Global Warming Being Referred to as ‘lovely weather’

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What’s that all about, then?

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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 it makes no difference if you laud it or scold it! It isn’t waiting for your reaction and then deciding whether to play up again!

I think the reason you’ve met resistance on this thread is because people like hot weather, so they’re going to enjoy it even if they know it could be a symptom of something worrying. And it’s completely nonsensical to worry about whether people are enjoying the weather anyway- the weather will do what it likes regardless.

We have exported our footprint overseas. We buy the products produced in this heavily polluting way and can't claim it's nothing to do with us. Personally I'd introduce a new type of vat based on footprint so the more environmentally friendly production lines could compete

According to Facebook memories we've spent many a day on the beach, splashing in the sea in the north of England this week of the year.

I'm enjoying the current lovely weather. Pretty much the only sun and warmth we've had this year in Scotland. After such a rubbish year it's so nice.

Climate change is very concerning.

See it's possible to do both at the same time.

I don't think this weather is that unusual either

I always have the same 2 weeks AL from week at this time and it's been consistently warm / nice / hot at this time after an on and off summer

@TaRaRaBoomDeeAy Which party do you think has the most pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and do you think they will be able to achieve significant change?

Two truths can co-exist, they’re not mutually exclusive. I’m enjoying the sun this week while also being extremely concerned about climate change.

I do wish virtue signallers would do a bit of research before coming to tell people off.

We were just talking about that yesterday, when we went to the beach for a day (we don't live near the sea) on 1st October, must have been the same year, as I remember my DD was about 5.
But it was unusual in October!

Omg it worked!! Op posted less than 2 hours ago and it has already started raining here.

But it makes no difference if you laud it or scold it! It isn’t waiting for your reaction and then deciding whether to play up again!

Mind you, performative disapproval has become soooo entrenched as a form (the form) of political activism that perhaps we should all just cancel the weather until it accepts re-education and issues a public apology

Isn't it an unwritten rule that the weather is always best before kid's break up from school, during exam season and when the kids go back to school.

I remember about 14 years ago one day we were on the beach in the Easter holidays in high 20's weather and a few days later it snowed!

I remember it snowing in June once!

Seriously? The consensus in my neck of the woods yesterday (32C) was that it’s TOO. DAMN. HOT!

The summer still showed the signs of climate change, the warmer weather means heavier rains.

"Maximum temperatures for summer overall were well above average, particularly across the western half of Scotland. Minimum temperatures were also well above average. Unusually, the warmest summer month was June, with the last time this occurring in summer 1966 (in summer 1970, June was equal-warmest with August). Temperatures exceeded 30°C on five days in June, one in July and none at all in August, with the highest summer temperature, a modest 32.2°C, falling far short of 2022’s 40.3°C. This was provisionally the eighth warmest summer for the UK in the series from 1884.

Of the UK’s top-ten warmest summers, summer 2023 was the wettest. While the rainfall pattern was variable, for many areas this was a rather wet summer overall - particularly across Northern Ireland and northern England with more than 150% in some locations. It was a sunny summer for many northern and eastern parts of the UK but rather dull across parts of southern England and much of Wales. Any prolonged spells of unbroken sunshine were mainly confined to June: the UK averaged more than 8 hours per day of sunshine in June, compared to less than 5 in both July and August. "

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/summaries/uk_monthly_climate_summary_summer_2023.pdf

It's not that unusual. I'm 68, and can remember several summers when it was really warm after the autumn term started, and one summer in the early 80s when we had remarkably warm weather in October.

I think the mild winters are more of a concern, in many ways. We rarely get snow in my part of the SE, and I can only recall 3, maybe 4, winters where snow has stayed on the ground here for more than a day or so in the 30 years I've lived in this house. A proper frost is a rarity, too.

Sunshine and warm weather often makes people feel happier and can affect their mood. (SaD)
We've had weeks of dull/wet/windy weather and below average temperatures. I'm pretty sure July was either coolest or wettest on record...so it's not that surprising people are enjoying some sunshine.

We had a week of 18° weather in February a few years ago, it was a good mood boost in the middle if winter if unseasonal.

I'm sure if we lived somewhere warm and sunny for much of the year and were facing ever hotter temperatures it would feel really oppressive. (the heatwave and wildfires in Europe in the summer looked horrific) As it is the UK has plenty of dull cool weather and while climate change as a whole is concerning, I think a lot of people enjoy a bit of warmer than average weather.

😂

It’s not that unusual. June and September have tended to be the best weather months in my experience. July and August are usually disappointing.

Also, you’d get spells of decent weather even without climate change.

We are fortunate to be in a cold country, so the weather will become more pleasant for us with climate change, at least in the short/ medium term but we will still need to adjust. Champagne producers are buying up swathes of English countryside to grow vineyards now.

Yep, DD was born at the end of September, I remember it well! Had to panic buy shortie babygros.

You should be ashamed, how do you know if that particular poster doesn’t already have cancer and you come out with an absolutely dick head comment like that, disgraceful.

Me, enjoying the heatwave while knowing about global warming.

It’s about not overthinking everything in life and just enjoying the sunshine . This constant pressure to feel anxious about the climate and declare it loudly so people will know you’re a fully paid up Guardian reader is exhausting. Just allow yourself to enjoy the sunshine while it lasts.

Soaking up some lovely weather will not impact climate change in any way. There are many things we should all be doing to help but hiding from the sun is not one of them.