Wudi ( Wudi@feddit.uk ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 months agoEurope suffers under record heatwave as temperatures forecast to reach 44Cwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up182cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up182external-linkEurope suffers under record heatwave as temperatures forecast to reach 44Cwww.theguardian.comWudi ( Wudi@feddit.uk ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog ( SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months ago111 is sweltering with humidity. I have only seen it a handful of times in the Midwest US. You MUST drink water, but there is nowhere for your sweat to go.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness ( NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoWait is Europe generally that humid? I can’t even imagine 40C+ degree weather with high humidity.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543 ( Successful_Try543@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoIn German, we use to call it Waschküchenwetter (Laundry room weather) as in the old days washing involved a lot of boiling water.
minus-squaretimochka ( timochka@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI mean, apart from the places that aren’t… These are completely unremarkable temperatures for quite a lot of Europe, and quite a lot of Europe isn’t particularly humid. “North-West Europe” != “Europe” (however much they think it to be true…)
minus-squareTollana1234567 ( Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoEurope also has additional problems having next to no AC industry too.
minus-squarerayyy ( rayyy@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThose are deadly temperatures with the high humidity they have.
111 is sweltering with humidity. I have only seen it a handful of times in the Midwest US. You MUST drink water, but there is nowhere for your sweat to go.
Wait is Europe generally that humid? I can’t even imagine 40C+ degree weather with high humidity.
Yes, very humid.
In German, we use to call it Waschküchenwetter (Laundry room weather) as in the old days washing involved a lot of boiling water.
I mean, apart from the places that aren’t…
These are completely unremarkable temperatures for quite a lot of Europe, and quite a lot of Europe isn’t particularly humid.
“North-West Europe” != “Europe” (however much they think it to be true…)
Europe also has additional problems having next to no AC industry too.
Those are deadly temperatures with the high humidity they have.