Surely India Must Be The Worlds Hottest Country??

SharpshooterTom · 24-05-2012 03:08PM #1

These temperatures are typical for this time of the year and its unlikely they'll fall below 40 for a couple of months yet.

Delhi
Fri 45, Sat 44, Sun 44, Mon 44
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/1261481

Agra (Taj Mahal)
Fri 46, Sat 45, Sun 45, Mon 45
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/1279259

Nagpur
Fri 46, Sat 46, Sun 46, Mon 46
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/1262180

Ahmadabad
Fri 43, Sat 42, Sun 42, Mon 42
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/1279233

Calcutta
Fri 37, Sat 37, Sun 37, Mon 37
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/1275004

That's practially insane :eek:, people need to realise how rare above 40 is, most places in europe (ibiza, tenerife etc) in july/august average only max 30.

And people moan about our weather here being too hot, well imagine a cramped overpopulated Indian city like Nagpur. Even places like Australia or America don't even get that hot.

Temptamperu · 24-05-2012 03:10PM

Well if they didnt want to be hot the should of thought about it before being born in India.

frozenfrozen · 24-05-2012 03:11PM

I'm fairly sure people weren't saying that 40 degrees isn't hot...

ahnowbrowncow · 24-05-2012 03:11PM

Sure tis no wonder Mother Teresa's face looked like a testicle.

jester77 · 24-05-2012 03:12PM

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Sure tis no wonder Mother Teresa's face looked like a testicle.

very apt user name!

hungrypig · 24-05-2012 03:12PM

i lived in the middle east for a while where the temp went up into the fifties a few times, you don't really notice it after a certain point

problemchimp · 24-05-2012 03:13PM

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Sure tis no wonder Mother Teresa's face looked like a testicle.

You've got an image of Mother Theresa on your testicle? Religious forum for you, they'll love you over there.

DaveNoCheese · 24-05-2012 03:14PM

jester77 wrote: »

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Sure tis no wonder Mother Teresa's face looked like a testicle.

very apt user name!

Is it not meant to be hownowbrowncow?

ejmaztec · 24-05-2012 03:15PM

:eek:

The hottest place on Earth as of 2005 is in the Lut Desert in Iran at 70.7 degrees Celsius. This inviting region is abiotic – meaning without life; not even bacteria have been found

http://www.universetoday.com/14508/the-hottest-place-on-earth/

SEPT 23 1989 · 24-05-2012 03:15PM

I would say the bang of sweat would knock you down

MIRMIR82 · 24-05-2012 03:18PM

Was in Lanzarote last week - it was over 40 on Tuesday - nearly fookin killed me:cool:

af_thefragile · 24-05-2012 03:19PM

But its hotter in hell!!!!!!!!!!!

Gaz · 24-05-2012 03:20PM

Was in the Sudan a few years ago and it hit 52.

Being Irish I almost self combusted. :eek:

My name is URL · 24-05-2012 03:20PM

Smelliest too

Timistry · 24-05-2012 03:25PM

meh, get to 50C plus routinely in the outback in oz during the summer. It seems to get worse each summer. You do get used to it after awhile but its still hot as hell! Its only 6C now and i feel like im living in an igloo!

ahnowbrowncow · 24-05-2012 03:26PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Smelliest too

It's cause they don't wipe their arse properly and when mixed with the substantial sweating it leads to that rather distinctive smelly arse smell. Fact

al28283 · 24-05-2012 03:27PM

Gnobe wrote: »

people need to realise how rare above 40 is

why?

bnt · 24-05-2012 03:29PM

I was in Bangalore Bengaluru a few years ago, but that's higher up and not as bad. I was there in August, which actually isn't the hottest time of the year, since it's in the Tropics and doesn't get the standard seasons we do.

The hottest I've personally experienced was just under 50°C in Dubai in late August. There were "mad dogs and Englishmen" out playing golf in that, but my friends and I were in the air-conditioned clubhouse drinking G&Ts. We had come out of the Irish pub in my first night there - yes, they have an Irish pub in Dubai - and the car thermometer read 44°C. At midnight. There was a wall of hot air coming across the desert, carrying all the heat from the day, that was quite unbelievable.

af_thefragile · 24-05-2012 03:31PM

The hottest place on earth currently is inside my car! Its like sitting in an oven, I'm pretty sure I've lost atleast a few pounds since before I got into it!

Ape X · 24-05-2012 03:37PM

It's the humidity that kills ya... :pac:

forfuxsake · 24-05-2012 03:38PM

I think Ukraine is the hottest country.

My name is URL · 24-05-2012 03:39PM

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

It's cause they don't wipe their arse properly and when mixed with the substantial sweating it leads to that rather distinctive smelly arse smell. Fact

I was thinking more about the fact that garbage dumps are built right next to major cities. Imagine living in a poverty stricken city of 5 million and having the waste of that entire population fester in a massive heap less than a mile away, in temps of 40+ degrees. Ugh

SharpshooterTom · 24-05-2012 03:40PM

Timistry wrote: »

meh, get to 50C plus routinely in the outback in oz during the summer. It seems to get worse each summer. You do get used to it after awhile but its still hot as hell! Its only 6C now and i feel like im living in an igloo!

I was in Australia for 5 weeks back in january/february and the hottest I experianced was 38C in Adelaide, on 23rd of january.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201201/html/IDCJDW5002.201201.shtml

I was in Sydney for 9 days and only got to 28C at best.

Nothingbetter2d · 24-05-2012 03:41PM

so with india being so hot at the moment... doesn't eating curries make ye sweat buckets?

ejmaztec · 24-05-2012 03:46PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

so with india being so hot at the moment... doesn't eating curries make ye sweat buckets?

They need as many buckets as they can get, just for the drinking water.

Larbre34 · 24-05-2012 03:46PM

We only freak out at these kind of numbers because we're so fortunate to live in a maritime temperate zone and get no extremes of any sort, ever! Rain, wind, humidity, temperature, pressure are all moderate in Ireland despite perceptions. Most other places on earth either get extreme heat or cold, or both, by our standards, so we're the exception and we're lucky to be!

38 was the most Ive ever seen and i wouldnt want to do it again!

aidan24326 · 24-05-2012 03:47PM

Gnobe wrote: »

people need to realise how rare above 40 is

Above 40 is not in the slightest bit rare.

There are loads of places in the world where Summer temperatures routinely go up into the 40s.

SharpshooterTom · 24-05-2012 03:53PM

aidan24326 wrote: »

Above 40 is not in the slightest bit rare.

There are loads of places in the world where Summer temperatures routinely go up into the 40s.

It is actually.

Go to wikipedia and check the average maximum temperatures for any given month and you will find that all the cities in America, with the exception of Las Vegas and Arizona, average below 40, usually around 30 in july/august.

In europe it is more so, people often exaggurate temperatures, the hottest place in the whole of europe is Seville and has maximum averages of around 34C in July/August. So having constant temps above 40C is unusual in europe anywhere.

pebbles21 · 24-05-2012 03:56PM

Sure its so hot here in Mallow,people are buying Mc Donalds coffee and pouring it over their heads just to cool down!

Wattle · 24-05-2012 03:57PM

43 degrees when I was in Varanasi. Must have drank about six litres of water a day.

ejmaztec · 24-05-2012 04:00PM

pebbles21 wrote: »

Sure its so hot here in Mallow,people are buying Mc Donalds coffee and pouring it over their heads just to cool down!

We're using molten lava in Kerry.

Surely India Must Be The Worlds Hottest Country??

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