We had a few days this week and last that got around thirty degrees or even a bit over, which is plenty warm for Edmonton. Today is a bit more reasonable, around the twenty mark which is just perfect, fifteen to twenty is a good and acceptable range for me.
Days? Lucky you.
This heat that is a torture to most of Europe has started somewhere in June, beginning or half of June, I don’t recall exactly.
We have not had any rain in The Netherlands since the beginning of June or so on top of that.
There is a water shortage. In most countries when there is a water shortage priorities are given to drinkwater supply. Not in The Netherlands. The dykes have priority above anything else.
Some dykes are getting dangerously dry, and they are irrigated with water every day atm, to prevent cracks. If they do not do this, dykes can break and inhabited lands will be flooded.
Cracks that do appear despite the water irrigation are being repaired immediately with clay and peat.
In The Netherlands people never complain about the sun, it seemed like a national taboo, we were always glad we could enjoy it for a while. A period with sunny days usually does not last long. We complain about wind and rain.
Now, everybody is complaining about the dry hot weather and that ever burning sun. My country seems like the south of France or Spain.
Speaking of Spain, it was 44C there, in Sevilla! That is a bit high for them as well.
And next week will be worse.