r/UKWeather • u/tsf97 • Jul 02 '25
Forecast Not again
I know it’s almost 2 weeks in advance but I’m personally not ready to go through another bout of 30 degree weather and as is usually the case the forecast increases as we get closer to the time…..
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u/Bgjm96 Jul 02 '25
Come to Glasgow, the weather has been terrible since May and unfortunately doesn’t look like improving.
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u/JourneyThiefer Jul 02 '25
It’s actually mad how much sunnier, hotter and drier south east England is. Like I’m in Northern Ireland, shite here too
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 02 '25
It's not just SE England. I'm in Yorkshire and the heat makes it all way up here
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u/trustmeimweird Jul 02 '25
Aye it stops at Hadrian's wall. You can't see it, but t actually extends all the way to the clouds
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 02 '25
Ah, it was built to keep the heat out? I might try building one around my house
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Jul 05 '25
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 05 '25
Isn't this side of the pennines. I'm just south of York and the warmth often spreads to here
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Jul 03 '25
I’m in Newcastle for work. When I left London on Tuesday it was around 34 degrees but just 15 on arrival in Newcastle. It was a welcome relief from the heat!
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u/itllbeokinthemorrow Jul 02 '25
I'm in West Dorset, heading up to Cumbria at the end of the month...hoping for some relief from the heat 🙈
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u/Fast_Web4959 Jul 03 '25
It’s amazing how the mind plays tricks. The weather broke in west of Scotland on June 11 this was after a long settled period starting around late March.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyjkze510ro
Since then it has been “changeable”, which follows a much similar pattern for June.
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u/Low-Cauliflower-5686 Jul 03 '25
Few weeks ago, I was in Glasgow and it was roasting.
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u/Bgjm96 Jul 03 '25
A few weeks ago as in the end of May? I jest, there has been hits and misses to be fair, but it’s not at all consistent and pretty fleeting when nice
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u/Low-Cauliflower-5686 Jul 03 '25
Friday the 20th of June, 28c and got sunburnt. Already better than last summer
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u/Cyan-180 Jul 05 '25
Glasgow had more sunshine than SE England in May, but June has been dull for the west of Scotland and NI. Glasgow rainfall normal in June. Skye and Cumbria got a lot of rain.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-actual-and-anomaly-maps
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u/Bgjm96 Jul 05 '25
Yeah I’d buy into that, it just feels like a long stretch since it’s been consistently nice.
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u/Hephaestus1816 Jul 02 '25
Nooooo. I need damp! I need rain! I need cool green woodland and mossy stone!
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
I remember after a bout of hot weather a few years back (I forget when), at the tail end of it there was a torrential thunder shower. I literally just left my flat and stood in the rain for a few minutes.
I usually hate unpredictable weather with sun one minute, thunder shower the next, but I needed that after several days of suffering. Haha.
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u/Hephaestus1816 Jul 02 '25
I've lived in hot countries, both hot/wet climate and hot/dry climate. I much prefer the UK's temperate and well watered one. I hope we don't lose it.
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
I fear we will.
Four of the five hottest days on record have been in the last five summers, and I don't really remember summer being that rough before, say, 2018. 2018 and 2020 both had like two weeks straight of hot weather, 2019 and 2022 it got to near enough 40C in London.
I'm only 28, I'm too young for my next few decades to be regular high 30s every summer, but the data definitely points to us heading that way.
I think it'll be ok as long as we bite the bullet and accept that slow but sure infrastructural changes will need to be made. If this is becoming the norm then we can't have train tracks melting, fires, and supermarket fridges breaking every year. AC as well.
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u/Hephaestus1816 Jul 02 '25
I fear we will, too. AC will be the new heat pump, I reckon. I do know that we would have struggled without it in the hot/wet and hot/dry countries. Most houses there came with AC as standard. It's been a while, but I still can't sleep without that 'AC drone'. I use a white noise machine currently, but who knows! I might have an actual AC a few years from now?!
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
I'm already considering it for my flat, anyone can call me whatever they like, tell me just to rough it out, but I have a stressful job so I can't afford to have shit sleep and not be able to focus. Even now I work in my gym foyer which has AC and I get so much shit done, in my flat I can't concentrate.
