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We had a cold summer in Switzerland, I am disappointed because I was promised some heat! I got hail, rain and cold summer days instead.

secretsatan 3y ago
I'm happy it's been cooler this year, summers have been getting too warm, my flat does not keep cool well. I always liked the summer storms here though, especially if you have a good vantage point to watch them roll in.
- tetris11 3y ago
  I've lived in roof apartments all my life (my bedroom in my parents house was a loft conversion), but for the first time moved into an apartment on the second floor. The difference is night and day. No longer do I sweat in summer, freeze in winter, and stay up all night listening to the rain (albeit I do sometimes miss the soothing quality it had). I think roof apartments are going to get a lot less popular in the next decade
yourusername 3y ago
I think most of Europe above (and in) the alps was cool and wet this summer.
- dagw 3y ago
  Except the northern parts of Sweden (and Norway?) which had a really nice summer.
  - PartiallyTyped 3y ago
    Same for the Baltic side of Poland, though heat is rising.
  - thraway54321 3y ago
    Northern Sweden hasn´t really had that great a summer, colder July than normal, the far north of Norway seems to have had a good summer though.
odiroot 3y ago
Same here in South England.
- shawabawa3 3y ago
  July and August haven't been great, but June was the hottest June on record
archerx 3y ago
People are downvoting me for pointing out facts that I have observed that are contradicting the NPR narrative? I thought hacker news was better than this. Very disappointing.
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- throw2020201 3y ago
  You had hopes for HN? This place shouldn't be taken seriously. Both the upvoting/downvoting system and the majority of users are dumb.
- secretsatan 3y ago
  Well, the article is about Europe, and Switzerland is one of the smaller countries in Europe, to say you're contradicting the narrative is a bit of a stretch.
  - archerx 3y ago
    There are other people from different parts of Europe saying they didn't have a very hot summer.
    - secretsatan 3y ago
      I'm pretty sure you could plot them out across all of europe and with your brilliant detective skills work out which parts were cooler and which were warmer and then make an average, and plot it out over time
- lm28469 3y ago
  You gave an anecdote about how you personally felt as if it was a valid counter point for scientifically measured continent wide record breaking temps Of cours HN will trash you... what did you expect
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morsch 3y ago
July wasn't record setting in Switzerland, but still 1-2C hotter than the long term average 1990-2020. So no, not cold. https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blog/de/2023/08/juli-2023-auf-globaler-ebene.html https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blo...

secretsatan 3y ago

I'm happy it's been cooler this year, summers have been getting too warm, my flat does not keep cool well. I always liked the summer storms here though, especially if you have a good vantage point to watch them roll in.

tetris11 3y ago
I've lived in roof apartments all my life (my bedroom in my parents house was a loft conversion), but for the first time moved into an apartment on the second floor. The difference is night and day. No longer do I sweat in summer, freeze in winter, and stay up all night listening to the rain (albeit I do sometimes miss the soothing quality it had). I think roof apartments are going to get a lot less popular in the next decade

yourusername 3y ago

I think most of Europe above (and in) the alps was cool and wet this summer.

dagw 3y ago
Except the northern parts of Sweden (and Norway?) which had a really nice summer.
- PartiallyTyped 3y ago
  Same for the Baltic side of Poland, though heat is rising.
- thraway54321 3y ago
  Northern Sweden hasn´t really had that great a summer, colder July than normal, the far north of Norway seems to have had a good summer though.

odiroot 3y ago

Same here in South England.

shawabawa3 3y ago
July and August haven't been great, but June was the hottest June on record

archerx 3y ago

People are downvoting me for pointing out facts that I have observed that are contradicting the NPR narrative? I thought hacker news was better than this. Very disappointing.

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throw2020201 3y ago
You had hopes for HN? This place shouldn't be taken seriously. Both the upvoting/downvoting system and the majority of users are dumb.
secretsatan 3y ago
Well, the article is about Europe, and Switzerland is one of the smaller countries in Europe, to say you're contradicting the narrative is a bit of a stretch.
- archerx 3y ago
  There are other people from different parts of Europe saying they didn't have a very hot summer.
  - secretsatan 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure you could plot them out across all of europe and with your brilliant detective skills work out which parts were cooler and which were warmer and then make an average, and plot it out over time
lm28469 3y ago
You gave an anecdote about how you personally felt as if it was a valid counter point for scientifically measured continent wide record breaking temps Of cours HN will trash you... what did you expect
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morsch 3y ago

July wasn't record setting in Switzerland, but still 1-2C hotter than the long term average 1990-2020. So no, not cold. https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blog/de/2023/08/juli-2023-auf-globaler-ebene.html https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/meteoschweiz-blo...