Not enjoying this heat are you?

Where are all you lucky people who are experiencing lower temperatures and have had rain - the land is parched, dessicated and resembles late August, rather than early summer. My rain gauge has recorded a cumulative total of less than an inch since late February and I am praying for at least a week of steady, proper rain, precious life giving stuff that it is, to rebalance the soil moisture deficit. And, as an outdoor worker, professional grower and horticulturalist, no, I am not enjoying the relentless heat and unnatural lack of precipitation we are experiencing this year!

Where are you?

We have this every year.

Yes I love it.

It’s fucking awful! Every orifice sweats and feels damp and uncomfortable, and I feel extra fat.

I love sunshine but this is "too warm", it's not even been that sunny this weekend, just muggy and hot. I think on holiday you get air con and you're allowed to lie about. I'm so tired of not sleeping and not getting a break from it, it's not even actual July yet, so I also don't quite feel ready for it.

Going by Mumsnet, anywhere North of London is North.

Definitely suffering here at 31C in the Midlands, I mean in the North.

Its unbearable. The thermostat in my bedroom (front of the house where the sun sets) is currently reading 28.7 🥵🥵🥵🥵

This sums it up.

Also a side effect of HRT medications can be photo sensitivity. I burn more easily now even with suncream plus being in full sun gives me a huge headache/mini migraine. I can't tolerate hot weather as much now I'm 50 🤷‍♀️

I am suffering badly and live in Scotland. Its too hot.

I used to be the same but now I feel genuinely unwell in the heat! It started after I became really poorly and was put on amitriptyline (which has taken me 2 years to wean down to much smaller dose and I can’t shift the final one without awful side effects) I honestly always thought it was just because I now have a medical condition to deal with but I now believe it’s the amitriptyline!

I'm currently in Greece, it's been 38°/39° all week, its glorious. Its a dry heat so doesn't make you sticky, car and apartment have beautiful air con. In and out of the pool/sea all day. Sleep like a baby due to air con.
Back in the UK I struggle, it always seems so oppressive and muggy when it gets really hot. Everyone's tempers get frayed and its hard to sleep. Have another week in Greece, I'm hoping the hot weather has passed by the time we get home!

Cumbria

Define North. I’m in Yorkshire and it’s 31 here.

Me too. I just want to be warm and wear my summer clothes which I don't get much wear out of.

I bought this linen blend top from Uniqlo earlier this year and it is perfect for this weather

https://www.uniqlo.com/uk/en/products/E479966-000/00?colorDisplayCode=01&sizeDisplayCode=003

Much prefer this to months of grey which is what we have for majority of year

Interesting about the sertraline. I like the heat usually, and am happy to lie baking in it, but this year I've decided that although I like it, I don't care if I get a tan - what I really need to be, in my Goldilocks fashion, is just the right temperature.

So I'm enjoying the heat by sitting in the garden in the shade. Or indoors, with the door open.

I love the heat but dh thinks I’m part lizard.

I love it! It has been about 26 degrees here. We don’t get much of a summer so o try to enjoy it as much as possible

I usually hate the heat but an AC unit has been a game changer for us.

I am not on any medication and i really hate this heat. It is far too warm to sit in the garden. I am exhausted too as i am finding it hard to sleep. I do have a fan on in the bedroom. The problem is that my neighbours make a din on a night when it is warm.

I love the hot weather & the sunshine.

However it doesn't like me.....

I have rosacea & need to stay out of the sun as UV makes it worse.

My DH has a heart condition & asthma - the hot weather makes him at risk.

We have an elderly dog &, again, the hot weather means that we spend our time making sure that she's comfortable, spraying her body with water, trying to make sure she's in coolest part of the house, no walks in the heat of the day etc. She also has a paddling pool, but is too tired with the heat to want to go outside & I'm not going to make her (obviously).

Not only that, it's bloody hot & uncomfortable. Not looking forward to going to bed in an oven of a room tonight & then expected to be able to work tomorrow after about 5 hour's sleep.

We have a fan on a stand placed in front of an open window (as recommended) - making no real difference.

We're thinking about installing A/C into living & main bedroom, but it's expensive, will take up space & wondering if it's really worth the cost. Today I'd say 'yes' but come October I'll be saying 'no' as I'll be worrying about heating bills. 😂

Can totally empathise with this. In 2022 when it got to 35°C I was 9 months pregnant and I honestly felt like I was dying. Never felt so uncomfortable in my life. Hope you manage to stay cool😊

This is eye opening. I’ve been really suffering in summers for years - to the point where I feel weak and throw up, can’t sit in the garden, spend all day just coping - and have been on sertraline for years… I never knew that was a side effect!!

It's too much.