too effing hot

I had rain for like 3 days in a row and got all wet while going home. This morning was 23 degrees. So much happiness for this i cant even begian to talk about it

Woooooo...!

Just like that.

Cheezuz christo, los angeles.

KILL ME NOW

i was in encino friday -- at 113º i went swimming in an 87º pool to cool off and ended up with all sorts of weird breathing trubbles.

my wading pool is too hot to even bother... i take cold showers every hour and stand in front of a fan

do not want

I got pretty used to it being in the 110-115º F range, but now it's in the high 80s/late 90s. If it were 5-10º cooler, I would adore it, but as it stands it just feels like the weather is TEASING me. "It could be Fall, but....naw. Haha."

fuck this shit

I think this shit is supposed to be fucked tomorrow.

THANK GOD

I can't be bothered to check, but I don't think it got to 100 all summer. Which is just bizarre in these parts.

uhhhhh
bleah

Amsterdam was nice, and then I came back home to schvitzville.

Starting to get hot.
the front passenger-side window of my car asploded in the car park on Friday, it was so fucking weird.

..And it was almost definitely the heat as there was no projectile in or around the car and a co-worker was nearby it when it happened.

Glass was everywhere :((

Oh nice. I just posted this to the Chicago thread. This is my local El station

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/405057393_01c7c543d7.jpg

I cannot wait.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/405057398_2a5c4820e9_b.jpg

BITE YER TONGUE.

It's October 1, 10:53 PM and it's still 70 degrees. And tomorrow's high is forecasted to be 80. I am ANGRY and I want searing, skin-shattering cold. I have since summer began. I even wanted it in February when we had weeks of record lows.

Bring it on.

Think of those of us who MIGHT DIE.

?

As my father always used to say, "You can always put on more layers in winter." (In summer you can only get so naked and still be miserable.)

Believe me, anyone I encounter in the dead soupy heat of summer has their lives in danger.

I'm really skinny, anemic, and have poor circulation. Winter is just 4 months of shivering for me. I live in Chicago because I hate myself, obv.

But I suppose I'm glad that some people enjoy the Time of Sad.

Ppl complaining about today being too hot here already. In Melbourne. In SPRING. The hell?

I'm lovin it.

But then again it isnt blindingly hot.

I complain about too hot when the snow starts to melt. Not being contrary for its own sake, but summer makes me cranky, miserable, and depressed. I stay inside next to the A/C that is cranked to the coldest setting.

Like so many people in Chicago I have radiators with a mind of their own, so even when it's 10 degrees outside, I open the windows and let the wind in.

Not being contrary for its own sake, but summer makes me cranky, miserable, and depressed.

Get rid of "depressed" and I echo your feelings. I anticipate the first snowstom of winter with much glee.
And fall is my favorite.

Fall is wonderful. Though I don't appreciate how summer is encroaching on it. But in its purest form it is delightful--cool, sometimes sunny, sometimes drizzly, and the smells are the best.

it should not be 86 degrees f right now, here

the new york metro weather guy who is in his late 30s, had a heart attack the other day?

he is recovering and we all wish him the best but in his absence i am willing to say that 85°F/29°C with a 75°F/24°C dew point at 1:45am is FUCKED UP

We had our Canada Day tennis event in Stratford yesterday. One of our best players had to leave her second match because of heat stroke. Personally, I could barely think straight after my fourth match in two hours (25 minutes per, but it was unbearable).

feeling blessed to be in coastal northern california right now... we're looking at low 70s thru the holiday weekend

probably owing to my time growing up in vegas i'm not really feeling the heat in nyc right now bc the humidity is so low. but both of these things are alarming in this region lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA5R_zLb1EM

as someone mentioned in the other thread, let's see what this heat wave can do to an 80 year old man in a suit & heavy makeup, shouting at a handful of poor souls baking on an empty lawn

the worst heat I ever experienced in Connecticut was in August 2016 where not only was it near triple digits but the humidity was also amazingly high. It literally felt life threatening to be outside for more than a few minutes.

Actually a perfect few days in London now, got to savour it before a bit more 30C+ next week.

