Great White North Sunstroke

[iamlost]

Relief is spelt C-O-O-L-E-R.

Many places have had extreme weather these past couple weeks, here no exception.

Today the temperature is back below 30C (86F), which is my personal max appreciation point, and is forecast to be mid-20s (77F+/-) for the coming week. Yay!

The past couple of weeks were mid-30s (95F) and up, with a week between 40-45 (104-113F). Well above my comfort level. So I went for 6AM walks while it was a balmy 25 (77F) then stayed inside where the geothermal provided its magic coolness through the heat of the day.

Best wishes to everyone as we move on into Northern Hemisphere summer.

Random memory thought: way long ago while in high school took a trip with my father to North Carolina during May... we were hot in shorts and short sleeved shirt (Dad) or tee (me), residents wore light sweaters and talked about the spring chill: it was 72F (22C). Oh, yes, it was considered still too cold to fill the hotel pool.

Room temperature, I quite like a room temperature world. :) Not sauna temperature, no sirree!

[blend27]

North East, NY area.

We had over a 100F for 4 days and humid 60+% for 4 days straight. Nasty, Nasty, Nasty, Nasty, Nasty, Nasty, Nasty, ......

Yesterday rained like crazy, on and off all day. Today is 67F, cold dark sky.

This is my Garden time, watching it grow is what I wait for every year.

Love me some Sun but not like this. Rain is good for the Garden but not like this either.

Big Umbrella, 10 footer, helps a lot unless there is a sudden wind gust at 40mph and it is snapped like a twig while 'ONE' steps away towards a store for a 6 pack of cold ones. I literally walked into a backyard thinking I had a brew for comfort(controlled) and saw that thing snap. Boom-Shakalaka.

Reality.

[lucy24]

we were hot in shorts and short sleeved shirt (Dad) or tee (me), residents wore light sweaters and talked about the spring chill: it was 72F (22C)

I remember reading an account of a mother-and-toddler going about in light cotton clothing on a freezing winter's day, much to the horror of observers. They were recently arrived from Finland, so as far as they were concerned, it was warm: 30° above, as opposed to 30° below.

Being right on the coast, we remain in a pocket of barely-into-the-60s. Yesterday I went on a bay cruise with visiting son & girlfriend, and found myself regretting that I hadn't worn the winter-weight leather jacket instead of the summer-weight denim. One family brought three small dogs. The fluffy ones were fine; the short-haired one was shivering.

Our record high is 88°F (31C), set in October and I think later tied in September.

[not2easy]

Altitude and topography matters. Years ago when I first visited the Caribbean our first several days were near sea level and it seemed oppressively warm but with with a cooling breeze so a shady spot was comfortable. We went off to explore the central mountains and friends suggested I take a sweater but I did not think that would be needed. It was quite a bit cooler as we left the coast and comfortably nice like a cool room temperature at the highest altitudes. As the sun set, it cooled. Noticeably cooler. I wished I'd brought that sweater - and some long pants. I had no readings for any of it but I noticed there was roughly 20 degrees (F) difference. The 'mountains' were more like hills, not like snow-capped peaks, nothing over 3000 ft.

Knowing the typical rainforest humid climate around the Seattle area, I dread to think what those record high temperatures they had were like.

[lucy24]

The 'mountains' were more like hills

In Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne, he describes the Sussex Downs (highest elevation, well under 1000 ft / 300 m) as “a vast range of majestic mountains.” Yup, everything is relative.