r/southafrica • u/suburban_hyena Aristocracy • 1d ago

Humour Yoh, it's too hot, hey

We love telling each other about the weather.

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u/Shinroo KwaZulu-Natal 1d ago

El Niño is gonna kick our asses this summer, it's this hot in October...

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u/PearAutomatic8985 Western Cape 1d ago

We are in for a RIDE 😭😭😭

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u/Kiv___ 1d ago

"It's not the heat that gets you, it's the humidity"

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u/suburban_hyena Aristocracy 1d ago

Ah but we need the rain

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u/JosefGremlin Left Behind, Still Braaing 1d ago

I've lived in Durban and Cape Town. Dry heat is worse than humidity!

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u/AffectionateHome6668 1d ago

No ways. At least in a dry heat your sweat evaporates

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u/JosefGremlin Left Behind, Still Braaing 1d ago

But in dry heat you don't sweat at all. You just turn into biltong

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u/Fragrant-Smile Rapture-Proof Like a Hilux 4h ago

Sounds like you need to drink more water...

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u/Milip161 1d ago

Everyone is entitled to their own wrong opinion

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u/hjjs 1d ago

I lived in both too.

Shade is still bearable at 40 degrees in the Cape. 40 in durbs is death.

The one thing I have noticed though is that I get dehydrated a lot easier in Cape Town because I'm not visibly sweating and haven't adapted yet

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u/MinervaKaliamne 1d ago

No. No, it is not. Dry heat can be intense, but it's never made me feel like I needed gills to breathe

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u/Szzzzl 1d ago

Its not even summer yet 😭

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u/Dustybrowncouch 1d ago

Meanwhile here in Cape Town we still have the tail end of winter. Not that I'm complaining, give me cold over hot any day.

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u/Mummylicious 1d ago

Im sitting outside and freezing right now. We keep taking the winter bedding off then putting it back on again.

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u/suburban_hyena Aristocracy 1d ago

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u/Dustybrowncouch 1d ago

Eish! Keep that away from me, please.

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u/Voldemorts__Mom BENONI 1d ago

Dude and it's not even December yet.

And with global warming, this is the coolest it's ever going to be.

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u/No_Dragonfruit_4392 1d ago

It’s even better when you have the hottest room in the entire house. (my window faces west so from noon to sunset i’m getting braai’d”)

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u/usrnmalreadytakn 1d ago

Its a dry heat.

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u/Elsa_1304 23h ago

It's been so hot in Durban and it's not even December yet 🫣

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u/LooseHeifer 1d ago

You only feel it when you're told about it

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u/suburban_hyena Aristocracy 1d ago

It's nice to have some clouds, ne

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u/LooseHeifer 1d ago

You just burn without the clouds. At least now you can sit outside, have a drink.

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u/GhostBRUTUS 1d ago

Sorry bru, ill put my shirt back on.😉

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u/Divi1221 19h ago

I’ve always said i would rather be cold than hot, i really miss winter😔

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u/Worth_Lavishness_239 1d ago

Stay hydrated and reduce caffeine intake. That stuff will dehydrate you. Don’t forget sunscreen. Stress less. It’s too hot to be having many thoughts.

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u/silverdotos 1d ago

Not to be contrarian, but caffeine intake in something like coffee is actually not that dehydrating.

The amount of water in the drink offsets the diuretic effect of the caffeine. Also, IIRC, you build up a tolerance to the effect quite quickly.

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u/Admirable_Ad_1390 1d ago

small talk😂😂 I dont know what to say to the other person

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u/ChefDJH Minister of Armchair Opinions 1d ago

Cool and rainy in parts of the Garden Route. It has been up and down a lot, though. We're getting days with max of 15deg and then 32deg the next, and then back to 16deg the following day back to back. Never know what to dress for.

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u/GioDDDD 1d ago

No clouds,no wind. Just heat

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u/Obscurebones 20h ago

Wait for dec en January fucking hell !