What's the hottest it gets to where you live?

[zavk]

Greetings,

Good for vedananupassana?

Metta,
Retro.

Absolutely Retro!
I was actually talking to my wife earlier in the evening, and remarking that how in winter, one is conditioned to turn the heating on, and that this sort of heat is desirable. Yet in summer, the conditioning of the mind is that it is undesirable. After years of hating the heat, I don't anymore. Its just vedana and the rest is just the result of craving and aversion.
Metta

Ben

Yes, I did my very first vipassana (Goenka) course some years ago in summer. Experienced a few days of 30-40-ish degrees weather. It really made it easy for me to understand the basic principles of the technique!

How are you guys coping with the heat so far, Retro and Ben (or anyone else in Melbourne)? You moved in this heat, Ben?!

I live in a top floor apartment with west-facing windows (which means the sun shines into my flat for a good 8 hours in summer) and no air-conditioning of course. No respite in my office as it is in an old building which is even hotter than home. So I'm working from home with two fans pointed at me.

Metta,
zavk

[retrofuturist]

Greetings zavk,

It's casual Friday today at work so that makes it easier. I've got shorts in my briefcase so I will feel cooler before I dare to face the trains this afternoon. I would be wearing them now, but to be honest, no one at work wants to see my hairy legs.

Metta,
Retro.

[jrh001]

Hi Retro,

http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awa ... btemp.html

stay cool!

JohnH

[Individual]

Greetings,

I'm just wondering what's the hottest it ever gets to in your corner of the world?

It was 43.4 C' yesterday in Melbourne, Australia... 44.0 C' today and should be a cooler 43 C' tomorrow.

For those who think in terms of fahrenheit, today was 111.

This is all perilously close to highest ever January reading of 45.6 C' on 13th January 1939.

I won't tell you about my train trip home... it was a good chance to practice the paramitas.

Metta,
Retro.

Where I live... honestly... has the best climate on earth. Eastern Maryland...

No hurricanes, no tornadoes, no tsunamis, no earthquakes, no wildfires, no rockslides, no avalanches, etc.

Average temperature is 55 degrees annually. In summer, it gets up to around 85 degrees fahrenheit (29 degrees celsius). In winter, it goes down to about 20 degrees fahrenheit (-6 degrees celsius). It rarely moves beyond those two extremes.

From what I understand, Australia is too hot, too dry, and there are way too many snakes, spiders, and bugs there that can kill you.

[appicchato]

C to F: C x 1.8 + 32 = F

F to C: F - 32 / 1.8 = C

[DNS]

In terms of heat, I've got you all beat, though, not that I want to win this one. Las Vegas has at least 10 days per year with temps. over 110 (43 Cel.) and about one day per year with the temperature at 122 (50 Cel.).

It is a dry heat, virtually no humidity (less than 10 percent). So it is basically just like an oven on broil or a microwave on high and when it is windy, just imagine a 'blow-dryer.'

[retrofuturist]

Greetings TheDhamma,

I can relate to that too... it's also a very dry heat you get here. It seems that in humid conditions, it's hard to get up to the 40C' mark... presumably because of the increased number of water particles in the air acting as insulation.

Metta,
Retro.

[Ben]

Hi Zavk

Yes, the number of people who attended a ten-day course at Dhamma Aloka in that tiny meditation hall in the middle of a heat wave is incredible. Some of my friends from up here have sat and served during really hot summer heat waves in Woori Yallock. One friend told me that the temperature in the old kitchen reached 55 deg during one summer he served. Fortunately they've built a new .kitchen and dining area which doesn't get so hot though they still have the old dhamma hall which heats up like an oven.
The move has been interesting. I haven't lost my cool despite a massive blow-out of the cost and some damage to the house from the removalists. The kids and I are camping in the house without any furniture except for a tv, this computer and they're sharing a double foam mattress. Not having access to a refrigerator is probably the worst of it. Margarine just turns to liquid and flies that fall out of the air and are crispy before they hit the ground. I guess that's better than being eaten alive by a spider.
I'm just pacing myself with the remaining work. We had the carpets steam cleaned this morning and I'm slowly working my way cleaning and packing the bits and pieces that get left behind.
Kind regards

Ben

[Jechbi]

I'm just wondering what's the hottest it ever gets to in your corner of the world?

98.6°F (unless I have a fever, then maybe 102°F or so)

[pink_trike]

125 F. I've only experienced 120 F so far.

[Annapurna]

In terms of heat, I've got you all beat, though, not that I want to win this one. Las Vegas has at least 10 days per year with temps. over 110 (43 Cel.) and about one day per year with the temperature at 122 (50 Cel.).

It is a dry heat, virtually no humidity (less than 10 percent). So it is basically just like an oven on broil or a microwave on high and when it is windy, just imagine a 'blow-dryer.'

I have a blowdryer on my knees while typing, because it's freezing cold here and I came in from outside and can't warm up.

.....feels good.

My electricity bill will knock me out.

[Ngawang Drolma.]

I recently moved away from the desert where 115 degrees was typical in the summer. It was pretty hot!

[GrahamR]

I may be about to crawl out on a limb here, but who, besides America and Britain use Fahrenheit?...and I'd venture to say definitely not 'most'...

Be well...and cool...


[Edited misattributed quote — Dhammanando]

Venerable sir,
We don't officually use Fahrenheit on the UK any more either. It doesn't mean much to me and I'm 47.
By the way it hit a sultry 5C in my town today, though it can reach the mid 30s if there is a good summer. My Thai wife wilts under those conditions!

With Metta
Graham

[mikenz66]

Actually, what I find most difficult is variability. In Asia coping with highs of 35 and lows of 25 or so is OK when in the countryside (not in and out of airconditioning and city streets!) because my body adapts after a few days.

Here in the summer it's not particularly hot but if we get highs of over 30, after a few days where the highs was around 20 even the Thai monks start complaining about the heat...

Metta
Mike

[Ben]

I recently moved away from the desert where 115 degrees was typical in the summer. It was pretty hot!

Hi Drolma

If you dont mind me asking, where was that (the desert)?
Thanks

Ben