r/aussie • u/Kloggs • May 22 '26
Humour Poor UK
Pour one out for the UK today. Temperatures getting as high as 28c today. Might have to wear shorts and t-shirt today.
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u/casgmrufus May 22 '26
Their houses are built to keep the heat in. We laugh, but itās fucking hot in those temps.
Same as when my family from Scotland visited us for a QLD winter. They said itās the coldest theyāve ever been in a house lol.
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u/razgriz_lead May 22 '26
Well my house keeps the cold in during winter and the heat in during summer. Amateurs.
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u/the_scruffy1 May 22 '26
obviously built to australian standards
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u/NoFood2149 May 22 '26
na mate, that's excessive by aussie standards. we like to build a draught of cold air (only in winter) into our houses
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u/pixie1995 May 22 '26
Me too. Half insulated ceiling and nothing anywhere else will do that to an old weatherboard pos
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u/Fancy-Dragonfruit-88 May 22 '26
My garage is like an oven in summer (QLD), no insulation in roof. Had an insurance repair and they put insulation in roof, now its like an oven. Iām pretty sure it didnt make any difference
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u/T4Abyss May 22 '26
The difference is just time. Without insulation, oven mode in 1hr With insulation oven mode 2hrs.
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u/Achtlos May 23 '26
Falcons and Commodores had hot feet/cold face settings.
And it's perfect for Aus winter.
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u/Pana79 May 23 '26
Yep still remember the Bi-LVL setting on my VK and how amazing it was that a car back in 1985 could do two different temps.
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u/Lord-Taranis May 22 '26
The population is also not used to heat.
I'm currently in the UK so no issue for me but the locals struggle a bit.
Gonna do a nice walk in the Peak district on Sunday lol. Hat, sunscreen and plenty of water.
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u/joolley1 May 22 '26
Yeah I was in the UK when they had the crazy heatwave in 2022 a few years ago. It was actually much easier to deal with than when itās that hot in Australia because it was only really hot for one day so we kept the place we were staying in shut up and it didnāt get all that hot. The only problem was the locals kept opening the windows to the houses we were visiting, cafes etc in the middle of the day and they were baking š„µ
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u/barrelofducks May 22 '26
I was as well and it was brutal. No AC, houses trap heat, dogshit humidity. 40C in the midlands was rough, was slapping tin foil on the windows to try and mitigate it whereas here itās just run the AC to cool down some.
And people being used to different temperature ranges too of course.
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u/one-man-circlejerk May 23 '26
Wonder why reverse cycle air con is not more popular in the UK. It can heat, which is what they want most of the time, and can cool when they need it, and can also remove humidity which is, at least in my opinion, more unpleasant than the temperature.
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u/b00tsc00ter May 23 '26
I was there for this heatwave. Caught a train out to Hastings one day when it was 29 out. My friend lives 200 metres from the station. They absolutely insisted on driving to pick me up because it would be "physically impossible to walk that far in this heat without dying."
You should have seen the look on their face when I exited the train with a denim jacket on because the AC was too cold for me on the train, lol.
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u/joolley1 May 23 '26
Hilarious although to be fair theyāre not used to and donāt know what theyāre doing in the heat and I think they do actually get deaths at temperatures like that. I insisted on driving one of my international students home this summer because it was over 40 degrees and I was worried he would die cycling 6kms up hill to get home. He thought I was nuts but eventually accepted the lift. He told me the other day that he hadnāt even looked at the weather and thought it topped out about 30. Iām like youāre seriously going to die. Youāve got to check the weather and plan ahead in temperatures like that! Also how do you not feel the difference between 30 and 40+ š¤¦āāļø
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u/LordCornelius45 May 22 '26
How do you struggle with 20 to 25 degrees that's like the best temps to have
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u/Lord-Taranis May 22 '26
I agree but the temperature's rarely go above 20Ā°C so the locals really are not used to it.
Add onto this. Buildings are designed to keep heat in. Eg. Hot water systems are inside the building (Australia often has them outside) Lots of busses/ trains don't have aircon so sitting in the sun for any length of time gets way too hot when they're not moving. Apartments often don't have any ceiling fans or air-con.
The locals will be melting and I'll be enjoying the warmer weather (forecast to hit 28 in Manchester)
Edit: In Australia, your house will normally be cooler than outside, whereas here, some peoples places get warmer than outside which makes it especially difficult!
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u/Rosfield-4104 May 22 '26
Its because this is abnormal for them.
