The time here is 5pm. I am sitting in my study, stark naked, as I type this post on my keyboard. The photo explains why!
I set the thermometer to Fahrenheit for the benefit of those unable to understand the centigrade scale. (it was 37.5c)
(No. You don't want to see a photo of me stark naked. It's a health hazard!)
When I lived in Illinois I used to frequently see a bank with the time/temperature sign in both C and F. There must have been a long light there, because I began to associate C with F temperatures. I know that 0° C is freezing, 10° is coolish, 20° is comfortable for me (or was then), 30° is hot for me, and when it starts pushing 40° C I am not going outside and not staying inside without AC.
We have another little run of heat coming next week, about the 4th one this summer. Again we will maintain highs of 90-96'F for about a week. I don't have AC, but a good surrounding tree canopy will keep my indoor temp to about 85', which is too high for me. I make good use of circulating fans to lower that!
September is, fortunately, the last month of really hot weather. It won't get cold here until after Christmas, and even then it rarely drops below 6 degrees C. (43F)
@Petter That sounds perfect! We tend to get brief spells of colder temps, like the heat, otherwise maintaining a very livable climate. That being said, the passage of time is teaching me why folks head to warmer climes in retirement!
It’s 14C or 57F here at present, but due to drop to 8C or 46F tonight....so I’m definitely not getting into the buff around here...more like putting on the winceyette jimjams tonight!
It was a damp and rainy day in Southeastern Ontario, yesterday. I wound up wearing thermals and a sweater by the end of the day as the dampness started to creep into my bones.
Proof that it is not the temperature but the humidity that makes you uncomfortable. Was it a dry heat, Petter?
Very. My humidity gauge simply showed "LL", meaning that it was too low to be measured.
@Petter Ditto but it was 11 C here in Canada, just a mile from the US border. (I assume you can translate that to Fahrenheit if needs be)
@Surfpirate Easily. Add 40, double your result, knock off 10% and then take away the 40. Not what you were taught in school, huh? It is 100% accurate. It simply uses the fact that Fahrenheit and Centigrade are identical at minus 40. so if you add 40 you bring them both to zero. Here you can apply the conversion of 9f=5c (ie. multiply by 1.8. But multiplying by 1.8 is the same as doubling it and subtracting 10%) then move the scales back to their true crossing point.
So:-
11 plus 40 = 51
51 x 2 = 102.
knock of 10% (10.2) and you get 91.8
subtract the 40 you added and you get 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
The great thing is you can do it in your head! Try it for yourself.
@Petter I grew up in Canada during the transition from Imperial measurements to Metric measurements, I am completely comfortable in both forms as well as Kelvin since I did my degree in the Life Sciences.
@Surfpirate I underwent the same transition in Kenya. Strangely, depending on what it concerns, I use either system. For human weight I want lbs, but for groceries I want grammes or kilos. For speed I prefer kph, but for distance I prefer miles.
It reached the dizzy height of 11C here today and the forecast for tonight is for a low of 2C.
I think I prefer this to your heatwave.
Heating is a lot easier to apply, and I love tucking up under a warm duvet, with the windows wide open to the cold, night air., even when there's snow outside.
Amazed that the computer does not overheat. Well done for keeping going.
It makes the odd warning beep, but I've got extra cooling installed on it, which switches in every time it gets warm enough to beep. My computer is not "run-of-the-mill". I built it myself and it used to be my main office server. It carries 5 hard drives in a pretty tall tower. I also swear by AMD processors.
No way for me lol. I don't let it get above 75 F in my house. Of course I also live in an ultra high humidity area
When humidity is high, I rush for the air-con at the first sign of reaching 25 degrees. (Centigrade, of course) The air-con also de-humidifies the air, increasing one's comfort.
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Sorry, I posted it in the wrong group.
I've just splashed some water on to my shoulders and back. It is evaporating swiftly in the breeze from the fan and I'm suddenly feeling cold! Maybe I should turn on the air-con (my house is fully air-conditioned) and get dressed. Trouble is, I actually like dry heat.
I ike a sauna, too. Though, it can be too hot and hot for too long.
@Petter You would love the Southwestern part of the United States! Extreme dry heat, today where I live the high 103 degree's. Hot sauna feeling just walking from the house to the car.
@MichelleGar1 Gorgeous. I've wandered around inland and coastal California, and Nevada, as well as Arizona. Never got to New Mexico
@Petter All beautiful, especially Arizona, there's Sedona and the Grand Canyon
Sounds awful
Not really. I like it, and I could always use the air-con.
I live in Arizona where, in August, once it gets to where the high is only 100 Fahrenheit, I feel like I’d like to live again.
I know the feeling, I've driven through much of Arizona. It reminded me of the arid parts of Kenya and also South-central Spain. I remember one night, around midnight, when the local radio presenter announced "Great news folks. The temperature has dropped below 100."
Today's temperature, by the way, was the reading indoors. Outside it was "somewhat warmer". I think it peaked at 104, and we live right on the coast.
3 or four miles inland it would have reached at least 114. I'll know when my sister messages me.