To think it can't be that hot?

[Hop27]

I live in the tropics, we have long periods of hot weather. It's winter with us and it's 24 degrees. I'm in bed at the moment with long PJ's on. (At home sick) and will probably spend the day in leggings and a hoodie. Browsing through mumsnet, thread upon thread about how it's too hot to eat, to sleep, people canceling plans because of the heat! Even in the height of our summer (mid to high 30's) I don't think I've ever not made dinner or cancelled plans. AIBU to think it can't be that hot, or have I been away from the British summer for too long?

If you’re the sort of person that complains about heat then anything over 25 degrees is intolerable. Everyone else spends £100’s booking to go to countries that average 30 degrees.
Every single year we have a few good weeks of hot weather. Remember when we we first shut down due to Covid. It was high 20’s for the whole six weeks in the south. Maybe it didn’t beat the record but it felt hotter as it went on for ages.
We’ve only just got through a pretty poor spring and summer. Cool and wet. 2 days of high 30’s before it rains again is not a drama.

lightisnotwhite I love hot weather when I've got a swimming pool to dip into every 15 minutes.

No-one can possibly know how hot another person feels. Some parts of the country are way hotter than others. I'm back in my office with the air con on so feeling lovely.

I love hot weather here normally, love the Summer BUT where I am it was much hotter than normal yesterday.

@lightisnotwhite

You’re describing where YOU live. I’m in Cambs and its been a very dry Spring and hot Summer already. We’ve had 30 degrees multiple times weeks back, not including this weekend, and is very frequently 25+. It hasn’t rained much for weeks at a time. Garden is scorched. I no longer go away to hot countries in the summer as it’s so warm here. So before you start telling everyone what’s an ok temperature for them to feel hot and generalising about the whole of England perhaps check a few facts.

Where YOU are it’s going to rain. Here we might get a shower tomorrow and that’s it for another 10 days with temperatures high 20’s and 30 again.

The Met Office has said Heathrow hit a new record of 40.2 today, and could go higher in the afternoon.

We’ve only just got through a pretty poor spring and summer. Cool and wet. 2 days of high 30’s before it rains again is not a drama.

Thatmaybe the case where you are. I actually can't remember when it last rained and we aren't due any until Friday.

It also hasn't been cool either.

We have lived in tropical climates and really hot climates, however we are all struggling with this heat

I wonder if there's a name for the phenomenon of records being broken so frequently that idiots people say it's 'normal' because by their warped expectations record-breaking is normal.

It's also not just that it is 40 degrees today, it's more the fact that at the weekend it was around 27/28 degrees and then we have two days of 38/40 degrees and the tomorrow down to 25/27 degrees. We do not get any time to acclimatise to theses temps as we are having massive differences in temp over a 7 day period.

Just now, in North East England, close to the coast.

You know that's not the official temperature right? Garden thermometers can read 10 degrees higher of more. Temperature is measured in the shade with special equipment that prevents heat bouncing off other objects/the ground etc.

What I'd love to see happen on the internet in my lifetime, and I'm not sure it will, is to see someone admit that actually, they might've been wrong.

The met office are reporting of just over 40 in heathrow and london.

So not the northeast, but some bits of the uk have officially been over 40.

So specialist equipment like what the BBC news and Met Office use to determine it's OVER 40 degrees?

As a PP said, it's also the compound effect. Despite being only 2-3 degrees hotter today that yesterday it feels worse as the house didn't have chance to cool down. The tiles in my bathroom are warm to walk on and bedrooms didn't get below 28 last night with all windows open.

I'm not a catastrophiser about the heat by any stretch, my DC are still in school and people working where they can but where I live, its dangerous today. Not just the heat but the intensity of the sun. You'd literally be an idiot to claim otherwise.

@LiquidLuck yup - it’s provisionally the hottest night on record as well as day

So specialist equipment like what the BBC news and Met Office use to determine it's OVER 40 degrees?

I don't think any of those places have been in the north east though?! Peoples garden and car thermometers are getting posted all over the internet with far hotter temperatures than there actually are in their area

It's not a garden thermometer. It's an expensive and accurate food probe one. It was also in the shade to start but I had to move into the sun to get the pic. So maybe not an official temp but I have no doubt that it recorded the air temp accurately. 😕

We've just had rain and thunder. I've opened the curtains as I no longer need to keep heat out, I need to let light in! It's really dark.

I'm so jealous right now it's 39 here 😩

I don't have a fancy thermometer and I can't find the basic one that measures humidity and temperatures.
Weather app says 38C here.
From practical observations: I had a cool shower not long ago, put my dress on without drying at all (loose, light silk dress), with great expectations. Felt heavenly. By the time I got downstairs I was completely dry. In 1 minute!!! 😁
So it must be very hot.
Doesn't actually feel like the end of the world yet though.
My wifi extender got too hot, no idea what it means so I unplugged it as it didn't feel safe to me. I'll wait an hour then start work again as temperature should start dropping gradually a tiny bit.

My work laptop has shut down for first time ever due to heat. I'm at BF's place as it's cooler than my accommodation or workplace (was working from home originally). Texted my boss and he says almost all the firm's cut price devices have ceased functioning & to do what I can this evening.
Wrapped it in a bin liner or two and stuffed it in boyfriend's fridge until after sunset :)
Regretting metallic frame on my iPhone now .. using BF's plastic Android phone at moment. He keeps it cool with USB fans & has two more pointed at his games console. Electronic devices are all ridiculously slow in this heat.
I'll just nip over and get some liquid helium from Swiss hadron collider at CERNE lol to help cool them ha-ha-ha.

24 degrees is our summer over here and beach and bbq time here if that gives you an example of what we are used to ha ha

44 degrees showing on my car thermometer just now which has been parked in the shade. This is Putney, SW London. Wind feels like a hairdryer blowing in your face.

Tarmac at Luton airport runway melted yesterday. Now that has to be classified at bloody hot!

Aye right.

does anyone else remember 'FantasyIsland'? 🤣

I do love when people adamantly say they are “carrying on as normal” as of people are being ridiculous then rhyme off a whole list of things like taking time off work, shopping being done at 7.30am and staying inside until the evening.

its hilarious

I'm quite sad we've not had a run down on what timestheyarechanging and all her family are doing today that all us drama llama's aren't.