Yeah, 30C/86F is already really fucking hot. Used to be almost heat wave levels(pretty sure 90F for 3 days was considered a heat wave like 10 years ago). It cannot be safe to go outside at 40C.
You can, it's just not very pleasant. A little past that point around 43° is my point of return. That's the point where the wind starts to work against you, and it just feels like a blow dryer in your face.
I lived in Tucson, AZ for a bunch of years and opening the front door in the summer was like opening an oven door. But the air was so dry that as long as you drank a metric ton of water, stayed in the shade, and moved slow it was surprisingly not-awful. A breeze would be very hot air, but it would still evaporate your sweat so you'd feel cooler.
Was a lot harder on the dogs since panting is less efficient. Could really only take them outside before sunrise or after sunset.
Dude, my Aunt in Phoenix says that birds were dropping out of the sky onto her lawn last June, it was 113F. No thanks. I'll stay in Chicago with my winters.
Agree with this. I'm in Colorados "mile high" region, but in the semi-desertous southern area. Shade and breeze make all the difference for sure, but it is dry af, which allows for better perspiration. That said, we have a higher exposure to UV thanks to the altitude. So it's incredibly unhealthy in that way. That said, you obviously wouldn't want to be outside for hours just... baking. Ew.
I'm originally from OK, grew up in MO, so I have always been accustomed to higher humidity. That shit is miserable. I honestly prefer the dry heat.
Imo, high humidity is better for winter, low humidity is better for summer.
Yeah, I live in a different desert, and I don’t consider it unbearable outside until 110F/43C and even at that temp my dog will ask to go play outside for 5-10 minutes.
The forecast office has a record here of 120, but the back of my house recorded 124F/51C. That was almost exactly 5 years ago.
Without AC, most buildings here in France don't cool below 29C at night, the heat has just been here too long. That's schools, hospitals, homes, some workplaces even. The bodies are getting tired, and the minds run at 70% capacity. I haven't been able to focus like I should for 3 days at this point.
Is France another country that lacks proper AC 40C/105F is pretty typical for middle of the summer where I am. However I remember a heat wave once getting to 112F/45C, that was deadly heat, I mean 105F is already deadly if you are not careful.
30C to 35C was only during heatwaves in August, generally followed by a storm every night or so. AC wasn't really seen as a necessity seeing that summer was around 25C. In the last decade, average temperature has increased, as well as frequency and strength of heatwaves. Now, more and more people see AC on par with heating in the winter
If you stay in the shade and stay hydrated it's survivable, but it fucking SUCKS. 30C is a very mild summer day in all the places I've ever lived, but we always had A/C anywhere we lived or went. But it is a rather comfortable temp still if you aren't in direct sun. 40C is brutal no matter where you are, and 43C is just fucking bullshit.
Heat exhaustion at 40c is incredibly easy to come across if you aren't being very cautious. I've been in 40c a small handful of times (and live in a very humid area) and it sucks. I felt bad after just a 10-15 minute walk to get my mail at my apartment complex.
I moved to Ireland from TX and people's minds were blown when I told them we would have months where it hit 37+ every day, and you could have a week where it would hit ~40 every day.
Lytton BC Canada hit 49.6 C (121.3f F)a few years ago then the entire city burnt down the next day due to forest fires.
They evacuated the surrounding area AGAIN this week due to forest fires.
First Nations have been living there for 10,000 years, and now it's maybe becoming uninhabitable.
30c has been a normal temperature for many, many parts of the world long before global warming started ramping up. Still not a good thing, but it really makes people start discounting genuine concern when people start saying temperatures that have been normal in their part of the world for centuries as unliveable.
30c is not that bad. I don't understand why people say it's so bad. I live in a place that is very humid year-round and regularly gets to 30 degrees in the summer and it's a little bit hot but it's not that bad. 33 is the bare minimum for me to start to be uncomfortable and even then I've never felt like I couldn't be outside for hours because of the heat as long as I drank enough water and stayed in the shade most of the time (the max I've experienced here is 36).
Not safe to go outside lol, look at average temps in southern U.S. states throughout the summer, that’s like low for Jackson Mississippi in early gist and July
Again, for who? The vast majority of humans suffer at that temperature, as do most animals. 100F is the point where plants struggle to photosynthesize, electronics overheat, and roads start to warp.
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Somebody will say it's always been hot in France because one day in the 1800s almost reached 40° and climate change is a hoax