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Whew, Sandra can be happy that she’s not living in Bandung, Indonesia, the home town of Powree. Here is its climate chart (average daily temperature by month in *C and °F, the additional day and night temperatures are from a different source so the numbers don’t match up exactly):
Jan: 23.9 °C (75.0 °F) | day: 26.7 °C, night: 19.3 °C Feb: 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) | day: 26.8 °C, night: 19.1 °C Mar: 23.4 °C (74.1 °F) | day: 27.5 °C, night: 18.9 °C Apr: 24.1 °C (75.4 °F) | day: 28.1 °C, night: 19.0 °C May: 24.2 °C (75.6 °F) | day: 28.2 °C, night: 18.7 °C Jun: 23.5 °C (74.3 °F) | day: 27.9 °C, night: 17.2 °C Jul: 22.9 °C (73.2 °F) | day: 27.9 °C, night: 16.5 °C Aug: 23.4 °C (74.1 °F) | day: 28.6 °C, night: 16.7 °C Sep: 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) | day: 29.2 °C, night: 17.1 °C Oct: 23.7 °C (74.7 °F) | day: 29.0 °C, night: 17.8 °C Nov: 23.7 °C (74.7 °F) | day: 28.1 °C, night: 18.7 °C Dec: 23.7 °C (74.7 °F) | day: 27.6 °C, night: 19.0 °C
I’m beginning to sweat just by looking at those numbers 
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Update: I’m surprised how many people don’t seem to know the meaning of an average daily temperature. You should definitely read Zephr’s comment (comment # 21).
- Sandra: It’s hot. It’s too hot. It’s like a thousand degrees in here!
- Sandra: I can feel my brain melting. Soon, it’ll become a slimy gray goo…
- Sandra: … that’ll drip out of my nostrils. Eventually, there’ll be nothing else inside my head than a large hollow and two eyeballs rolling around in it.
- Sandra: …
- Sandra: Great. Now I’m exhausted AND I’m feeling sick.
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Eeew. She has a great mind.
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Looking at your Temperature, I’d much rather have that kind of weather than how it is here. It’s about 90 degrees Fahrenheit where I live right now and if it was 70 I’d be shouting for joy!
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Wait, 70′s? year round? Thats Florida!
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I remember a summer whet it reached 44º… Thanks god i love heat
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I’ve done that before, made myself sick.
And that’s hard to do.
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Feh. Those temps are quite cold compared to the ones we get here in Mexico. You Europeans are wimps.
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70s? That’s considered nice weather in the Midwest. Ranges from under 0 Fahrenheit to a little over 100 every year here.
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it was 99.F here with 99% humidity >< i would love 69.F year round that my sleeping temp… well my summer sleeping temp my winter like 58.F
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Those temperatures don’t seem that hot to me. I live in the northeast US and it gets hotter than that here.
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I live in Northern Florida, and my job has me standing outside holding a sign on the side of the road for 4 hours a day, 7 days a week. I must say, I’d kill for those averages. It was roughly 95 “F outside today while I was out there.
Not to mention I have a farmer’s tan from hell.
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Funnily enough, Pittsburgh’s been below average for a decent while. We’ve finally gotten some hot (90 degree) weather.
Did you know that Greenland was once, well, Green?
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I WISH i lived in a place that never got much about 75F – i don’t think we’ve had a day in the last two months that didn’t have a high of at least 80F, and most in the high 80s – low 9s.
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I’m glad i live in the Appalachians, the last couple of days is the first time we hit 90s this year.
Sandra has a warped mind to be able to gross herself out like that. poor thing.
@hariman: That and Iceland is not that much of a snowball either. Just blame the vikings for their twisted and awesome sense of humor in naming places.
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The real problem in Indonesia is not the actual temperature, it’s the humidity. [Was there just two month ago for work]. In the city it was around 30°C but it was so humid it was hard to breath. In Bahrein on the other hand it happens to be more than 40° but there the humidity is so low that it get quite tollerable.