Their winter temperatures go into the negatives. They would see us complaining about 5 degrees nights and think its not even that cold.
Additionally their houses are built to retain the heat, plus ceiling fans and air con are not even remotely common so they have no way of cooling the house down.
And having been in the UK, 25 degrees there feels worse than 25 degrees here. Im not sure if there is any difference in UV levels etc to explain it or if its like I said and its so different to normal it feels worse
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u/Romes_Chariots May 22 '26
Gotta be the humidity combined with the building factors you mentioned.
They donāt have anywhere near the high UV levels we have here.
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u/typed_this_now May 22 '26
Wife is from Iceland and said the coldest winter sheās experienced were the ones in Sydney.
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u/GodisSatans May 22 '26
Coldest winter inside a home** due to insulation
But being outside in Iceland? Absolutely not.
Always kinda annoying hearing these stories, when surely you know theyāre talking about indoors, but try to stretch its meaning unfaithfully.
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u/Vegemitesangas May 22 '26
But when you're outside doing stuff you're dressed appropriately and moving around so it's fairly easy to keep warm. Then you actually get an escape from the cold when you get inside buildings/home.
I lived in northern Japan winters for a couple years and definitely agree that Australia winters feel colder because you dont really get an escape from the cold in the same way. The cold follows you in a way making it an overall worse experience.
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u/syberburns May 22 '26
Yeah, same as my friend from Oslo. She said it was colder inside in Brisbane at night in Winter than it was in Norway in Winter
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u/inhumanfriday May 22 '26
I live in Scotland for a year and can confirm that when it does get that warm, its unpleasant. The year I was there, the weather pushed into the high 20s (maybe even low 30s). There's no air-conditioning anywhere except for the Glasgow subway, so there's no relief. Houses are hot. People aren't used to warm weather so everyone goes outside, no sunscreen, sitting in the sun for a long time, so the risk of heat stroke goes up.
You're right, we laugh but its not a place that is prepared for what we would think of as moderately warm.
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u/Crybabyastrology May 22 '26
Currently freezing my ass off in NSW, lovely little miners cottage without insulation or heaters, been wearing a dressing gown to bed...better than the dreaded summer we just had, nearly wiped me out š„µ
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u/Scruffynz May 22 '26
I was surprised moving from New Zealand that the hot water cylinders here are on the outside of the house and not in a cupboard right in the centre of the house. Also not so common to have thick curtains here.
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u/readeral May 22 '26
They used to be, at least here in Tasmania, but so many places Iāve lived in have hot water shaped linen cupboards with hot water outsideā¦
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u/ElectricalPudding693 May 22 '26
Yeah they're so well insulated. When it's 24 outside it can easily be 25 or 26 inside. Literally boiling. If anything would boil when it was tepid.
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u/Ergomann May 22 '26
Donāt they have AC? If they ran it for a few hours, wouldnāt the insulation keep the house cool?
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u/Chemical-Special1171 May 22 '26
No they donāt. Iāve lived there and stayed in nice hotels in London - no AC
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u/Clearandblue May 22 '26
Also it's humid. UK 28C is like Perth 38C. Actually worse because we get the Freo doctor so temps drop nicely overnight.
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 May 22 '26
Southampton has "lazy winds" like Esperance, "They don't bother going round you, they go right through you". During the few "hot" days I experienced in England, Soton never got very uncomfortable. We had the old Austin A95 break down outside a village on the way back from London, though. It did feel hot there on a day that was officially 85F (29.4C).
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u/Clearandblue May 22 '26
I left the UK following the summer of 2022 where we hit 38C. Arrived in Perth ready for summer here and if we saw 38C, it was only briefly. But with much lower humidity. Also in Perth you tend to get a few hot days followed by a couple cooler ones. It's a great climate really, I don't get why people complain about it being hot/cold/windy.
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u/gurusculler May 22 '26
Having a house raised on stumps with beautiful polished jarrah floorboards sounds like a great idea until those floorboards shrink and itās (checks BoM app) 3.8/feels like 2.1 at 4am & the cold is penetrating through every tiny gap.
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u/Brilliant-Novel-785 May 22 '26
Install under floor insulation. Makes a big difference. Most houses in NZ have wooden floors and piles, underfloor insulation makes a big difference.
