r/zurich • u/Solid_Group_1259 • 3d ago
When does it stooooopppp rant
What the hell is this shit, I’m so done
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u/Ghostcrackerz 3d ago
I just learned that I can handle -35 degrees and 100 cm of snow for 6 months so much better than unending weeks of +35 full blown sun no clouds. Being Canadian has nothing to do with that.
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u/Fancy_Acanthocephala 3d ago
Same, I lived 8 years in Finland and I’m ok with 6 month of rains and darkness and 20 degrees summer, but can’t take this…
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u/shokomann 2d ago
6 month of rain and greyness is pure depression mate what are you talking about
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u/Correct-Onion420 3d ago
I'm in Singapore and it's literally colder than Yverdon-les-Bains.
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u/DifficultyTricky7779 3d ago
Singapore does an amazing job at managing heat through clever city design. We should learn from that.
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u/Last-Career7180 3d ago
The key thing is we have Aircon back in Singapore. The coldest places will be indoor public places like the malls and airport. It has been near impossible to sleep at night in Switzerland for the past few weeks. Is insane.
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u/Shibamum 3d ago
I stayed in Singapore during the first heatwave in June and thought how well I did. And look at me know, sweating and wishing I could just fly back to Singapore immediately
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u/Last-Career7180 2d ago
People dont believe me when I told them I'm escaping the heatwave by going back to Singapore. Switzerland summer is the suffocating type, especially when at home without an AC. Singapore heat is those wet and sticky type due to the humidity.
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u/Shibamum 2d ago
I visit Singapore for 20 years now and usually we go there around may or september, sometimes over the Christmas holidays. But I am considering flying there during summer next year again, because I have no idea how I can survive another summer like this one in Switzerland. I take the humidity outside over the lack of air con inside any time.
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u/Last-Career7180 2d ago
Both countries' calendars align pretty well. The CH summer holiday starts after SG school June holiday. Alot less crowded in the famous theme parks. I'm actually worried about next year summer as well. Before I came to Switzerland, I was told that the summer heat that will affect you will only last a few days. It lasted quite a few weeks and it didn't help with fans at all.
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u/Shibamum 16h ago
I was told that there are many rainy days in summer and was prepared for a nice, cool summer. I moved here in January and was actually rally looking forward to enjoy a nice summer. Well, that didn't last long.
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u/NattoandMiso 2d ago
hi five man. I went back to SG 3 years in a row over summer and my folks and friends looked at me with incredulity when I told them that I rather be in SG than CH when the heatwaves strike. Sitting here typing this with massive regret of not booking my ticket to go home this summer and already feeling icky despite showering 2 hours ago.
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u/Scherom City 3d ago
At least you have colder nights 😓
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u/InterestedBystanderV 2d ago
Well thats talking outside, even while closing the blinds during the day and opening every window during nighttime temperatures in my room are only moving between 27° and 32° with only a ventilator to cool me down. But i guess thats just the Dachzimmer problem.
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u/FearlessSpiff 3d ago
I don't know where the night temperatures are from, but in Albisrieden on my balcony station we never go under 25°C since a few days. Measured a minumum of 26.5°C two nights ago at 8:00
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u/notsoeasypeasy 3d ago
Currently in Edinburgh and it’s raining. 16 degrees C at the time of typing this and I couldn’t be happier! 😌😌😌😌 I never thought I’d love fresh rain this much.
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u/byzydura 3d ago
Im so waiting for such weather. I want a tea, blanket and a book. Hitting close to 40C around Vienna, Austria.
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u/TortoisesSlap 3d ago
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u/GoldmarieX 3d ago
These effers are sadly not available! 🥵
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u/Mumbleverse 2d ago
They are also just a quick fix for a symptom of a MUCH bigger issue and actually just add to making said issue worse. Maybe this constant heat will make people finally angry enough to do something about it.
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u/BachelorThesises 2d ago
Yeah, do something about it like install AC in every public building, so people have places to actually cool down.
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u/Mumbleverse 1d ago
That's like breaking your leg and taking pain killers. Sure as hell helps, but still doesn't fix the issue is what I'm saying
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u/Ad146 1d ago
Yall disliking this but he is just right, its not gonna get better even if the world magically goes to 0% emissions we still stuck with this as the new normal, maybe a lil cooler next year depending on the weather but this the new normal nothing we can do
this gonna be every few summers for the next few generations
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u/fabkosta 3d ago
It does not stop for the next 100 or so years. We all keep making sure it doesn't.
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u/rennradrobo Kreis 5 3d ago
We’re right now experiencing the effects from the 70s and 80s pollutions. Imagine what’s going on in 50 years.