Just got PTSD from a Bluesky post:

North Jersey Coast rail service is suspended between Penn Station New York and Long Branch. NJ TRANSIT service on all other rail lines is subject to up to 60-minute delays and cancellations of select trains due to the impacts on the equipment, related to the extreme temperatures

When I worked in NYC I used to ride either the North Jersey Coast line or the Northeast Corridor line every day, and every other day it was delayed, usually by between 30 and 60 minutes, coming into or out of Penn Station, if not both ways.

I used to take the main line from nj into penn for work it was mostly horrible

We are fucked x1000000. This can't be a long term solution, not that it's being framed as such..

New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.

Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.

Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings,…

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) July 1, 2026

My two 18-year-old window unit both died within the last week or so. Off to buy new ones.

My big worry is that I'm going to drop the old units out the windows when I try to remove them, and then I'm going to drop the new units too.

air con is on too high in my office and it's only high-20s out there :[

um

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/forecast/gcpvj0v07#?date=2026-07-10

^ I don't get why the hourly forecast peak is always one lower than the peak temperature they 'headline' with each day.

After doing OK with sleep for weeks last night was a real struggle, thought I'd be up all night but instead forgot to set alarm, dozed off around 3.30 and woke up at 10.30 :o

I am working from home with no AC obviously and have come down with the mother of all summer colds, drenched in sweat and barely have the energy to stand up.

If the temperature dips below 20C, I can get a respectable amount of sleep. Otherwise, I wake up every two hours.

Thoughts and prayers to our French chums https://bsky.app/profile/edhawkins.org/post/3mqbvpncpuc2z

I just learned about this skit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9q_KdtQfc

You’ll enjoy the follow up sketch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gjLBLgQFkg

Just finished work and feel compelled to go for a G&T just for a spell of lazy meditation. Think I might change my mind after 10 minutes in the pub but we'll see

last night was a real struggle

Like trying to sleep in a sauna. I don't think it got below 21/22C at any point.

41C here on Sunday.

I booked a Swimtrek holiday in Montenegro and was planning to take trains through Italy then ferries down the coast to get there from Nice. But they are forecasting temps of 94-95 in Montenegro and closer to 100 in Florence, and I've been feeling horrible at temps lower than that in Barcelona, so I'm facing the fact that I should probably cancel it. I'm in Europe already so will have to find something else to do for those two weeks.

I feel like a jerk even mentioning it when I brought this on myself. I thought about canceling the whole trip when the heat wave started, and I really probably should have.

aww maybe you can go up into the mountains? my partner spent some time around lake garda and lake iseo during his trip last year and loved it.

do you like to hike at all? the pyrenees always looked alluring to me. i've never been so can't really offer any good advice. but i'm sure it will work out and still be enjoyable!

if i ever travel far away, to say europe or japan, i'll want to do about 2-3 days in a big city, then i'd love to decamp to somewhere more remote with good trails for 3-4 more days that isn't much more than a half day's journey away.

all-time heat record set today in salt lake city at 109 f / 42.8 c

I booked a Swimtrek holiday in Montenegro and was planning to take trains through Italy then ferries down the coast to get there from Nice. But they are forecasting temps of 94-95 in Montenegro and closer to 100 in Florence, and I've been feeling horrible at temps lower than that in Barcelona, so I'm facing the fact that I should probably cancel it. I'm in Europe already so will have to find something else to do for those two weeks.

I feel like a jerk even mentioning it when I brought this on myself. I thought about canceling the whole trip when the heat wave started, and I really probably should have.

― Lily Dale, Friday, 10 July 2026 bookmarkflaglink

You didn't bring anything on yourself; we are in the middle of climate destruction.

I was in Florence August last year for a yoga intensive (was going to France at the end of July but cancelled before going through with the booking bcz of other reasons) and it was tough in a flat with the fan. Thankfully there is air con in a lot of places in Italy (including buses, and the yoga studio) so in the end it was ok though uncomfortable walking about and getting enough sleep.

I have said something similar in the France thread, which I am going to in August but really don't see a long term future for a holiday in summer.

Life is changing fast for us all.

where are you going in France?

ah just seen the thread. I was tempted by Montpelier/Carcassonne the past few years but am sticking to the North precisely because of the heat. shall have to visit when I'm no longer restricted to summer.

