Global Warming Being Referred to as ‘lovely weather’

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What’s that all about, then?

Climate change and ‘weather’ are different things.

I've really enjoyed the recent weather. Climate change is a huge worry to me. You can be mindful of both.

What was the awful summer about then?

Global warming, as a concept, hasn't existed for years. Some areas will actually cool. Climate change is the term. Which will bring occasional unseasonably good weather to parts of Europe. Which people will talk about!

Are they? I can’t see how they’re mutually exclusive.

you can enjoy individual episodes of weather while still acknowledging the overall pattern is concerning.

It's about people not appreciating the difference between enjoying a (fairly) brief spall of sunny weather (that's only oppressively hot in part of the country) and the consequences of climate change - extreme weather, floods, harder to control wildfire, melting of ice-caps, warming of the oceans and changes to their currents

OK, but a week-long heatwave in the UK in September is unusual to say the least. I don’t think should be lauded.

What would be gained by us all sitting home miserable?

You really don't know this?

You wanted to try to moving a first new student across Leicester city centre, up six floors and across an open courtyard into the world’s hottest flat, before describing yesterday as lovely!

It really isn't that unusual. I remember talk of "Indian summers" decades ago when I was a kid.

Climate charge is real, of course, but not every incident of hot weather is necessarily evidence of it!

A week long heatwave in early September isn’t unusual at at all, although this was was noticably warmer than normal, and a couple of days longer. I’d say it would be more unusual not to have a nice spell of weather at this time of year.

I agree with others though, you can both be concerned and enjoy the here and now, might as well not waste life being unnecessarily dour at every opportunity.

Christ. Patronising much? ‘Weather’ does not exist in a vacuum. It reflects the change in climate which is affected by global warming. OK, so ‘global warming’ may be an outdated term, but don’t be disingenuous.

Bit early on a Sunday for a stroppy argument to be honest

OK, but a week-long heatwave in the UK in September is unusual to say the least.

It's not unusual at all.

I'm a dog walker and had to cut my hours massively last week due to the heat. According to my Facebook page, I had to the same thing last year and the year before as well.

We generally have to use our air conditioner at least one week in the year, each year.

We always get sunny settled weather just as the schools go back - it does it on purpose.

Yes it is hotter than usual this year. It's not an extreme weather pattern as some of the rest of the globe is seeing though

Is it? What’s the right time, then?!

We were in literally the first 4 days of September when this weather started. Nobody would have called it unusual on August 28th.

Yep, you’re completely right. Never had a warm day in England before.

OK, but a week-long heatwave in the UK in September is unusual to say the least. I don’t think should be lauded.

But I don't think it is that unusual in the U.K.
I certainly remember having hot weather in September growing up. Back then in was often referred to as an 'Indian Sumner' and often tied in with the start of school or just after.

Not at all unusual. 12 years again when DS was born we had a heatwave mid October for a week.

No it isn’t. I’m 44 and I always remember, almost every year, being absolutely boiling the first week back at school. Seriously, you need a hobby.

Exactly this - baffling how many people don’t get it. I love the hot weather, doesn’t mean I also think climate change is great.