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Yeah, no. It’s been a solid 85-90 F here, occasionally it jumps to around 100.
70-75 is our Autumn.
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I also live in the Appalachians, but it’s been 90+ since early June and 100+ several times here…
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i’m thinking one part overactive imagination, one part plain old heat stroke.
do they not have a desk fan she can use, or any cold drinks?
(or a paddling pool, outside, or some kind of creek in the parkland?)
I must say, sitting here in Britain, I’m enjoying the idea of Powree’s climate based on temperature. Though I expect it’s rather humid which makes it less comfortable… and maybe a bit politically dangerous.
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Oh, and i don’t think i’ve ever been in a house with air conditioning built in … except maybe on breaks in apartments in hotter climates! A good heating system, plenty of insulation and IR-retaining glass is where it’s at, here
Though my car does have AC… it was a big day when I first moved up to one with air-con (the one before being pretty much a metal crate on wheels that somehow moved around). It makes de-misting the windows so much quicker and easier
… and occasionally is a godsend in summer when turning it on for five minutes brings the cabin down to a more comfortable temperature instead of driving with all the windows open for fifteen. Fuel costs too much to leave it running continuously, at least for me, though I have friends who leave it on all the time even when it’s not needed… they’re not really the most overall money- or environmentally-concious people though. The same economics apply to home AC really. Suppose we could probably get a scrap food-freezer with rotted seals and shove it in a large window with the element facing outwards, door open and a desk fan sat in front of it?
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Well, that’s what you gain from an overactive imagination.
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As a long time resident of Colorado, US we get much hotter (and much colder) but I will take my 10-25% humidity at any temp over Indonesia’s humidity at 85º F any day.
an old trick I used to cool down was to have a fan blow thru some yarn wrapped around a frame sitting in water (home made swamp cooler) again only something you can do in <25% humidity.
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Seems to me like people here don’t know the difference between average daily temperature and average daily high. Here’s the average daily temperatures in Seattle for comparison.
Jan – 40 °F (4.4 °C)
Feb – 44 °F (6.7 °C)
Mar – 46 °F (7.8 °C)
Apr – 48 °F (8.9 °C)
May – 55 °F (12.8 °C)
Jun – 61 °F (16.1 °C)
Jul – 65 °F (18.3 °C)
Aug – 66 °F (18.9 °C)
Sep – 61 °F (16.1 °C)
Oct – 54 °F (12.2 °C)
Nov – 45 °F (7.2 °C)
Dec – 41 °F (5.0 °C)
Now keep in mind that Seattle is not even remotely a cold place. We barely get any snow here, and when we do it usually melts within a couple days. It never lasts more than a couple weeks. We just had temperatures over 100 °F (It actually hit 40 °C!) a week and a half ago. Can you imagine what a heat wave must be like in Bandung? And they can get them any time of year. Ouch.
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Maybe the rest of you will melt with your brain and you’d be one big lump of goo… you’d be like a T-1000!
Or maybe not.
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You think THAT’S hot? Buddy, I live in Florida: 96 degrees Fahrenheit and 90% humidity; you think your temps are melting hot, try visiting here… That is, if your pale skin doesn’t burst into flame upon contact with the sunlight down here. It tends to be rather strong, like the Jägermeister of sunlight.
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I felt exactly like that last night, I was surprised that I actually woke up today in one piece!
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I could barely sleep last night for the weather in DC. It’ll be hotter still tonight. How can it be over 90 with the sun down?
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That’s it?! Just 23 degrees?! God dang it! And here in summer I’m trying to deal with 39 degrees Celcius!!!
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I live in south Georgia.It usually stays hotter than a politician’s teet down here.And god forbid if it rains,anytime Britain gets rain it rains here,and then it only last for about 10mins and it gets friggin humid as hell soon after.27 C isn’t nearly as bad as 37 C.
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I agree with the above commenters: instead of listing the average daily temperatures, it’s better to list the average highs and lows.
