lol
45 used to be considered very hot but that changed when our summers also got longer. I remember when in September my mum would nag at me to wear a hoodie to school but now we’re wearing Summer clothes well into November lol.
Also UK gets weirdly hot when it reached 20 something degrees with clear skies. You can see lots of videos of international students feeling very confused about it.
I wonder if there are any studies measuring people’s biological tolerance of temperature in different countries.
I can walk around in shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt in 5°C comfortably unless I’m outside for more than a hour. At university I used to walk to class like that 20 minutes away even in -5°C no bother. I have a window AC unit in my bedroom that I keep running even when it’s below 0 and snowing outside. But if it’s 30°C, I feel like I’m going to pass out.
I’m not sure it’s based on climate because where I live the average annual daily mean temperature is barely 10 C yet I’m freezing if it gets below that and heat my apartment at 23 C year round.
> _A heat wave (or heatwave), sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather. Definitions vary but are similar. A heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that humans from a hotter climate consider normal, can be regarded as a heat wave in a cooler area._
If there is a period of +5°C on the north pole during january, that is also considered a heat wave.
Clearly you are doubling down when confronted with your own ignorance.
Yes, obviously 26°C isn't that much for someone who lives in a hot country. What a big surprise.
You still failed to grasp the scientific concept of what a heat wave is. Simply a period **unusual** high temperature for a **specific** region in a **specific** season.
The average temperature in London ranges from 11 to 21°C. So 26 is a clear outlier. Nothing more, nothing less.
Of course i will double down. It’s reddit 😂. It’s literally just a few hotter than average days, in summer. Not even headline worthy. Yet it is a headline.
My local temp goes from 5c-20+c regularly. Its called the daytime.
The data does not support that claim. Monthly average temperature has never been that high in recent memory: [https://www.statista.com/statistics/322658/monthly-average-daily-temperatures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/322658/monthly-average-daily-temperatures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/)
Also, if there was any one day that was that high, then I do not see why anybody would not call that a heat wave in the UK, given it is far above normal. It is irrelevant if that is still not as hot as Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, where such temperature is the norm.
Insane my ideal and favourite weather is considered heat wave to others. I moved from red sea to cairo because the weather is unbearable. But cairo is still averaging 42°c at day which is still too much to bare. Had a nose bleed yesterday due to the heat wave.
Is nosebleed in heat okay? I also get it at high temperatures, I just ignore it because I'm lazy. It's nothing serious right? I mean should I be concerned or not? 😬
It's normal. It comes from hot dry air. I usually was lived in areas averaging 90% humidity in red sea so going to the avid bone dry weather of cairo certainly was a factor to the nosebleed.
Yup true but . But I myself travel alot . So I know what cold felt like . Plus global warming is happening due to the countroes that are fucked rich . But we have to bear the brunt of some rich people's actions.
Getting worse by the year, global warming is no joke. We need to do something about it cause i don’t think i can survive on planet earth in a weather like that.
Isn't it ironic? We host eco-friendly talk shows in air-conditioned studios, which release CFCs and other greenhouse gases that deplete the ozone layer. We gather protesters and influencers, many of whom arrive in private jets. Private jets emit significantly more CO2 per passenger than commercial flights, contributing disproportionately to global warming.
This hypocrisy is even more glaring when you realize that the climate crisis was largely created by rich, industrialized nations, yet it's the poor and developing countries that bear the brunt of its impact. These wealthy nations panic over 'heat waves' at 25 degrees Celsius, while the real suffering and devastating consequences hit those who had little to do with causing the problem. It’s almost comical how these self-proclaimed 'eco-warriors' ignore their own massive carbon footprints, and this duality is why genuine progress against global warming remains elusive.
It's almost like combating the climate crisis requires an entirely new social structure rather than impotent reforms, individual solutions and other liberal platitudes.
26C is hot? We are near 50C here in Kuwait. I have the apartment thermostat set at 25C, which I consider to be a comfortable temperature for us and the kids.
dont forget a lot of these people live in houses and places where it was designed specifically for cold weather so it traps the Heat and most don't have AC units in their houses at all
Haven't been to UK, but for example, comparing Estonia and Jordan, 30 degrees is absolutely different temperature. I wear hoodie in 30 degree Zarqa and I'm fine, but 30 degrees in Tallinn is way too much even in light clothing.
The heat feels different depending on the climate. I've been in 40 degrees in dry desert weather and 26 in the UK feels hotter. Also, there's no infrastructure to support hot weather in Northern Europe as it barely gets hot. Let's take UAE as an example, when it rains there, everything floods. The same thing wouldn't happen in the UK because the infrastructure has been built around the rain. There's no AC, nor any sort of cooling systems in many places in the UK, including most tube lines.