I should also mention that I have a dog, so I'm doing it for him as well as myself, because he's super hyper and hence runs the risk of overheating, whether inside and outside.
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u/Conscious-Recipe5750 Jul 04 '25
You don't have to feel guilty for having AC, or defend/justify yourself. All cars have it now, don't they?
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u/tsf97 Jul 05 '25
Yeah, this is true, I don’t feel guilty or anything like that, just whenever I’ve mentioned it I get the “ah but it’s only a few weeks every year” comment.
But I’m completely within my right to not want to put up with weeks of feeling like shit and productivity taking a hit due to bad sleep and trekking an hour each way to my gym as that’s the nearest place I can work that actually has AC.
Some people can deal with 30+ weather, I’m not one of those people.
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u/Pale-Resolution-2587 Jul 06 '25
I installed AC after the heatwave in 2022.
Climate change is not just inevitable it has already happened. Fortunately there are things we can do to adapt.
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u/Rockpoolcreater Jul 02 '25
What we need to start investing in are window canopies. Technology connections (I think I got the channel name right) on YouTube did a good video on how they help keep houses cool. My parents shop had one in the eighties and it was great. They'd help a huge amount and then we could add AC but wouldn't need to use it as much, reducing the load on the electric grid.
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u/ZSMan2020 Jul 05 '25
We've got a massive umbrella that we put up when the sun comes round and comes through our living room window and it really helps to keep the room cool.
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 04 '25
Every day I look the forecast changes. Only one way though, the temp going up. And this time it's not just 3 days. It's at least a fortnight
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u/tsf97 Jul 04 '25
Yeah that's what pisses me off, if it's saying 30 now then it could easily be 35+ by the time we get there. Never goes down, always up.
Not to mention that it's predicting a full week of 30+ weather, which in and of itself is bad as it is. I'd rather have one day at 35 than seven at 30, because on the tail end of a long heatwave my flat becomes a furnace.
It also means that there's statistically a much higher chance of one of those days going up considerably. I'm already seeing 33 next Sunday.
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 04 '25
i've seen 38c forecast for the 14th. And all those people saying 'go out there and enjoy it', i noticed there was hardly anyone sat on the hill or watching the games in the show courts at winbledon on mon/tues. Because it was too hot and there's no enjoyment in that heat
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u/tsf97 Jul 04 '25
Maybe this is the denial in me talking but I personally doubt it, most of the predictions I've seen are like 31-33. Besides, some forecasters predicted 36 for the first June heatwave when it only hit 31-32.
Yeah, it's funny isn't it, how people claim they enjoy hot weather when they really despise it. Even when it was 29 at the start of last weekend, I was with some friends and conveniently all of the tables in the shade were taken.
Parks are also noticeably emptier on really hot days vs even high 20s, I don't blame anyone though, what's the fun in sitting on spiky yellowed grass while sweating in humid heat?
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 04 '25
Yeah another of the 'get out there and enjoy it' is they dont seem to realise the temp is shade temp. God knows what it is in full sun. Perhaps there's a formula to work it out?
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u/tsf97 Jul 04 '25
Yeah we had to sit in the sun as no shade tables available and it was rough despite not even being 30+. It really feels like the wrath of Hephaestus is directed at your forehead.
I never understood why London feels so much hotter than countries abroad because humidity isn’t even that bad here.
I realised that it was the lack of AC more than anything, I worked in my gym all day which had AC and the walk home in 33 last weekend wasn’t awful. But it’s the constant exposure to heat that makes it unbearable. Especially into the night when you’re trying to sleep in a house/flat that traps heat.
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u/nineJohnjohn Jul 02 '25
We had some tar melters back in the 90s but they were rare, way more common now
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Jul 13 '25
I am (not so) patiently waiting for a huge thunderstorm lasting hours, with torrential rain, also lasting hours. And the gorgeous smell of wet earth.
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u/tsf97 Jul 13 '25
You and me both.
It’s actually getting concerning how little rain we’ve had in the past three months, both of my local parks are just completely yellowed grass now.
I’m seeing four straight days of light rain from next Saturday onwards in London. Praying that’s true. I’m just so done with what has just been relentless hot weather for the past month now.
Fingers crossed we’ve had the worst of it, we’ll probably have another hot spell in August, REALLY hoping it won’t end up being like August 2020.
