Not to complain or anything, but...

[fajrdrako]

I can't recall Ottawa ever being this freaking hot. Ever.

Humidex of over 48C, they say. Or 120F plus.

Kinda makes me long for January again. But not really.

It's not supposed to be this hot in August.

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[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

When it's this hot the numbers just blur in my mind. Or maybe it's that my mind has melted.

It's hot here even with the air conditioning, which I guess is to be expected.

Have you heard a weather report about how long this is supposed to last?

[squashed.livejournal.com]

nods -- I figure you typed 38 because your brain didn't want to admit to 48!

Tomorrow looks to be much the same, though possibly not quite as hot by a couple degrees. And then Thursday looks to be much more like last week, so still hot, but will seem much cooler compared to today!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I figure you typed 38 because your brain didn't want to admit to 48!

So true! I want it to be 18. Is that too much to ask?

Thursday looks to be much more like last week, ... but will seem much cooler compared to today!

Small mercies!

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

here autumn has started. Grey low skies, rain, strong wind blowing. Ok, it is not chilly yet, but I don't trust it a bit. eh, the prediction is 70% chance for rain, in 8 days less rain but fog in the night time. Temperature is admittedly still on the high side. But for me the greyness is more important.

(ok your weather is maybe a tad high for my taste, but a bit in between? Wouldn't it be nice if we were super alchemists and could mix and shake our respective weathers. (or would it become a horrendous episode of the sorcerer's apprentice?)) (I seem to be on a superpower trip today? maybe I am feeling inadequate?)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

here autumn has started.

I wish it would start here!

Wouldn't it be nice if we were super alchemists and could mix and shake our respective weathers

If only we could! I wouldn't mind a little Antarctic chill right now, me and those penguins... sliding on ice...

A superpower trip sounds like a good idea. Superman used to use his super-breath to cool things down... Then there's Marvel's Iceman, who makes ice out of air. And Mr. Freeze, a very dorky Flash villain at DC Comics, who could make a lot of money legitimately right now.

[laitosto.livejournal.com]

Actually, the "Humidex" number on the Environment Canada website says 47 for Ottawa...

[squashed.livejournal.com]

Weather Network's humidex says 48 though (as of 3pm) -- and I'm right near the airport where they pull their info from.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CAON0512.htm

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

48? Is that even possible? This goes beyond my suspension of disbelief... I don't believe this heat....

Nope, refusing to believe in it doesn't make it go away. It was worth a try for a moment there.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

courtesy of wikipedia:

The record humidex in Canada occurred on June 20, 1953, when Windsor, Ontario hit 52.1°C. (The residents of Windsor would not have known this at the time, since the humidex had yet to be invented.) More recently, the humidex reached 50°C on July 14, 1995 in both Windsor and Toronto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidex

I wonder why we don't have a humidex

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

he record humidex in Canada occurred on June 20, 1953, when Windsor, Ontario hit 52.1°C.

Out of curiosity, I checked the weather in Windsor today. (They are considerably south of Ottawa.) Ottawa currently is 97°F/36°C (without taking the humidex in to account). Hmm, they're at 97°F/36°C, exactly the same as us, though the report says "partly cloudy", and we haven't a cloud in the sky. Just some haze around the horizon.

Maybe you don't have a humidex because you don't have as much of a temperature/humidex differential? I don't know what the reason would be. Here they tend to report humidex (in summer) and wind chill factor (in winter) because it's usually significantly different. And really, you don't dress for the actual temperature, you dress according to how cold or hot it is going to feel.

[laitosto.livejournal.com]

According to wikipedia, the Humidex is a Canadian thing. In the States we have the heat index which, according to wikipedia, is different (and usually a little lower for the same conditions).

Right now, here, it is 32C with 59% humidity for a heat index of 36C.

Its just too damn hot.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

yeah, I saw that it was exclusively Canadian. I was just wondering why. If it is an informative unit of measurement, why isn't it adopted elsewhere (do the Canadian metreologists hold a patent ot something?).It would be nice to compare.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, Canadian things don't necessarily get adopted worldwide. Mostly Canadian customs get ignored by the rest of the world.

I suspect the reason is that the extremes of Canadian weather makes it more necessary and useful for people to know Humidex as well as temperature - it might be useful elsewhere, but with just an added bit of urgency in Canada. (Mostly at the -30C and +30C ends of the spectrum.)

Or maybe it's just that Canadians are unduly obsessed with weather.

The climate isn't much different in, say, Minnesota or Alaska or Russia.

Interesting question!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

too damn hot

Now, that sums it up!

the Humidex is a Canadian thing.

Huh... I didn't know that. And I'd wondered what a 'heat index' was. Now I know!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Aaargh.

I'd weep but it's too hot to bother.