What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly

Dang Calgary

It's actually been a really nice summer here, once July hit and it stopped raining. Highest temp I've seen in the city so far was 36, but that was in my car and I question the accuracy.

[SignalHillHiker]

Every door and window open. It's excruciating. And, this neighbourhood, I have to stand guard lol



An aside, crackhead across the street has turned on me. No idea why. Calls me a slur every time I leave my house. Neighbours and the three Sudanese guys a couple houses up are taking care of it for me. They even made him come down to his front door from the second-floor window to threaten him properly. It's annoying and confusing, but I feel very protected, which is nice.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly

https://x.com/Pat_wx/status/1819042861335134375/photo/1

Dang Calgary

Bump.

[flar]

Another temperature anomaly map

[flar]

My weather station
Avg hi: 27.1
Avg lo: 17.9
Mean: 22.3

Rain: 41.2mm

Pretty average, no big heatwaves and a couple cool downs. Three days over 30 and nine lows over 20. There were 15 days with a humidex over 35. We did not get a ton of rain like other parts of Southern Ontario. I kept watching all the storms pass by.

[Tancredi]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

25C inside. 31C outside.

I am shocked by the 31' centigrade recorded inside your house. In fact, even in my house it is recorded up to 31' (obviously when the air conditioning is off), but Palermo is much warmer than St John's. So this means that the houses in Newfoundland are built with materials, types of windows etc. to resist against the winter cold, but not for the (relative) heat in the summer. I believe that in the next few years and the increase in temperatures due to global warming, all the houses in Newfoundland will have their own air conditioning and will be built with materials that keep the summer temperatures inside cool.

[Denscity]

99.7F at 5pm in Castlegar BC

37 37 36 36 32 32

Living room 38.3C at 5pm.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by Tancredi

I am shocked by the 31' centigrade recorded inside your house. In fact, even in my house it is recorded up to 31' (obviously when the air conditioning is off), but Palermo is much warmer than St John's. So this means that the houses in Newfoundland are built with materials, types of windows etc. to resist against the winter cold, but not for the (relative) heat in the summer. I believe that in the next few years and the increase in temperatures due to global warming, all the houses in Newfoundland will have their own air conditioning and will be built with materials that keep the summer temperatures inside cool.

Thicker walls and insulation will keep the houses cool in summer as well, some, like my relatives' house, are built this way; also windows should be shut tight to avoid sunlight penetration or air intrusion. People in colder climates are not really aware of the best techniques and construction to cool a building. I've noticed that in Italy, houses have garage door type shutters on the outside which appear to be closed most of the time. The older houses like where he lives don't have much insulation, often no attic as well, which is also bad for heat loss in winter. On my recent trip to Newfoundland this year, I heard people discussing the emerging need for A/C now with the rising temperatures, and I know some who have it already with the heat pump system.

[Nicko999]

31C with a humidex of 40 and mainly sunny. It's another day by the pool. Just love those convective clouds.







Low of 22C (humidex of 31) this morning.

July in Montreal saw 11 days with a low officially above 20C.

https://x.com/yul_weather?lang=it

July 1921 remains at the top. To be fair, measurements back then were taken at McGill. However, the UHI then wasn't what it is today.

A more fair comparison would be Downtown Montreal who recorded 12 "tropical" lows this month. So 1921 would be far ahead either way.

The warmspot was Lytton, BC at 39.9C.

Warmest low was Point Pelee, ON at 24.1C.

Originally Posted by flar

My weather station
Avg hi: 27.1
Avg lo: 17.9
Mean: 22.3

Rain: 41.2mm

Pretty average, no big heatwaves and a couple cool downs. Three days over 30 and nine lows over 20. There were 15 days with a humidex over 35. We did not get a ton of rain like other parts of Southern Ontario. I kept watching all the storms pass by.

I am gonna use Downtown Montreal numbers because YUL is missing 4 full days of data (that's more than 10% of the month FFS).

AVG High: 27.4
AVG Low: 19.2
Mean: 23.3

Rain: 95.7 mm

It's not unheard of for MTL to be warmer than Windsor but it is rare for the difference to be by a full degree.

Extremely constant weather: Extreme high was 31.0C, extreme low was 15.6C. 15.4 degrees variation all month

[mcminsen]

The sun and heat is back. Dry, sunny and very warm.
And a bit more humidity than we're used to at this time of year.

Thursday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 25 C (31 C w/Humidex), the low was 16 C.





Downtown Vancouver, Aug.1 '24, my pic

[flar]

Originally Posted by Nicko999

I am gonna use Downtown Montreal numbers because YUL is missing 4 full days of data (that's more than 10% of the month FFS).

AVG High: 27.4
AVG Low: 19.2
Mean: 23.3

Rain: 95.7 mm

It's not unheard of for MTL to be warmer than Windsor but it is rare for the difference to be by a full degree.

