too effing hot

we made it at 17:29 yesterday btw!

🔥NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH 🔥

Seattle reached 106° in the 2 o’clock hour, establishing a new record for hottest temperature in recorded history.

The previous record high of 104° only survived a day.

— Seattle Weather Blog (@KSeattleWeather) June 28, 2021

calzino some backstory on that melted wire and a bunch of other electrical problems https://www.newsweek.com/extreme-heat-melts-streetcar-cable-portland-service-suspended-days-1604891

ah yeah that's interesting, it seems their heatwave related problems are more than just supply cables popping (sagging copper overhead wires looks the main prob), because SWAs can operate at greater temperatures than 110. I know the resistance in copper conductors increases in high temperatures but when they are 25 mm² they work ok in steel foundries and other very hot industrial environments

I think they figured a pic of a blown cable is a more convincing explanation, because when they start talking about sagging overhead cables it might take on a "wrong type of leaves/wrong type of snow" incredulity in inconvenienced commuters minds.

record 102°F in newark, 98°F at laguardia today, with 50-60% humidity

it's not OR/WA/BC, but it's not great

record for what? june 29? surely that's not all time.

i was wondering the same. that seems right for the east coast:

Hottest day of 2021 (so far) ☀️🥵

Preliminary high temps:

NYC: 95
JFK: 90
LaGuardia: 98R
Islip: 88
Newark: 102R
Bridgeport: 94R

R=Record high tied or broken

One more day of intense heat is on tap for the Tri-State. Heat Advisory stays in effect for most until 8 PM Wednesday.

— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) June 29, 2021

Newark is always a few degrees hotter than NYC in summer, not sure why. I'm one town over and it was 97 outside today.

Must be June records, Newark reached 108F in July 2011.

records for june 29, i'm sure

Here is where Newark temperatures are officially recorded:

https://i.imgur.com/4a0Zfge.jpg

And here is where official temps in NYC are taken:

https://i.imgur.com/OZAwpmU.jpg

the garden state

Central Park is cheating.

Seriously. "Hey, let's stick this thermometer in boiling hot tar, and lay this one on the grass surrounded by trees, and see what results we get! It's science!"

Only 95’F today in Portland

And a good time was had by all.

jogging in 95 ("feels like 98") is some damaging shit

imagine how lame we sound in the UK moaning that it's too hot to cook because it's been 28-32 degrees for the last 4-5 days!

Can confirm. Am currently in Britain, basking in the heat and mildly amused by the locals' despair.

For real, though, while I genuinely enjoy this kind of weather, the climatological implications are fucking grim.

The day my Southern folk buck up and learn to drive in an inch of snow will be the day I finally call out Northerners for melting in the 90º heat.

Over 29C in my (UK) place at 2am last night. I know it's been hotter at times the last few years but I have thermometer now. If it goes over 36C during the day I think I'll need to find somewhere else to sleep.

I mean I like the warm weather it but it gets a bit worrying in the sounthern facing attic apartment space.

you folks over there know it was 47°c in the rainforest of portland oregon less than a month ago right

basking in the heat and mildly amused by the locals' despair.

tbf it goes from 20 degrees to 30 degrees overnight and lasts for 5 days. Try getting used to that each year.

https://i.imgur.com/Vl9XCZ5.png

I mean, this is a pretty good forecast for us during late July.

the thing is, when I lived in the South (GA), the *indoor* summer temperature was around 18, which makes a pretty huge difference

The UK doesn’t feel much less humid than Arkansas in practice. Real lung weather sometimes, especially at night.

Don't know what you're all talking about, it's 14 degrees in Shetland right now.

Going by extended experiences in Montreal and Bucharest, the current UK heat wave (in Oxford, at least) is lightweight-tier in terms of how it *feels*. Imo it's just nice out.

But, to reiterate, in terms of what it means for the planet, it's a total disaster.

But things feel different depending on the standard climate one is used to! I do chuckle when I see Phoenicians in 50F/10C bundled up like arctic explorers, but I don't doubt that they truly do feel cold. Because they've just been thru 6 months of over 100F/40C.

Greetings from the northern hemisphere.

https://i.imgur.com/LpcIZg3.png

https://i.imgur.com/hJM3uk1.png

13°C not exactly too effing hot but you shouldn't be able to go for a 1am dog walk in the park wearing a t-shirt in late december in the north of England. It just isn't right. There is a breeze but it's warm wind.

see also

Rolling Western U.S. Is On Fire / Wildfires Thread

too soon

Actually considering the last few years this is late for our first 90 degree day in DC. I’m sure historically this is still very early.

68F here in L.A. It's a little overcast, otherwise it's another perfect day.

ban jimbeaux

Ban LA first imho

No need for a ban, it's about to dry up and blow away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnRtFd7Hps

hungry but the thought of cooking fills me with dread
ate the last of the tuna salad for lunch
i guess i could scramble some eggs and not get too hot

https://i.imgur.com/EAXH61j.png

C'mon. Bring that shit. Do it. Hurt me. Do it. Do it. Do it.

Don't know why it says "Humid" up there when the humidity is only 46%. Hygrometer must be on the fritz.

I have been living on sandwiches and salads for two weeks because the thought of hot food is so deeply unpleasant right now.

xp good lord

a friend of mine is a runner; his rule of thumb is that if air temp + dew point is over 150, it's basically unsafe to run. i've never experienced a 176

We're having to get our house reroofed (only 13 years after the last time but that's another story) and our roofer said his working day is 5:30 a.m. to about noon.

In AZ they do a lot of roofing at night! Construction in general, from what I’ve heard.

Knock on wood, but it has been a relatively cool summer here in Philly, not as many 92+ days. Still looking forward to our trip to Maine in a few weeks tho.

Yeah long term forecast is that DC will have a “normal” or slightly below normal summer, but that’s still higher than past historical standards. We just won’t be in there “Top 10 hottest summers” like we have been stuck on every year for a decade.

Our neighbors are an empty lot to the east, an insurance office to the north, a school building empty in the summer to the west and an empty house to the south. I should let our roofer know he's welcome to set up lights and work at night if he wants.

Long way off but if this even comes close, eek.

What a run. I know it's probably feeding the Express bollocks that releases by tweeting this anyway but I feel like its something to highlight anyway as 44C on a model run is exceptionally mad twice in a row! Slim chance but scope for extreme heat nxt wk at least. pic.twitter.com/1i0jGpNEGn

— MetJam (@MetJam_) July 9, 2022

good luck uk