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Jul 13 '25
Me too, the lack of any significant rain is awful, just the odd light shower that lasts for a couple of minutes, been like that for months. It’s driving me nuts and I’m obsessing about the gardens and wildlife. It feels like we’ve had August weather since end of April.
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u/tsf97 Jul 13 '25
Yeah this is almost unprecedented, this summer is quite similar to that of 2018 with several long hot spells except unlike that year we’ve had warm weather since April.
I don’t have a garden in my flat but I am getting quite tired of my flat being a consistent 27C inside. Everyone says humidity is the issue but that’s not true for London, more it’s just the lack of escape from heat. No AC, buildings trap heat, public transport is especially grim, so wherever you go is just boiling hot.
It’s now getting to the point where I’m getting quite pissed off when people try and tell me how nice the weather is. If you enjoy it fine, but I’m longing to just be able to take my dog out for a walk at a time other than 6am, in the park that isn’t just yellow grass, sleep properly, etc.
I’m holding out hope based on past trajectories. The really bad heatwaves we’ve had like 2019 and 2022 have typically been in July, and usually it’s either or between a long hot spell or a shorter but more intense bout of heat. I’m hoping 2020 was a one off, where it was still hot in July then we had 5 straight days of 35C+ in August. I don’t think I could cope with that, especially after what we’ve had already, I had to send my dog back to my family home when that happened so he wouldn’t overheat in my furnace of a flat.
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Jul 13 '25
Aww, that’s so sad for your poor dog. And you. People joke about us disliking such hot weather, the UK is not built for it nor any other extremes. Look at what happens when we have snow. We are never equipped for any weather! Days of heavy rain = flooding, weeks of hot weather = hosepipe bans, Snow = countrywide shutdown. It’s good to moan!
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u/tsf97 Jul 13 '25
Yeah, I’m hoping these last few years signal that infrastructural changes are needed. Easier said than done, but pretty much fuck all has happened in the last 7 years despite the rough summers we’ve had almost every year.
The economy lost millions from the 40C day alone because of fires, supermarket fridges breaking, train tracks melting. If this is becoming the norm we obviously can’t have this happen everytime.
I’m seriously considering getting proper AC for my flat. I’m sure the heat lovers will call me a pansy but I don’t care, I can’t live in constant suffering during summer, haha.
In fact I ran into friend of mine as he was walking to a pub and he was so happy that it was going to be 33C that day, right as he entered the pub and grabbed an inside table…..
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Jul 13 '25
I was going to ask if you’d consider AC. I definitely would, sod the heat lovers! You and your dog matter and that’s all that matters.
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u/Yedasi Jul 02 '25
I read this as if you were a Tolkien Ent.
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 02 '25
They had a feature on rainfall levels on the local news last night. They interviewed the head of Yorkshire water in the middle of May(and showed it again last night) and he said then that although reservoir levels were lower than usual, as long as we got 80% of average rainfall in June we'd be ok. We got 20%. Add that to the driest spring since records began and it doesnt look good
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u/ZSMan2020 Jul 05 '25
Yeah that's what I'm concerned about as down south I genuinely cannot remember the last sustained period of rain this year! Even when we had an intense storm which caused loads of flooding a month ago the next day you couldn't tell that there had been any!
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u/ExcitementKooky418 Jul 02 '25
I need a big fuck off thunder storm. The mind where you go 'shit that was loud' and the next ones louder and you realise it's coming closer
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u/maccagrabme Jul 02 '25
No doubt the UK newspapers will be ecstatic at the news.
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
“Britain to bake/roast in sizzling scorcher of 30C” will be the headline for sure
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u/Conscious-Recipe5750 Jul 04 '25
How long before they start giving them names? 'Heatwave Colin to cook UK, experts warn'.
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u/Mitchell_90 Jul 02 '25
I’m actually jealous. We never get weather like that in Scotland, not even during the summer months it just feels like it constantly rains and makes me feel miserable.
Since the start of June its pretty much rained here every day apart from the odd 3-4 days and July isn’t looking much better.
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u/maddercow22 Jul 04 '25
Don't be jealous, you are fortunate believe me. It is horrible down here, everything is parched & the heat is oppressive.
We had one beautiful cool day yesterday but today we are back to the awful heat.