Extremely constant weather: Extreme high was 31.0C, extreme low was 15.6C. 15.4 degrees variation all month

Windsor is slightly warmer than my place:
Avg high 27.7
Avg low 17.5
Mean 22.8

On the anomaly map Marty posted, Montreal was +1.8 and Windsor was -0.5, a spread of 2.3 degrees

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Tancredi

I am shocked by the 31' centigrade recorded inside your house. In fact, even in my house it is recorded up to 31' (obviously when the air conditioning is off), but Palermo is much warmer than St John's. So this means that the houses in Newfoundland are built with materials, types of windows etc. to resist against the winter cold, but not for the (relative) heat in the summer. I believe that in the next few years and the increase in temperatures due to global warming, all the houses in Newfoundland will have their own air conditioning and will be built with materials that keep the summer temperatures inside cool.

From what he's told us, SHH's house is built to resist neither summer heat nor winter cold ....

[kwoldtimer]

23C and humid at 0700hrs in Ottawa. Humidex apparently hit 41C yesterday and will likely be similar today. Ick.

[Tancredi]

Originally Posted by Architype

Thicker walls and insulation will keep the houses cool in summer as well, some, like my relatives' house, are built this way; also windows should be shut tight to avoid sunlight penetration or air intrusion. People in colder climates are not really aware of the best techniques and construction to cool a building. I've noticed that in Italy, houses have garage door type shutters on the outside which appear to be closed most of the time. The older houses like where he lives don't have much insulation, often no attic as well, which is also bad for heat loss in winter. On my recent trip to Newfoundland this year, I heard people discussing the emerging need for A/C now with the rising temperatures, and I know some who have it already with the heat pump system.

in fact a house can be built with techniques and materials that protect it from both cold and heat. With global warming in the construction of Canada it will be necessary to change the "philosophy" of construction. You are right, in Italy shutters are very common in houses, but the older ones. In modern houses they are not used.


Some photos of shutters in Italy


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https://static.vecteezy.com


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https://c7.alamy.com

[Tancredi]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

From what he's told us, SHH's house is built to resist neither summer heat nor winter cold ....

Amazing, the houses in Terrranova should be built to withstand frost.
In any case, the house in SHH is very beautiful and colorful.

[MonctonRad]

22C (humidex 30) and sunny in Moncton at 9 AM, going up to 29C (humidex 37) this afternoon with 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The weather has felt incredibly tropical for the last week here. We had a shower last evening here which was absolutely a tropical downpour.

I had presumptuously proclaimed the palm tree on the Avenir Centre Plaza here dead a few weeks ago, but, I walked by there last evening, and, there are actually signs of life. Maybe the bloody tree knows something.......

[north 42]

Originally Posted by flar

Windsor is slightly warmer than my place:
Avg high 27.7
Avg low 17.5
Mean 22.8

On the anomaly map Marty posted, Montreal was +1.8 and Windsor was -0.5, a spread of 2.3 degrees

Windsor Airport is almost always the coldest station in the city, Windsor/Riverside’s July stats are higher.

Avg high: 29.1C
Avg low: 18.4C
Mean: 23.8C

[SignalHillHiker]

Way too sticky. So tired of this. Bring on a foggy day please.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Tancredi

I am shocked by the 31' centigrade recorded inside your house. In fact, even in my house it is recorded up to 31' (obviously when the air conditioning is off), but Palermo is much warmer than St John's. So this means that the houses in Newfoundland are built with materials, types of windows etc. to resist against the winter cold, but not for the (relative) heat in the summer. I believe that in the next few years and the increase in temperatures due to global warming, all the houses in Newfoundland will have their own air conditioning and will be built with materials that keep the summer temperatures inside cool.

Oh it's the opposite; 31 was the temperature outside.

And yes, our buildings have been constructed primarily with heating during the winter months in mind. But until modern techniques were introduced, they've not been great at that either. From a European perspective, think of our housing as temporary shelters erected after a disaster. They're cheap, wooden, etc.

Standalone A/C I don't think is becoming especially popular here, though you do see lots of window units. Mini-splits that offer electric heating and cooling, though, are booming. They'll definitely be the norm here going forward. I looked into getting one but there's no suitable wall in my house. I'd have to get a floor unit inside, and Mount the exterior unit on the roof, both of which make it prohibitively expensive. So I just updated my baseboard heaters instead.

And even that has been a great success. I used to be always way above average. Now even in the coldest month I'm doing better than that:





(And this "average" is highly personalized, comparing me to other 1890-1920ish homes in the city of similar square footage with the same type of heating, age of hot water boilers, appliances etc.)

[Marty_Mcfly]

Cloudy and 25 (humidex 25, dew point 22) at 11:30am. Highs near 26 today, but remaining cloudy.

Break in the humidity coming tomorrow, though temperatures will still be above average.