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by chasd008 hours ago |
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upvoteby mh-8 hours ago|
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I'm in Waco right now and the car said it was 107 today. If one more person says "but it's a dry heat"...
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upvoteby murkt2 hours ago|
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It is dry heat, if you look at it from certain point of view. I once experienced smth like 27-28°C with fog, 100% humidity. Was almost as bad as 40°C with low humidity.

And if it would be 42°C/107°F with fog and 100% humidity, lots of people would be dead already. But it’s more like saying “at least this building is not on fire right now”. Or 1km wide meteor is not crashing down. It is not, and anything near 40°C is really unpleasant, regardless of burning homes and falling meteors.

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upvoteby doublerabbit8 hours ago|
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It's just wet heat.. humid here. Just back-breaking humidity. London has been terrible, 40c (104f).

You step out of the shower and within minutes you're stepping back in for another.

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upvoteby mh-8 hours ago|
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That's brutal for London. Sorry. Hopefully it cools down soon there.

It's humid here (50-60%) but public spaces are all ice cold indoors. I'm just here for a graduation, fly out tomorrow.

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upvoteby nvahalik7 hours ago|
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A little south from you. Car said 102. Some of that depends on where you are. Parking lot, vs say, at the lake or rural areas.
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upvoteby burnt-resistor2 hours ago|
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Car temperature sensors tend to be inaccurate because they're often in the Sun or some other place affected by baking a car not in a garage.

Check a thermometer in the shade. The weather data stations reported an average of 101 ℉ / 38 ℃ for Waco. It's hot, and especially feels worse with Southern subtropical humidity. OTOH, 101 in California with 0-15% humidity, it would just be a bit annoying. Higher humidity makes heat qualitatively exponentially worse until it's a sauna.

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upvoteby ChrisMarshallNY1 hours ago|
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I think mine is under the car, so it registers temps near the road, which can be hot (asphalt in the sun). It’s usually 3-6 degrees (Fahrenheit) high.
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upvoteby dluan4 hours ago|
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I'm currently sitting in the middle of 100mph gusting winds as every island in Hawaii is under hurricane or tropical storm warning, with at least 100k people without power right now. Hurricane season in Hawaii is usually in Sept/Oct.
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upvoteby timr3 hours ago|
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Hurricane season in Hawaii is June through November. August and September have always been peak months. It's completely normal to have hurricanes at this time of year.

https://www.weather.gov/hfo/faq

https://energy.ecoflow.com/us/blog/when-is-it-hurricane-seas...

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/hurricane/

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upvoteby burnt-resistor3 hours ago|
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It's 96 ℉ / 36 °C @ 60% humidity every day for 5 months in hill country with no rain in sight. The El Niňo rain may not get here until November. We're right at the 100 meridian west so it's between hot semi-arid (BSH) and humid subtropical (Cfa), and most storms seem to bypass us to the north by about 20 miles. It was growing zone 8b but changed +3 ℉ to 9a in 10 years.
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