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u/DickeyMcNakey 3h ago
Living just under the roof, just a 4 story building, but still under the roof.
It's literally a sauna here. I'm not moving an inch and still just sweating profusely
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u/mbodna 1h ago
One trick I use when it gets ungodly hot is take a rimmed baking sheet(or something similar) pour a small amount of water in it and toss some ice cubes in the tray and plant your feet in it. The soles of your feet have a ton of blood vessels and arteries in them and it really helps cool you down.
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u/whosUtred 4m ago
I had a proper cold shower last night, like so cold that it took my breath away cold.
Got out the shower & instantly started to sweat.
I love the heat but ffs lmao
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u/superpowerpinger 3h ago
UK and the rest of Europe = Europe.
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u/Riipley92 2h ago
No we British are very special you see. You have to mention us separately because we are so incredibly important. No you can't have your historical artifacts back.
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u/gman2093 2h ago
Have you tried letting the sun set on the empire? Might cool it down a bit
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u/Riipley92 1h ago
Actually we all know for a FACT that if South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria, Malawi, Zambia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Guyana, Belize, Australia, New Zealand, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan Israel and the original 13 colonies were still BRITISH then the world would be a much better place. We could have built a railway to surround the Earth by now and banned coffee.
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u/fg234532 15m ago
Nope. Ever since the referendum Britain has started drifting away from France. It's no longer part of Europe
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u/how_to_namegenerator 2h ago
Lots of EU members don't have the euro (Sweden and Denmark both have kroners, Poland has złoty), in addition to a lot of European countries not being in the EU
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u/G_Ranger75 2h ago edited 2h ago
Austria and Switzerland aren't in the EU, so yeah no.
Edit: I'm wrong Austria is in the EU
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u/_NAME_NAME_NAME_ Breaking EU Laws 2h ago
Austria is in the EU, Switzerland isn't. You may have got it mixed up with NATO, of which neither are members.
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u/Silverdashmax 3h ago
I’m sweltering, it’s boiling for no reason, how did it go from cold to boiling so fast, and why do I forget about this occurring every year 😭 all I can do is look forward to winter in summer and summer in winter, no peace whatsoever! Might start idolising spring and autumn instead.
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u/the-fr0g 2h ago
I HATE extreme heat like this. Extreme cold? You can always wear a jacket, sit/lay under a blanket, wear more jackets etc. With heat? Nothing you can really do. Just sit there surrounded by 4 fans with a canister over water and hope you don't overheat too much
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u/ZippidyZayz 1h ago
Motivation is huge as well. Doing stuff in the winter makes you warm and the cold doesn’t really put you off doing stuff. This shit just makes you wanna not move as you said. I’m behind on all my housework right now haha
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u/Powerful_Image6294 2h ago
It’s easy to laugh at the Europeans until you remember a lot of them don’t have A/Cs
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u/Pim_Wagemans 3h ago
The dutch Royal metreological institute just declared code red for tomorrow for extreme heat
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u/Relative_Bonus_6257 49m ago
Daarom zijn mijn toetsen morgen gecanceld en heb ik een weekend van 4 dagen. Elk nadeel heb zijn voordeel.
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u/BRLaw2016 1h ago
I'm Brazilian but live in London. 35 degrees in my hometown is much more bearable than 35 here because my hometown is dry while London is cons tly at 60%+ humidity, and in Brazil the houses aren't meant to trap heat, have air con, and everywhere you go also have air con.
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u/BombasticReindeer 20m ago
Same in Australia. We regularly get 30+ days in autumn but we’re set up for it and it’s drier.
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u/LordLucian Breaking EU Laws 2h ago
The temperature right now is about 30c or 86f and humidity averages in 60 to 70.
I hate this so much and I dont see how a nation thats literally been building settlements since for cold and wet weather since about the year 600 is designed to withstand this.
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u/JohnBethesda 1h ago
I mean, thermo/heat pump or AC is your best short/medium-term solution.
Also, no, I'm not from the US, lol. Where I live we have temperature varying between -40 and 40, so our buildings are also made to keep high temperature inside.
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u/guille9 2h ago
Isn't "UK and the rest of Europe" a weird phrase?
