To find the temperature today unbearable?

You do know some people genuinely do struggle more in the heat than others? Some health conditions get significantly worse in extreme heat.
Don't tell me to get a grip and I won't tell you where to go.

I have been sleeping outside in the garden. It’s not overlooked and secure so I have slept outside all summer. It’s the only way I can sleep.

Wouldn’t go out in it but was floating yesterday in a beach cover up

Thank God I'm not alone! I'm also in London and completely over this summer.
My house has been as hot as Hades this evening.
I'd love to say I float stylishly through the season but in truth I'm a sweaty sleep-deprived menopausal mess.
Roll on October.....

We need rain so badly. Insane weather

It was definitely muggier today and less tolerable than yesterday despite it being supposedly cooler. It didn’t feel cooler at all. It was more tiring and the air felt close so I suppose the humidity was higher today and drier yesterday

because we've got the windows open and the fans switched on and it's still 30 degree overnight?!

unrelated to the fact that it'll be cold in a month.

Could have written your post. Also London. Woke up this morning to thermostat reading 29. And was sweating just doing light tidying. Thankfully feeling slightly cooler now.

Think we all need to get a grip. Yes it’s hot but in a month everyone will be moaning about fog then frost. Why can’t you all just go with it enjoy it while we’ve got it switch on those fans open those windows. It’ll soon be winter then you’ll all be moaning it’s cold.

I’ve had enough op. Around my mouth and nose are sore from constant sweating. I’m tired. Headache all week. It’s fucking unbearable, I don’t know how people can enjoy this. West Mids and this summer has ruined me.

I was thinking exactly the same. The temperature might have been a bit lower in London today, but it felt so humid and uncomfortable. I thought there might be a storm, but nothing.

I haven't got one specifically, but my portable aircon is supposed to dehumidify. I haven't used it all day though as I figured it would cost a lot, but there is a setting that doesn't cool, just dehumidifies, and that's probably less costly, so maybe I should try that more.

Have you tried a large good quality dehumidifier? I think the humidity's worse than the heat. I got this one:

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Rural and farmer has sprayed field with shit and it stinks. House is baking so it’s either shit or heat

I've been ok tbh. Went to the gym earlier and also got my hair done. But I was working in heavy PPE on the really hot days so I'm kinda used to it. It'd probs have to be at least 40 for me to really struggle when I'm in cool clothing.

Yes! Today seems especially bad. It's 28.5 on the thermostat indoors, and only 20 outdoors. I have all the windows wide open and the door propped open, and yet it still isn't cooling off inside.

People who mock some of us for hating the heat waves and wanting air con despite it being 'only a couple of weeks a year' don't have a clue how long the heat lasts. I can use all the tricks to cool myself somewhat, the fans and the ice in front of them and the wet sheets and the cooling mats and whatnot, but it doesn't cool the room itself.

I'm going to have to close the windows and doors soon as I'm ground floor and need to go to bed, and the heat will radiate back in and put it above 30 again over the night.

Even the portable air con machine only lowers it a couple of degrees in that room (despite good window seal, hose insulation etc), and only while it's on. It quickly heats back up again, and I can't leave that on overnight either because it needs the window open. I've got the window films and the awnings outside, too. And the blinds down. And the windows closed in the heat of the day.

It might take weeks before it gets down to a decent temperature in here and I can finally sleep.

I think there must be a lot of humidity today or something too that is making it feel worse.

I'm going to spend what it takes to make sure one of our bedrooms can be kept to 22 degrees. Window film, awning, shutters, portable aircon...if someone will sell it to me I'm bloody having it!

We need more lidos and better building design to cope. Modern houses are like ovens.

I don’t usually mind a heat wave and today was definitely cooler than it has been but OMG I was not dealing with it well this afternoon!

It’s partly having windows open and fans on all the time, when I hate ambient noise - and all the 6am dog walkers with their barky dogs outside. I’m so grumpy