They hit 119 degrees in freedom units, for those in the US
hartator•11m ago
I saw 118 in Austin. 119 is hot.
big_youth•6m ago
Record temp in austin is 112, and that was during that 2011 heat wave.
AlfieJones•17m ago
In the UK we don’t get temperatures like this, but it doesn’t take much heat before parts of the country start feeling completely unprepared for it
TMWNN•15m ago
Because air conditioning in homes is so rare in Europe and so widespread in the US, the gap between the number of Europeans and (North) Americans that die each year from heat waves is already larger than the total number of Americans that die from guns. <https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/05/what-the-...>
SilverElfin•20m ago
hartator•11m ago
big_youth•6m ago