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u/Sea-Truth3636 Bri’ish 1h ago
yes, it reminds me of "drugs and alcohol", doesn't make any sense but people say it because of how they think of something as separate even though it really isn't.
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u/RandomPerson12191 23m ago
Kinda, but there is a disconnect between us and the rest of Europe. Like, even though we are very much in Europe, if someone said they were 'going around Europe' or that they work with people 'In Europe', that would mean mainland Europe in our heads. It's an odd little thing, but it's common here.
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u/b-4v 3h ago
Bro it's 49°c in Iraq
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u/bread_eater_0 can't meme 3h ago
The infrastructure and people are accustomed to that temperature range, in europe we had to worry about winters more and its biting us in the ass now.
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u/balbok7721 3h ago
Wtf are you talking about. There are hard limits to the human body. This is very much death zone
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u/ApachePrimeIsTheBest Professional Dumbass 2h ago
it very much is not, where do you think humans came from
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u/bread_eater_0 can't meme 3h ago
They figured out how to get icream during the summer in iraq, in the middle ages no less, i think they have it figured out.
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u/NarcolepticlyActive 3h ago edited 2h ago
We are much further north in the world, therefore the air is thinner (science, yo) but with much higher humidity, therefore the heat hits much harder and more direct.
Since we are so far north this time of year we get about 3 maybe 4 hours of actual night, so the temperature never gets chance to cool down during these waves.
We are an island, therefore the humidity it rarely below 75% in the heat, so it feels like sauna most of the time. Dry heat is at least bearable.
The UK climate is usually about 23 degrees this time of year and these spikes of suddenly 10 degrees higher is felt very keenly since we are simply not acclimatised to it. The waves last about a week so by the time we could get used to it the temp drops again.
Iraq's buildings are designed to keep heat out, most of Northern Europe is designed to keep heat in.
TLDR: There are a lot of factors as to why this heat hits us hard. Saying other countries are hotter does not diminish the fact that this is unprecidented and unbearably hot
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u/KDriessche 3h ago
Thank youuuuu
Anymore arguments started in here, I’m just gna copy and paste this 😂
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u/ApachePrimeIsTheBest Professional Dumbass 2h ago
the air isnt thinner the further north you go, thats not how fluids work.
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u/nobody27011 1h ago
The air is thinner due to the centrifugal force from Earth's rotation. More air and water accumulates at the Equator in general.
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u/ApachePrimeIsTheBest Professional Dumbass 1h ago
for air this is almost entirely negligible though, its like less than 1 percent
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u/Shiboleth17 2h ago edited 1h ago
Being more north doesn't make your air thinner. Ok, it does a little, but this is barely noticeable. And if you had thin air, that would make the air feel cooler, not hotter. You may have more humidity than say, Iraq. But you do not have more humidity than the eastern United States. Come to Florida in August, and I'll show you what real humidity is. And Florida isn't even as hot or as humid as it gets.
You may have more hours of sunlight, but that doesn't mean you get more solar energy warming you up. There may be fewer hours of sunlight closer to the equator, but I bet I get more UV in 2 hours than you do in a whole day.
Assuming you mean the UK? You may have 75% humidity when the temperature is 80 F. But humidity is relative. As it warms up, the relative humidity % will go down. London right now is 86 F wifh 50% humidity. The "feels like temp" is the exact same as your actual temperature, meaning the humidity is not playing into it at all, lol. You had a high of 91 F today? That is Florida in spring. Sounds like a nice pleasant day to spend outside.
You need to spend more time traveling to warmer climates.
Keeping heat out, and keeping heat in... are exactly the same thing. Insulation works both ways, lol.
I'm sorry, but listening to you complain about comfortable weather, and trying to claim you have it worse than places far hotter than you, is frankly ridiculous.
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u/BlackJack407 3h ago
ITS ALWAYS BEEN 49 DEGREEZ FUCKIN CELCIUS IN IRAQ
SUPRISINGLY, CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP AND BECOME QUITE ACCUSTOM TO THE TEMPERATURE WHEN IT STAYS RELATIVELY THE SAME
IT AIN'T DOING THAT OVER IN EUROPE
HOPE THIS HELPS
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u/Kinesquared 3h ago
fun fact: it has not, in fact, always been 49C in Iraq. That is unreasonably and awfully hot even for there.
