Subj : Re: Keep cool USA and European folks
To   : Nightfox
From : hollowone
Date : Wed Jul 19 2023 05:14 am

 Ni> I have the impression we've been breaking heat records in recent years. 
 Ni> Just a couple years ago (2021), my area saw the hottest day on record -
 Ni> It got up to (I think) 119 degrees Fahrenheit (about 48 or 49 degrees
 Ni> Celsius) one day.  Temperatures that high are unusual for my area.  We
 Ni> do get some hot weather in the summer, but usually the hottest it gets
 Ni> might be around 107 Fahrenheit (41 Celsius).  Usually it doesn't get
 Ni> quite that hot, but it can be near there, and usually for just a couple
 Ni> weeks or so.

For last couple of years in Central Poland where I live both summer months keep temperature over 30C every day for about a month, with some daily drops down to 25-28C if there is some northern/eastern wind or one day raining. 

Other than that we have Nevada weather more than Minnesota weather in summer if I was looking for some analogies.

But I'm pretty sure Minnessota may also get a lot of new heat that was not used to observe in past decades.

But to be honest we also experience short but intense winters, with regular snow (just few inches but it stays on the ground outside cities).

Negative 10C for 2-3 weeks is also something I'm used to experience.

What we don't have as usual is Spring. When freeze ends we almost immediately have 1-2 weeks of heavy raining and storms and temperature raises from 0 to 16 over the period of March and in April it's not unusual to see 20+ quite often. May is already summer with 25 on regular basis.

I'm talking Celcius all the time.

Autumn is more or less OK and standard. Temperatures drop in early October. Some rain but usually nice weather that becomes chilly in November. Days become dark and trees are full of colors as usual then to become wooden skeletons and by mid of November you can see first snow from time to time and negative temperatures hitting in.

But that's country side. My friends in 1M+ cities cannot say they've seen snow the same way as I do... and in summer they have 3-5 degrees more. Something for something If like like concrete and glass as your neighbor.

-h1

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