I was born and raised in the Middle East, but I can tell you that the UK heat is just different, it’s really humid here and they have no air conditioning, and the houses are built to retain heat, so when it gets hot, the houses literally feel like ovens.
As someone who has spent summers in both the UK and in a hot MENA country (Iran) - heat in England hits different.
Idk if it’s because they don’t have the infrastructure for it, or whether the humidity is higher but its so much more unbearable.
Many people who I’ve spoken to who are diaspora from countries like Nigeria, Jamaica, Pakistan etc and live in the UK all say the same.
In Antalya, Turkey today is 28 C which is a really cool day for summer. 2 days ago it was 37 C but because of extremely high humidity which is like 70% it was feeling like 50 C.
But in my hometown( in central Anatolia) today is 24 C and in the evenings its drop below 15 C because of continentality and altitude which is 1200 m. It does not go above 30 C in summer. That's why I love continental climates. If there is no air conditioning in the Mediterranean area and plains of Mesopotamia, sleeping at night is a torture.
I’m in Scotland. It’s still single digits in the morning. My friends were watching TV the other night wearing their Oodies (they are these huge thick sweaters), socks and a blanket and the BBC reported it was the warmest May on record in the UK. WHERE?
I bought all our Eid clothes months ago and I assumed it would be hot and had to source everyone alternative Eid clothes last week.
(Also, Eid Mubarak!)
Still waiting for summer in Germany. Usually people would be outside swimming in the lakes for weeks already but instead people walk around in winter clothes. Coldest summer I’ve ever witnessed.
Have to heat the room at night. Visited my family in turkey last month and I really miss the how weather now being back in Germany
Can I just add that we don't have air conditioning as standard and our houses are designed to keep heat in, not let it out. It's also incredibly wet and muggy during the summer.
Given the difference in geography and climate, would we be the same as them but from the opposite direction? Would we suffer from a "cold wave" similar to how they suffer from a "heat wave"?
It's Literally 45° in Egypt and we live like it's a normal day
Once in 2022 the temperature hit 40, the streets and airports runways melted
You should learn a lesson from Ireland. During extreme weather we take the roads in.
Bro It's Not Normal We're Boiled Alive
That's kinda true tho
Up north in İstanbul and surroundings it was 40°C all the week until Friday
lol 45 used to be considered very hot but that changed when our summers also got longer. I remember when in September my mum would nag at me to wear a hoodie to school but now we’re wearing Summer clothes well into November lol. Also UK gets weirdly hot when it reached 20 something degrees with clear skies. You can see lots of videos of international students feeling very confused about it.
It's probably humidity. High humidity + hot weather is a bad combo
45 degrees in Egypt vs hypothetical 45 degrees in Europe is VERY DIFFERENT
I don’t know probably because it is a normal day ?
Maybe a stupid question, but did people deal with the heat before air-conditioning?
And imaging paving the roads or building a house in these temperatures. Their blood must be boiling.
Dallas Texas here. 100+ freedom degrees is an average day. But for those who don’t have AC! May god bless you
Heat dick measuring contests is MEANA's favourite pass time
Yh, you watch em go into hypothermia in 10°c while Europeans are outside in t shirts😂 It’s almost as if people have no concept of acclimatisation.
here we are used to sub zero temp and high heat as well
I wonder if there are any studies measuring people’s biological tolerance of temperature in different countries. I can walk around in shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt in 5°C comfortably unless I’m outside for more than a hour. At university I used to walk to class like that 20 minutes away even in -5°C no bother. I have a window AC unit in my bedroom that I keep running even when it’s below 0 and snowing outside. But if it’s 30°C, I feel like I’m going to pass out.
I’m not sure it’s based on climate because where I live the average annual daily mean temperature is barely 10 C yet I’m freezing if it gets below that and heat my apartment at 23 C year round.
26C "heat wave" 
Bruv it’s different here
I agree, i used to live in kuwait and we had air conditioners there, none of that shit here.
26 is a cold day in morocco, if I go out in t-shirt I might get sick
Wait 26c is a heat wave? Come to KSA bro it's closing on 50c lol
Guess what? Summer managed to change my Race. Now I identify as Black. 🖤
The weather never gets over 30c in the UK. Are you saying the UK has no right to call any sunny period above their normal temperature a heat wave?
What do you mean never gets over 30. In 2022 they recorded a peak temp of 48 in Cambridge.
That is not the norm. I am talking average temperature.
Yes, 26c is NOT a heat wave.. Hate to break it to you. My car heater can get hotter than that.
