Germany used to have cloudy, rainy 68-77F summers. I remember being actually cold at night and wearing a light coat when camping in Germany, and needing wellington boots. Most Central European places simply didn't need AC, neither did UK, which never had really hot summers. We will see if this summer was a once off, or will we need AC going forward.

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vigilantpuma 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Haven’t 6 of the last 10 years had severe heat waves in Germany?

	▲	tpm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yet there is a heat wave with 34°C maximums and then there is a heat wave with 42°C maximums like this year. Neither was common 20 years ago, but while the former is manageable for a few days without AC if the nights are cool enough, the latter is not.

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disgruntledphd2 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> We will see if this summer was a once off, or will we need AC going forward.

Climate change will likely bring much more variability in temperatures, so we'll probably need both AC and better cold infrastructure. Joy.