is hot here, but not that hot. Temperatures above 40C aren't unusual. You just adapt your lifestyle to take it into account: do your active work in the morning and evening, in the middle of the day you eat, take a siesta, relax and stay cool.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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The high temps are in areas that are use to it.. places like Cordoba and such. Here it is pretty normal.. 25-28 so far in the shade. But saying that, getting that high this early in the season is unusual.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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Take to heart the saying of "mad dogs and Englishmen" and try to be neither.:lol:

Not the time for travelling much and definitely not to Cordoba or Sevilla.

Bit freakish for June though this year.
 
PeteEU said:
~ getting that high this early in the season is unusual.
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Yeah, what's going to happen when it is supposed to be hotter as normal?

When was the last time you saw similar regular temperatures?
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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Sounds like Florida.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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Forecast for my town on Tuesday is 49 Celsius...120 degrees F. Summer...bleah
 
Infinite Chaos said:
And we're predicted 19-20° in Cumbria. Those poor souls in Scotland will have a balmy 16-18°

How will those posters based in Spain cope with these temperatures? 44° is like some of those temperatures you read about in Saudi Arabi. Wow.

Would be great if you can post some garden pics to make those of us in cooler climes envious.
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What's the humidity going to be? We'll often see temps of 112F (44.4C) in AZ, USA. But, there is usually almost no humidity. I've lived places that experience 96 F (36C) with 90% humidity. Now that is hell on earth.

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beefheart said:
Forecast for my town on Tuesday is 49 Celsius...120 degrees F. Summer...bleah
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calamity said:
What's the humidity going to be? We'll often see temps of 112F (44.4C) in AZ, USA. But, there is usually almost no humidity. I've lived places that experience 96 F (36C) with 90% humidity. Now that is hell on earth.

There ya go:
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4:40pm here in Granada. Temperature: 32C in the shade. Humidity: c.20%.

High humidity can be more uncomfortable than dry heat, but it's not as dangerous. One of my neighbours got behind with his pea-picking and worked extra hours in the field this week. He's in hospital now on a drip and with some kidney failure from serious heat stroke. You don't get anywhere as easily as that when humidity's very high.
 
Andalublue said:
4:40pm here in Granada. Temperature: 32C in the shade. Humidity: c.20%.

High humidity can be more uncomfortable than dry heat, but it's not as dangerous. One of my neighbours got behind with his pea-picking and worked extra hours in the field this week. He's in hospital now on a drip and with some kidney failure from serious heat stroke. You don't get anywhere as easily as that when humidity's very high.
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Wow! Good point. When out in the heat, drinking fluids is critical. I hope your friend recovers.
 
calamity said:
Wow! Good point. When out in the heat, drinking fluids is critical. I hope your friend recovers.
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He's a neighbour more than friend, and he's not the brightest shade in the paintbox, but yeah, I hope he recovers too. He's a hard-worker but could probably do with a bit of supervision, which he doesn't really get.
 
calamity said:
What's the humidity going to be? We'll often see temps of 112F (44.4C) in AZ, USA. But, there is usually almost no humidity. I've lived places that experience 96 F (36C) with 90% humidity. Now that is hell on earth.
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Yeah, down here (Southern Spain) it's neither desert heat with 45 +, but dry, nor is it jungle heat.

Worst places I remember were Bangkok and Singapore where just walking a block had me drenched from head to toe.

By comparison the "empty quarter" of the Rub al Khali was better (if you had enough water with you) and down here (close to the coast) the current 31 C at 55 % relative humidity is a piece of cake.

Inland places like Cordoba and Sevilla are in the proverbial frying pan in summer with temperatures rising into the 40s but the humidity is generally lower, rarely reaching 20 %.
 
Chagos said:
Yeah, down here (Southern Spain) it's neither desert heat with 45 +, but dry, nor is it jungle heat.

Worst places I remember were Bangkok and Singapore where just walking a block had me drenched from head to toe.

By comparison the "empty quarter" of the Rub al Khali was better (if you had enough water with you) and down here (close to the coast) the current 31 C at 55 % relative humidity is a piece of cake.

Inland places like Cordoba and Sevilla are in the proverbial frying pan in summer with temperatures rising into the 40s but the humidity is generally lower, rarely reaching 20 %.
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It's funny, I think most people find humid heat more unpleasant and unbearable, but I liked it. I lived in Bangkok for a couple of years and Phnom Penh for a few months and I found that once I'd gotten used to it, I found it less sapping. Here, when it's 40C+ I just want to stay indoors drinking iced mint tea and waiting till the sun sets before venturing out.
 
calamity said:
What's the humidity going to be? We'll often see temps of 112F (44.4C) in AZ, USA. But, there is usually almost no humidity. I've lived places that experience 96 F (36C) with 90% humidity. Now that is hell on earth.