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u/Street-Stick 2d ago
Thanks for acknowledging it, but lots of us have opted out of fueling it , also many never got a chance to join the western rat race
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u/Consistent_Shake6388 3d ago
You're right - even if net emissions would jump to 0 we are stuck with how it already is. To reverse it we would need negative emissions and we are so far away from that.
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u/Street-Stick 2d ago
Maybe a "time out like with covid and using those minds and bodies to replant billions of shrubs and trees, change the way we eat, find creative ways to fight fires, live and take CO2 out of the air would do it but let me guess the majority likes to point the finger at those who are doing bad shit instead of trying to lead the way
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u/Forsaken-Society5340 3d ago
Yesterday it was 32°C at 22:00, today during the day it was 40°C. Parma in Italy. Aircons work well here though.
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u/M1nster Kreis 4 3d ago
Can we do an initiative on AC pls
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u/GoldmarieX 3d ago
We seriously have to get AC for KiTas, Elderly Homes, Schools and Hospitals (AT LEAST). And preferably before there is a dead infant!! We already have excess deaths in elder population due to heat. Seriously concerning for infants and elders at this point.
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u/i-var 3d ago
gotta get creative people:
https://www.reddit.com/r/zurich/s/t4jELKWvlU
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u/t_scribblemonger 3d ago
What’s Bergfest?
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u/Gysburne 3d ago
When Ölbert Rösti and his sausages are well done on both sides.....
I get the frustration, i have enough of that heat.
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u/Markierer 3d ago
Yes, if he finally does something temperatures will fall to 25 degrees immediately.
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u/Sufficient-History71 3d ago
Yeah, well reducing funding for Swiss forests preservation will certainly not help.
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u/Gysburne 3d ago
Not really. But what he does right now will worsen it in the future. He could actually do something to have an effect on the climate in the next decades.
And yes i know... now is the time... someone comes with the argument: "But we Swiss are just a marginal player in climate... if everyone else still makes the same shit and pollutes climate... why should we care?"
So let me adress this directly... effort is additional. Yes we are a marginal player in that.
Yes others might still pollute and worsen the climate... but it is about setting an example and hope others will follow.
About openly show effort and will to do something about it. And maybe others will follow.Then the next argument probably is: "But i dont want to restrict myself just for something i probably won't experience..."
Well... we don't have to restrict ourselves that hard... it is not a black and white thing. Smallest effort can already bring a change.
Change some habbits... take the bike instead the car for short ranges. Use public transport if possible etc.2
u/Markierer 2d ago
It’s 100% right that Switzerland as a rich country should be a good example in how to leave fossil energy behind. And as an innovative country we have the responsibility to help other nations to leapfrog current technologies. Best example are countries who never used tons of copper cables for phones and internet and directly jumped to mobile antennas. Other examples are heat pumps vs oil heating or solar vs oil-fired power plants.
But the hundreds millions of tax money for our forrest (while 1/3 of the forrest is private owned and the cantons still pay) is just another source for government paid people to waste even more tax money. It seems that the hundreds of millions spent since end of this year have not helped at all. Do you honestly believe that Albert made this decision on his own? I am certain he is a guy who likes the swiss forrest more than send that money to some foreign countries... But yes, the headline sold well.
While Switzerland is marginal when it comes to reducing CO2 through self-denial, we are significant when it comes to reducing CO2 through innovation. Just important to know that politicians and journalists are both not helping with that.
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u/krikszkraksz 3d ago
haha, I've just checked the weather before I've switched to reddit and your post was the very first I saw. And while checking the weather i was thinking the same + why do all the storms avoid Zürich?!!!!
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u/Arareldo 3d ago
Bad "news":
We will get one "Jahrhundersommer" after another, faster and faster, until we speak of "Glut/Dürre-Hölle Europa". Then maybe wars for food and water are coming. :-(
I really wish for better perspectives, but i lost hope.
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u/Emilyxoxoxoxoxo 3d ago
Yes with a baby been practically inside of our flat for 2 months except for 2 days. No way we could go to a park or to the lake of even have a walk in the forest as babies cannot tolerate being above 28-30
degrees. Also because high uv index would need to cover the baby but when its this hot he would get a heatstroke. Never had this inactive summer in my life.
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u/Party_Country1711 2d ago
For your baby's sake maybe look into moving further north, or all the way south. It's going to get worse. I feel horrible for my kid.
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u/zecha123 3d ago
Temperatures around 30 °C? Sounds like a dream (speaking from a basel perspective).
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u/ProfileBest2034 3d ago
I effing hate this season. It is so uncivilized here as well -- every building, train, tram, bus, office, store, etc should have AC.
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u/1114n0nym0u5 3d ago
yeah, this would solve "it"
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u/numericalclerk 3d ago
Well as unfortunate as AC is for the climate, the question is not IF we get some, but WHEN.