And, if the second chart is right — that Powree’s highest average high is 29.2 degrees in September — then that climate is WONDERFUL. No matter the humidity.
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Frankly I would like to see someone post average temperatures for the South regions of the U.S. please. We’re very nearly tropical where I live.
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The high temps in Kansas in August are usually between 90 and 105 F (about 32 C to 40.5 C), AND we get the humidity on top of that. About the only place in the US that is consistently hotter and more humid than us I believe is Louisiana.
We have a pretty mild week coming up in the forecast, considering the time of year–the average temp is supposed to be about 81 F (27C). Last week it was so hot I could barely get to work. x_x
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Man my house is AIR CONDITIONED to 78 F. Outside it’s roughly 95 F and 100% humidity.
Glaub mir wenn ich es dir sage, Florida ist nur geil so lange mann heir nur ein urlaub verbringt. Enschuldige mein Deutsch mein Ami vater hat uns nach Amerika gesogen als ich nur 5 war.
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Pretty cool strip I like it a lot.
Where I live in summer the temperature is usually from 30°C to 44°C (86°F to 111.2°F). The only thing that makes it bearable it’s that the weather is not too humid.
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Ahhh… I absolutely LOVE 70F! That is like paradise:)… Oh Sandra, why did you do that? It is pretty hilarious though
. I wonder how Woo is doing?
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As a Hong Kong native who has lived in Singapore, that doesn’t sound remotely hot.
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Texas.
110 degrees today. 76% humidity.
And I’m at Band Camp.
Yay Band Camp!
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I’m British. Every temperature is either too hot or too cold. Wouldn’t be British if I wasn’t complaining about the weather!
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@Atty: Band Camp? did you hear what they did to the flutes…
(if you didn’t get that, it’s a movie refrence)
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74 Degrees???? That’s room temperature! Come back when it’s 80-something. Light-weight!
I’m from minnesota, so in the winter, I’m used to 20 degree weather (if we are lucky).
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Are you serious?! I agree with fesworks. I am from MN as well. I can guarentee you (as I’ve done my own research) that there is NO SUCH THING as “global warming. I took the daily, monthly, AND yearly average temperature of MN and then the daily, monthly, and yearly average temperature on the opposite side of the world (Southwestern Australia) and there was only a 10 degree (F) over the past 120 yrs. not to mention that 70 odd deg. is beautiful weather.
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Where I live, things only start getting hot when it hits 27′C.
http://www.weathersa.co.za/Climat/Climstats/PietermaritzburgStats.jsp
Sorry for linking off-site, but there have been times where we endure temps of 35′C +
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72° to 93 °F from the pedia entry of singapore =p
And being at the equator…i try to avoid the sun in the afternoon. XD
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Meh, if for you guys its hot, for me its like 0 °C, i live in a place where most temps are around 35-42 °C
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The average temperature for this month is 84.5 degrees, and the record high in this month is 108 degrees. Also note that I live in a fairly large city.
August 1st saw us with our 36th day of 100+ temperatures, and it hasn’t been any cooler since then …
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Here. These are the average temperatures by month in Atlanta:
Jan – 43 °F (6 °C)
Feb – 46 °F (7 °C)
Mar – 53 °F (11 °C)
Apr – 62 °F (16 °C)
May – 70 °F (21 °C)
Jun – 77 °F (25 °C)
Jul – 79 °F (26 °C)
Aug – 79 °F (26 °C)
Sep – 73 °F (22 °C)
Oct – 63 °F (17 °C)
Nov – 53 °F (11 °C)
Dec – 45 °F (7 °C)
So Atlanta is a few degrees hotter in the height of summer, but Bandung is pretty close to a Georgia summer all year round. That seems pretty hot to me.
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This is a good time for ICE CREAM. Who wants some?
I wonder how much ice cream Sandra, Woo and company can consume on a day like this?
Sid wants nuts on his, you just know he does.
