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What's the craziest cooling methods at the moment? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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We're not setup for hot weather, so we resort to all kinds of things to keep us and our homes cool.

Apart from ordering fans from Amazon, what else have you been doing to keep cool?

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[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think you mean 35°C? 45°C is 113°F.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thanks, my estimate was a little bit off; I'm terminally America-brained.

It's months of over 100°F to 110°F (38°C) here, but it does spike up there, and the heat index does regularly get that high.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No probs!

I lived in Houston for a couple of years so I knew it was a bit off. I wouldn't have lasted my first summer if 45°C was normal!

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I think Houston has a bit cooler temperature from Dallas due to the proximity to the ocean, but the humidity more than makes up for it.

It's just impossible to cool down in that kind of climate.

[–] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We get regular temperatures in the south west, Arizona specifically, over 120°F. The summer I moved away it was 133°F for three fucking days.

The local paper kept a count on the front page for how many days the temperature didn’t drop below 100°F, and that includes the overnight temp.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was 130 degrees, in Death Valley. I think your thermometer might have been a little off.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The official highest recorded temperature is now 56.7°C (134°F), which was measured on 10 July 1913 at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, USA.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago

You’re quite right. I’d forgotten how swiftly the years pass for your kind, it's been decades since I last looked. A new record? How wonderful!

[–] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

Just going by what the bank thermometer said around town.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago

I remember going to the office we have in Phoenix on a February (years ago...) and that was a hot day for me... and 1 of the locals came in to work with a jumper on 🤯🦞

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He did not make any errors. Texas routinely gets over 40C all over the state. I have experienced it in Johnson City as well as in Houston

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, the highs are mid to high 30s in Texas.

https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Texas/temperature-august.php

[–] goatmeal@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago

Those are the averages. It can peak well above that for a given week.

I live in northern US and have the opposite phenomenon. Average low in coldest month is 12F but we usually have about a week below 0F