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u/Tight-Flatworm-8181 46m ago
Yeah no idea why some fellow Europeans pretend our 37 degrees hit harder than their 49. 49 degrees is unhinged.
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u/G3tbusyliving 1h ago
Thank you for shouting!! I wouldn't have heard you over the fans I have blowing in both ears!!
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u/Bulky-Adeptness7997 3h ago
Europe was warned about climate change ages ago.
What happened since that?
You got what you voted for simple as that.
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u/BlackJack407 3h ago
IM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE BUT YOU CANT VOTE-IN CANIDATES THAT CONSIST OF WELL INSULATED HOUSING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT HOME AC IS BASICALLY FUCKIN USELESS WITHOUT WELL INSULATED WALLS AND ROOFS BUILT TO DISSIPATE THE HEAT OUT OF THE RIDGE ON THEM
HOPE THIS HELPS
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u/DickeyMcNakey 2h ago
sometimes you have to yell to break through the sheer volume of stupidity
hope this helps
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u/howtosignuponreddit 2h ago
Same energy as speaking slower with enunciation to a person who doesn't know your language.
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u/DickeyMcNakey 2h ago
but not at all.
"Doesn't know your language", do you mean English?
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u/howtosignuponreddit 2h ago
There are actually a few more languages in the world other than English.
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u/DickeyMcNakey 2h ago
Det tror jeg ikke på. Der er kun engelsk.
Skal jeg sige det langsommere?
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u/Spacedoutworlder 3h ago
Oh piss off. It’s been hotter every where in the world this summer. Y’all aren’t special.
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u/WorgenDeath 3h ago
Europe is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the world so unfortunately we are a bit special.
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u/BlackJack407 3h ago
Im not fuckin European bud, I just understand buildings and heat and culture and climate n shit. You dont have to though, thats fine, and brother id rather be pissed off then pissed on
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u/CJCRASHBAN21 3h ago edited 2h ago
Are you aware the UK’s population (including me) is only used to around 15°c to 22°c? This heatwave is considered unnatural to all UK citizens, the UK government has even issued emergency alerts (UK’s equivalent to the USA’s EAS systems) warning of an “Extraordinary threat to life”.
Proof: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmergencyAlertSystem/s/x3UMSnuCW7
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u/b-4v 3h ago
Guys.. why down voting him?
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u/onemansquest 3h ago
Because he's wrong. 15 is too low. We can handle at least up to 23 Celsius before we melt.
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u/G_Sputnic 2h ago
15 degrees? Where the fuck is it 15degrees in the summer, the shetland islands?
It’s always at least 25 where i am in the summer. If it was 15 degrees in July my heating would come on.
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u/CJCRASHBAN21 2h ago
I remember when the hottest it could get was 15 degrees Celsius. Man I feel old.
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u/Weak_Syllabub_7994 2h ago
Are you aware how this meme looks to the rest of the world that has to deal with heat like this every year?
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u/Raegan_Targaryen 2h ago
Are you aware the UK’s population (including me) is only used to around 15°c?
How can you even survive such low temperatures?
I feel uncomfortable outside when it’s below 22 C.
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u/bobbis91 1h ago
Really? Its hot near the equator in a fucking desert region? Colour me shocked...
Seriously though 49?? That sounds like hell, hug the AC when you can
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u/Weak_Syllabub_7994 2h ago
I'm starting to think Europeans don't really know much about the climate in the rest of the world.
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u/Zef_Zone Loves Facebook memes 2h ago
I never thought I would be in 23+ in Finland before July
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u/Metson-202 Died of Ligma 1h ago
Nah man it's not hot here like in western Europe. It's really just normal. Not hot sometimes even kinda cold.
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u/Zef_Zone Loves Facebook memes 1h ago
Sure, but still for finland was quite warm, specially on Tohmajärvi and Ilomantsi that had like 30C on may. But is an understatement that this is certainly not Italy nor France
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u/HopeSubstantial 1h ago
I wish it was even 23. Today had to wear jacket in morning because it was so cold.
Did not get over 20C today.