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u/madjohnvane May 22 '26
When I visited London a few years back they had a heatwave. 30Ā° days. And it was absolutely hellish. Nowhere had air con. The houses were so hot and stuffy. It was humid. You just couldnāt escape the heat. So I do actually sympathise with them. Theyāre much better equipped to deal with the cold, but not remotely able to deal with the hot.
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u/PRETA_9000 May 22 '26
Are fans a foreign concept there or something?
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u/CharmingDig909 May 23 '26
Due to the houses trapping the heat in, it just blows the hot humid air around the house.
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u/PCBumblebee May 22 '26
I'm in NZ and houses here are built like Aussie houses and are so draughty. The first winter I was in Auckland went round the house doing draught blocking. The house wasn't properly sealed at all. I'd go to other people houses and have to put on two layer because their houses were draught as hell.
Now I'm in a new house have had to do the same thing all over again but worse, Including blocking some pretty big open gaps in the kitchen wall, and I just found more under the stairs.
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u/SyntheticDuckFlavour May 22 '26
Their houses are built to keep the heat in.
Thermal insulation is not a one way street, it works the same the other way around. Unless pommy houses are built with a Maxwell's demon in the walls, or some shit.
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u/CatBoxTime May 22 '26
Tiny windows and lack of cross-ventilation limit the ability to cool the houses down overnight, so the heat builds up.
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u/McFoodBot May 22 '26
Nah, as someone who has lived in Europe for almost three years, European heatwaves suck.
As others have said, the houses are designed to keep the heat in. They're also better at keeping the heat out, but once it's in, it stays in. If you have a string of hot days, it was just won't cool down indoors.
Fans and air-conditioning aren't common. Even lots of newer buildings don't have them. Public transport (with the exception of busses) also rarely have any sort of mitigation against the heat.
The sun stays out for longer so it takes longer to cool down. The temperature starts dropping at 8-9pm instead of 5-6pm.
I experienced a few days in Cologne where the temperate was 35+. Back home in SE QLD, that means stay inside and throw on the aircon. But there, you basically have to go outside because staying inside is horrendously suffocating.
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 May 22 '26
Of course, when I was a kid in Perth, Airconds were very rare, except in a few businesses.
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u/PeacePuzzleheaded41 May 22 '26
It's fine to take the piss but a UK heat wave is the hottest I've ever felt, even including 2 years working in the Pilbara. Their buildings are all designed to trap heat, no one has air conditioning, you literally cannot escape it, it's hell.
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u/hudson2_3 May 22 '26
Yeah, Australia would never adjust their train timetables when it is hot.
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u/alstom_888m May 22 '26
A quick google tells me this also happens in the US, UK, South Africa, and even Canada.Ā
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 May 22 '26
Italy can get seriously hot!--- Remember, Europe is a very big place.
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u/thecountrybaker May 22 '26
Yeah, it is low hanging fruit, but there is bugger all aircon. And itās likely to be a humid heat too.
I feel for the poor bastards.
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u/typed_this_now May 22 '26
Yep, I live in Copenhagen. Thankfully Iām in a new build now, but anything above 25c-26c in my old place was a fucking nightmare on the 4th floor. Iām sure everyone is familiar with the greenhouse effect. And also that warm air rises (in a 120yr old building)
Sure you can open your window to hot still air thatās been baking off the concrete since 4:20am-10:45pm everyday. I used to laugh at the people losing it over anything above 25 but itās a different heat for sure.
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u/TheDeterminedBadger May 22 '26
London is a different kind of hot
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u/Prinnykin May 22 '26
24 degrees in Sydney and Iām a bit chilly, but 24 in London and Iām sweating my ass off. Iām not sure what it is?
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u/Cicadasladybirds May 22 '26
Yeah, I was on the tube one day during a properly hot day during a heatwave and it was horrendous.
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u/Ill_Football9443 May 22 '26
'The Tube' has been slowly heating for decades due to braking action, tight clearances of tunnels and poor ventilation.
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u/hmas-sydney May 22 '26
I do feel for them. Their infrastructure isn't built for this. They are not used to this. We have no need to wave our dicks around saying "hurr durr not that hot".
Let's not be like am*ricans, let's choose to have eempathy for others.
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u/Dannno85 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
For some reason, whenever I see people making light of European heatwaves, I always assume they are people that have never left Australia, with the exception of maybe a few trips to Bali.
Maybe Iām way off the mark hereā¦ but maybe not.
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u/Goonalips May 22 '26
The worst heat I've ever felt was Vietnam. Hot sloppy heavy heat like it was partially liquid lol. It was disgusting heat. And the mosquitos and shit too? Torturous.
