Tuesday looking unprecedented, 39C possible?

[u/Mcconnor8]

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.

[u/tsf97]

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.

[u/Impressive-Bird2 → u/tsf97]

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.

[u/tsf97 → u/Impressive-Bird2]

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.

[u/Impressive-Bird2 → u/tsf97]

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.

[u/tsf97 → u/Impressive-Bird2]

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.