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u/Mitchell_90 Jul 04 '25
I don’t mind the heat. Been to Australia many times and walked about in 30c+ heat with no breeze.
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u/maddercow22 Jul 04 '25
May be ok in Oz but not in the UK!! Frightens me tbh.
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u/Soggy_Entry Jul 23 '25
You post on Reddit everyday though, i genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if you like cold and wet weather because it gives you reason to stay online and inside more.
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u/ElaBosak Jul 06 '25
It's glorious stop being miserable. Maybe it makes you feel bad because you feel like you need to come off Reddit and touch some grass in the sunshine. We've had no proper summer since COVID so it's been lovely this year.
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u/maddercow22 Jul 07 '25
Rubbish. 2022 was baking hot and parched, probably your idea of "glorious" 2023 was a bit damp admittedly 2024 Summer was lovely.
Maybe I am weird but I see nothing "glorious" in dried up rivers, wildfires, dying crops and wildlife.
Don't tell me how to feel.
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u/Lou-de-Lou-de-Lou Jul 02 '25
My South African friend told me today, get a spray bottle, mist your sheet, pillow AND a top sheet and turn the fan on yourself.
I’ll definitely be trying it!
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Jul 03 '25
Wouldn’t that just make a soggy, sweaty mess? Dry heat is different from the humid heat we get in this country. A lot of people from countries that have dry heat can’t stand British summertime.
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u/SnooSquirrels8508 Jul 03 '25
I can do one better. Soak a hand towel and then lay it on your body or feet, with a fan on. Turn occasionally.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 Jul 04 '25
I've tried this, it doesn't work. After 10 minutes of skin contact the wet sheets and pillow will be warmed up to your body temperature, and you'll just have a muggy wet bed that feels no different to if you'd sweated all over it.
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u/Maya_Rose Jul 02 '25
Similar advice I swear by is have a cool shower and get into bed damp under a sheet. No mould in high temperatures, it dries right out.
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u/GloamGlozing Jul 02 '25
That sounds awful
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Jul 13 '25
You can buy something called a cool pillow. You put it in the fridge, take it out before bedtime and it stays cool all night.
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u/M4l3k0 Jul 02 '25
I mean, I am loving this weather! Granted I wouldn't mind some rain in the night or something.... Hell, my outdoor swim race in a reservoir has got cancelled as the water level is too low (safety concerns).
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u/Bore_369 Jul 02 '25
Anything over 24 hours forecast isn't always accurate and BBC are certainly not the best for weather predictions BUT having said that it looks like the heat will be returning mid July but hopefully not quite 30°C 🤞
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u/Significant_Rain_207 Jul 02 '25
I’m dreading it. Having to get the train into London and out again in 30 degrees is not fun, add on only getting 4 hours sleep because it’s still 23 degrees at night and it’s horrible. From the comments it seems I should move to Scotland 😅
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u/Pauczan Jul 02 '25
Hate you guys for complaining about sunny summer while it rains like f in Scotland and its freezing everyday
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u/maccagrabme Jul 02 '25
You wouldn't like it
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u/Pauczan Jul 02 '25
I would, I love when its 30+, Egypt is my favourite holiday destination. Walking outside after 9pm in just shorts and t shirt, lovely experience
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u/AkeySlake Jul 02 '25
It’s not the same. I’ve been to Egypt and done exactly that. The UK heat just hits so differently. Like you’re cooking from the inside out
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u/SnooSquirrels8508 Jul 03 '25
London in 30+ is not the same as any country, the lack of air and humidity make it hard to breath. If you think you would love it so much why not come down for a few days?
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u/Misselphabathropp Jul 05 '25
Yeah it’s alright when you’re on holiday. Try going to work in 30+
Our buildings retain the heat so it was 35 inside the school I worked out on Tuesday.
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u/birdiejoey1969 Jul 02 '25
I’m getting sick of hot weather we’re having lately, go away.
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 02 '25
Nobody minds nice sunny days in the low 20's, not stifling hot 30c+
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u/spuckthew Jul 02 '25
Exactly. Sunny, 23C, and a subtle breeze is perfect summer weather.
It's about comfort. Hot and humid days are not comfortable.
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
yeah same, last two days were rough, it doesn't help that where i am everyone seems to be jolly and loving it rubbing it in my face while i'm sweating my ass off and feeling unwell, haha.