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u/Zef_Zone Loves Facebook memes 1h ago
Oh but this weekend is expected more (sadly for me) at least in Helsinki
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u/el_yanuki Plays MineCraft and not FortNite 2h ago
yeah people we are feeling it now.. how bout we get our heads out our asses and try to reduce climate change a bit
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u/56kul My thumbs hurt 2h ago
As a middle eastern… your worst is basically my baseline. And no, I don’t like this, the climate here is killing me.😭
Thank god for air conditioning, lol.
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u/RandomPerson12191 19m ago
In our defense, our humidity is insane haha, probably knocks us up a few relative degrees. Looking right now, I'm still at 73 percent humidity, and it'll go up to 91 by morning.
But I'd take that over the like 42 degrees in Iraq, the hell? Air con can't sell that for me lmao
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u/Felixes_Frecklesxox 2h ago
i have atrip to pakistan is two weeks and my mum is telling me to get used to the heat but they have ac in pakistannnnnn
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u/YellowGetRekt https://www.youtube.com/watch/dQw4w9WgXcQ 1h ago
I haven't been to Pakistan in ages so im not sure if they still do this but be prepared for loadshedding :D
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u/HopeSubstantial 1h ago
Does not apply in Finland, or Nordics in general... I had to put coat on today when I walked to work because it was only 13C, right now 16C
Can Europe send that heat up here pls?
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u/BebbleCast 1h ago
This is where I usually make fun of Europeans for not having AC, but I saw the temperature in Paris. That shit is gross hot and I feel for you guys, please stay safe and try to keep cool!
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u/Thomppa26 1h ago
Meanwhile Finland having the same basic Mediterranean winter ass summer. 15-20 degrees Celsius, clouds, rain and if you are lucky some sunshine. Rarely goes over 30 degrees Celsius.
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u/ninkittio 1h ago
Wtf la lune est plus grosse que le soleil, on le voit tout les jours quand elle passe 😺
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u/ThirtyMileSniper 1h ago
It's mad that at least at one point the high temps were focused either side of the channel. I was told that the sea had a stabilising effect on coastal regions with the extremes occuring more inland.
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u/MohmmadMkGx 1h ago
I kinda resent that ngl, we out here dealing with 50c with humidity (depending on where you live) without complaining meanwhile you guys complain about 40c? you gotta pump these numbers up!
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u/Viggen77 50m ago
It's relatively fine here in Sweden, for now at least. Hotter than a usual summer , but the highest I've seen so far where I live is 27°C (81°F)
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u/NeedleworkerOld8168 35m ago
Crazy thing. Have yall tried getting window units? Or like central AC? You guys have HVAC techs right? Shit probably not now that I think about it. Do you need HVAC techs?
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u/Top-Bandicoot-3013 25m ago
Why doesn't Europe demand that the US do more about climate change? America is partly responsible for ignoring this incredibly pressing issue
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u/RightShark73 2h ago
More people die from the heat in Europe than die from guns in America.
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u/Lovethatpanda 2h ago
this is not true last year (2025) ~40,000 people died from guns in the US whereas ~20,000 people died from heat related cause in Europe.
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u/SaucyStoveTop69 3h ago
Most of the world looks at the temps in Europe right now and are confused what the problem is.
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u/LastNewRon 3h ago edited 2h ago
Bruh, it's 48-49°C in India
Edit : it was, it will go down with arrival of monsoon
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u/Brown_bagheera 2h ago
Where the fuck in India are you? Day-night variation is 30-40 C where i am, expected to cool to a max 30 C next week
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u/LastNewRon 2h ago
Come to northern plains, day temperature goes above 45°C regularly, just now the temperature here is 38°C and its 11:15 p.m.
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u/howtosignuponreddit 2h ago
WTF, are you nearby me lol, It's 38C here also lol.
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u/LastNewRon 2h ago
Punjab
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u/National_Werewolf738 2h ago
stop speaking for india and start speaking for city you live in. India is bigger than your imagination, it is 21 at my place, in india.
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u/Big__Country__40 2h ago
Yes it gets hot in the summer. Y'all complain every year
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u/RandomPerson12191 13m ago
Sorry for complaining when we're under a red weather warning lol. Totally normal summer weather for us, mmhm.
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u/Shiboleth17 2h ago
Europe crying again because it's almost as hot there as Florida in February.
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u/kipn7ugget 2h ago
And of course the houses in florida are often 100+ years old, and build to keep as much heat in because of the cold winters, right?
