Yes, I am, though the days when I actually enjoy sitting on one near me are limited! And you are right of course about our subjectivity when it comes to weather. Part of what I like about this hot spell is the novelty of it. We know that we'll be back to normal next week.
Finally, I'm sceptical about the Pacific heat having anything to do with our current spell, though on paper it seems to fit with the somewhat unusual character of this heatwave. Whatever chance of weather conditions arriving on our shores from the Eastern American coast without being totally modified, I think it's too much of a stretch to see a weather system arriving here intact not just across the Atlantic but all the way across the North American continent too.
Not really saying it had anything to do with it, but even it is was, it would have been well modified by the time it got here.
Still another couple of days of this heat to go, but while it has been insufferable hot, I'm actually not sure if any records, in terms of high maxima or minima, have been broken here in the Republic. Perhaps on a localised station level but in terms of absolutes, all seems untouched.
Current Conditions
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