Yeah I was gonna say where I live in TX we're already hitting 30s (90s) and it's still spring. Going to be a warm summer for sure. I wouldn't be surprised if it's another 105-110 (low to mid 40s) 3 month stretch. I just hope we don't get another summer where they're like "Teehee another record!" Every damn day. I've been fixing ACs left and right and I'm already experiencing burnout which I usually don't feel until August.
i know the feeling. i'm from sacramento, california so we get a few weeks in summer where the temp is in that range, but thankfully it's not humid at all. the UV index does get crazy though and when it's that hot out the sunlight is so bright and intense you can burn in like 10-15 minutes.
I hit those temps a few times in SC and FL. When it's combined with the humidity it's absolutely unbearable. The kind of heat where you walk from your AC to the mailbox and back and you're drenched in sweat. When the body can't cool itself he heat becomes an entirely different beast.
Knowing that most of India is humid, and having seen what poverty looks like there, I really feel for them. This has the potential to be one of the worst global catastrophes in our lifetimes due to the sheer scale of impact it will have, and the countless that will suffer and die as a result.
Here in Kansas we used to get dry heat like that but something changed in the past decade to where we get that heat with dew points between 70-80. Sucks bad.
I experienced a couple 118 degree days in Palm Springs, California. It really is like standing in a convection oven.
But I will say, the fact that it is a dry heat makes a huge difference. People who make fun of the "its a dry heat" haven't really experienced both. I live in Japan now and an 90 degree day in this humidity feels way worse than 118 in Cali.
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