You thought we had bad weather...

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In Russia the hailstones kill you on the beach:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691237/It-attack-heavens-The-shocking-moment-Siberian-beach-hit-freak-hailstorm-one-hottest-days-summer.html

Shocking pictures show the moment a Siberian beach was hit by a freak hailstorm on one of the hottest days of the summer.
Bathers ran out of the Ob River clutching their heads as hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky.
Footage of the freak weather - on a day which saw temperatures rising to 37C - includes one female voice saying: 'If we die, I love you.'

_Redzer_

A beach in fúcking Siberia??

I honestly always thought it was a year-round ice box

delw

That would clear the yobs with their cans of Bulmers from the beaches

Mr.McLovin

the day after tomorrow?

pickarooney

_Redzer_ wrote: »

A beach in fúcking Siberia??

I honestly always thought it was a year-round ice box

It gets up to nearly 40 degrees in summer.

mickydoomsux

No, i didn't think we had bad weather.

hoodwinked

_Redzer_ wrote: »

A beach in fúcking Siberia??

I honestly always thought it was a year-round ice box

you are confusing it with social siberia, now thats a cold place to be!

Irish Guitarist

If it was 37 degrees I wouldn't be outside in the first place.

The_Valeyard

Im surprised Putin has not blamed it on the gays or Ukrainians yet.

_Redzer_

hoodwinked wrote: »

you are confusing it with social siberia, now thats a cold place to be!

I saw a documentary about it before and they practically have direwolves and woolly mammoths rolling around, and winter is not comming, it's already there.

It's crazy how much their climates can fluctuate between extremes. Sure Russia had a massive heat wave and drought two years ago, even though they're so northernly. I generally forget that's not all a tundra up there.

catallus

Take that, global warming propagandists!

Harry Palmr

_Redzer_ wrote: »

I saw a documentary about it before and they practically have direwolves and woolly mammoths rolling around, and winter is not comming, it's already there.

It's crazy how much their climates can fluctuate between extremes. Sure Russia had a massive heat wave and drought two years ago, even though they're so northernly. I generally forget that's not all a tundra up there.

You are aware of the 23 degree tilt of axis?

P_1

_Redzer_ wrote: »

A beach in fúcking Siberia??

I honestly always thought it was a year-round ice box

It's a massive place in fairness. Isn't it the size of France, Germany and Poland combined?

_Redzer_

Harry Palmr wrote: »

You are aware of the 23 degree tilt of axis?

Duh.

But for somewhere largely in the arctic circle it's pretty amazing how it can go from one temperature extreme to another, where other northerly areas like Canada in places at the same altitude can stay more temperate.

pickarooney

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Duh.

But for somewhere largely in the arctic circle it's pretty amazing how it can go from one temperature extreme to another, where other northerly areas like Canada in places at the same altitude can stay more temperate.

Much of continental Canada sees regular swings of 80 degress celcius from summer to winter.

What seemed strange to me, although I know it makes sense, was when it got dark in Rio while it was still daylight in Dublin.