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Have we had, in recent memory, a summer with such unstintingly pleasant weather as this one?
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Kate
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EmilyG 12:50 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
It’s been pretty good. I only remember one unbearably hot and humid day this summer.
It might help that I’m also in a different apartment that gets less hot in the summer.
Sean 13:27 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
I completely agree. This is the first summer in at least the last three that I’ve enjoyed from the start… and now I don’t want it to end
Bill Binns 13:56 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
Huh? I spent more time hiding from the weather indoors in July than I did in February. I got up and walked out of Carlos & Pepe’s before ordering a couple of weeks ago because it was a million degrees inside. If I didn’t have two dogs, I don’t think I would have left the house while the sun was up once in July. August has been better. A glorious Montreal autumn is just around the corner.
CE 17:10 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
Purely anecdotal but I’ve been finding that people who live and/or work in buildings with AC have a harder time dealing with the heat than those who don’t spend much time in AC.
ant6n 17:54 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
What I don’t get is why the Laurier park pool season ends Aug 15
Kate 18:35 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
CE, did you happen to read this article?
ant6n, that’s actually one of my annual news cycle points. The answer seems to be that the lifeguards are students, and classes start in mid-August these days, so they’re no longer free to work.
Joey 22:33 on 2019-08-13 Permalink
And yet all the businesses that rely on student labour don’t shut down in mid-August.
dwgs 09:32 on 2019-08-14 Permalink
And the pools could still be open evenings and weekends.
Bill Binns 13:47 on 2019-08-14 Permalink
I’m not sure the pool closings have anything to do with lifeguards. As far as I have seen, mid-august is traditional time to shut down pools in Montreal. All of the apartment buildings I lived in or near shut down their outdoor pools at the same time. I think that is simply the time that the weather starts to take a turn for the cooler.
CE 14:54 on 2019-08-14 Permalink
Interesting article Kate. Especially the part about how AC units contribute to climate change not just from their high electricity usage but also from hydrofluorocarbons. Also crazy that 90% of Americans have AC. I saw in a Toronto Star article about last year’s heat wave that 53% of households in Quebec and 65% in Montreal have AC. I thought that seemed high!
JaneyB 11:04 on 2019-08-15 Permalink
I dunno about pleasant – there were almost 3 weeks of +30C outside. I actually finally bought an air conditioner. But sunny, yes.
They should keep the pools open until it is too cool to swim eg: late Sept. Why not? Just reduce the hours to evenings and weekends and advertise it. People will come.