There's multiple every year so, nothing I guess? Here in France it's hot like in an owen, and we had hail and storm this night ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
Edit: hating on climate change now?
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Seeing as you don't live here in BC and apparently didn't read the article, I don't think you understand just how bad this heat dome event was.
BC is on Canada's pacific coast and its largest urban centre is within a coastal temperate rainforest. Our usual summer temperatures range from 25-32c ish, sometimes a bit higher. During the heat dome of 2021, it was 40-45c+ within the city. The town of Lytton, northeast of Vancouver, blew past temperature records with a recorded temp of 50c. For a brief period of time, a little town in Canada had one of the highest temperatures on Earth before it was essentially destroyed by forest fires that consumed much of the province and blanketed everyone else with smoke.
Over 600 people died during this heat event with more being attributed to it each year as investigations conclude.
yea, i live on the coast, and this one was rough. the wood deck felt hot like metal, and we were in the high 30s, when usually we don't exceed 32.
I added a smart (home assistant) thermometer, so i can montitor my temps in the future.
Some years ago 30.000 people died in the french heat wave, but it was mostly because the night temp was so high and during 3 weeks.
50ยฐC thats insane...