There ya go:
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Lol. Anything under 90 is comfortable. Standard Florida quote: "it ain't the heat. It's the humidity." And the humidity changes as you go up in down in latitude.

I remember being astounded seeing people pass out from heat stroke from a heat wave in Indiana...at 85 degrees.
 
I´m in Granada lamenting the tragic inaccuracy of the saying "the rain in Spain always falls on the plain".............it really doesn´t.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
Yeah, what's going to happen when it is supposed to be hotter as normal?

When was the last time you saw similar regular temperatures?
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2 years ago.

My point was more.. 40 degrees in these areas is the norm during the year, so it is not like the people are not prepared. Now had it been 40 degrees here on the Costa or in London, then that would be life threatening.
 
Andalublue said:
It's funny, I think most people find humid heat more unpleasant and unbearable, but I liked it. I lived in Bangkok for a couple of years and Phnom Penh for a few months and I found that once I'd gotten used to it, I found it less sapping.
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Where I've been to Bangkok (but not Cambodia), I was never there long enough to (possibly) acclimatize. Maybe I'd have gotten used to it as well but I'll never know.
Here, when it's 40C+ I just want to stay indoors drinking iced mint tea and waiting till the sun sets before venturing out.
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That's the way to go, local.:thumbs:

Further down my way 40C+ is a freak spike if it happens at all, but I'm very happy to do the very same even at 30C.
 
Chagos said:
Where I've been to Bangkok (but not Cambodia), I was never there long enough to (possibly) acclimatize. Maybe I'd have gotten used to it as well but I'll never know. That's the way to go, local.:thumbs:

Further down my way 40C+ is a freak spike if it happens at all, but I'm very happy to do the very same even at 30C.
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Bangkok is like walking through a sponge. Same with DC. It may be deadly hot here, but we don't have the humidity yet, that starts in about 3-4 weeks when we get the monsoons.

BTW, after we go through about 20 days of 110 degree weather, the first monsoon with rain causes us all to get a bit nutty. Its like we have never seen rain before.
 
Andalublue said:
It's funny, I think most people find humid heat more unpleasant and unbearable, but I liked it. I lived in Bangkok for a couple of years and Phnom Penh for a few months and I found that once I'd gotten used to it, I found it less sapping. Here, when it's 40C+ I just want to stay indoors drinking iced mint tea and waiting till the sun sets before venturing out.
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Just go down to the coast!.. rarely gets that hot there /grin.

The irony of where I live.. I go 10 minutes north in a car, and I can go from 30 degrees to 40, or 10 minutes down the mountain to 25-28 degrees..
 
Infinite Chaos said:
Yeah. I figured. 2015, the year ended with floods here and my house was hit................ :(
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Actually I was wrong, was last year. Although the weather 2 years ago did have more high temp days during the high temp months. Usually we have maybe one or two days in a row with 32+ degrees... 2 years ago it was more and a tad longer. Last year it was July that was nuts, but August was below normal.
 
As a Swede, I almost got a bigger problem with air conditions then the outside temperature in countries with hotter temperature. That are rather be outside in -10 degrees Celsius with proper winter clothing than inside in a house with too cool air condition with light summer clothing.

That in Sweden air conditions isn’t common and houses not adopted to hot weather so what we call “tropical nights”, nights with or over 20 degrees Celsius it can be hard to sleep. Also, here bus rides can get tough at little over 20 degrees because city buses often lack good air condition.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
As a Swede, I almost got a bigger problem with air conditions then the outside temperature in countries with hotter temperature. That are rather be outside in -10 degrees Celsius with proper winter clothing than inside in a house with too cool air condition with light summer clothing.

That in Sweden air conditions isn’t common and houses not adopted to hot weather so what we call “tropical nights”, nights with or over 20 degrees Celsius it can be hard to sleep. Also, here bus rides can get tough at little over 20 degrees because city buses often lack good air condition.
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Yea I laugh at the whole "tropical nights" that bothers us Scandinavians.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
As a Swede, I almost got a bigger problem with air conditions then the outside temperature in countries with hotter temperature. That are rather be outside in -10 degrees Celsius with proper winter clothing than inside in a house with too cool air condition with light summer clothing.

That in Sweden air conditions isn’t common and houses not adopted to hot weather so what we call “tropical nights”, nights with or over 20 degrees Celsius it can be hard to sleep. Also, here bus rides can get tough at little over 20 degrees because city buses often lack good air condition.
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I suffer the opposite problem. When I go back north, to the UK to visit, I find the level of heating people have in their houses completely oppressive, especially in winter.

Down here, especially in the interior, virtually no one has air conditioning, nor central heating. I have neither. We expect to be hot in the summer and cold in the winter and adjust our lifestyle to fit, rather than adjusting our houses to make them feel the same whatever the weather outside.
 
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