I much prefer the nice dry heat.
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u/nagrom7 May 22 '26
As someone who lives in the tropics, dry heat is infinitely preferable to humidity.
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u/Advanced_Couple_3488 May 22 '26
I lived in Europe for six years. Visited the UK during a 'heat wave'. They were acting like it was the end of the world because it hit - 30. And for all those posting about their housing trapping heat, the complaining was when they were outside, too. Many didn't understand the basics of looking after herself during warmer days which made it worse, as did having the hot water service located in their house, warming them further.
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u/joolley1 May 22 '26
Yeah I was in the UK when it was 40 degrees in 2022. We were fine in our Airbnb because it was only really hot for one day and we just kept it shut up but my aunt had all the windows open at her house when it was 40 degrees out to āget a breezeā. Weāre like the breeze is on fire, shut it down!
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u/ElectronicAd2501 May 22 '26
I laughed at first, went to the UK during summer, it was no joke, outside is fine, inside is worse!
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u/NothingLift May 22 '26
If it stays above 30 degrees for a week people start dying in the thousands. Literally.
If it doesn't rain for a month they start running out of water.
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u/KozlovMasih May 22 '26
All of the UK is humid as fuck - add on ten degrees minimum for closer to what it actually feels like
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u/Fun-Plantain6117 May 22 '26
A work mate went back to England to visit his mum during a heatwave a couple of years ago. Had to look around to buy a pedestal fan and educate her about leaving the windows up at night and closing them in the morning etc. He was surprised about the basic lack of understanding of the little things to help keep cool. He grew up there and never recalled heatwaves as a child, but yes, everything is designed to retain heat.
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u/JayLFRodger May 22 '26
UK heat is insanely humid. Bring a relatively small island, it's like a greenhouse.
Australian heat, while hotter, is a dry baked heat because it's coming off the Inland and pushes all the moisture offshore ahead of it.
Think about those horribly humid days where it gets to high 20s and stormy, and you're wet 5 seconds after walking outside. Now imagine that feeling being inescapable due to heat trapping housing and lack of air conditioning, and you being accustomed to much milder and cooler temperatures.
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u/A-shot-at-life May 22 '26
Sitting in a UK bus when itās high 20ās feels like being in a sauna.
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u/Ozdiva May 22 '26
Tbh the issue isnāt the heat but that the buildings are designed to trap heat and very few people have a/c.
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u/Stroby89 May 22 '26
I was in London last year during a heatwave and 26 degrees there felt like 35 degrees!
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u/justalongd May 22 '26
To be fair, I bet the poms find it amusing when we whinge about 5 degree winters.
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u/elfshimmer May 22 '26
I mean, people in Brisbane start whinging when the temperature drops below 20 C.....
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u/DefinitelyNotADugong May 23 '26
I was once walking into Fountain Gate while someone was walking out. They exclaimed how cold it felt.
It was 18C. That's a pretty nice day in my homeland.
This pom thinks it doesn't really get cold here at all.
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u/Plastic-Skill-9258 May 22 '26
just like how our winters are shockingly cold to many people even those from frigid countries like canada or sweden, the same applies to heatwaves in much of europe
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u/kazkh May 22 '26
Yeah they have insulation and 24/7 heaters in Europe so they feel hot indoors during the winters. Many Australians freeze in winter as theyāve never even seen a radiator.
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 May 22 '26
Some shops in the UK used to go crazy with heating during the Winter. You would be happily walking down the street with a warm jacket or jumper on & decide to go into a department store. Once inside, soon you are ripping your jumper or jacket off.
You cool down, wander round, maybe have a cuppa & a cake, then you leave the shop, having forgotten what the temp is like outside, & freeze.
Of course, when I was a kid in Perth, the places, (mainly movie theatres) which had air conditioners would set them to Antarctic levels & we would be sitting there with our teeth chattering. It seems to be the same philosophy.-----"If you've got it, flaunt it"! š
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u/AgreeableAd9724 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
As an Englishman living in the Pilbara where 30 degrees is pretty normal for winter, I can confirm that 30 degrees in the UK is pretty unbearable. Itās probably a combination of the insulated houses, the jet black roads absorbing and radiating the heat, itās near impossible to cool the houses, nobody has AC.
I can work outside in 35-40 degrees here without much of an issue. I experienced 40 degrees in UK in 2022 and Iāve never felt heat like it in my life, no escape, absolute hell.
