A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.

Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.

A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain’s national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.

  • MrLuigi002@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I live in Spain, and since temperatures are now reaching 39°C in my area, I ordered two AC units for the most used rooms in my house (living room and bedroom).

    With installation it costed 1300€. A months salary basically. In my area the cheapest unit with installation was 450€, but it didn’t look very reliable.

    I ordered it 11 days ago, and I’m scheduled to receive it and installed either this week or the next. AC installers are oversaturated with orders this time of the year. It’s insane.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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      17 hours ago

      I live in Estonia, temperatures don’t ever get to 39C but they do get up to 33-34 and for some reason my house gets pretty humid even at high temps, so it’s worse inside than outside, even if it’s hotter outside. I got a heat pump installed about 2 years ago, cost around 2k installed, but then again I went for a beefy Mitsubishi unit (big house and only one unit for now). It’s an absolute game changer in the summer, and in the winter when it gets cold, it saves me effort as well - I have to load the furnace less.

      I figure it’s already earned its keep via the heating, but also if I do 2 extra hours of productive work 2 days a week, that’s 10 weeks of summertime heat till it’s paid off in full and while most summers don’t come with 10 weeks of heat, every summer has at least 4-5 hot weeks here.