Apparently some parts of Montana, east of me, have been in the 110-115 range the last couple of days. Fortunately, I live in a mountain valley surrounded by trees, on the shore of a gigantic lake, so it hasn't gotten much above 80 here.

I'm currently in the Philly area for a span, and I guess we're getting a fifth heat wave in a day or so here. 90s tomorrow and Wednesday? I went for a long hike yesterday knowing it might be my last chance to do so for a bit. Saw the Star Gazers Stone, where Mason and Dixon established a temporary observatory to survey what became their namesake Line. Got pretty sweaty!

<3

I've been wanting to go see the Star Gazers Stone some time. I need to make it happen.

100° on Wednesday in DC just when my employer is going to have an outdoor field day with a theme of wellness. Yes it’s still on.

Thanks for the suggestions upthread! I am now in Nice, which is quite hot but still overall a pleasant experience, much better than Barcelona. The train ride getting here was rough, though, which confirms my thinking that I do not want to be taking trains through Italy. I love the idea of hiking in the mountains but I didn't really pack for that kind of trip, so I might go take a language class in Berlin, where the forecast is hot but not boiling. Still trying to decide.

I always find it quite fiddly to get anywhere quickly going over that border between France and Spain, even tho the views are nice. France in general is a tiny bit more hassle with trains than internal travel in Spain ime.

Not really travelled much in Italy but perhaps it won't be as problematic as Barcelona to Nice, idk.

I've just left Berlin and it's very warm but definitely manageable. Going to Cologne now but kinda on my way back to London rather than specifically wanting to see Cologne again, which is fine but not too much going on.

NB, you can hike many places in the Dolomites with nothing but sneakers because you can take a ski lift up to 8000 or 9000ft walk around a fairly flat area and have lunch at a rifugio. Take a lift to Cinque Torre walk around for 2-3 hours, see the open-air WWI museum, have lunch at Rifugio Scoiatolli (get the Casunzei di Ampenzzano, a local ravioli filled with beets and topped with butter, parmagiano and poppy seeds). This is a half hour bus ride from Cortina.

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That does look lovely! I will definitely add it to my possibilities.

Meanwhile I sent an email to Swimtrek asking if they've done this trip in a heatwave before and if so how it worked, and got back this obviously AI generated response, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence:

Thank you for flagging this, and it's completely understandable to be keeping an eye on the forecast ahead of your trip. Heat waves can be a real concern, especially when you're travelling to swim rather than just to sit on a beach.

The ​Montenegro Fjords trip is based in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, and the days are built around back to back stretches of time in the water, with the boat also giving everyone shade and a place to cool off between swims. Guides keep a close eye on hydration and heat throughout the day, and the schedule can be adjusted if conditions are particularly intense, for example by starting earlier or building in more rest at the hottest part of the day.

I can't promise exactly what the temperatures will be like on your specific dates, but our guides are very experienced in managing hot weather on this trip and take it seriously. Bringing a good hat, high factor sunscreen and you'll always have the option to speak to your guide if you're finding the heat difficult at any point.

I hope that helps put your mind at ease a little. Do let me know if you have any other questions before you travel.

My friend has family/a house in that part of Montenegro - do you want me to ask her what’s normal hot there?

Sure! Thank you!

When is the swimtrek supposed to happen?

Starting the 25th, and it goes for a week

Lily, Anna replied (her mum is from Montenegro) and says:

Low/mid 30s is pleasant in Montenegro. It's much less humid than here. I'm assuming they're sleeping outdoors?? If they're sleeping up a mountain it will be lovely and cool. If they're down near the water there may be mosquitos. But it should be fine. Is she particularly sensitive to heat? It feels much worse here (London) than there...

That's very good to know! Thank you so much! I am quite sensitive to heat, unfortunately, so I'm still not sure it would be smart of me to risk it, but that is very reassuring to hear.

If you had a hard time with Barcelona, I would imagine the humidity was a big factor. Everything Anna says about Montenegro suggests dry heat, which is much easier.

Thank you for your help Suzy! I am tentatively going forward with the Swimtrek. In the meantime I'm going to Berlin for five days, which should hopefully give me a little time to recover from the heat before I go back into it.

Getting all the weather alerts here in Philly area now *but* heat: thunderstorms, flash floods, air quality and tornado watch.

that’s Philly baby, we don’t stop til the screaming starts

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