14°C = 57°F

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    My best Christmas ever was in Belgium. We were supposed to go to Germany for the day to visit distant relatives. A blizzard closed everything and instead I got to stay in a bathrobe and read.

    Now I would have to go and pack a bathing costume. I am not a fan of climate change.

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    My city is expecting the first rainy Christmas in recorded history. The Earth is so screwed.

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      It’s storming and 60 degrees where I live.

      It should be cold and snowing.

      I’m glad I never had kids. Can’t imagine how bad it’s going to be in a decade or two when the shit really hits the fan.

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      These are the temps in the notoriously cold Minnesota as well. I’m unsettled and upset.

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        Yup. I’m Northwest of you in Canada and I can see my lawn. I’m not supposed to see my lawn…

        (At least until March at the earliest. We have a little bit of snow but not much, most of it melted)

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          Same in Wisconsin, lawn is greener now in December than it was in June because we had a drought this summer. It’s really uncomfortable.

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      January and February is when it normally gets cold here.

      People like to pretend that Christmas was a time of snow and ice, but that’s pretty rare. Dickens wrote about them, but his childhood coincided with the coldest decade in over a century.

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        Lived in my city for 37 years. Never had a “brown Christmas” until this year. It has also been above freezing every day this winter. Not the norm.

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    I’m living on the south coast of Ireland.

    Normal temps this time of year should be between 0° and 10°C (32F to 50F)

    It hasn’t been less than 10°C all this week, it shows on my car on the way to work. Fucking scary how this is only the beginning and we are in no way prepared for this.

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    ? This makes no sense without further context. Where are you? Is this normal? Why is this infuriating?

    Are people really this self-centred they just assume everyone lives in the same place as then and should know? It’s 35 degrees celcius here in Australia, a temp of 14 degrees looks amazing to me.

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      Yeah, bad post.

      This is the current temp in south UK, been 14-15c last 2 days. Usually would be less than 0c now, often around -5 or lower in the past.

      First Christmas I’ve seen people going from car to shop/garage in t shirts

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        So is OP complaining because they think it’s too hot? Where I live, people would complain that this is too cold.

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      That Polar Vortex tilting off the center, catches you by surprise and suddenly every road in North Dakota is closed for 5 days.

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    It is 20C where I am. I don’t remember it ever being over 5-10 in this area, during December. I’m still wearing shorts, while usually going outside without a thick hoodie and a scarf used to be a stupid idea.

    And on the flip side of that, the summer was so hot, that we all had to bunker inside, to avoid high humidity heat.

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      Not really how climate change works. While the average global temperature will trend higher, there will be colder and hotter seasons, each getting more extreme as they go back and forth. There will be hotter heat waves and colder cold snaps.

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        Wanna know a fun fact?

        Air conditioning stops working effectively around 120F and decreases in efficiency as it gets hotter because the condenser cannot effectively discharge heat into the air.

        Freshwater sources are drying up worldwide with absolute proof and nobody cares.

        Take a serious look at moving somewhere moderate. The ultra wealthy are all building fortified compounds in the Michigan peninsula. Why?

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          It’s possible to engineer a condenser that outputs 60-80°C using exotic gases/coolant blends, but you’re right, the standard residential A/C is going to be operating at around 48°C.

      • PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works
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        Oh, of course, no doubt! I’m a child if late middle 80’s, growing up in a western coast in Norway. There was always snow during winter. The last 15 years has shown MAYBE a day or two of snow, then warmer again.

        And then we had the sudden cold for a couple of weeks, which postponed the construction of a new parking lot with about two months due to the frost in the ground (there was something like a sudden 2-3 weeks of -10 Celsius).

        Then we have the summer of 18 in Europe. Even Norway was so dry everything turned yellow.

        It happens, but I do think that in some climates, like Norway, it’ll mostly get warmer with the freak occurrence of cold/heat (depending on the season). My previous comment is for the general term, not to be taken literally.

        And thank you! I’ve missed having a constructive discussions on the internet. Happy holidays!

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    VAI BRAZIL NUMERO UNO 🏆🥇🥇☝️☝️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

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      Even in winter you’ll hardly ever see snow anywhere in Brazil yet our christmas decorations would make you think this is Northern Canada lol

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    It’s been like 10 degrees Celsius in my town and my parents‘ basement has been collecting water all day. Seems like perfect Christmas weather.