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A severe heatwave gripped much of Europe on Sunday, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting nationwide warnings, transport disruption and signs of strain on wildlife and at tourist hotspots.

The heat surge ‌on June 21, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and typically the start of the three hottest months of the year, raised concerns of an early and persistent onset of extreme conditions.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

40C is just June through August where I live.

I have a window AC, but most summers I don't bother installing it. I did order a ceiling fan for my bedroom, though. Should be here tomorrow.

You've heard, "but it's a dry heat"? Yeah, that makes a huge difference. It's currently 9% humidity and dropping here.

[–] Ekpu@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

On the weekend I hat maybe 27°C in Germany but 90% humidity. It was unbearable...

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

40c is already beyond tolerable heat. Personally 24c is the upper limit.

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

24C?

Lol, best of luck to you in the future unless you’re planning to be around the poles.

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Won't help, Warsaw is at 24°C today, up to 36°C next Sunday.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 3 points 14 hours ago

That's not actually outside of the realms of possibility. Id just have to move to the northern part of my neighboring county and I'd be close to polar circle.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

24C? Man I'm in one of the coldest cities on the planet. I get heat stroke immediately any time I approach past 30°N. Even I don't feel hot until around 28C or so.

My fiancee is Turkish and she gets cold at 16 though so I guess you must somehow be further north than I am.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Not really, actually even more to the South, 59,4N.
Cant help it. My heat tolerance is abysmally bad. 24c is the last comfortable limit if I'm not active. Every point above that gets worse and by 25c I'm completely coverd in sweat constantly and performance drops, even sleep gets disrupted.