It was 35° in SW France today. Usually by evening it is cooler with a breeze but this evening is hot and still. Horrible. May be 40° by Sunday/Monday. Wish it would rain.
Living in Cagnes-sur-Mer taught me how different 35 degrees can be. Ten minutes up the road to Saint-Paul-de-Vence would deliver the most stifling, unbearable heat. Ten minutes down the road to the airport would deliver the most refreshing, pleasant sea breeze. Barely 10km apart and the same temperature but so, so different.
I do find it odd where there there isn't much cloud cover, it's not boiling hot, there is a good breeze and I still feel that stifling feeling like something is pressing on my head. I find it's getting to me more as I age. I do try to keep a close eye on hydration.
Been a very sunny, warm but quite refreshingly breezy day here in Notts. I have to say I tolerate hot weather pretty well - as long as I don't have to actually DO anything exerting.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I wonder if you're sensitive to the wet bulb temperature? I'd need to go and check the figures and it's past my bed time, but I'll have a look tomorrow and see if there's a correlation.
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That's an interesting chart @SYinUSA thank you. Another thing to add re sinus pressure, in my experience, is that my mother had headaches in such situations but I don't think she recognised it as having anything to do with the low pressure, it was a long time before I realised what mine was, my daughter has it and so does her daughter. This leads me to think it could be hereditary.
My early and middle years were an utter misery until I had my sinus drilled to make them bigger and it eased the problem immeasurably and I now only have problems when the atmospheric pressure is abnormally low.
@Uff Yes, I think smaller sinuses causing that type of headache makes sense, and bone structure is certainly hereditary. I'm so glad you've found relief after all those years! I have found that I get migraines much less frequently with a low carbohydrate, low sugar diet. Something about a steady blood sugar level helps tremendously. Doesn't help with the sinus pressure or allergies though!
@Fire can it be possibly about higher nighttime temperatures - meaning you don't cool off and sleep well at night, then by day you feel unrefreshed and washed out and the heat then just bothers you more and feels all the more relentless?
Just a guess from me - no expertise involved! But definitely you have much warmer nights and early mornings in London than we do out in the sticks.
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Living in Cagnes-sur-Mer taught me how different 35 degrees can be. Ten minutes up the road to Saint-Paul-de-Vence would deliver the most stifling, unbearable heat. Ten minutes down the road to the airport would deliver the most refreshing, pleasant sea breeze. Barely 10km apart and the same temperature but so, so different.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
As a frequent migraine, allergy, and sinus headache sufferer, I usually find it spot on. This is the "air quality" tab.
Not sure if any of it is related to the "closeness" you describe, but worth having a look at.
Another thing to add re sinus pressure, in my experience, is that my mother had headaches in such situations but I don't think she recognised it as having anything to do with the low pressure, it was a long time before I realised what mine was, my daughter has it and so does her daughter. This leads me to think it could be hereditary.
My early and middle years were an utter misery until I had my sinus drilled to make them bigger and it eased the problem immeasurably and I now only have problems when the atmospheric pressure is abnormally low.
Just a guess from me - no expertise involved! But definitely you have much warmer nights and early mornings in London than we do out in the sticks.