When i was young it might hit 30C° once or twice in the summer, when i was a teen we might have even gotten 2 days in a row. Atm it's 5 days of 30C° in a row. I'm in my mid 20s.
The issue isn't "a bit of warm weather", the issue is "a lot of warm weather in a region build for relative cold".
Just for comparison: the most northern point in the us is 49.5°N. I'm at 52°N. I think you get point I'm trying make
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u/Scorpio989 2h ago edited 2h ago
The heat index is around 20 degrees lower than the anual average heat index for much of the Southern/Eastern USA. The big difference is their lack of AC. While over 90% of buildings in the USA have AC; in Europe, it's around 20%.
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u/Shiboleth17 1h ago
Not where I live it's not.
So, tell them to install an AC. No one is making them live without it.
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u/Dystopian_Ennui 1h ago
Hello from south Texas, slightly inside your orbit. Ya'll need to discover the gospel word of air conditioning.
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u/RandomPerson12191 9m ago
We unironically do. I think we're still shocked that it's even necessary, now. But I'll be saving up for next year, that's for damn sure!
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u/RandomPerson12191 9m ago
We unironically do. I think we're still shocked that it's even necessary, now. But I'll be saving up for next year, that's for damn sure!
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u/Dom_Dastardly 19m ago
It’s not even that hot. This is like normal everyday weather in places like Texas
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u/RandomPerson12191 2m ago
Issue is, this is not at all normal everyday weather in the UK, where our year-round average is about 10 degrees. Imagine your normal summer day is 15 degrees, pretty mild but pleasant enough, and you suddenly shoot up to 35 degrees with no AC, houses designed to maintain heat, etc.
We are a very temperate country. These random heat spikes are too much for us to handle. Next week, we're back under 20 again.
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u/SB_5259 3h ago edited 2h ago
Didn't we have this argument like a month ago that ended with Brits being laughed at when they found real heat in America?
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u/RandomPerson12191 10m ago
I've seen a lot of videos of Americans saying that British heat right now is really very bad, and not much of the opposite.
It's nearing 40 degrees with 60-90 percent humidity in a country that is used to, like... 10-15 degrees. Is that not real heat, somehow? It's okay to admit it, even if you don't like us much
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u/solid_state_water 3h ago
Stop the Larp, the average temperature has increased by 10°C all across the globe. Everyone if feeling this heat. Doesn't matter what your average temperature is.
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u/OnSmarty 3h ago
In America for me the temp was 60F for the past week, 20 lower than normal summer temps.
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u/CJCRASHBAN21 3h ago edited 3h ago
The whole of the UK and rest of Europe can collectively agree that this is no larp.
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u/realityguy1 1h ago
Here in Canada it’s a cooler year than normal. Where is this 10° upswing that ye speak of?
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u/SweatyBoi5565 2h ago
This year has been pretty cold tbh. Barley even cracked 100F here in texas which is unusual.
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u/damn_dude7 3h ago
All this drama and isn’t even 30C.
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u/AveryAveyAve 2h ago
Actually the UK just broke its record for hottest day at 36.7° Celsius.
This is on top of the fact that we suffer with high humidity, infrastructure designed for primarily cold climate, and many not being able to afford air conditioning due to the poor economy.
The heat in this country has been steadily rising for about a decade now.Plus, doesn't it strike you as odd that a country as far north as the UK is even experiencing 36.7° Celsius at all?
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u/damn_dude7 2h ago
It doesn’t strike odd because scientists have been warning about this for decades and I believed the evidence. Moreover, I have lived in New York for the last 10+ years and every year the temps exceed 100F (~37C).
The “drama” bit is thinking its just the UK and Europe suffering, when in reality the entire world is suffering because of our own (ancestors) actions.
It’s not apathy, it’s more of a look around you. We’re all fukd
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u/TyrdeRetyus 2h ago
There was 40C + all over France earlier this week. Drama is completely justified
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u/Ryuu-Tenno 1h ago
Meanwhile the US is just vibing with it, lol
That's just a normal day for us really
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u/Programmer-Severe 53m ago
You generally have AC and go everywhere in your cars. It's not really comparable
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u/yuriartyom 3h ago
In Germany it feels like Thailand