How Scorching Are Temperatures in Your City?

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The thread discusses current temperatures in various locations, with participants sharing their experiences of heat and humidity. The conversation includes personal anecdotes about coping with high temperatures, comparisons between different cities, and humorous exchanges about the weather.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports a high of 111 degrees, noting the extreme heat and its effects on outdoor conditions.
  • Another participant describes a much cooler temperature of 78 degrees in New York, suggesting that humidity also affects comfort levels.
  • Several participants mention the discomfort of high temperatures, with one questioning the effectiveness of using a fan over ice to cool down.
  • Another participant shares their experience of a recent thunderstorm that brought relief from the heat, but also mentions feeling cold afterward.
  • One participant notes record high temperatures in Oregon, indicating a significant change in typical weather patterns for the area.
  • A participant from Belgium reports reaching 37°C, expressing surprise at such high temperatures in a typically temperate region.
  • There are humorous exchanges and light-hearted banter among participants, including playful arguments about babysitters and weather preferences.
  • Some participants express frustration over the use of Fahrenheit, advocating for the use of Celsius or Kelvin for clarity.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of temperatures and experiences, with no consensus on what constitutes "hot." The discussion includes both complaints about the heat and humorous exchanges, indicating a mix of agreement on discomfort but disagreement on specific experiences and coping strategies.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference personal comfort levels and local climate conditions, which may vary widely. The discussion includes anecdotal evidence and subjective experiences without formal measurements or scientific analysis.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in personal experiences of extreme weather, those comparing regional climates, or anyone looking for light-hearted discussions about coping with heat may find this thread engaging.

  • #31
I've never had a babysitter, be quiet
 
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  • #32
yomamma said:
I've never had a babysitter, be quiet

oooo hit a nerve. Is she on the phone right now? :biggrin:
 
  • #33
?


I have never had a babysitter...you CAN read...right?
 
  • #34
Only someone whos had a babysitter would be so defensive about having a babysitter
 
  • #35
I haven't been defensive
 
  • #36
Refer to signature
 
  • #37
Refer to signature
 
  • #38
Don't you have some tellitubbies to watch?
 
  • #39
No


Ten char limit[/color]
 
  • #40
Can't even make a 10 character argument...
 
  • #41
I didn't have to make a 10 character argument, I said what I needed to say without saying other stupid crap
 
  • #42
It's ok, yomamma. You don't have to be embarrassed about having a sitter.
 
  • #43
Math Is Hard said:
It's ok, yomamma. You don't have to be embarrassed about having a sitter.

:smile: :smile: :smile: high five! I knew someone in this forum didn't hate me
 
  • #44
I DON'T HAVE ONE![/size]



it's true you know
 
  • #45
Math Is Hard said:
It's ok, yomamma. You don't have to be embarrassed about having a sitter.

You can be mine, ooo baby. :!)
 
  • #46
Ignores yomamma and Pengwuino

It's very hard to follow this thread if you keep using medieval units. Come on people, how hard van it be to post in internationally accepted units? That way even non-Americans can follow you :wink: I'll accept Kelvin as a compromise (it is a science board after all)

As for here, it reached 37°C in Belgium this week! We're supposed to be a sea-side, temperate Western European country!
 
  • #47
Dimitri Terryn said:
Ignores yomamma and Pengwuino

It's very hard to follow this thread if you keep using medieval units. Come on people, how hard van it be to post in internationally accepted units? That way even non-Americans can follow you :wink: I'll accept Kelvin as a compromise (it is a science board after all)
:smile:

As for here, it reached 37°C in Belgium this week! We're supposed to be a sea-side, temperate Western European country!
Well, at least that temperature I can convert readily. 37 C = 98.6 F (body temperature). But, here, I'll give you a table to help. :wink: Anything below 0 C or 32 F is too damn cold to matter, and anything above 40 C and 104 F is too damn hot to matter, so I limited it to that range.