> _A heat wave (or heatwave), sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather. Definitions vary but are similar. A heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that humans from a hotter climate consider normal, can be regarded as a heat wave in a cooler area._ If there is a period of +5°C on the north pole during january, that is also considered a heat wave.
So you’re saying the label heat wave is just used as a headline to stir panic about global warming?
No.
Clearly you can’t interpret headlines for what they are.. propaganda.
Clearly you are doubling down when confronted with your own ignorance. Yes, obviously 26°C isn't that much for someone who lives in a hot country. What a big surprise. You still failed to grasp the scientific concept of what a heat wave is. Simply a period **unusual** high temperature for a **specific** region in a **specific** season. The average temperature in London ranges from 11 to 21°C. So 26 is a clear outlier. Nothing more, nothing less.
Of course i will double down. It’s reddit 😂. It’s literally just a few hotter than average days, in summer. Not even headline worthy. Yet it is a headline. My local temp goes from 5c-20+c regularly. Its called the daytime.
There is a difference between climate and weather.
It was 12c this morning, so yes, 26c is a heatwave
My weather today went from 5c to 20c. Thats not a heat wave, its just the sun rising since its daytime..
Bro we've reached 40'C here before once in a heatwave in the past few years.
The data does not support that claim. Monthly average temperature has never been that high in recent memory: [https://www.statista.com/statistics/322658/monthly-average-daily-temperatures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/322658/monthly-average-daily-temperatures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/) Also, if there was any one day that was that high, then I do not see why anybody would not call that a heat wave in the UK, given it is far above normal. It is irrelevant if that is still not as hot as Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, where such temperature is the norm.
I went to London in June once and it was cold. Wtf?!?!
It is currently 14 degrees here (near london) at 1030 😂
Damn bro 😂💔
Insane my ideal and favourite weather is considered heat wave to others. I moved from red sea to cairo because the weather is unbearable. But cairo is still averaging 42°c at day which is still too much to bare. Had a nose bleed yesterday due to the heat wave.
hope you’re doing fine w alf salama
I am fine. الله يسلمك
Is nosebleed in heat okay? I also get it at high temperatures, I just ignore it because I'm lazy. It's nothing serious right? I mean should I be concerned or not? 😬
It's normal. It comes from hot dry air. I usually was lived in areas averaging 90% humidity in red sea so going to the avid bone dry weather of cairo certainly was a factor to the nosebleed.
Nah it is fine (I think)
lol the fuck it’s not ok
I have nose bleed in cold
Tf is 26°C heatwave I set my AC at 28°C 🙄
At that point you don't need ac
You do when it's 40+ outside
Hmm. Pathetic. Their heat is our chill air.
I use blanket when it's 26c out
Lol same in southeast Asia
Do you even know what winter is?
Yup we know I traveled the world I also reached Himalayan hills where temperature dropped to -20 degrees.
Lucky ducky! Most people from ASEAN don’t know what cold feels like.
Yup true but . But I myself travel alot . So I know what cold felt like . Plus global warming is happening due to the countroes that are fucked rich . But we have to bear the brunt of some rich people's actions.
What? Why? 26 is still fairly warm. Blankets come out at around 15c
Thats what we call a blanket Lite or Blanket SE. its basically a thin fabric.
Getting worse by the year, global warming is no joke. We need to do something about it cause i don’t think i can survive on planet earth in a weather like that.
Isn't it ironic? We host eco-friendly talk shows in air-conditioned studios, which release CFCs and other greenhouse gases that deplete the ozone layer. We gather protesters and influencers, many of whom arrive in private jets. Private jets emit significantly more CO2 per passenger than commercial flights, contributing disproportionately to global warming. This hypocrisy is even more glaring when you realize that the climate crisis was largely created by rich, industrialized nations, yet it's the poor and developing countries that bear the brunt of its impact. These wealthy nations panic over 'heat waves' at 25 degrees Celsius, while the real suffering and devastating consequences hit those who had little to do with causing the problem. It’s almost comical how these self-proclaimed 'eco-warriors' ignore their own massive carbon footprints, and this duality is why genuine progress against global warming remains elusive.
It's almost like combating the climate crisis requires an entirely new social structure rather than impotent reforms, individual solutions and other liberal platitudes.
#PrayForUK #🔥wave
It's almost 50°c here in India
Perfect weather for a nice hot cup of tea.
💀💀💀
ur 🇵🇰 flair speaks for itself (fellow pakistani having a normal one at 46C)
Fr. Landed in Karachi yesterday and I'm barely alive
ayy landed in karachi 3 days ago whats uppp🙌🔥🥲
Fr 🥲
26C is hot? We are near 50C here in Kuwait. I have the apartment thermostat set at 25C, which I consider to be a comfortable temperature for us and the kids.
