I am way too hot , can't wait for winter

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I thought I would start a thread. It's muggy and I'm tired. I can't wait for the cool Autumn days and darker evenings 🤣

No it’s been too hot to cope with every Summer for the past few years. And even if it’s not for long, which it isn’t some years, even a few days of hot temperatures can be unbearable for some of us.

However the very long stretch of hot weather was most definitely not 2006, I’m pretty sure it was 2018 as someone else said. I might be remembering wrong but I think that year the hot temps stayed for months, I actually remember an October afternoon and it being 25C.

It comes down to this I think:

Theres pros and cons to ALL weather types. Yes the depths of winter brings some awful situations too, and isn’t my favourite time. As I said before I’m happiest around 10-17C and I do love the sunshine, but I also enjoy the rain, thunderstorms, windy days and cloudy ones too.

Some of us hate a certain weather type so much that we’d rather swap it for one of the other types, even if that one isn’t perfect and has a lot of “cons”. It’s basically about our own personal preferences, and I totally respect that we all have different ones.

Longish hot spells in my living memory:
1976
1995 we had to have water tankered down to the reservoirs from Kielder
2003
2006
2018

We also had other pretty good summers but those years in particular stood out for me.

Why would it be unusual for someone to feel sick and have a headache in this weather @LuckySantangelo35 ? It's over 30C here. If it were below 25C I might see your point but I find it odd that you would find that confusing that someone might not feel physically well coping with this heat especially in terms of working/walking in it.

16-17 degrees is not 'pretty high' by any stretch of the imagination - unless what the poster meant was 'for the Highlands we've had some decent weather which when you compare it to our winter weather could be construed as pretty high - although not in comparison to the temperatures elsewhere in the UK, esp south of the Midlands'.

It's not going to get above 17 (and cloudy) over the next fortnight, so again, hardly pretty high.

It just depends on what you are used to.

It's been a mixed bag locally weather wise this spring, but it's not been cold much. Only need a jacket if it's raining. At 16-17 plus here it's beach weather. Men will be walking about with tops off. Anything over 20 degrees here is considered hot. And certainly I would consider regular temperatures of 16 degrees and over to be lovely. Exception is when that's accompanied by lots of cloud cover so it becomes stuffy.

It's pretty obvious the poster was referring to their local weather, just like it's obvious when someone mentions snow/rain etc.

This thread is taking a nasty turn.

Maybe people need to just remember everyone is different. Everyone feels heat/cold differently. And that's all ok. It's not a competition. People are allowed to say they like/dislike different weather. It's not a personal insult if someone dislikes a certain kind of weather that another enjoys.

And at the end of the day someone saying they don't like the heat will not make an actual difference to the temperature.

Well said, there’s been some quite horrible messages on this thread.

At 16-17 plus here it's beach weather. Men will be walking about with tops off

That doesn't mean it's hot! Esp if there's a stiff sea breeze, which is certainly what we often get up here if you're brave enough to go onto the beach in 16 degrees - and we all know that the slightest bit of sunshine means that acres of flesh go on display even if it's not hot (or even warm).

I know that people saying they don't like (the very small number, relatively speaking) of hot days in the UK, but to go from that to 'I want the endless darkness and cold, miserable, damp weather we get for 6 month of the year which brings chaos, travel disruption and sky-high energy bills followed by some slightly warm days' seems very extreme.

It's 33 in my house and I want to die

It obviously feels hot to them!

It's 17 degrees here today and muggy as hell. Really not pleasant. Am hoping the cloud is going to lift and that will make it fresher. It's just energy zapping.

It's 26 degrees here with a very stiff breeze. Not muggy at all.78

No idea where the 78 came from

@SirChenjins I work 12 hours for 4 shifts then have 4 off, that's 4 days to do whatever I want, technically I only work 5/6 months of the year. I also live near the Peak District, pretty standard British weather really, very wet, windy and cold autumn/winters, the occasional heatwave at odd times of the year and a couple of weeks of sun during the summer with what you would call shit weather 90% of the rest of summer. Being inside during bad weather isn't at all boring, boredom starts where your creativity ends.

This proves the point that it's localised. Other posters would tell me it's not hot. Feels hot to me as it's so muggy. Every window open, and the house temp is still rising.

It's windy here, but it's doing nothing to bring the temp down. It's rained here since last night and it's now clearing up - that's why it's so muggy. But it's really muggy and unpleasant currently.

The met office said that may was the 5th warmest since records began but also had lower sunshine hours than average for the time of year. That cloud cover was the reason they attributed to the higher than average temperature for may.

Sitting on the beach with a lovely sea breeze and clear blue skys is a different experience to bring inland with cloud cover but warm.

people need feeding

Just related to the posts from people saying it’s been several years since there was a long hot Summer, I was thinking about the Summer of 2019, and one particular day. I remember it well because I’d promised my friend I’d go with her and her kids to a farm.

Halfway through the day, my heat-loving friend could barely walk and said we needed to go home as it wasn’t a normal level of heat. It had been like this for a few weeks, getting hotter and hotter and eventually leading up to this day. I just found an article about it:

July day in 2019

It says 38.7 was recorded in the article, I remember for my area the forecast said 38 degrees, “feels like” 40. That was a tough day to get through! 🫠

But there is still no need to cook.

I would like it to be May weather all year round. Not too hot, not too cold, just right for me. Would not be good for the garden though, or reservoirs, as we need the rainfall and there is some of that in May but maybe not enough.

29 degrees here, 20ish miles West of London.

I barely cook when it's hot or I use the slow cooker. Tonight it's jacket potatoes in the microwave and tuna and sweetcorn mayonnaise and salad. Easy peasy.

Being inside during bad weather isn't at all boring, boredom starts where your creativity ends

Far more choice of creative activities when the weather is good (as in, not horizontal rain, sleet, snow, ice or painful sub zero temperatures) - opportunities indoors and outdoors.

It's 17 degrees here today and muggy as hell. Really not pleasant. Am hoping the cloud is going to lift and that will make it fresher. It's just energy zapping

It's 17 degrees here and pouring down. I've just been out for a brisk walk with the dog in my wellies, jeans, vest, thick cotton top and warm waterproof. Dog is soaking and muddy. Give me dry, warm days anytime.

I’m pretty sure it was 2018

Yes, I remember now, 2018 broke the spell of the miserable wet summers that started in 2007.

I’m off to the gym soon. No air con, just an open door.

It’s 30 degrees. I might need a shower after.

The trick is, windows open over night - cooler air in. Then once the sun comes up, keep your curtains/blinds closed which ever side the sun is coming in, and keep your windows SHUT.

You can fling it all open again early evening.

I kept reading this last year and tried it and it works! Keeps the house pretty cool.

I did the window open thing last night. Then closed them all around 10am when outdoor temp got to similar to indoor temp. It is now 29.2 outdoors and 24.1 indoors. So it is working.

I have windows open today as we have a really strong breeze, feels much cooler then yesterday even though it's not.

It’s 27 here and very pleasant. I don’t consider it hot though. Would have to be around 32 for me to find it hot.
In relation to people who have health conditions being affected by heat, I can certainly understand that.
On the other hand, there are plenty of conditions which are made worse or aggravated by the cold weather, but you don’t hear people affected like this whining and complaining as soon as the temperature starts to drop by a few degrees!