35C with a humidex of
45 and sunny today. An sauna... it is so freaking hot. I love it.
Low of
22C (humidex of
29) this morning.
The warmspot was L'assomption, QC at
36.4C.
Warmest low was Wiarton, ON at
25.4C. Could be the new warmest low if it holds.
Egbert's low did not hold, official one ended up being 23.9. The highest official low ended up being Hamilton, ON at
25.3C. Still by far the warmest this year in Canada but it doesn't beat the last year's high of 25.4C (Downtown Montreal).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Metro-One
Actually a lot of Japan (Hokkaido, northwest Honshu, and various mountainous areas) get winters comparable to the southern BC interior, southern Ontario and Nova Scotia (just with a looot more snow) and even where I am, winters here are very comparable to the south cost of BC, so most of Japan is far from being tropical.
I will give you though that a four or five day heat wave can be fun if relief is in sight. Here in Japan I wont be experiencing a fresh morning again likely until October. For me that completely ruins the enjoyment of summer. I like heat, yes, but continually feeling sticky, sweaty, and nasty for months on end? Nope.
Also I think people move more for sun and to escape extreme cold than they do to feel high humidity and extreme heat. Also the fact that these migrations didn't really happen until air conditioning was invented shows that people don't actually like sitting around at 36 degrees with 90% humidity and going to sleep in heat. Moving to a tropical place to spend 80% of your time in air conditioned spaces will always be a bizarre to me.
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Comes down to what you have grown accustomed to. However the humidity has a lot more benefit than the dryness. It moderates the temperature so you don't get extremes, it usually brings consistent rain so you don't have to worry about drought or forest fires, it is better on the skin (I do have sensitive skin so below a certain dewpoint level I always have to put moisturizer on. I never have to worry about that in the summer).
Also you are not a weather noobie you should know 36 degrees and 90% humidity is impossible.
The highest dewpoint ever recorded was Dhahran, Saudi Arabia at 35C.
Tropical places have temperatures in the high 20's/low 30's and dewpoint around 22-23C. That's about 60% humidity. They don't experience EXTREME humidity.
Some might say sticky but for a lot of people perfect temperature and humidity wise.
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