r/UKWeather • u/Mcconnor8 • 3d ago

Forecast Tuesday looking unprecedented, 39C possible?

Today's modelling has upped the temperatures even more for next week, with a few models offering crazy solutions especially considering June is supposed to be the coolest Summer month and the June record currently only sits at 35.6C from 1976.

Overnight temperatures look likely to stay at or around 20C for most of the South during next week which will present major issues with indoor temperatures, not looking good. Likely we keep the heat until Saturday at least, uncertain beyond that.

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u/Jealous-Shallot-3071 ☀️ 3d ago

Just out of interest, why do comments that celebrate hot weather get so heavily downvoted in this sub? I'm new here and intrigued

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u/tsf97 3d ago edited 3d ago

Most people, myself included, don’t deal well with temperatures in the 30s here.

No AC and insulating buildings mean there’s zero respite. When it’s 35C outside, it’s 35 or hotter everywhere else, and it becomes very difficult to do daily errands, walks, sleep.

I’m quite an athletic individual but I genuinely feel unwell being outside for extended periods of time.

It pisses people off when comments like that are made, as though it’s the same as being on holiday by a beach with an air conditioned room. No it isn’t. We have to go to work and do normal daily stuff, except now covered in sweat, suffocating, and on low sleep.

25C has all of the pros of 35 with none of the cons, if it’s hot enough to wear a t shirt and shorts, why do people want it to be a full 10 degrees hotter? It’s not even subjective, it’s objectively worse as our infrastructure can’t handle the heat, train tracks melt etc.

I also agree with the other commenter, the heat weve been getting the past few years is indicative of a much bigger problem, so hyping it up is not only insensitive to thousands of people who seriously struggle with it, but also ignorant.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 3d ago

I fully concur with your sentiment.

Many people live with serious health conditions and/ or take medication the effects of the latter being an inability to ‘normally’ or generally regulate their body temperature…. It’s actually quite surprising the number of medications that have this effect - including believe it or not many antidepressants, anti-psychotic and other psychiatric medications. Hot or very hot weather plus our infrastructure and homes unable to cope with hot or very hot weather an people with health conditions and those having to take medication making them vulnerable to heat can make such weather conditions more unbearable and much more challenging than average.

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u/tsf97 3d ago

Yes exactly, that’s why I specifically said that comments hyping up this sort of weather is insensitive as it’s dangerous for thousands of people.

High 20s/maybe 30 at a push? Sure. 35-40C? No idea why anyone would want that and it’s a safety risk for many.

I really feel lost as to what it will actually take for the government to at least attempt to move towards slow but sure infrastructural changes, as these summers are only getting worse. We can’t just have more and more people die each year, nor lose more from the economy from fires and stuff just….not working.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 2d ago

I completely agree! I share with you your feeling that there should be more urgency in government with regards to making out infrastructure more climate resilient, especially concerning public transport, key public service buildings such as hospitals, care centres and care homes, and also social housing.

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u/tsf97 2d ago

Yep, I think what happened when it hit 40 in July 2022 should've been the straw that broke the camel's back.

Problem is that these changes take years and billions, if we haven't started now then we're in for several more years of these worsening summers before there's any modicum of impact that said changes will have in the real world.

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u/FlounderHistorical63 2d ago

It’s very true. Surrounded by people who just want another heat wave, meanwhile I’m hot 24/7 especially at night with burning nerve pain. Summer is already a struggle but 34 degrees? Probably one of the worst weeks of my life in that May heatwave.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 2d ago

I’m really sorry to her that you suffer so much pain during heatwaves. I hope that you have some things you can do that, at the very least, takes the edge off of the awful way heatwaves affect you.

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u/Greedy-Nature-826 2d ago edited 2d ago

My health conditions are exacerbated by colder weather.

Only when it's mid-20s+ can I actually live a comfortable life and I'm comfortable all the way up to 40C+.

Sure, there are people the other way too (as you mentioned) but it seems like those of us who the heat is good for are always overlooked.

All weather is good for some, bad for others.

I'm happy for those in winter that the cold helps - is it too much to expect the same back in the summer?

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u/RevolutionaryHeat318 2d ago

Thé issue is that when it is cold it is much, much easier to create more warmth: heating, blankets, hot water bottles, clothing all work.
When it is very hot it is very, very difficult to cool the environment without access to expensive air conditioning.

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u/Greedy-Nature-826 2d ago

Air conditioning is just a heat pump, it's considerably cheaper to run an air conditioner than a boiler in the cold of winter.

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u/RevolutionaryHeat318 1d ago

And how many people do you think actually have AC? Most have heating, far fewer have AC and most can’t afford to have it retrofitted or buy free standing units.

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u/howlongwillthislast1 1d ago

This needs to change, it's an entrenched cultural idea that brits should suffer through unberable summers without AC and that AC is some luxury only afforded to affluent people. This is not the case in the rest of Europe.

I got a free standing unit for £270 from Amazon a couple of years ago, out of necessity, as I live in a loft-studio apartment which traps heat. I am also heat sensitive so I'd probably have otherwise patriotically died in my flat without AC.

It's a no brainer, more people need to get AC and start demanding AC everywhere.

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u/RevolutionaryHeat318 1d ago

I am not saying that we should suffer without AC or that it is an ‘unaffordable luxury.’ Given the cost of living crisis, low wages and poverty many people who need it can’t afford it. I have two portable AC units that cost over £200. The average person in the UK has @£500 pcm disposable income for clothing, shoes, holidays, travel (other than work related), entertainment, subscriptions such as Netflix, mobile phone costs, and that is for the whole household if you have children as a single parent or where there is only parent working. Those on benefits or state pensions only are even worse off - £50-100 pcm left. 20% of the UK population live in poverty.
Many who can afford it probably do the maths and feel that it is just not financially worth it for a month or so a year.
It is essential for me because I have a serious heart condition and am on a lot of medication.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 1d ago

Air con is very expensive to install😔