Canadians are much better than Brits at dealing with extreme temperatures either way. Summer in Canada isn't as hot as Australia, but it can be brutal. The average British person wouldn't last an hour in the open air on a hot day in most parts of Canada.
Pretty accurate for hell island if it's a dry heat. I once spent half the day just walking around with friends and taking hours to get to the beach on what turned out to be one of Melbourne's hottest days ever (46c from memory).
Add humidity? My fat arse is dying at 26 degrees
hell island
Before you mentioned Melbourne I was going to say you have to be more specific.
The main reason Canadians complain about 25 degree days is that none of the houses have air conditioning. My parents are only getting AC this year becuase the heat dome tried to murder them last year. They've lived in BC for 30 years and always said anyone who needed AC was a pussy since it was only hot for a week.
But Canadians are weirdly comfortable with freezing temperatures.
That is definitely a BC thing. Being near a coast and not in the center of a large continent will moderate your temperatures. Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and Southwestern Ontario can get hot and humid for more than a week and prompt more than a handful of the population to have AC.
At least. Wind and sun make a huge difference too. I can be out for hours at -25 if it's still and I have some layers on, but a nasty windy 0 will drive me back inside quick.
Completely inaccurate to depict any of these Anglos as human beings.
I've never worked outside of BC but I've had to work jobs ranging in -38 up to 46 during the heatdome last summer. I would gladly go back to field work up north in the coldest winters than work in anything above 35. Fuck the heat, it's awful, hell is hot for a reason. Once you learn to properly layer your clothing and watch for points of heat escape then it's a breeze, but fuck me no amount of wet clothes over your shoulders/head can make existing in the heat okay
definitely, cold is better than heat, you can bundle up with the cold, but the heat is unbearable even if you go nekkid. I pretty much veg out if its too hot and humid.
In my experience the Brits are only comfortable at exactly 20 degrees, with no wind and a slightly cloudy day. One degree higher or lower, a hint sunnier or more overcast, or any wind at all and the entire island is griping about the weather. They're still whinging about it on a perfect day, but they complain more when it varies from that at all.
:10000-com: this is why I feel that SF has the perfect climate. It’s cloudy/foggy and temperate, it’s bliss, people longing for things like “sunshine” are wrong
In Canada you will sometimes see people walking around in shorts well into the negatives.
I feel the heat because I grew up in a cold country before moving to Aus
also, swap canada and england for everything above 10 degrees - brits consider anything above 25 a heatwave and I remember news stories about the last time it hit 30 and loads of people died from heat exposure
anything above 25c is in fact something humans should not be made to experience
actually uh does conversion above like 21c tbh
and i'm stuck in a place where it gets significantly hotter than that :agony-immense:
It's God's way of telling the British not to go to hot countries like India
30+ is awful where I live because it gets extremely humid and smoggy. 25 degrees is probably about the most comfortable for me. -20 is awful, especially with windchill. It gets even colder sometimes. The only reason it's bearable is because I have heavy duty winter gear.
In Canada btw.
UK: I consider 10C to be my comfort zone and can easily get away with just a short-sleeved shirt in that. I operate within 5-15 pretty well and I just dress up warm for the cold so no issues there. When it starts to hit 20+ then I start dying and do not want to be outdoors. 25+ I cannot operate and my sleep gets straight-up fucked cos I can't sleep.
I talked to an Australian person before and they said that 20 C felt "chilly"
I've heard LA people are like this, apparently San Franciscans will make fun of them for not being able to handle cold temperatures (though in fairness the San Fran wind can be really unpleasant at times even when it's a blistering 10 celsius).
