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Broke 40C here today

So we're now at 29 days over 30 Celsius and possibly 18 over 32. Have to see what the final maximum extreme is for today.

Looks like 31.0 was the maximum for today. So we're at 29 and 17 days.

And today has easily gone through 32 Celsius. We're looking at over 34 Celsius being recorded in several locations today, and 35 Celsius may have been reached again.

So now 30 and 18 days respectively. We're 1 day off equalling the record for number of days over 32 Celsius in a year and 4 off equalling the record for number of days over 30 Celsius in a year.

We haven’t been a day under 35c for weeks

Which is normal here.

Which is why we have A/C of course. Makes all the difference!

And confirmed 35.2 Celcius today. 7th day over 35 Celsius this. The previous record was 5.

Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2026 7:14 pm We haven’t been a day under 35c for weeks

Which is normal here.

Which is why we have A/C of course. Makes all the difference!

Not just AC. Very different architecture. Ours is able to handle large temperature swings on a given day (here in my part of CA a 40 degree temperature swing is not unusual for a summer day), but also across the seasons, where we have winters often as cold and wet as European ones combined with summers where the heat and humidity Europeans are dying in are called Tuesday.

AC is great, but buildings that are well insulated against hot and cold (instead of containing heat as our European members are contending with) is the win. As my place is sufficiently well insulated it holds in the nights cool against a 35c day without needing AC.

Yesterday saw 30 Celsius breached but not 32 Celsius. So we're now up to 18 and 31 days.