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I wish we had average temp’s in the 70 degree F range here. In the summers we get uber humidity and no rain mixed with 80s to 90s on average, and often several days over 100. Welcome to the Mid. Atlantic seaboard, USA.
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@Rocket_T_Coyote: ….(faceplam) that was bad…..
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Wimps!
true austinite here, thats a cool day for us!
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http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/climate.htm#Austin
an i might also add the 3 digit streak that we’ve had this week
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I’m south of you, Handgunman! (San Antonio.)
Where I’m from is nice and cool. I miss Oregon. :’(
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Here in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, we had 88°F, 93% humidity, and so little wind neither of the towns wind turbines were running. And my non-air-conditioned semi-outdoor job requires me to where *pants* and a *tie*.
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Hope they don’t open a fire hydrant. That’s illegal. Maybe the fire department will test the neighborhood hydrant. Wonders if Woo has taken refuge in the refridgerator.
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I live in San Antonio, Texas. Average for this month is 87.5 F. The last eleven days (all of August) have exceeded 100F with a minimal night temperature of 75. I laugh at your pitiful 75+ average.
100 Year Average Temps in F
Jan: 49.3
Feb: 53.5
Mar: 61.7
Apr. 69.3
May: 75.5
Jun: 82.2
July: 85.0
Aug: 84.9
Sep: 79.3
Oct: 70.2
Nov: 60.4
Dec: 52.2
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Vegas
Nuff’ said.
110+
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URGH. 101+ over here. I should NOT have moved from Massachusetts to Florida! REGRETREGRETREGRET.
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Where I’m at, last month was straight 100s and this month seems to be high 90s and 100+ again…anyone wanna trade locations? Preferably some place cooler?
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Kenoscope, you’re down here too??
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I remember one summer in jamaica when it got so hot the tar in the asphault actualy bubbled
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Yes Curb, for a total of thirty-three years of my life now. Or 56% if you prefer science. Over near John Jay High School.
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Actually, when your brain is still in your living head, it’s a lot more like red Jell-o than gray rubber, so Sandra would probably just think it was a nosebleed. Until she stopped thinking entirely, at any rate.
*shakes his head around* Heh heh. I gots a head fulla jelly.
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70′s, and you’re talking about desertification? Wuss.
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Seriously, no wonder we’ve got so many people screaming about “global warming”. They think 70F is HOT. You’ve been spoiled by air conditioning, and you think ROOM TEMPERATURE, which is defined as 72F in scientific terms, is so hot you’ll HALLUCINATE. No *wonder* most of Europe and half of the US is convinced we’re going to go up in a ball of flame any second now!
Arrrgh…my mom used to boot me out the door to play with my friends on a 90-degree day in the summertime without thinking about it. We had NO air conditioning. And that was considered NORMAL. 100F? Getting a little warm. Better wear a HAT.
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Werid 70-75 is normal for me I Live in Illionis and anything below 76 is comforatable for me -_- must be because of albama
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NVM seeing from what other people are saying u guys are just (werid) -_- i wish i could leave where when its normal 100/85 Degrees (south/North) and where u live is 75 degrees in SUMMER! WTF I WANT TO LIVE THERE!
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oooh, very calvin and hobbes
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seems you havn’t been to mexico LOL
We had like a week worth of 30-40 degrees Celsius this summer.. totally gross… o.O
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa but right now i shivering because we were 7 Celcius in the mornig lol
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o and Viele Grusse XD hahahahahah
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@Sio: I have almost the diametrical opposite problem from the one you lambasted these forumites with: I love hot weather, but I can’t stand the cold. (emotionally speaking, at any rate…my brother and my best friend are a bit like most of the folks here–love the cold, but think 75 degrees F is roasting… ::) )
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You lot have nothing to complain about
I’m reading this from Australia and giggling over those ‘mild’ temperatures ; )
We’re currently nearing the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and already we’re averaging somewhere between 25-30 throughout the day, usually with a 30 something high around 1-3pm.