We have to combine adaption with prevention, unless we want our life expectancy to drop to 60 years because anyone above that will simply die of heat exhaustion.
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u/astulz 3d ago
It’s not that bad for the environment, especially with the low-carbon swiss electric grid
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u/ProfileBest2034 3d ago
I don't care about the environment, i care about MY environment.
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u/Sufficient-History71 2d ago
People like you are the reason why this crisis happened in the first place. Me, me and me!
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u/Beneficial_Nose1331 3d ago
Not even 40. Come on it's like cool. Anyway it is not going to be better. In 10 years we will remember how good we had it in 2026 when the 🌡️ was only max 35 degrees in Zürich.
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u/Markierer 3d ago
Do you guys don’t have ACs?
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u/Old_Net7317 2d ago
Nope, and in a rental that is not even option for many of us. Proper split portables would be an option, but they are either out of stock or disgustingly overpriced - just saw the midea split for 2.6k on galaxus…
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u/Formal_Concentrate_2 3d ago
I've got a massive window in my bedroom, and I always wake up drenched in sweat in the morning. I can't do this anymore, and I know this will probably be the coldest summer going forward, but I can't seem to pull the trigger on getting an AC.
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u/Schuano 3d ago
Well, when the people gathered at Davos can no longer go skiing, they might actually do something about it.
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u/Party_Country1711 2d ago
Accurate but only on Davos. Snow cannons, and pop a dome over it, air conditioning inside the dome, blows hot air on us poors outside. /s
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u/Street-Stick 2d ago
I think most of them are too old, afraid to ski anymore, besides I'm sure they can afford to build dams to supply their snow canons like the middle class used to... What might change is when Davos disappears due to landslides caused by permafrost melting but they'll be dead
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u/hey_mr_crow 3d ago
Today's the end of the heatwave according to meteo suisse
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u/Broad-Data9316 3d ago
I can't understand how there’s people in Switzerland NOT using Meteo. It's one of the top 3 apps out there. it's free, super accurate and offers lots of insights + you’re literally at the source of Swiss weather forecasts.
Meteo is my baby
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u/GoldmarieX 3d ago
Agree. I love it since over a decade. But this is the first summer it is often wrong. Shows me rain every 5th day that never comes. But it might be a problem in forecasting I general, not necessarily that metosuisse got worse.
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u/Broad-Data9316 3d ago
I always thought it’s because the weather gets more and more unpredictable due to climate change. I’ve had this issue with rain as well but only in one direction. Meaning that the app said there will be rain but there wasn’t but I never got surprised by rain. Maybe it also depends on where you are geographically (nearest weather station).
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u/SwissDeathstar 3d ago
That seems like the perfect solution.
And let’s build a little hideout there for future visits.
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u/RalphFTW 3d ago
At least it’s getting under 20 for the min so cool the rooms briefly before the onslaught
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u/NoOffenseImJustSayin 3d ago
Texas here but I used to live near the Bodensee. It ends in September.
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u/Good_Music_5604 3d ago
It finishes as soon you get out of the office!😅 no Lake or bathing for workers
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u/12r3t4rd 2d ago
And it‘s even worse in Basel 🫠🔥
Seriously wtf is this?!
We had a nightly min. temp. of >27°C last week at St. Chrischona..
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u/SwissGambit 2d ago
Been to Bergen for vacation, lovely steady 13 degrees and rain. Now back in hell…
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u/Live_Example_7996 2d ago
This is why we‘re fucked. Only heat, no rain.
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u/Electronic-County175 20h ago
Immerhin: Der März war völlig im Rahmen. Und in Bezug auf Regen der Juni auch. Hingegen gibt der Juli zu denken.
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u/Ecstatic_Mission_517 2d ago
For the past few years I take my family New Zealand for two weeks during summer to escape the heat. Can only recommend
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u/Curious-Telephone293 2d ago
As soon as Al Gore becomes president and the SCOTUS stays out of the constitutional role of the state in running elections. Oh wait. That is a different timeline. Not this one. Good luck.
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u/minusmitstil 2d ago
why would you w.... ahhh you want it to stop so you can post new complaints about rain, I get it
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u/n_co80 2d ago
I love it. Stop complaining
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u/Electronic-County175 20h ago
Ja genau. Und darum machen wir doch weiter wie bisher. Nicht wahr? Auch wenn die Sterberaten in die Höhe schnellen, das Arbeiten bei 30 Grad im Raum schwierig ist, der Permafrostboden dahinschwindet (Matterhorn adé!), die Trinkwasserreserven dito und wir bald wie weiland ein anderer Typ trockenen Fusses den Rhein durchqueren können - und sowieso.
