Itās been in the high 70s-80s here, but the humidity has been up to 99%. Thatās what makes it really hard. This morning itās actually cooler and a little foggy, but supposed to be in the 80s this afternoon.
We watch a lot of Escape to the Country and Location, Location, Location. We were always amazed to see no a/c in the homes in the UK. Even more amazing is that they donāt have screens on their windows! I would love to be able to open our windows and not have screens!
RIGHT!!! that was bizar to us also. Now its like, well, it is what it is. haha, especially when its hot.
Is this your actual temperature? I remember laughing so hard like last year or the year before because the UK was in a heat wave and they were struggling, but the highs were like low 80s.
The Pacific northwest has the same issue as the UK. All the houses are built to trap heat because typically the weather is cold. You can die in an 80ā° oven, and thrive on a 90ā° hillside!
Iām hoping weāve had our out of season heatwave for the year. Weāre currently in the 70ā°s (admittedly 79ā° by the hottest part of the day) and itās beautiful. Earlier in the year we had mid 90ā°s and I was failing to thrive!
It was what was forcast earleir in the week. Todays actual looks like its keeping to 96.
Hereās Paris as of now. The terrifying part of the forecast are the overnight lows. Any overnight low above 68Ā° (20Ā°C) puts children and the elderly at significant risk. (Remember the hundreds of deaths in Chicago a while back?)
These overnight temperatures will result in fatalities unless extraordinary steps are taken. We wonāt know for days or weeks what toll they take. 
As a Phoenix resident, I should probably just stay out of this. We seem to be having a relatively cool summer. Itās only supposed to hit 107Ā°F today, and the humidity just climbed above 21%. The dryness makes the heat less awful, but brings its own discomforts. Of course we have a heavy monsoon season predicted, coming soon.
As observed for Paris, the real trouble is when it stops cooling down overnight. Having paved over a huge swath of the desert here, we get a giant āheat islandā that stays well over 100Ā°F overnight for much of every summer.
LOL Thereās a reason so many people in AZ have pools! I donāt think I could ever handle that heat. It feels like Colorado weather has been changing. It hasnāt been getting as high of temp as what Iām used to getting. But I still feel too hot most of the time. I need AC.
Oh, I didnāt know this was gore their houses were designed. I remember my first trip to vegas was in early August. Normal weather for them, over 100 during the day, but the low for the night was still 97 degrees. I felt like I was baking. And summers in SoCal for over 100, and our house was old without air conditioning, but it wasnāt built to retain heat for sure (otherwise winter wouldāve felt much warmer indoors).
Iām trying not to jinx myself, but so far since moving to Japan, this is the coolest the summer has been. The last three summers had been breaking their own records of heat and the humidity is high here. I know itās going to heat up after the rainy season, but Iām enjoying the cool weather for now (mid 70s to low 80s).
This is really sad. 
Yeah, itās the lows that really get you. If the lows are in the 90s then opening windows at night isnāt going to work. And people will certainly start dying without A/C.
Once I was in Vegas and saw the thermometer say 105Ā°F at midnight. (Not normal for them! I was there during a record-breaking heat wave a few years ago.)
Having grown up in Clovis, CA and having lived near Phoenix for 8 years, I was pretty used to the high temps. The year I got married and we moved to Santa Cruz area, we hit a record that summer of 20 days with over 100deg heat, and it was not unusual at all for it to be 102 at 2am. Same with Phoenix when we lived there. Riding the motorcycle was horrible and I got heat stroke, because in that traffic on a bike, the road temp was 134. And when it takes two hours to get across the valley, itās not a good thing. At least we did have a/c in Arizona. Growing up in Clovis, we only had swamp coolers.
Think Iāll stay where weāre at. It may get hot, but we have a boat and a lake 20 minutes away, and I have a swimming pool and a/c. And 4 seasons instead of 2.
@CMadok - were you affected by the earthquakes yesterday? I saw on FB where Valenzuela was hit hard, and it said California and Japan also were hit by quakes.
This worries me, as I am a huge TdF fan, and the race starts up in a couple weeks. I hope the Race Directors are taking this into account and make safe decisions.
Dāaccord! With the Grand DĆ©part in Barcelona this year, it will be especially challenging unless the heat domes have dissipated. Fingers crossed!
yesterday I was sitting on the sofa around 7:25am, when I felt the slightest shaking. I sat there for a few seconds wondering if it was an earthquake, my imagination, or maybe my dog snoring, then it stopped. 5 minutes later I got an earthquake notice. It was way up north, but strong enough to cause my sofa to feel like a slightly snoring dog here in the middle of Japan.
I think it was like a week ago I was sitting at a stop light in Tokyo and then my car was shaking for a few minutes. Thatās probably the most earthquake Iāve felt since moving here, but that one was closer to home. So far, Iāve been lucky, and my house is new, so it has the latest earthquake protection building methods.
Japan has to be the best place to be in the event of a large earthquake.
Tokyo itself has so many protections. Their flood tunnel system seems pretty crazy, too.
The buildings here are massive and close together, but they are constantly upgrading to protect against earthquakes. I donāt understand how it all works, but Iāve seen them swapping foundations of buildings with the old building still there.
That tunnel looks amazing! Glad youāre safe from the earthquake.
We experienced a lot living in California, especially the one that hit LA in the 60s and Coalinga in the 70s. We were living in Fresno during those, and felt both of them, especially Coalinga since it was closer. When we were at Bible College in the 80s, we were in Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz. I was working at the college library, and when the one hit Morgan Hill, it was so strong it knocked every book off the shelves and threw me against a wall. We felt a lot of them during the 5 years we were there. We moved right before the devastating one that hit Santa Cruz and San Francisco in ā87.
Weāve been having some stronger quakes all day. Just had a 5.8 now, not too big, but the seismic intensity was a 5. Earlier today I was in Costco and there was a quake. That was probably the most Iāve been method about one so far, only because I was in a big warehouse. I think this is the most i have felt in one day in the last 3 years.