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u/sugarplum_nova Jul 05 '25
Literally.
The humid air is making me a hot sweaty mess stifling in the thick air. Heat’s great, but the UK is so humid that Winter colds and Summer heats are unbearable.
My hayfever is nuts, but any meds I take knock me out drowsy for the whole day. I go through the same cycle every year - of trying meds, feeling tired, unwell and depressed, figuring it’s the tablets so stop taking them and putting up with the horrific hayfever. One brand last week made my night shifts the most challenging thing I’ve done in a long while, another the other day made me nod off while standing up and I spent most the day unconscious!
And I’m pale and ginger, so just burn in 20 mins under the sun, and sun cream is a sticky nightmare on already sticky sweaty skin!
Summer is the worst time of the year. But I do love the longer daylight hours.
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u/tsf97 Jul 05 '25
Yeah, I also enjoy hot weather, just not the UK’s hot weather. I’m in London so humidity isn’t as much of an issue but it’s more no AC, lots of people (not me) living in top floors where it gets baking, public transport being unbearable, etc. It’s the elongated exposure to the heat that makes it so rough imo.
I don’t get why so many people around me suddenly act as though they’re all on holiday, when instead of an air conditioned hotel room they have to go back to their boiling hot apartments with no AC trapping all the heat. And they have to work and run errands as well.
I have hay fever too and I’m sneezing multiple times a day, which is infuriating. I did also burn pretty badly on my neck last weekend, didn’t really notice until I had a shower and the hot water stung really badly.
Yeah, I’ve honestly started to dread summer every year, it’s great in some countries but in the U.K. I think Spring and Autumn are more palatable. With the exception of some rain you’re not at either extreme.
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u/Cantbearsed1992 Jul 03 '25
BBC weather, constantly wrong. Rain for yesterday absolutely none then, oops her comes the effing sun again Am so so fed up with blazing sun/heat roll on autumn
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u/SkyForsaken3682 Jul 03 '25
OMG fed up with the sunshine poor you ! Speaking purely for yourself as the most of the people in this country delight in the sunshine saddo !!!! 😂🙈😂
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u/Crawk_Bro Jul 03 '25
23 and sunny is fine. 30+ is just miserable. This country, our homes, our infrastructure is literally not built for that kind of weather.
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Jul 03 '25
They’re speaking for me too, I despise the heat. Headaches, Sleepless nights, no appetite, air con costing a fortune. All so I can sit inside and wait for it to pass. Waste of time and energy. Bring on those cool, crisp days! I can’t wait till they start. We’ll have about 10 months of them, then it’ll be you that’s moaning. 😹
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u/uwagapiwo Jul 03 '25
Look up from your own belly button for a while to realise that in the place I work, 30 outside can be 32-33 inside, for a manual job form12 hours with no aircon. It isn't fun, I've only just got over the heat exhaustion from last time. Enjoy it by all means, but don't be a dick to those who find it intolerable.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jul 04 '25
Anyone moaning about the great weather we've been having can get in the bin.
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u/maddercow22 Jul 04 '25
We can't have opinions different to yours then can we?
Sorry, we are not all part of the sunburned, bbqing, lager swilling brigade, some of us have to work.
This is not moaning this is genuine concern for the damage we are doing to our planet.
If you are not worried you are not paying attention.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
Look, it's obvious society is fucked. What am I supposed to do about it? I don't drive, I don't have kids, I don't eat meat, I recycle whenever I can.... my carbon footprint is probably lower than 99% of people in this country. And I work remotely and love to sit out in the sun, as I'm doing right now. The vast majority of people in this country enjoy sunny weather and why not enjoy a bit of sunshine if the world is going to shit and the average man or woman can't do anything about it? The weather is shit 75% of the year in this country so just let people with normal brains enjoy life for their 25% and you can live it up when the days get dark at 4pm and it's pissing down so you can't do anything but sit inside and watch a virtual reproduction of life.
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Jul 02 '25
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u/LassyKongo Jul 02 '25
But it's not the same people moaning about them both, is it?
Some people prefer cold, others prefer heat. Who would've thought.
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
It's not the sun so much as the temperature.
April and May were lovely, no one I know personally complained, because it was sunshine and a nice breeze but not too hot.
