General Chat

We only have two south facing windows thank goodness and the west ones can be kept cooler by closing blinds etc....that said won't be upset when A.C. back. :-)

We don't have AC, never have had because it just wasn't needed in the Lower Mainland ...... needed definitely in the Interior of BC, but not here.

It really has only been in the last 3 years that we've had more than a couple of hot days at around 30C. Now we get several days at 28 to 32C in several weeks of the year. Luckily the weeks are rarely consecutive, we usually get a few days of cooler weather as a relief.

Houses built in the last 10 year or so have had inbuilt AC, even when it was not needed.

We have stand-alone fans in every room, but the front of the house also faces north so tends to be much cooler.

We made what has turned out to be a bad mistake when we had a reno and extension done back in 1977 ...... the 2 new rooms face south, and we added loads of windows facing east and south plus a skylight on the west side of the sloping roof. Lovely for growing plants, and lots of bright light. Great for a family room but .................

It gets hotter 'n hades in that room by mid-afternoon ...... that's when I retreat to the north-facing living room.

The other room is now a study cum bedroom, and we kept the 3 windows to a much smaller size and no skylight, so it keeps a fairly even temperature even with a flat roof. It gets cool enough with a small table top fan blowing at night for a duvet to be comfortable if anyone is sleeping in there.




You really can tell climate change has happened here. :-(

I currently don't have A.C.....running around closing windows and curtains all day and moving fans...we survive...for the short term. :-)

That was really weird weather in Mexico :-0

I saw that this morning Gwyn. It takes 'freak weather' to a whole new level.
I hope they've got good drains :-0

Have you seen Mexico's recent weather ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48821306

Ah yes

been there, done that!!!

At least people have now got air conditioning and heaters ...... more than they had back in 75/76 when we lived in Oz :-|

I was colder in Melbourne in August than I had been on the edge of the Pennines, with only a coal fire and no central heating. All we had in Melbourne was a 1 bar electric fire.

And we melted in Queensland in March with no air conditioning, even though all we used here were fans, no air conditioning.

I remember lying in bed in a motel in Townsville, looking up at the ceiling and watching the ceiling fan lazily turning around, and then becoming aware that a gecko was making its way across, right above my head :-D

Sylvia, Canberra, due to where it is situated, can have a wide variance of summer and winter temps.

I once had to spend a few days there one summer when I was attending some meetings. By the time I had walked to the Dept. where the meetings were being held, I wished that I had a change of shirt as I was soaking wet.

No, it wasn't raining, but it was hot with exceptionally high humidity :-S

Friends in Canberra have reporting low temps ............... -5C in the morning.

Winter in OZ can be cold!!!

Madge, the daytime temps, in our part of Oz (SW of WA) have not been rising higher than 13C during the day, and there was even a light dusting of snow on the Stirling Ranges.

As for rain I should say that we have averaged just over an inch a day.

Temps for the first few days of July are forecast to be higher.

Pea and Ham soup for meals today :-D

Last spring/summer was hot and dry so far this spring/summer it's been hot and wet.

Caroline ................ are your summers getting wetter or hotter, or both?

Ours are definitely getting hotter and drier, yet we are officially in a Temperate Rain Forest :-0

Island :-D...our favourite comment all winter is "Kick me if I moan it's too hot in summer"..then in Summer "Oh well at least you don't shovel rain"....

Island :-D :-D

:-D :-D Madge

when you say cold and wet Allan what temp are you talking about? :-D

One predictable thing about our unpredictable weather is - someone will say 'we're never happy are we?' :-S
At least the 'gardens need the rain' brigade wisely kept it zipped - they would likely have been lynched :-D

of course not!!!

Quite a wet spring here and yet still blooming hot....we're never happy are we :-D

We've had another "driest month since whenever" in British Columbia and other p[arts of Canada

BC is in drought situation all over, wild fire status mostly high to extreme, including here on the wet coast.

There have already been 419 wild fires in BC

11,278 hectares have burnt since April 1 2019

Unfortunately, most of the fires have been human caused ............ lit cigarettes discarded carelessly, sparks from vehicles and off-roaders, etc