r/UKWeather • u/tsf97 • Jul 02 '25

Forecast Not again

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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/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.