To find the temperature today unbearable?

[chedderland]

In sw London. It’s meant to be cooler but it just feels so humid outside and my house is retaining the heat from the last few days no matter what we do. Fed up of feeling sweaty and lethargic all day.

Very envious. Honestly if each year is like this I’ll definitely have to move further north. But I assume lots of people will

And we cant all move further north can we?

I handle the cold a lot better tbh. For the last decade I've spent about half my day outside on construction sites so I'll only need a jacket when it gets into single digits. I just wear a jumper until it gets below maybe six degrees.

With the heat I think you just get used to it. The air con on the mixer I sometimes drive broke down during the first heatwave and they had to order the part. I worked for three consecutive days in a 37°C cab while wearing heavy trousers and a long sleeved shirt (due to working with cementitious materials and hydrochloric acid). I'm self employed so it would've cost me £200+ a day to stay home as I obv don't get annual leave.

After that I found that anything up to about 32C didn't really bother me unless I was doing something physical like using a concrete breaker or hammering off buildup with a lump hammer.

Yep. It's been between 38 - 41 here today in central Europe. I am sick of it. At an open air cinema tonight and even with the sunset it was still 34. No aircon allowed in offices, you feel like you can barely move without sweat down your back and on your scalp. It's planned to storm tomorrow and I feel like dancing outside in bra and pants. Will get down to 28 this coming week. I cannot wait.

My main worry is that I've become a bit meh about the days I'd usually have enjoyed. Like when it's mid-late 20s. It's depressing when it just rains for days and you constantly have squelchy work boots.

It's already a lot cooler in Yorkshire. It didn't get above 18 all day and it's 12 now. It's going to be even cooler over the coming week. Thank goodness I'm going away the week after.

You can't enjoy feeling ill and listless because it's too fucking hot and humid.

I'm in a flat; it was 26 degrees in here when I woke up and is now 29 at midnight.

I think there was a thread yesterday or day before saying how genuinely worried people were about coping, during the last 2 months I've had to make life changing decisions and deal with illness and job loss, whilst watching my elderly dog suffering with the heat and being unable to cope myself. Its really affected my mental health and I feel like I have flu all the time. Some people will deal with it better than others, but I am worried about next year, the year after and so on.

Today was the worst. Went into London and literally dripped sweat even in an air conditioned restaurant. It was horribly humid

YANBU. I'm in West London and I found Thursday (13th) and Friday (14th) the worst days by far of the heatwaves we've been having. My bedroom was 32 degrees on Thursday night and I think I got about 3 hours sleep. Today the thermometer is saying 27 degrees which although still a bit too warm for my liking, feels positively fresh after 32 degrees!

It's all very well saying why can't we just go with it and enjoy it while we've got it if it's making you feel ill! Plenty of people (myself included) have medical conditions or need to take medication that makes them far more sensitive to extreme heat. It never ceases to amaze me how unfeeling some people are towards others inability to handle hot weather.

17 degrees where I am in Cumbria. I’d love some heat.

I was on holiday in Yorkshire the week before last. It was amazing to be cooler. The grass was GREEN!

Nobody who suffers in hot weather will look back wistfully on this. If you live in the south east you are truly lucky to be able to think of enjoy living life at these temperatures. I'm glad some people can.

I’m waiting for a small inheritance to come through once all the official stuff takes it’s time and yes, it is going to be spent on proper air conditioning for parts of our house! I haven’t another summer in me I don’t think because I’ve not coped since May. The living room and bedrooms will be priority as the lack of sleep the heat causes makes it even more impossible to function during the most gruelling months of the year.

This! I defy anyone who has been as ill as I have to “get a grip”! I’m having to have a blood test to determine why I am uncomfortable when it’s anything over high teens in temperature but I never complain about the cold. My health is generally good until we get to summer and then mentally and physically I’m wiped out with exhaustion. It’s also really badly affecting farmers and wildlife and back home on holiday last week ten fire engines were needed to deal with a field fire not far from where we were staying.

Yeah we've been in London over the weekend and there's just no air. I've been walking around with my hand held fan permanently attached to my face 😆

Yesterday in London/SE was awful. I’m hoping today will feel better!

Have any of you in the south had a weekend away in the north to escape?

I'm in Cumbria and we've had a fairly normal summer. It's been a bit drier and warmer than usual but nothing like the south and midlands. I've regularly been wearing jeans and jumpers as well as shorts and t shirts. and this morning it's cool and rainy.

When I had a weekend in London in June I got sick of sweating and having to search for air con.

When we first moved to Australia, we had no air con or insulation. I found the first summer hard when it was hitting 40 plus each day and not dropping below 33 at night. Then a neighbour told me to dampen all the sheets at bedtime and to wash and wring out our PJs before putting them on wet. Open the windows and let the air evaporate the water from the fabric all night. Worked like a charm.

If it helps at all, you very quickly acclimatise to the heat if you experience it regularly, which it sounds as though the UK will if climate change gets even worse. We are an adaptable species or we would never have lasted this long. Another good tip is to take a couple of those wine bottle coolers - the ones you freeze then put on a bottle of white to chill it quickly - and wear them on your wrists. Cooling that pulse point cools your entire body very quickly.

And a PP is correct that a dehumidifier is better than air con if you can only have one of them. It warms the air by several degrees in winter and cools it by a similar amount in the summer.

Bring it on !
At least you have control, ie another layer if cold.
It's passed being enjoyable now.

Friend of mine moved to just outside London from Yorkshire. His wife constantly whined about the Yorkshire weather. She's apparently now whining about the heat down south. My sympathy is limited.

Come and live in the North East, it's not that warm here 😫

I do know people who have had escape breaks to colder areas of the UK but work commitments have made this difficult for others. I suspect that seasonal internal migration will become a regular feature

Exactly.
I’m really struggling with breathing after lung surgery, I’m starting to wonder if I have a chest infection looming.
For May, many people this weather is hideous and possibly life-threatening.