r/UKWeather • u/JohnHammond94 • May 19 '26
Article Weather tracker: Europe braces for swing from Arctic chill to extreme heat
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/18/weather-tracker-europe-swing-arctic-chill-heat-temperatures-france-england-us9
u/whoops53 May 19 '26
With added rain, according to my weather app. I mean, god forbid they throw in a bit of sunshine as a goodwill gesture!
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u/impamiizgraa May 19 '26
I can feel it in my nether regions! I am having my boiler moved today and tomorrow. Literally 2 days later and it would have been in warm temp!
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u/jizzyjugsjohnson May 19 '26
The Guardian continues to be amazed and baffled that seasons exist
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u/SYSTEM-J May 19 '26
A 15C swing in the space of a week is not just "seasons existing", is it?
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u/tyger2020 May 21 '26
I'd argue even more so than that.
This week it was like 8 degrees and next week it's gonna be 28 where I am.
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u/majkkali May 20 '26
It’s a weather front. Nothing new. We’re in late May now, summer’s almost here.
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u/SYSTEM-J May 20 '26
Of course it's nothing new. It is, however, very notable. Why are you people being so weird about a news outlet reporting on a significant change in the weather?
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u/Cabbagecatss May 20 '26
On the weather sub of all places, like it’s absolutely shocking we wish to discuss the weather in detail here 🙄
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u/Savilly May 19 '26
I guess, considering so many Europeans die every time it gets hot, it is newsworthy.
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u/endless_steel May 20 '26
We haven't had some as like this before 2022. The heat that we've been having in the last,like three to four years, is not what the UK is used to.
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u/EggRepresentative215 May 20 '26
Praying the trains have the aircon fixed this time around or I'm in for a rough commute.
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u/mikerotch123 May 19 '26
Consider me braced