U.S./EU heat wave: Here's where temperature records were set in July

[rcjordan]

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/03/july-heat-records-us

We're in the Hell's Front Porch summer weather here (93f/34c, 80% rh) but I would not rate it as unusual - just what we usually have, except with a tinge of drought.  In July, we were actually a degree or two or three cooler than most Julys while large portions of the state and larger regions around us baked.  As always, I think the large bodies of water immediately around us took the edge off the heat waves.

[Drastic]

We're usually hot like this for a week or three, but it's been pretty consistent for most of the summer. It was strange going to Cancun and it being in the 80s, quite a nice surprise.

[rcjordan]

What People in the World's Hottest Countries Do to Stay Cool
https://lifehacker.com/what-people-in-the-worlds-hottest-countries-do-to-stay-1849367441

[Brad]

Before A/C we had some tricks here that we have mostly forgotten about.

Deep verandas.

Those, usually richer, Victorian homes with rooms with high ceilings were partly in response to heat.

Real double hung windows that you could vent up top to let the heat out, as well as the lower sash.

Louvered doors for air flow.

Screened sleeping porches.

Ventable transoms over doors allowed heat to vent and brought natural light to windowless hallways.

We knew where to plant deciduous trees on the East and West sides of homes to provide max shade those sides from summer morning and afternoon sun.

No siestas but things slowed down during the hottest part of the day.

[rcjordan]

Weather tracker: regions across world still reeling from an extreme July  | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/05/weather-tracker-regions-across-world-still-reeling-extreme-july

[BoL]

(Old) England has been suffering too, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62432844

Even in Scotland there's been lower than average water supplies

[rcjordan]

the longest river in france dried up today
https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/wlql19/the_longest_river_in_france_dried_up_today/

A satellite image of Great Britain taken yesterday 10/08/2022, showing how dry much of England has become.
https://old.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/wlmx8v/a_satellite_image_of_great_britain_taken/

Things seem to be drying up this year
https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/wlvxc2/things_seem_to_be_drying_up_this_year/

[ergophobe]

>> dried up

At Tours, it was 50 m^3/s on 7 August. Not dry, but close to the all-time record of 48 from 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHMZciSyU4w

The video is in French, but there is a nice chart about mid-way that shows the fall in flows.

https://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser/status/1557706771958996992
https://www.ouest-france.fr/meteo/secheresse/en-images-neuf-photos-marquantes-de-la-secheresse-qui-frappe-la-france-da765072-1a15-11ed-8820-6f9a2d1450d7

I used to hitchhike or take the train from Amboise where I was studying for a short time to Tours to boulder along the retaining walls down by La Loire. It should be a major river at that location.

[rcjordan]

Serbs wade in shrinking Danube as dredgers work flat-out | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/serbs-wade-shrinking-danube-dredgers-work-flat-out-2022-08-17/