On 4/06/2019 06:30, Michiel van der Vlist -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> 30C is "too hot"?

 MvdV> That was the temperature outside. Here in the room where my keyboard and
 MvdV> screen are it was hotter.

 MvdV> To hot to argue with Bj"orn. ;-)

True

 DD>> I spent some weeks this last (southern hemisphere) summer enjoying 44C
 DD>> day after day.

 DD>> 30C is just balmy.

 MvdV> You are closer to the equator. Here at 52 degrees North, we are supposed
 MvdV> to have a moderate climate.

I am at 25 degrees south, but we didn't see 44C here.

I was travelling and was visiting as far as 34 degrees south. I was somewhat
inland (Cootamundra NSW) and it was a very dry atmosphere. Where I live is just
25km inland, it gets very humid which seems to hold the actual temperature down
somewhat.

 MvdV> In my youth temperatures above 30C were
 MvdV> rare. Now we see it more often, but it is still considered hot here. Our
 MvdV> bodies are not tuned to it. 44C is (still) unheard of here.

 MvdV> You live near the tropics and are more used to it. Even though here (the
 MvdV> meteorological) summer has just started and you are at the start of
winter.

Yes, winter has started. I am seeing it down to 7C at night (nearly midday now
and it's 16C).

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Gang warily
David

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