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OT: What's the weather like down under?

adouglas

adouglas

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On the tail end of the bell curve in Connecticut
Here in the NYC area we're going to break yet another temperature record today. The electrical grid is about to fry completely.

I think I'm going to spontaneously combust. This is getting ridiculous.

Last night I was lying in bed, air conditioner on and still sweating (90+ in the middle of the night), with an ice pack on my forehead, trying to think cool thoughts. It occurred to me that some of the fortunate regulars around here are in the middle of winter.

So...Tiffles, Aussie Mark, Alvabass..... what's it like down there in the Southern Hemisphere?

Here we're running over 100F with high humidity...heat index of 110-115. If I'm doing my math right, that's a base temperature of about 40C and it feels like 45C.

The killer part is that there's no wind and hasn't been for days. It doesn't cool off at night, so there's no relief. The rain showers that seem to happen daily in the tropics haven't happened either. Just sun and air like syrup. I just checked the heat index map and at about 8:30 am it's already in the mid-90s.

http://weather.yahoo.com/img/actheat_440x297.html
 
Stay lukewarm

Relief is in sight guys. We just went through that in Wisconsin, but we're in the 80's this week with lesser humidity. Last week we set all kind of overnight low temp highs. Hopefully this weather pushes east.
 
PeteDuBaldo said:
Isn't Connecticut wonderful? :D
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Indeed it is.

My dogs hate this.

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So far in the DFW metroplex:

This will be the 6th straight day of triple digit heat.

19 triple digit days so far this summer with several more in sight.

Even worse: No rain since July 4th. 5 inches behind for the year, 23 inches down since Feb. of '05.

I'm in the body shop business. Rain creates business for us. No rain = small paychecks. :(

On the plus side, we have really good air conditioning everywhere. My house stays 78 or cooler all summer long.
 
Mobay45 said:
I'm in the body shop business. Rain creates business for us. No rain = small paychecks. :(
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You'd be laughing all the way to the bank if you lived here...

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This is the first winter we haven't used the fireplace. I usually order 10 cubic metres of fire wood.

It's cool outside but a comfortable 20 degrees inside with a small heater. Yet our house isn't small.

Horrid heat last December. Xmas day was 45 degrees inside :(

We're getting ready for the coming summer :D

Just installed 6 air conditioners for bedrooms, study and computer room. Another huge one for other areas is to be installed soon. Ceiling insulation goes in tomorrow.

Last true soaking drizzle rain was 1990 that lasted 3-4 weeks. It rains but nothing to talk about.
 
I can't really complain here (except for my power bills...)

But, it's always hot down here in Florida. So I guess I'm used to it.
 
The thing is, we're not used to such heat like you southerners are and we're much less equipped to deal with it, much like you're not equipped to deal with frigid temps and snow. Many more places have AC now days, but even as a young lad and teen, an AC house or business was the exception, not the rule. We're not as AC'd as you fine folks are. As such, we get an inordinate amount of heat-related deaths in such weather.

I lived in Nashville for 6 years, I know how oppressive the southern heat and humidity is. But your body adjusts and you learn to deal with it. Up here in the north, when that kind of heat and humidity arrives, then oustays its welcome, it's deadly.
 
mrpackerguy said:
The thing is, we're not used to such heat like you southerners are and we're much less equipped to deal with it, much like you're not equipped to deal with frigid temps and snow. Many more places have AC now days, but even as a young lad and teen, an AC house or business was the exception, not the rule. We're not as AC'd as you fine folks are. As such, we get an inordinate amount of heat-related deaths in such weather.

I lived in Nashville for 6 years, I know how oppressive the southern heat and humidity is. But your body adjusts and you learn to deal with it. Up here in the north, when that kind of heat and humidity arrives, then oustays its welcome, it's deadly.
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I know what you're saying... I work up in the NY/NJ area, and my apartment up there would not have AC if it weren't for the window units! The north is definitely not equipped yet to handle these things. The building I live in up there just has floor mounted heaters, and they are building regulated.

When I'm working up there, it takes me about a week to get used to the weather when I come back down here, then I'm fine.

And when I go up to the northeast in the winter, I typically freeze my ass off and never get used to it! Just kidding, it takes a little while! But last winter was actually really mild, I thought.
 
After living in Tucson for 9 years, anything under 70F is freezing. This coming from a guy who lived in Alaska and thought 40F was fine shorts and t-shirt weather.
 
I'm currently in Oz for 3 weeks vacation (as you northerners call it), so we've gone from a year in Indonesia where it's 85-90 degrees and 90% humidity every day to winter days of 50-60 degrees.
 
This is the mildest winter I have experienced in canberra... gets up to 10 or 11 c in the day drops to - 3 at night. But it is heating very quickly.

I personally love it when the heat gets above 40c (except when I wear my 9-5 type chicken suit )

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Its pretty Hot here in AL. Currently 8:00 and its 91F outside. My car thermometer usually reads about 105 on the way home from work. I hate hot weather and usually hibernate in the summer.
 
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