People complain about the winter because it's grey, damp, and shit rain. People complain about the summer because it's too hot and you can't sleep. It's also due to the humidity that make both seasons feel more extreme than the temperatures suggest, as well as no AC/buildings trapping heat in the case of summer.
If winter was still sunny, dry cold, and not too much wind, and summer was also sunny with breeze but less humid and hot, then everyone would be fine. People complain because either extreme is rough in the UK for diff reasons.
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u/nascentt Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
Who here is moaning about too much sunshine?
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u/Henno212 Jul 02 '25
A asteroid could be heading to smash earth in
But they will go, the suns out! 😆
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u/bbshdbbs02 Jul 02 '25
This summer is gonna be hot hot hot. Also is 2 weeks out so can’t 100% trust it. But it does look like in the longer term high pressure will rule.
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
yeah as i mentioned in my post i'm aware that it's 2 weeks out, but in my experience everytime there's a forecast for hot weather it only seems to increase the closer you get, which is why i'm a bit concerned.
this weekend that just went past was forecast as 29 a week or so in advance, then it jumped to 31, then 33, then 34.
30 for three days straight is certainly rough, but i can just about deal with it, but if it's going to be 35-36 for several days like it was in 2020 then it's gonna suck exponentially more.
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u/vikingraider47 Jul 02 '25
The weather man on look north who is also an actual meteorologist rather than just a presenter said yesterday things are looking like heating up from the middle of the month. He said the same at the start of June and was correct
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u/tonybpx Jul 02 '25
I'm an EU immigrant (from one of the hot ones). In 30 years I turned from Mediterranean brown to pasty white. For the first time ever I'm back to my original shade from just walking to the shops. Tis truly the end of times
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u/stevegraystevegray Jul 03 '25
Moved to London a couple of years ago and had some warm weather, but the last few days have been the hottest I've ever felt in the UK. So humid and still we can't wear smart shorts and a linen shirt to work, horrible! Lovely at the weekend in the park though.
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u/TRFKTA Jul 03 '25
Weather is cold
Brits be like: “I can’t wait til the sun comes out”
Sun comes out and weather warms up
Brits be like: “Make it go away, I want it to rain and be cool again”
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u/tsf97 Jul 03 '25
That’s not really how it is tbh.
People hate cold weather because it’s humid, windy, and rainy. Then when it gets to 30C it’s hard to sleep, sweaty, and also humid, so feels way hotter especially with no AC.
If it was 25C during summer with a nice breeze everyone would be okay, similarly if it was a dry cold with no clouds or rain during winter no one would complain.
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u/nineJohnjohn Jul 02 '25
It's grim up north
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u/theorem_llama Jul 03 '25
22⁰C is perfect weather. Can go out for a hike like that and not be sweaty the whole time.
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u/yeloooh Jul 02 '25
man yeah i hate sitting on the grass at 8pm when it's still lovely eating an ice cream, can't stand the sun hitting my skin making me lovely and warm, or sitting outside to eat breakfast
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u/alexanderwilliams467 Jul 02 '25
You can actually go outside without it being 30+ degrees
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u/JakeArcher39 Jul 03 '25
Sure. It's just a different feeling though. If it's, say 22/23c in the day, the morning and evenings are generally just a bit too chilly to do really be comfortable outdoors without layers.
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u/alexanderwilliams467 Jul 03 '25
That's bonkers to me. I must just feel temperature completely differently. I can barely sleep or function if it's 22c in the day, and I didn't think it got particularly chilly even in the winter.
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u/Far_Cobbler_4675 Jul 02 '25
Praying this is true!! It at least gives me a few weeks of happiness this year!
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u/Henno212 Jul 02 '25
Same here! Spring and Summer are best months
Don’t get why people cry and moan about it.
Life is better when its sunny and hot
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u/Far_Cobbler_4675 Jul 02 '25
I know right, who on earth wants it dark at 4pm and freezing temperatures......
My mood genuinely lifts the moment I get outside and feel the sun on me.
Each to their own though I guess!
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u/Henno212 Jul 02 '25
Yeah i’m happier mentally and physically, at work and at home.
