"The simian saboteur left the population of 22,000,000 sweltering in temperatures above 30°C (86°F)"
The good people of Sri Lanka do not consider 30°C to be at all "sweltering": the hottest month in Colombo is about 32°C and the coldest is actually 30°C, so "temperatures above 30°C" are entirely average.
On the other hand, I remember my mother sending me a front page from the Colombo Times with headlines "Cold snap grips Colombo, temperature plunges to 72°" (F, 22°C). She said all the old ladies had broken out their fur coats to cope with such a temperature extreme.
It's all a question of what you're used to