The Great British Weather

It's fucking hot.

love it.

Hate it.

Meh

When it's as hot as this, my office (garden shed) is almost unbearable.

It’s not even that hot!?
Just you wait until the next 40° episode, more than 10° before we get there.

35+ deg is where I contemplate moving to Scotland

it’s pissing down with rain here (glasgow) and cold and dark. wish it were 35

😃

This is why contemplation does not lead to action. It was 29 here (London) earlier, down to a comfortable 24 now.

I've decided 24⁰C is the perfect temperature; not too hot, not cold.
I don't understand anyone that thinks it should be hotter than that, there's literally no advantage to it being hotter, unless you're really into sweating or being moderately uncomfortable.
I swear some Brits treat being in unbearable heat as a badge of honour, like boasting that you can drink 12 pints on a night out

^ this.

This ^ but with an added light breeze.

Why I never go to southern Europe in mid summer if possible as it’s too hot and I want to walk around and look at stuff not sit on a beach.
Climate change means a shift in holiday habits and more travel in spring/autumn, people getting lost on walks and expiring in the heat is all over the news this week too.

Last year we went to Sicily at the end of September and the weather was perfect (for me). This year my wife booked it in mid-August and I'm genuinely worried about my health, while she thinks the hotter the better.
A couple of months ago we bought one of those air coolers that draws up cool water into a mesh and blows air through it for our oven-like attic flat. It's reasonably effective right now but I think it's going to struggle if we get towards 40°C again.

Currently traveling through France and Spain on the train, it's 25-30 which is the limit of what I want to be out in all day doing tourist stuff,would much prefer 22-26 but work and family say no.

Apart from schools forcing when you can go, I don't get going late July/ August to Southern Europe for a holiday

If I'd known the UK weather would of been so good I would of probably been happy going UK holiday but was organised last minute and wanted to escape the never ending gloom we were having

I'll take 15-17.

I think it’s approaching siesta time

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Just had one.

Mmmmmm.

If anyone wants to avoid a heatwave, I can share dates for when we’ve booked a summer holiday as the weather is all but guaranteed to be shit then.

It's winter here, chilly at night (~10°c) but around 22°c during the day, very little rain, mostly sunny as it's the dry season. It's the best weather ever. Fuck you, London! 🌞

I got SAD so bad when I lived over there, torture.

Yeah I think holiday patterns will change if they aren’t already. Frankly ‘summer’ holiday in places like Greece and Italy is a hard no from now on.

Heating is back on.

Summer was great while it lasted.

Fastest batch of sourdough I've made in a while though

Same… fuk 🥲

Not British but... Beryl turned into a Cat 5 hurricane overnight, the earliest in recorded history. Jamaica in its path.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-beryl-live-tracker-damage-category-5-advisory-b2572295.html

I'm in that group. Do I like the heat or do I hate the cold more though, that's probably the real question. I like hot days because in places that aren't shitholes like the UK you can go for swim and be dry in minutes and carry on with your day or when it cools down you have a pleasant evenings. Where I'm from everyone just does stuff earlier in the day and has aircon so inside it's kinda cheating.

My Melbourne mate hates the heat though so I need a bigger sample size.