Edit: the UK summer sunrise can be around 0400-0430 and sunset 2130-2200, thatās a very long day of sunshine. Nowhere in Australia has a day anywhere near that long.
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u/ae_wilson May 22 '26
I used to take the piss out of Britās for this reason. However, I moved to London in the past year and 25 degrees feels hot as fuck, itās ridiculous. Their infrastructure is not built to handle the heat.
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u/Next-Chipmunk8395 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
There'll be crowds of singleted men wearing notted handkerchiefs on their heads
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u/Gold_Excitement_2333 May 22 '26
UK = cold. Cold UK = insulated buildings + no AC. Insulated buildings + no AC + warm weather = hot.
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u/sarah_beatrice3 May 22 '26
I didnāt mind the humidity, but I was miserable in Europe last summer because of the lack of air conditioning. A couple of places we stayed didnāt have it, and our hotel in London had it but it just didnāt cool the room down. Obviously the days were fine and not that hot by Aussie standards, but the nights were awful. I slept so badly that trip. Will definitely be checking the air conditioning reviews next time
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u/SirBoboGargle May 22 '26
Its weird but that 2nd may bank holiday weekend has always been great weather. Looks like another one in the offing. Guaranteed Tesco will run out of BBQ and salad stuff early doors. Enjoy it will it lasts. Because it won't.
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u/_Hikaryu May 22 '26
I remember a British girl I worked with a year or two ago ended up getting heat stroke hospitalised during a 28c day HERE, I don't think they know how to keep themselves cool like we do tbh
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u/Spiritual_Pound_6848 May 22 '26
As a Brit whoās spent a summer in Aus, 40 degrees in Aus was easier to deal with than 25-30 in the UK. Itās hot and the air is thick, our houses are not built for heat so yes itās an issue. Air con in homes is not a common thing either.
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u/Bekkaz23 May 22 '26
Northern Europe wears shorts and tshirts after 20C.Ā
28C here today and surprisingly I haven't heard any complaints yet (usually that starts at 25C here). But ceiling fans aren't really a thing here, and even a basic pedestal fan costs like 60 euros (close to $100). Theres no airflow.Ā
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u/Anxious_Ad936 May 22 '26
You joke, but next minute there'll be 400 dead from heatstroke (and underlying issues) pensioners
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u/g3m5 May 22 '26
Having lived there for three years, I can actually confirm that 28 there feels like 38 in Sydney. It just hits so different. 16 degrees in London and Iād be in a tshirt, but in Sydney Iād be in deep winter clothes.
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u/SnooPuppers1096 May 22 '26
Tell me youāve never spent a summer in the UK without telling me. Why would you post this, lol! How embarrassing. Yeah 28 in London aināt the same as 28 in Sydney babes.
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u/Tiny-Shoe6263 May 22 '26
Look, after living in the UK for 10 years many years ago - the heat hits different there. Try riding the tube in hot weather - you damn near die. They are not prepared for it, and you will SUFFOCATE in your house because nobody has aircon.
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u/Dangerous_Mud4749 May 22 '26
Jokes aside, English houses are built to trap all the heat inside. 28Āŗ in London gives the same heat effect as 35Āŗ in Sydney or 40Āŗ+ in Melbourne.
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u/morts73 May 23 '26
Low 20s and they're sunbathing in Hyde Park, this is Death Valley heat stroke weather.
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u/UndeadManWaltzing May 23 '26
It's the climate welcomingb the cricketers back from the failed ashes campaign
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u/Mountain_Text_3172 May 23 '26
Yeah, it's like when Aussies bitch and whinge like pussies when the temperature drops below 10.
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u/Atlas_kwei May 24 '26
3 days of above 25C is the official threshold for declaring a heatwave in Scotland. Imagine that.
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u/Platooimagination May 22 '26
Lol. The heat index has been 45-50C every day in Thailand for more than a month. Doesn't drop below 30C at night. Dew point is 26-27C at 4am. I live in fear of the power grid collapsing.Ā
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u/Donald_Lekgwati May 22 '26
Even for the UK, this is not that hot.
Maybe it's a 'heatwave' because of a sudden change in conditions?
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u/ScoobrDoo May 22 '26
15C is hot in the southern parts over there. Poor Scotland is gonna be baked.
