Comment on UK weather: Amber extreme heat warning issued as 35C heatwave approaches
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
35C is not ‘extreme heat’
It’s called summer.
I’m from Australia, where I remember multiple times in my life where we’ve had a week of over 40 degrees.
I’ve been to the UK during one of their heatwaves and I can tell you that 36 degrees over there is dangerous. I don’t know if it’s something to do with the humidity or whatever, but it’s way worse than 40 degrees in Australia.
I can take 45C on holiday if it’s dry heat.
But 24C and humid feels horrible.
But ‘dangerous’ is as exaggerated as ‘extreme’
Unless you’re old or have health issues.
A lot of the UK do not have air conditioning and their houses are build to keep heat.
Dangerous is exactly what it is for health vulnerable people and places that don’t take adequate health and safety measures. These are heatwaves that the country is not used to having, especially at the frequency we are now seeing, and people are dying because of this heat.
20% of the UK population is over 65.
then going down stairs or riding a bike is ‘extreme’
cynar@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
For the UK anything over 30 is extreme heat.
The fact we have been getting more and more of them is the reason it’s started to be seen as “normal”.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It doesn’t matter where you are, or that it has occurred more.
It’s relative to what humans feel.
30C was never uncommon in the summer.
Even for UK calling that ‘extreme’ is sensationalism.
Extreme would be closer to 40C
cynar@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’ve just been looking at a graph of historical peak summer temperatures. In the 70s the peak was 35.9°C, with a majority being below 30°C. Back then 30°C was extremely hot.
A lot of homes were already standing back then, with most modern homes built on the same ethos.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
metjam.co.uk/…/hottest-day-of-each-year-from-1875…
Highest were over 30C regularly in the 1800’s and later a peak under 30C was rare.
35C is NOT ‘extreme’ for humans or an exceptional temperature.
Yes it’s hot. But nothing more than that.
Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 hours ago
it has not been over 35°c in june in the uk since 1976
the hottest temperature ever recorded in england was 40°c in 2022
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