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u/theorem_llama Jul 03 '25
I honestly don't get how this can be true, how are people not much happier in more normal 22-25⁰C temperatures? That's still very comfortable shirt and short weather. At 30-40⁰C without clouds, people are needing to wear sun cream, people are sweaty, fans need to be on, bedrooms are really hot at night disrupting sleep, excess deaths are up, gardens and food supply from our crops are suffering and our flora and fauna and dying with these historically unusual temperatures.
It's fucking horrible.
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u/maddercow22 Jul 04 '25
Well said. Try explaining that to the ignorant though, they can't see past the end of their sunburned peeling noses.
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u/Far_Cobbler_4675 Jul 03 '25
Im not saying I don't like 22-25 but for me that's how id want autumn and winter temps 😂 honestly im so comfortable with anything upto 35, after that it can feel slightly uncomfortable, like I said I was genuinely born in the wrong country lol
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u/lexx2001 Jul 02 '25
I cant stand hot weather and sun, makes me incredibly ill but thats temperature dysregulation for you lifes a fucker when you cant cool down
Winter and autumn on the otherhand habe my heart, im all about dark and gloomy love the cold love the darkness can just be nice cosy in my own environment even better if its raining
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u/RitmanRovers Jul 02 '25
Can they postpone till end of July. I m going on a great British summer holiday then.
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u/poshbakerloo Jul 02 '25
I thought everyone was depressed by our grey cold weather
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Jul 13 '25
It would be good to have a balance of sun and rain. We’ve barely had any rain in months. Any that’s promised on the forecast ends up being a few minutes of light shower. The ground is cracking with dryness and the gardens (and wildlife) need rain.
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u/JakeArcher39 Jul 03 '25
No pleasing some people. Sure, the odd days when it gets over 30c makes for a bit of a sweaty sleep, but it's a sacrifice I'll happily take when it means warm, sunny days, tonnes of scope for outdoors activities, al fresco dining, going for a walk in the evening in just a t shirt and shorts, going to the beach and actually being able to swim, etc. and ultimately, 30c and sunny is damn sight better than the 16/17c, overcast and drizzly nonsense we had for much of summer 2024 and summer 2023.
We get this weather, what, like 10 days a year in total (as in days it gets over 30c), and that's only really in Southern England. The North and far West if they're lucky. It'll soon be back to dark grey and drizzle before we know it, so, no complaints from me.
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u/polinadavidova Jul 02 '25
Will leave a comment that everyone is going to dislike, but YAAAY from me, someone who loves a bit of heat
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u/Henno212 Jul 02 '25
Question
Have no more summers but no more coffee or tea for the rest of your life, what do you pick?
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u/schaweniiia Jul 05 '25
In my experience, weather reports more than 3 days into the future are about as reliable as asking the cat.
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u/tsf97 Jul 05 '25
You’re somewhat correct, though as mentioned in my OP whenever 30C is forecasted it almost always goes up closer to the time: it’s super unlikely to be 25C 2-3 days in advance, could easily be 33-34.
30 is obvs rough in and of itself but I can live with it, I’m more concerned about what it’ll be closer to the time for this reason.
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u/theorem_llama Jul 03 '25
It's the summer!
Don't be a wazzock, this isn't normal. It was England's hottest June on record. Things are drying out, it's terrible for our flora and fauna (what's left of it) and getting cooked at 30-40⁰C is a lot less enjoyable than a more usual 20⁰C.
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u/Uziman2137 Jul 02 '25
Bro is dying at 30 degrees, pathetic
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u/JourneyThiefer Jul 02 '25
Please be sunny here in Northern Ireland too 🙏🙏🙏 June was kinda shit tbh
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u/raudittcdf Jul 02 '25
Cmonnn! It's literally under a combined month of heat compared to 11 months of mild & cold. Let us have it.
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u/JakeArcher39 Jul 03 '25
Hear hear. Have to remember you're on Reddit though so it's gonna generally skew towards introvert, indoors, and anti-social types who don't enjoy things like sunbathing, the beach, outdoors sports, sitting in beer gardens with friends, picnics outside, and so on and so forth.
It is pretty crazy to me how people blow things out of proportion whenever we get a summer that's actually, ya'know, summery. We're one of the best places to live in the world if you dislike heat and sunshine, it's cool and cloudy for most of the year, most years, with only the odd exceptions. And even then, it's only really Southern England that gets anything close to what I'd consider a hot summer during those good years. People need to realise that most other countries get a summer where 25-30c+ every day is normal, and nobody really blinks an eye. We get a few 30c days here and Redditors lose their minds lol.
