The Strongest El Niño Ever

Post by sdeframond » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC

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> Even when night time temperatures drop to 17c That's pretty nice actually! I am in a brand new rooftop apartment, so pretty exposed to heat. I can keep 28-29C indoors when it's 38C outdoors. That's hot but workable with a ceiling fan. At night we open all windows and have a ceiling fan above the bed. We've got about 24C indoor in the morning, with nightime outdoor temperature at about 21C. Obviously I keep physical…

17c outside just to be clear, highlighting that that it doesn't serve much purpose in cooling inside the house We also have high humidity which makes 25c to 30c at night very uncomfortable for us Brits. People often forget about humidity when telling people they don't need AC And you have to remember we're a country of people used to max summer heat mostly being around 20-22c and many people will sleep with the windo…

Post by sdeframond » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC

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We can install adjustable shades and ceiling fans. Cheap and efficient. It practically pays for itself in saved energy bills if we decide to add an aircon anyway. Plus the saved energy saves carbon emissions too. We can update building regulations so that new building are better. We can plant trees. It brings shade in summer but lets sun through in winter. We can stop taking the plane. I mean, there really are tons o…

It's 38 degrees this Wednesday again, and you're talking ceiling fans. This is just ridiculously out of touch.

Post by whatevaa » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC

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In case you don't know, there is a meme in the US that Europe don't know/don't have A/C. We do, but in some coutries there are laws banning A/C below 25°C (77°F) in public places, so (US) tourist don't get the cold air hit when entering a building like a musseum, leaving with the impression we don't know A/C. No general A/C might be the case in regions that never needed it before (mild summers, cold winters), but the…

>but in some coutries there are laws banning A/C below 25°C (77°F) in public places, so (US) tourist don't get the cold air hit To be fair - cold air hit (I'm talking about big gaps betweet temperatures) is pretty bad for you. Ideally you don't want the temperature in a room to be (immediately) lower than T-5°C or so.

Post by sn9 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC

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The buried lede: What does all this mean for global temperatures? Because global temperature lags ENSO by around three to five months, most of this event’s warming will land in 2027, which is now shaping up to be a genuinely alarming year and the warmest on record by a sizable margin I’m certainly no climate scientist, but if I lived in Europe, I would absolutely be looking into how to get a solar energy system set u…

I don't mean to be divisive, but this meme-like stream of news articles and comments about Europeans being silly about air conditioning, from the drill-baby-drill nation that refused to even try to do anything about climate change, really grates on me.

Post by Timon3 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC

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I'd try hanging long sheets of aluminum foil in too-large windows. I imagine someone in academia has studied this.

That works. A lot of people do that in their home when they have no other choice (renting the place, typically). It'd be better to block the sun before it hits the window though, so that the window itself does not get hot and heat the inside. Edit: people generally use emergency blankets, fyi. You can stick them to the glass with water.