By the middle of summer, right on Christmas, I can predict temperatures at least being high 30′s daily average, with quite a number of 40+ days in there =D
And I’m on the coast! I’ve relatives out in Central Australia who get this kind of weather at the beginning of spring, and recieve ‘pleasant’ 50+ days peak summer.
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Well, having taken note of the stats being “averages”, I will still add that we here in Adelaide had a heatwave last January with overnight lows of 35 degrees. ;__;
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heh. that chart actually make me laugh. dun try to compare it to BANDUNG. try to compare it to JAKARTA
+ 10 til 15 degree celc
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Hey, there, I love the comic! Just commented to say, that if you sweat looking at those temperatures, you’d melt here in Spain
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Well, living in what is apparently the coldest city in the world with a population over 600,000… I would think I wouldn’t be qualified to comment on heat, but we do get a few days every single year that hit low to mid 40′s Celsius, which is pretty darn hot… but then, I can go out in -40 without doing up my jacket, and get to listen to Americans complain that they hit freezing and they need to wear 7 layers of clothing including heavy parkas…
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Hot damn, when can I move to Indonesia?
Not that I’d really want to, but I live in Arizona so if you know the average temperatures of the South-Western United States you know my lot.
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you call that hot? in Costa Rica it never really varies from around 80 F, and here in Oregon it got over 100 F last summer
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Um… brrrrr? I’m from Arizona, USA, and anything under 75 F, I wear a jacket. I don’t think I could stand never having a real summer!
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I supposed I should clarify: for me, ‘real summer’ means it doesn’t get under 90 F at night.
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I am currently working in Iraq. It was hitting 105 F in MARCH! It is now in the 120-140 range. Man euros are wimps.
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Are you kidding me? In greece the average in summer is like 40 C!
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DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN STRAIGHT
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Hey, it’s not that bad. Yes, Bandung and Jakarta is hot for INDONESIAN standard.
Remember, having Tropical Climate doesn’t mean we’re as hot as desert.
Try Garut, I live there, city south of Bandung, which is for a good measure are DAMN MOUNTAINOUS (Which I live about 1300 meters AMSL), glare at thermometer as we hit 8 degrees Celcius at 10:00 PM local time, and still no snow, sigh ^^. At the hottest, we hit about 24 degrees C at night, and freaking 37 degrees C at day (If my thermometer not mistaken, that’s my weekly record on 2009).
My Record (Which is scientifically doubtful)
Day : 22-37 C
Night : 8-24 C
Keep in mind that it’s on Garut, which is rather different than Bandung, which is FLAT.
Tropical Climate grants you rather stable temperature, FREAKING STABLE TEMPERATURE! and there’s only 2 season in there! no super hot summer, no super cold winter, Boring? yes, but it’s comfortable.
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u sould see brazil, last summer we got to feel a 40ºC temperature.
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HA!
I agree with Moose but I have to report a more insane temperature than that.
I’m afraid you guys don’t know the half of it. I mean that literally, I was visiting my nan a few Christmas’s ago and it actually hit 60 degrees. Celcius. It’s a little way inland, but seriously, that’s walk down the street and die temperature.
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Those temps are nothing today’s high tempature is (where i live in Phoenix,Arizona,USA) 110 degress now that’s hot.
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Heh, my friend said Greece was the hottest place she’s ever been and she’s from California.
I live in California now as well and so far the valley is definitely the hottest place I’ve been, but thankfully it’s dry heat. A 100 degree F here is a lot more tolerable than a 96 degree F back in Georgia. You don’t truly appreciate the saying “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” until you experience it first hand.
I’m gonna have to try the yarn on a frame trick myself. Right now I’ve just been sitting a gallon jug of frozen water in front of the fan and letting it blow on me.
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Hey, powree live in bandung? The same as me!! Is she/he an indonesian? Love this work btw
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Yeah, that’s pretty nice weather.
Here in Australia its over 30 degrees Celcius in summer, over 40 in the north of Aus.