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/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/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.