It's 40ºC here in Spain! Nice spring weather

[cwpab]

Installing an air-conditioner next week

[Rabs]

 hot in UK but not that hot.

[trocoloco]

the usual this time around, keep your tinto de verano close by 

[norecess464]

Oh, I have a feeling you're going to hate me -- it's 13 degrees here right now, and I'm not even joking.   Weather forecast

[cwpab]

Damn, I need to move to Canada ASAP!

You live in a nice little Innsmouth-like place! I like to be by the sea, it's relaxing. However, let's tell the whole story about the weather there... In February, the temperature is always negative, with multiple days of -14ºC max and -21ºC min! 

The places where we live are really different. Not only in the weather, because I live in one of Spain's top 5 cities and there are big cathedrals, tourists, Roman ruins, super old buildings... But also much more difficulty to get to the nature, which you seem to have super close via the sea or a super wild Canadian forest!

Maybe I should invite you over here in the winters in exchange for you inviting me over there in the unbearable Arabia-like summers we're getting lately.

Or maybe we could just move to somewhere without extreme temperatures... Like France?

BTW, only 33% of Spanish households had an air-conditioner in 2022, but the number has reached 50%... If anyone is looking for a winning investment, check out air-conditioner companies in Spain.

PS: I don't leave my house very much, but the extreme weather makes it hard to even be outside for some minutes... But with "regular" cold weather, at least it's warmer during the day! The way heat pauses your body during the day in these conditons without an air-conditioner makes it hard to think or even eat... you're less hungry!

During the Ramadan, Muslims can only eat after 20h... I feel like I could do some Ramadan these days!

[Prodatron]

BTW, only 33% of Spanish households had an air-conditioner in 2022, but the number has reached 50%... If anyone is looking for a winning investment, check out air-conditioner companies in Spain.

Hope you can use photovoltaik (on an own roof, or at least at the balcony) for powering it, using the hot sun for getting cold air for free is always a fascinating thing!

[norecess464]

The places where we live are really different. Not only in the weather, because I live in one of Spain's top 5 cities and there are big cathedrals, tourists, Roman ruins, super old buildings... But also much more difficulty to get to the nature, which you seem to have super close via the sea or a super wild Canadian forest!

Indeed, it's a whole different place.
Different lifestyle too. If your girlfriend enjoys shopping and monuments, she would probably be quite disappointed living in my city, haha.
The decision to move out of Montreal was made during the pandemic.

On a side note, I grew up in France near the Mediterranean Sea and moved to Canada around 2003. Back in my childhood (wow, that suddenly makes me feel really old!), the hottest summer days would reach about 33–34 degrees at most. I can't even imagine what 40 degrees feels like -- I suppose it's just barely tolerable, and definitely not something you would call enjoyable.

[roudoudou]

Oh, I have a feeling you're going to hate me -- it's 13 degrees here right now, and I'm not even joking.  Weather forecast

we can see in France the giant canadian fires smog in the atmosphere...

[norecess464]

Oh, I have a feeling you're going to hate me -- it's 13 degrees here right now, and I'm not even joking.  Weather forecast

we can see in France the giant canadian fires smog in the atmosphere...

Yep. It's terrifying to think how far-reaching these fires are... climate change is real.

What I can say about where I live is that in recent years, it has become common to see temperatures above 25 degrees during the summer -- something that used to be quite rare in the past. Unfortunately, the forests aren't adapted to this kind of stress, which explains the increasing number of fires...

btw, Canada is big. Right now the weather is a normal one where I live, while the fires are active in the west of Canada (Manitoba).

[trocoloco]

BTW, only 33% of Spanish households had an air-conditioner in 2022, but the number has reached 50%... If anyone is looking for a winning investment, check out air-conditioner companies in Spain.

PS: I don't leave my house very much, but the extreme weather makes it hard to even be outside for some minutes... But with "regular" cold weather, at least it's warmer during the day! The way heat pauses your body during the day in these conditons without an air-conditioner makes it hard to think or even eat... you're less hungry!

It depends where in Spain the percentage changes, in souther Spain, where I live, is over 70% of AC in houses, but it fluctuactes arond 60-70 in big cities, specially from mid to southern Spain. In this time around we change the spoon for the forks or cold soups like gazpacho, pipirrana, papas aliñás or salmorejo...
And yes during hot hours specially from 11 - 12 to 8 - 9 is hard to stay outside and work as excesive heat drains energy, you'll get used to it with time and try to keep persianas down for most of the day as open windows will only bring the heat in

[Prodatron]

On a side note, I grew up in France near the Mediterranean Sea and moved to Canada around 2003.

Seems, that you escaped from the catastrophic heatwave of 2003 just in time.

[Bryce]

It's going to be 35°C here today. No A/C, just a cold beer! 

Too hot for doing electronics though and I was hoping to finally finish off a project today.

Bryce.

[cwpab]

BTW, good thing we don't use Farenheit in any of our countries...

Imagine having to start the discussion with a "It's 104º F here in Spain!".

[eto]

catastrophic heatwave of 2003

That was insane.

I had a convertible back then and it was so hot that the wind while driving didn't have any cooling effect.

[Bryce]

BTW, good thing we don't use Farenheit in any of our countries...

Imagine having to start the discussion with a "It's 104º F here in Spain!"

We hit 310° Kelvin here yesterday! 

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Me here: expecting it to hit 39o tomorrow.
Wife in Dublin: "glad I packed my raincoat".

[XeNoMoRPH]

https://twitter.com/WXWatcher07/status/1937588617712660553?

[roudoudou]

stay indoor, play CPC (they do not heat room that much)

[Gryzor]

Well,I don't know how high it normally goes in Spain or Portugal, but will that 50 hit Amy populated areas or just the desert?

[roudoudou]

Well,I don't know how high it normally goes in Spain or Portugal, but will that 50 hit Amy populated areas or just the desert?

desert is in the north of spain, Sevilla region is very dense, as every coasts

anyway, plants dies at theses temperatures

2 or 3 years ago, many olive trees dies because of the lack of water (and strong temperatures)

not sure if we can feed us only with cactus...

[Gryzor]

I don't know that olive trees die due to adverse conditions? Last year here it was very hot and very dry, but it only affected the olive oil production, the trees pulled through.

Interesting discussion

[roudoudou]

I don't know that olive trees die due to adverse conditions? Last year here it was very hot and very dry, but it only affected the olive oil production, the trees pulled through.

Interesting discussion

There is also a bacteria which kills olive trees drying them (Xylella fastidiosa ) and the effects are boosted by heat

[Gryzor]

Fuck that's bad ☹️

Thankfully this year's crop here seems to be going well up to now, at least. We have our own grove and I'm really used to our own supply...