I really thought we'd have moved past the internet trend of Americans making fun of Brits every time there's a heatwave, but apparently in the year of our lord 2026 we're still doing this. like... my guys we are experiencing the climate collapse in real time and your take is STILL "haha Brits are weak, 30ยฐC is nothing" ???!?!
forget the discussions around AC and humidity factor and brick houses holding heat. the point is that this ISN'T NORMAL for the UK's climate. we are supposed to be a temperate climate!!!
oh summers where you are have always been 30-35ยฐC? congrats, sounds like that's the climate your area is SUPPOSED to have! the UK is not!!! spring temperatures usually range from 7-16ยฐC. the normal range of summer temperatures in the UK are supposed to be peaks of 18-20ยฐC. it is not even summer yet, and it is 30ยฐC.
temperatures that were once extreme outliers are now becoming commonplace and our infrastructure is not equipped to deal with this. our houses, town layouts, our roads. much of our public transport infrastructure becomes unusable at these temperatures because the rail tracks are not stressed to withstand temperatures this high.
and our ecology is not equipped to deal with it either. our riverbeds are drying up. both droughts and flash flooding events are beginning increasingly common. wildlife is struggling. the UK government commissioned and then tried to bury a report that stated by 2030 we are likely to see mass crop failures.
but sure, instead of recognising the terrifying reality that the climate catastrophe is here and soon there will be no 'normal' because all we will know are extremes of stress on our environment as all the infrastructure we've built our lives around collapses and people die by the millions, let's keep joking about how British summers aren't even that hot compared to wherever you live.
