PalenQ

95 F high today in Paris - tomorrow 88 F - 80s for the week! Added to the city's notorious at times smog means some folks should take special precautions.

a French friend who was staying with me for the last month just landed in Paris - she was hoping to escape the scorching heat we in Michigan are suffering thru but voila Canicule awaited her.

Christina

88F is hardly going to kill anyone. It's as hot or hotter than that in many parts of the US. It's only a few days, when I was there last week, it was fairly cool for summer. And I was in Basel about a week ago and it was about 90 there then, which was unusual.

PalenQ

95 for Paris is unusual as is 88 - and you have to take into account Parisian air quality that at times during the past year I understand rivaled that of Beijing.

hetismij2

30C (86?) here in the Netherlands today. 33C or more tomorrow, followed, of course, by a thunderstorm.

Those walking the Nijmegen 4vier daagse (http://www.4daagse.nl/en) tomorrow could struggle.

It was very hot on our campsite, due to little shade, and we decided against a planned walk today since it was mostly through heathlands.

The smog in Paris is notorious and can really adversely affect people, so that even if the heat doesn't get to go the pollution certainly can.

StCirq

It was 43C here today, beastly hot, but we don't have smog.

PalenQ

humidity makes a big difference - think today in Paris humidity is fairly low. supposed Dordogne is drier?

plambers

and she has a pool!

StCirq

Very low humidity here, thank God. And yes we have a pool and were in it for most of the afternoon.

Whathello

Qu'encule ? but who ?

PalenQ

Qu'encule>

?My son is not home yet but I do suspect the word 'cule' might mean rear end, especially considering the source?

But who? You?

Has it stopped raining in Belge yet. I hear stores in Belge do not stock sun screen?

(a true story - was in a Sidcup, London police station to report an attempted rape by a local on one of our bikers - the cop was on the phone taking down a report of things one Italian was calling in and when the Italian said 'sun glasses' the English cop repeated "sun glasses? what'd you bring them for?" Ah that ole British humour.)

Cheers!

Belinda

Very hot in Paris today. Still in the 90s at 10 tonight.

Dukey1

Yes, Pal, and "all hotel rooms in Paris are small."

FrenchMystiqueTours

It was hot Monday and Tuesday and today is supposed to be hot. Thursday highs predicted around 25°C to 28°C. Three hot days in a row is simply what I call summer. Was biking outside Paris in the countryside all day where it was about 33°C with a nice breeze. Nice and dry with no humidity and not a problem, though it was certainly less pleasant in Paris.