Eh… 100+ degrees is pretty common in much of the US during summer. Every state in the union has broken 100 degrees and the majority do so every year.
The bigger one, is only a handful break 100 degrees and stay there for extend periods. And only a handful break 100 AND have 90% humidity to go along with it.
The Midwest can be a real bitch and give you 100 degrees and 90% humidity one day and snow the next some times. It’s great!
Not only is there no air conditioning, but the average house is really well insulated, which is great in winter but can make it really difficult to cool your house down in this kind of heat
It’s funny, you still see people having a shot about it not being that hot.
That’s a blistering day in Queensland, where I am. With our normal humidity, it kills. I’d imagine Florida would be a good comparison. Sure, I’ve routinely felt 44-45C in summer but fucking hell, in Germany that is truly insane
A comparison would be an above 45C day here.
The other issue too is UV level and how unaccustomed they are to tolerating and preventing that.
I honestly have no idea ay, it’s not my science. I should add as well, we’re currently being battered by solar activity on top of the heat in the northern hemisphere.
I do know the southern hemisphere has higher instances of UV exposure due to it facing the sun more directly in summer.
Hot for much of the USA, not unheard of but still not to be fucked with heat.
Eh… 100+ degrees is pretty common in much of the US during summer. Every state in the union has broken 100 degrees and the majority do so every year.
The bigger one, is only a handful break 100 degrees and stay there for extend periods. And only a handful break 100 AND have 90% humidity to go along with it.
The Midwest can be a real bitch and give you 100 degrees and 90% humidity one day and snow the next some times. It’s great!
It’s really not, 100+ days aren’t common except in the desert southwest and Texas.
41.5 is 106 degrees.
It’s hot, even for the USA, but the real issue is these areas don’t have universal air conditioning like we tend to in the USA.
They aren’t being wussies or just not used to it, these are dangerous temperatures regardless of where you are.
Not only is there no air conditioning, but the average house is really well insulated, which is great in winter but can make it really difficult to cool your house down in this kind of heat
The good news is a well insulated house is easier to keep cool when/if retrofitted with split zone heat pumps.
The bad news is we’re gonna throw Europe past the climate range where heat pumps do the jobby.
It’s funny, you still see people having a shot about it not being that hot.
That’s a blistering day in Queensland, where I am. With our normal humidity, it kills. I’d imagine Florida would be a good comparison. Sure, I’ve routinely felt 44-45C in summer but fucking hell, in Germany that is truly insane
A comparison would be an above 45C day here.
The other issue too is UV level and how unaccustomed they are to tolerating and preventing that.
This may be a dumb question but is the UV level necessarily changed by the heat dome?
I honestly have no idea ay, it’s not my science. I should add as well, we’re currently being battered by solar activity on top of the heat in the northern hemisphere.
I do know the southern hemisphere has higher instances of UV exposure due to it facing the sun more directly in summer.