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If your car is in a parking lot with the sun out, even at 60 F it can feel uncomfortable. It's easily 20 F warmer, if not more. Deadly? No, but still uncomfortable enough to warrant opening the windows.
If your car is in a parking lot with the sun out, even at 60 F it can feel uncomfortable. It's easily 20 F warmer, if not more. Deadly? No, but still uncomfortable enough to warrant opening the windows.
Exactly. And it's in just those conditions where opening the windows actually lets cool air in. When it's hot in the car and opening windows is useless for relief, then that's summer . This usually occurs at temperatures of around 70-75F and up.
Left my car for a few hours in a car park today while I was busy inside.
Temperature was around 68F, my car was absolutely boiling.
You mean it reached 20°C in Leeds? Must be a decent summer after all then!
It managed to reach 20°C in Buxton today, which is a miracle of miracles in this day and age. Actually it's been the sunniest and one of the driest days of the summer so far. Looks like summers coming at last!
If you want a measure that's slightly less subjective, we could just say that in a place with a "real summer" the majority of homes would have air conditioning of some variety. And of course, many places without a "real summer" (and here I mostly mean in comparison with the rest of the US, since that's my major frame of reference) have summery days. When it's 65F+ and sunny here it can certainly feel like summer, but those aren't any more common than days like today, which are 50F and drizzly, so there is no prolonged heat that would lead any but a tiny minority (if that) to want an air conditioner.
No one uses A/C here and our summers are similar to those in Washington D.C. temperature wise. Summer is about sweating.
For me (reflects what i grew up with):
Summer day: when the max temperature is over 27c and / or I have to wear shorts. And the min temperature should stay above 15c.
Winter day: when the max temperature stays below 5c. That means some winters have many fall days, just like the last one.
No one uses A/C here and our summers are similar to those in Washington D.C. temperature wise. Summer is about sweating.
DC is hotter. Mins average 71°F / 22°C dew points are hotter. More similar to southern New England or the NYC area where air conditioning is very common (though not central A/C), but not really the same levels of constant heat + humidity.
Real summer: Hottest month 75/55 F or warmer, with at least 3 months 65/45 F or warmer.
Real winter: Coldest month 35/15 F or colder, with at least 3 months 45/25 F or colder.
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. This usually occurs at temperatures of around 70-75F and up.
