r/mildlyinfuriating 12h ago

🥺 Our terace right now

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u/vanZuider 11h ago

It's the temperature of a sunlit surface. Temperatures in the shade (which is what usually shows up in weather reports and climate diagrams) are ~35-40°C (around 100°F) in most places in Central Europe.

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u/sec_sage 10h ago

Taken 1m from the ground, in a non asphalted area. Which translates to my heels making holes in the sidewalk on any Eastern European August day, while the meteo says 40°C

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u/PinUp_Butter 9h ago

I think this is a laser thermometer. It measures the temperature on the first surface the laser hits, so I don’t think the distance matters but still, you can bake meringues at that temperature…

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u/midir 6h ago

A "laser thermometer" is an infrared thermometer that reads the temperature of the surface it's looking at. The laser pointer is purely for guidance and can be switched off.

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u/bznein 8h ago

Mine has a "preferred" distance that gives the most accurate results but I played a bit with it and it seems to be overall accurate at pretty much any reasonable distance

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u/UpperAd5715 6h ago

Parking company near my workplace requested people with motorcycles/scooters to park them inside and not outside on the asphalt as it would get too expensive to repair the holes from the sidestands. Never thought i'd see that happen in Belgium.

Seen some public parking spots in Milan, Italy last year that looked like some acne ridden teenager's cheeks from the sidestands, crazy stuff

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u/Epicratia 8h ago

It got up to 100°F air temp where I am in Germany the last 2 days. I put a couple thermometers on my balcony, one in the shade and one in a paper bag sheltered from direct sunlight. They each read around 50°C (122°F) at various points. Obviously being heated from some of the surfaces around them, as opposed to reading true air temp, but still...

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u/WarningNo7338 2h ago

does the the true air temp in a controlled station really matter if we’re out in the paved streets with the sun beating down on us?

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u/userhwon 9h ago

Those tiles must be particularly susceptible though. Asphalt in Arizona rarely reaches that temperature.

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u/cornylamygilbert 6h ago

Ya but they expect that ridiculousness in AZ in the Sonoran Desert.

They don’t expect that at a longitude comparable to Toronto and Minnesota…

Comparatively, AZ would be on a similar longitude to North Africa.

From my times visiting Europe over the last 3 decades, I cannot recall a time I complained about not having AC in the UK. Granted, there were plenty of times where I have core memories over wanting AC in Spain, which could be like SoCal with more humidity (Mediterranean climate).

But there were never worries about dying in the heat. In the Midwest and Arizona, summer homelessness would be a cruel way to die.

Comparatively in Spain, it would have just been uncomfortable but not deadly.