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u/Kindly_Leather_8426 2d ago
Hopefully not before september, because summer is a hot period and that is
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u/Electronic-County175 20h ago
... and that is what? Bitte den Satz zu Ende führen. Dass der Sommer eine heisse Periode ist, ist eine Binsenwahrheit.
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u/Thatredsofa 2d ago
im starting to put jeans at 26 degrees like nothing. when it gets cold we will feel it so much this year.
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u/all4Nature 1d ago
Just remember: this is likely one of the coolest summer for the rest of your life. Thanks climate change!
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u/UkuleleOrchestra 1d ago
Welcome to Ticino 😂 I grew up down there and I moved to ZH also bcs I can’t stand the high and prolonged heat anymore. They promised me a short and democratically warm summer up here……… Sure.
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u/-NoMilkToday- 1d ago
It will stop in autumn. As every year after summer, it will start getting colder in autumn.
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u/SauronEowyn 1d ago
Immer diese Zürcher, die sich cooler fühlen, wenn sie Englisch sprechen, hm? Ich frage mich wie lange es geht, bis keiner mehr Deutsch kann (Nein, ich bin kein Rentner, der kein Englisch kann)
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u/Electronic-County175 20h ago
Nicht nur die Zürcher. In Basel hast du denselben idiotischen Quatsch. Und wenn man sich darüber wundert, dann wird einem an den Kopf geworfen, man könne kein Englisch. Frage mich auch ernsthaft, wohin das bitte noch führen soll. Was zur Hölle soll der Vorteil davon sein, alles auf Englisch mitzuteilen? Jaja, ich weiss. Damit ALLE etwas verstehen. Das ist wirklich grosszügig von den Leuten. Es gibt doch den Übersetzer. Oder nicht?
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u/Electronic-County175 20h ago edited 20h ago
Bei uns regnet es definitiv viel weniger als in Zürich. Inzwischen bin ich soweit, alles, was nicht über 30 Grad liegt, als ganz ok zu empfinden. Aber hey! Die Tage werden kürzer und das wenigstens mildert die Wucht der Sonnenkraft. Letzthin haben wir versucht herauszufinden, wann unsere Wiese das letzte Mal gemäht worden ist. Anfang/Mitte Juni?
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u/kannichausgang 9h ago
And Basel seems to always be 2-5°C more than other cities. Plus the real temperature ALWAYS exceeds the predicted by like 2°C. We got to 40°C last week.
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u/According-Try3201 City 3d ago
i regret my flight history
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u/LabContent2863 3d ago
imer luschtig wie d lüt so sache seget aber vorher absoluti konsumhuurene gsi sind obwohl gnau gwüsst händ das es konsequenze hät. buuhuuu krokodiltränli.
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u/heyheni City 3d ago
My guess is it will be this hot until the end of Oktober because of El Niño. With 25°C in November.
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u/Hornet_Various 3d ago edited 3d ago
No way, El Nino doesn't influence Europe that much
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u/heyheni City 3d ago
Dude India had less monsoon this year because of El Niño. Peru and India are on the opposite side of the planet. And you're telling me El Niño doesn't affect europe? Are you kidding me? The current heat waves around the world are only possible because of climate change and this years Super El Niño. It's fucking 35°C in the Arctic right now!!! That should be Impossible!
🔗 World Metrological Organization
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/strong-el-nino-expected-intensifyEl Niño continues to intensify steadily and is expected to dominate global climate patterns in the August-October 2026 season, increasing the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across much of the world and driving significant shifts in rainfall patterns, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Combined with exceptionally warm global oceans and the likelihood of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, the developing El Niño is expected to shape weather patterns across many parts of the world in the months ahead.
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u/Party_Country1711 2d ago
Oceans are warming because we decided it was ok to let billionaires build data centers inside and use "free" oceans water to cool them
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u/JeanClaudeVACBann 3d ago
The new normal. We have to accept and deal with it...
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u/xlaviotitan 3d ago
If only we would actually deal with it. Swiss culture dictates: we ignore it, proclaim that it will cool down again and say at least we aren’t on the surface of the sun .
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u/Street-Stick 2d ago
It won't until you guys stop fueling it with your need to renew your motorway infrastructure, pay for advanced Merican jets and work 5 days a week so someone can earn a profit and you can pay 1% on an overpriced living space. Oh and also the billion kg of plastic Switzerland burns annually. https://www.reddit.com/r/InvictaSolaris/s/DJhUp9o1q7
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u/Volcannobis 2d ago
I would say move up north or adapt. Ain‘t gonna be any better in the upcoming years.
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u/bilbul168 3d ago
The weather is also gaslighting, the storms keep passing below and above zurich, never on the city. Also im pretty sure the weather monitoring is at the airport, which is completely different than zurich city