Too Hot?

[Moorea7]

I wouldn't fancy arriving on holiday in Italy right now. Other places also affected.
Would you?

https://www.rte.ie/news/weather/2023/0715/1394674-europe-heatwave/

[237SJ]

Compared to the appalling weather in the UK at the moment, I`d be up for it. Hottest I experienced was nearly 50 C in Doha. I could feel it burning my eyeballs.

[douglas9401]

When I find myself having to turn on the central heating in mid 'summer' I'd take my chances with the heat abroad for a week or two.

[Patsy33]

We're going to Costa del Sol in 10 days time. When I looked at long range weather forecast, it's going to be an average of about 30C.
I know some inland places in Spain will be much higher.
I can happily bear 30c :-)

[david small]

I was in Venice one July. Never again. Way too hot. No shade to be had.
My wife is going in late September so it will be much cooler.

[Moorea7]

David. Wonder if it was the same July as I was in Lido de Jesolo? Sand was so hot I could barely walk on it. Some local elderly ladies were sitting against a wall with their lower body/legs covered in this hot sand up to waist level - said it was good for arthritis!

[Peter Pedant]

Granada is know as La Vega ( one - uno)
The frying pan

40'C is not uncommon, go to bed between 1400-1800 - and then bed at night later

Cats start panting > 40'C if you dont have a theromometer available

[Buenchico]

My friends live in Italy but they're (very wisely) in Edinburgh at the moment.

I don't mind high temperatures unless they're accompanied by humidity. I was in Madrid in August a few years ago, where temperatures peaked at 38C each day, and I loved it because it was dry heat. (Cafés and bars all had misting devices on their terraces, trying to increase the amount of moisture in the air). I then returned to the UK, where the temperature was only 26C but with high humidity, and absolutely hated it.

[malagabob]

We’ve just returned from Costa del Sol. The heat, high 30s and humidity high 90s made it unbearable to even go for a stroll.