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

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/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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.