C F
0 32
1 33.8
2 35.6
3 37.4
4 39.2
5 41
6 42.8
7 44.6
8 46.4
9 48.2
10 50
11 51.8
12 53.6
13 55.4
14 57.2
15 59
16 60.8
17 62.6
18 64.4
19 66.2
20 68
21 69.8
22 71.6
23 73.4
24 75.2
25 77
26 78.8
27 80.6
28 82.4
29 84.2
30 86
31 87.8
32 89.6
33 91.4
34 93.2
35 95
36 96.8
37 98.6
38 100.4
39 102.2
40 104
 
  • #48
The weather people keep lying to us. It was supposed to hit a high of 95 yesterday [for Dimitri, that's in Kelvin]. By 10AM it was 90, and by late afternoon it hit a high of at least 102 [for Dimitri, that's in eV]. Today it is supposed to hit a high of 90. It was 90 at 10AM.
 
  • #49
I've got a flu! So I'm hot anyway no matter how hot here it is!:rolleyes:


Pengwuino said:
Does your babysitter let you stay on this late?
Are you jealous that yours don't?:-p
yomamma said:
I DON'T HAVE ONE!
Ok ok we know you need 1 but it's your parents who should hire 1 for you not PF'ers!:smile:
 
  • #50
Ivan Seeking said:
...for Dimitri, that's in eV...

Cool! I was wondering if asking you to use natural (or God-given :biggrin: ) units was going to be too much of a strech, but I'd be much more at ease if you would you use eV's! :wink:

Damn Ivan, it's pretty cold out there!

@Moonbear : thanks, I can actually work with the Fahrenheit scale, but I felt like being a stuck up European for once.
 
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  • #51
Anything for you bud! :biggrin:
 
  • #52
It's been around 305 degrees (K) here in Colorado Springs. I'm not even sure it's correct to say it's a dry heat. We've been getting thunderstorms most afternoons or evenings and the air's thin enough the temp always drops below 290 degrees (K) in the night time. I've never seen the prairies this green this late in the summer before (in fact, I almost forgot green was a color) and we're having to mow the yard nearly once a week.
 
  • #53
Moonbear said:
:smile:


Well, at least that temperature I can convert readily. 37 C = 98.6 F (body temperature). But, here, I'll give you a table to help. :wink: Anything below 0 C or 32 F is too damn cold to matter, and anything above 40 C and 104 F is too damn hot to matter, so I limited it to that range.
Should you really convert a number rounded off to two digits to a three digit number? Human body temperature is about 36.8 C if taken to three digits, which is about 98.2 F.
 
  • #54
Ivan Seeking said:
The weather people keep lying to us. It was supposed to hit a high of 95 yesterday [for Dimitri, that's in Kelvin]. By 10AM it was 90, and by late afternoon it hit a high of at least 102 [for Dimitri, that's in eV]. Today it is supposed to hit a high of 90. It was 90 at 10AM.

:confused: :confused: :confused: 102 eV?
 
  • #55
Pengwuino said:
:confused: :confused: :confused: 102 eV?

I dunno. In Alameda, CA it hit 105 bushels yesterday.

- Warren
 
  • #56
In Fresno, it hit 572.67 Rankine
 
  • #57
Pengwuino said:
:confused: :confused: :confused: 102 eV?


I think plasma temps are sometimes measured in eV. But really the point was to give dimitri a bad time. :biggrin:
 
  • #58
25.41 \, \mbox{meV}/k_B here. Much warmer outside, but still too cold for plasma ignition.

Dimitri - I already was using your stupid anti-scientific centigrade scale, back in post #4.
 
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  • #59
Rach3 said:
25.41 \, \mbox{meV}/k_B here. Much warmer outside, but still too cold for plasma ignition.

Dimitri - I already was using your stupid anti-scientific centigrade scale, back in post #4.

True enough. Don't feel bashfull about just using MeV, when you're a theoretical physicist you can set any constant of nature equal to 1 until proven guilty :biggrin:
 
  • #60
Dimitri Terryn said:
True enough. Don't feel bashfull about just using MeV, when you're a theoretical physicist you can set any constant of nature equal to 1 until proven guilty :biggrin:

That's meV, not MeV!
 

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