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Simon Lee
@simonleewx.com

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT “NORMAL SUMMER WEATHER” FOR THE UK — ESPECIALLY IN JUNE! (Record is 35.6°C) We are seeing the effects of climate change due to human activity playing out. Image is the latest Met Office forecast for London

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Simon Lee
@simonleewx.com

The vast majority of people don’t have air conditioning, so you’re looking at overnight internal temperatures in the high 20s — that’s not fun for many people and it will, sadly, be deadly for some.

Lars Lowinski
@larswx.bsky.social

Exactly! And even though one needs to consider energy consumption and sources, we need to talk more about air conditioning in western Europe as other, passive means of cooling just won’t be enough to deal with the intensity and frequency of these heat waves.

Simon Lee
@simonleewx.com

I lived through much hotter summers in the US but found heatwaves so unpleasant and draining when I lived in Reading (especially Aug 2020)

Peter Thorne
@peterthorne.bsky.social

The irony that I’ll be sweltering my way through an esa conference on adaptation in harwell is not lost on me (that’s if the railway lines from Holyhead don’t buckle)

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Dominic Manchee
@dpmanchee.bsky.social

And many people don't know that the land surface temperature will be even higher than this 👇 The heat peaks late afternoon ... when people want to travel home 🥵 Will UK transport infrastructure cope ? IMO, unlikely. bsky.app/profile/dpma...

Dominic Manchee@dpmanchee.bsky.social

On May 25th 2026 land surface temperatures were very high in London and South East. This heatwave could be even worse. This from Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS combined, via ESRI Living Atlas. livingatlas.arcgis.com/landsatexplo...

Simon Lee
@simonleewx.com

Indeed. With, of course, knock-on economic impacts which are growing in frequency/magnitude (given how much the denier crowd latch onto their own economic faux-arguments)

Andy
@andydruid.bsky.social

Weirdest thing - it’s not even surprising anymore, god only knows how this plays out over the next 10 to 15 years, as CO2 emissions *increase* world wide. Very dumb humanity

Sue27
@d27m3f21.bsky.social

1957 and 1976 saw a record of 35.6. Very unusual and not 'normal'. The problem here in UK is humidity. It's a very different to many hot countries. I was fine in Australia when it was 40+ but I suffer above 25/26 here in UK. I dread the future for my kids and grand kids. We've really messed up

Lars Lowinski
@larswx.bsky.social

That depends. Humidity can be much worse in subtropical and tropical countries. And not every heat wave in the UK comes with high humidity (i.e. dewpoints roughly above 16/17C. The issue is (usually) insufficient insulation and indoor cooling.