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[mumofoneAloneandwell]

I am not coping

https://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2026/06/legal-warning-over-tenants-and-high-temperaturesheatwave/

I’ve hoovered through the house and also mowed the lawns.
The windows are open, as is the patio door, and the breeze is beautiful. The shutters are open too so it doesn’t feel like we’re living in a cave.

Undrerground houses may become a thing.
I saw one at the Ideal home exhibition in the 70s
We will go back to cave dwellings.

Still like an oven in here. Ive just remembered,,,,,,,,,,,there used to be a tree on the patch of grass near my bedroom window. The tenant opposite complained about the branches getting in the window so instead of cutting the branches back and then coming back to do that when needed, THEY FELLED THE WHOLE TREE So a source of shading destroyed by Sanctuary Housing Association because they are lazy and tight and couldnt be bothered. Along with the other things they have done to turn this place into a sweatbox

House is still warm but it's cool outside with a fabulous breeze, so every window is flung wide open and it's blissful. Im sat in a cold draft and boy oh boy does it feel good.

It is blowy today , but I still feel a bit hot.
My house does hold the heat though.
Fan is back in play.

I've been online looking for one and they are sold out everywhere

Exactly. That’s why July is my January. Interminably long. I swear the last two weeks have dragged since mid June as well!

Yes My birthday was on the 15th and this heat started to build the day after which is when i started to get stomach pain which lasted a week.

my birthday is April just as my summer sad starts and this household has birthdays in June and July, which usually get ruined (as did the recent one) by the ghastly heat.

I suspect this might be part of the reason why my nephew and his fiancee have booked their wedding for 24th October
If i was to marry again (unlikely) there is no fucking way i would have a summer wedding.

We did our wedding on 25th October! A big reason was i wanted no heat and an outside chance of crispy dry weather. I got it! Dry and cold and sunny. However I know someone who tried a similar strategy some years later for the first week in October and ended up suffering her wedding day during that ghastly freak 30 degree week in October 2011.

I’d have a December or January wedding if I ever got married again (maybe , in my next life!! 😆)

Im so happy it’s cooler now so I can finally breathe again. I’m comfortable in 25 degree weather. Still got my fan on mind and my bedroom is still slightly too warm until the fan gets going and the night temp decreases. But it’s so much better. The last couple of weeks or so have been absolutely unbearable. I’m definitely planning on buying a portable ac unit for next year but it’s tricky with the way our windows open but I’ll find a way to block the sides.

@PeonyBulb it's also the lengh of the tubes they seem really short !

The UK has never had a sustained week of 30c in October. It had one day in 2011. It did have a week of 30c early to mid September 2023.

In October 2005, the UK experienced an exceptionally warm and wet autumn. During this unusually mild period, Prince Charles—a long-time environmental campaigner—used his platform to brand the latest climate change data as "terrifying," warning that global warming was "the greatest challenge to face man". 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The connections between the autumn heat, Prince Charles's activism, and the global climate conversation of that year are highlighted by the following events:
The October Weather: The autumn of 2005 was one of the warmest on record in the UK, often described locally as an "Indian summer". Mean daily temperatures and minimums were significantly above the long-term average, with spikes reaching into the low 20s°C in some parts of the UK. 1, 2, 4]

October 2014 was globally the hottest October on record at that time, and was heavily characterized by unseasonable warmth and high humidity. 1, 2]
The high heat and sticky air were driven by a few distinct patterns:
UK Heatwave: The UK experienced one of its warmest Octobers on record, ending with a historic Halloween where temperatures reached 23.6°C (74.5°F) around London and Kent

You can buy extension hoses, we got ours from Amazon

Ooh I got married in October 2014. To be honest I chose October to take the weather out of the occasion. There was a Spanish plume that day but it was a pleasant 20 degrees or so in London.

oh trust me it did. I had the sickness to prove it and the university course I was on at the time cancelled various activities due to some of the classrooms being too hot!

I was leaving a hotel room late morning on the 24th and the humidity when i got outside felt like there was no air

Yes I was the 18th that year so it could well have warmed up after that.

Good to know thanks I didn’t know that

I think there are Velcro type things you can stick around windows to fill the gap for the hoses so will explore those

The forecasters has been a bit quiet about next Sunday onwards and I fear that the really hot weather shall return. I really really hope not!! It is ok today , warm but bearable.