The temperature in Iran reached 126°F, the hottest recorded on Earth this year

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Coming soon to a thermometer near you. :grimacing:

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The Abadan = Abaddon jokes write themselves, though they aren’t funny.

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At least its a dry heat. /s

In Kansas you need gills some days.

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“It’s so humid I can take my fish for a walk.”

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Days in Ohio, when both the temperature and humidity were in the 90s…

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And yet this will probably be the coolest summer of the rest of our lives. Enjoy!!

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Ugh, I was recently reading Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future and the deadly Indian heat wave that helps kick off the story was a pretty terrifying glimpse of likely things to come.

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too hot
Not making light of the situation, empathizing.

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Crikey, I like me a jammy Shiraz.

I just read grapes start to shut down at 95F (how do I convert Furlongs to Celsius?), so too hot for them too.

How Heat Waves Impact Wine Grapes - Growing Produce.

Dark humour for dark times…

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Some parts of the U.S. get the worst of Canada’s winter weather (which hasn’t been too bad in recent years, I wonder why?) and the worst of the Gulf’s summer heat & humidity.


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