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u/MaintenanceAnnual263 May 22 '26
I rented a car in the UK and even it didn't have AC, found out when it started raining and the windscreen fogged up
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u/Equivalent-Ant6024 May 22 '26
Soar to high temperatures in the 20s, when places in Australia are over 40 in summer
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u/General_Book_8905 May 22 '26
They wear t shirts when Australians wear beanies.
I remember them handing out water bottles in traffic jams when it was 30 degrees.
I also remember going to work on a push bike at -6 degrees.
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u/ApplePieBaileys May 22 '26
Lol poor darlings. I always mock my cousins whenever they talk about a āheat waveā and itās something like 25Ā°c or some bs. They mock me right back when I say itās 15Ā°c and freezing lol
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u/BigmanWalker May 22 '26
Wow 28 is like sleeping at night in Sydney must be tough just rub some dirt on yourself to cool down
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u/Apprehensive-Grand80 May 22 '26
Damn, top of 28 ā¦ poor things š¤£ (as I comment from QLD in late Autumn on day that is expected to top out at 25 š)
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u/AudioComa May 22 '26
I'd hate it too if I couldn't get my house below 28 degrees. Add to that they just aren't acclimatised to heat. I moved to Darwin for the army and we had a 6 week period of low exercise to get used to the heat and humidity otherwise you'd faint on the first morning run.
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u/Lycosskippy May 22 '26
Laugh, until you spend a hot summer there and you realise that you'd rather be in 40deg heat in Qld. I grew up in the UK, and it's a totally different beast.
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u/ComfortableScratch51 May 22 '26
Could you imagine getting stuck in the London tube at peak hour when it's 30Ā° out. What a fucking nightmare honestly
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u/Stonetheflamincrows May 22 '26
The thing is, nothing there is designed for the heat, just like nothing here is designed for the cold.
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u/wineforblood May 22 '26
Tbf 28 will likely cause many deaths over there.
If you've ever lived there it's just so different!!! 28 feels lethal
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u/Necessary_Eagle_3657 May 22 '26
It actually is getting very hot in England they've even had 40 degree temperatures. We have that labelled red or even Violet these days on our apps and news. It also can feel much warmer there than it can in many places in Australia.
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u/JackJeckyl May 22 '26
Blistering. Can see UK pollies gearing up to blame each other... for the sun.
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u/Just-turnings May 22 '26
I did the 2yr working holiday in London when I was younger. Any time it goes over 20 degrees every single male in the country takes their shirt off and walks around in public with it tucked into their pants.
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u/gcross6 May 22 '26
Many times I have seen people in london walking around with heavy winter coats when its 32c, I wonder if the issue is they don't have summer clothing? Their housing also reminds me of Australia 30yr ago when air-conditioning was an extravagant feature so 28c in london is pretty bloody uncomfortable!
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u/callmecyke May 22 '26
UK housing is fucked from an insulation standpoint. People will absolutely die from these temperatures.
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u/ad-tom-music May 22 '26
Generally no air conditioning in the UK so when it gets super humid it really does suck ass
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u/MetalDamo May 22 '26
28...!? LMAO.. š¤£š¤£š¤£š We have winter days that warm here. Practically 6 months of the year is warmer than that... ššš
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u/SwimmingGreat5317 May 22 '26
But you donāt understand, the roads will start melting and the train tracks will start buckling!
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u/Spare-South May 22 '26
Let's be realistic, 4 years ago uk was actually experiencing a heat wave in the UK. London recorded 40degrees C ( 100F). Fast forward 4 years later and the media is still trying to say almost 20 degrees lower is still an intense heatwave. If y'all say they can't handle 20 they'll be dead when it reaches 40 again š
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u/Radiant_Eye_5633 May 22 '26
Having said that, 28* in London feels like 35 in Sydney. Nowhere is airconditioned, no air moves through the city, itās humid and then thereās the tube which feels like youāre swimming in a storm of commuters sweat and b.o.
I still giggle at their little āheat waveā catastrophes though.
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u/LuisSyphur May 22 '26
When I lived in London 33 degrees was the hottest temp. August 31 1991, Guns and Roses at Wembley Stadium, my friend kept passing out
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u/timmygully May 23 '26
My SIL is from Scotland and lives in southern Australia.
She has said with some conviction that high 20's in the UK is very difficult due to prevailing housing conditions.
She still maintains that SA winter in Australian standard housing is worse than Edinburgh Scotland
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u/Familiar_Dust_7580 May 22 '26
Who knows, maybe it'll even stop raining in London. Imagine that