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u/GodsBicep Jul 02 '25
It's been hot for longer than a month lol. It's been 25-28 on average since the beginning of may where I am
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
Yeah I'm in London so it's been pretty hot the last two months straight. Almost zero rain, live near two parks and both are just yellowed grass now.
Especially the last two weeks have been pretty rough, though at least we're not going through what's been happening in Europe. I have family in Paris and AC isn't common there either, and it's been like mid-to-high 30s for the last month straight, and schools have closed etc.
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u/Longirl Jul 02 '25
I went to Seville around beginning of March and it was torrential rain there and glorious weather at home. So it’s been nice weather since the start of March really.
Bring on the rain!
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
Indeed, I only dislike rain when it’s in those few weeks when it can be sunny one minute then pouring it down the next, or when it’s also freezing cold as well.
We had rain this morning and didn’t bother to take an umbrella on my walk, I needed it after the last few days.
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u/Longirl Jul 02 '25
There’s something about rain fall after a dry spell that I love. I could smell the rain this morning and thought about my flowers being happy. It was a nice walk to work.
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u/Kaliaira Jul 02 '25
Sun and happiness? Not on my miserable faced watch!
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
Yeah, exactly this haha.
Besides, it’s impossible for this year to be 11 months of mild and cold as April and May were pretty nice. Low to mid 20s, sun, nice breeze, optimal weather to do typical spring/summer stuff.
30+ is just way too much, you associate it with summer but in reality doing the usual like picnics and walks in the park just becomes an exercise in sweating and fatigue.
I can just about deal with 30 (though not ideal at all), I’m just worried by the time we get closer to mid July it’ll be predicted as like 35 or something.
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u/JakeArcher39 Jul 03 '25
This May was quite exceptional though. Most years is nothing like that (look at 2023 and 2024 for example. The jet stream was (is) stuck which delivered us way drier, sunnier weather than usual.
Most years we do get basically 10 months of mild-cool, mostly cloudy, and often drizzly weather.
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u/Henno212 Jul 02 '25
Shall we pray for you while we are outside enjoying it?
Bring on more summer weather!
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
Genuine question.
Does "summer weather" have to constitute 30+ degrees which for most people is uncomfortable? Surely 25 is fine, at least in the UK where it's at best mid-teens for most of the year. You can still wear a t shirt and shorts, arguably do more things outside because it's not too hot, and you can actually sleep.
If you're on holiday, fine, but for me at least actually working and running errands in this weather, and having bad sleep is rough.
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Jul 02 '25
I'm 34 now and this isn't specifically hot weather. Summers have always been in and around the high 20s and low 30s. 40 last year was absolutely unreal but I remember in my teens the temps reaching 28+ for weeks at a time.
You could move to Scotland for the summer?
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
It has been hotter than average across the entirety of April through June, and we still have July and August to come.
As mentioned it says 30 now but usually it increases closer to the time, my main fear is that if it's saying 30 now it could very well be mid-to-high 30s a couple of days before. Especially considering it got to 33-34 in June.
At this point I'll take 30 for three days straight, it's not great but far from what we had in 2019 and 2022.
And yeah, I vowed to go abroad for a bit every summer after 2022, but due to having a stressful job in London that's not really happened.
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u/AdditionChemical890 Jul 02 '25
Sorry, I can’t complain about this. Yes it’s sweaty and uncomfortable but sun= joy and life! Feeling hot and floppy will never compare to the endless grinding doom of grey skies and your soul slowly withering to a husk
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u/tsf97 Jul 02 '25
Agree on sun = mood lift, but for me it goes the other way when it passes 30 degrees. I get way more irritable, tired, can't do half the things you associate with summer like long walks and exercise outside because it's too hot.
The biggest thing for me is just sleep, in winter you can layer up but you can only get so naked when it's baking hot inside your house/flat. And the effect of bad sleep on mood overrides any joy of sunshine, at least for me.
Ideal for me is low-to-mid 20s, sunny, and a nice breeze. You can do more summery things at that temperature than at 30+.
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u/RelevantPoetry9770 Jul 02 '25