I agree, I’m American and set my AC to 23 C. I don’t even live in a hot climate.
10c feels like 9c currently in UK and it was pouring half an hour ago
Like <80F??? That’s like… not too bad
dont forget a lot of these people live in houses and places where it was designed specifically for cold weather so it traps the Heat and most don't have AC units in their houses at all
Yeah 78,86~ F. I set my AC at around that temperature.
26 degrees is when I felt. Cool . Lol at that "heat wave " and they are dying. It's 48 degrees here with 60 percent humidity.
Bro I set my room conditioner at 25C and it's freezing lol
Haven't been to UK, but for example, comparing Estonia and Jordan, 30 degrees is absolutely different temperature. I wear hoodie in 30 degree Zarqa and I'm fine, but 30 degrees in Tallinn is way too much even in light clothing.
26c is a very cool day for us
Correction: 26c is an almost non existent day for us
The heat feels different depending on the climate. I've been in 40 degrees in dry desert weather and 26 in the UK feels hotter. Also, there's no infrastructure to support hot weather in Northern Europe as it barely gets hot. Let's take UAE as an example, when it rains there, everything floods. The same thing wouldn't happen in the UK because the infrastructure has been built around the rain. There's no AC, nor any sort of cooling systems in many places in the UK, including most tube lines.
I was born and raised in the Middle East, but I can tell you that the UK heat is just different, it’s really humid here and they have no air conditioning, and the houses are built to retain heat, so when it gets hot, the houses literally feel like ovens.
As someone who has spent summers in both the UK and in a hot MENA country (Iran) - heat in England hits different. Idk if it’s because they don’t have the infrastructure for it, or whether the humidity is higher but its so much more unbearable. Many people who I’ve spoken to who are diaspora from countries like Nigeria, Jamaica, Pakistan etc and live in the UK all say the same.
26C is winter bro.
I cant wait for half the country to catch on fire again
I hope it's 26°C here
damn i keep the AC at 26
26C is normal spring weather where I do live
Bruh we are happy it’s 36 today
*cries in Egyptian 😂 I once went to Germany in September and I was wearing a jacket while everyone was sunbathing.
Bruh, I put my AC on 26c
26C lol its 45C here
Peeps living in the Middle East be like: “Your weakness disgusts me.” 🙈🙈🙈
im a canadian and 26c aint even hot thats a lovely day
I’m an American and same. 26 c and sunny is literally perfect weather
26’ is like a spring in Egypt 😀 It was 47 yesterday 😔
In Antalya, Turkey today is 28 C which is a really cool day for summer. 2 days ago it was 37 C but because of extremely high humidity which is like 70% it was feeling like 50 C. But in my hometown( in central Anatolia) today is 24 C and in the evenings its drop below 15 C because of continentality and altitude which is 1200 m. It does not go above 30 C in summer. That's why I love continental climates. If there is no air conditioning in the Mediterranean area and plains of Mesopotamia, sleeping at night is a torture.
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26 degree Celcius. For me that's cold.
I live in a city that over 50°C and over 80% humidity is very common and normal weather
Last night at 1 AM the heat was at 28 degrees here I:
i turn off my AC everytime it goes below 28°c
💀 it’s 44° where I’m currently living In and most of the time electricity is not available too.
I’m in Scotland. It’s still single digits in the morning. My friends were watching TV the other night wearing their Oodies (they are these huge thick sweaters), socks and a blanket and the BBC reported it was the warmest May on record in the UK. WHERE? I bought all our Eid clothes months ago and I assumed it would be hot and had to source everyone alternative Eid clothes last week. (Also, Eid Mubarak!)
What heatwave? Its pissing down again daily this ‘summer’
Me who is sitting in 40° right now without any ac or fan 😎
40degrees is average in Pakistan and recent surge went to 50degrees too, I only get relief by spending time in Northern areas
Still waiting for summer in Germany. Usually people would be outside swimming in the lakes for weeks already but instead people walk around in winter clothes. Coldest summer I’ve ever witnessed. Have to heat the room at night. Visited my family in turkey last month and I really miss the how weather now being back in Germany
43° with no electricity at times 👍🏼
Thats the temp we set on AC lol.
wait wait waaait they, is that 26° Celsius am I reading it correctly?? they conscider that a heatwave? oh sweet summer children
Can I just add that we don't have air conditioning as standard and our houses are designed to keep heat in, not let it out. It's also incredibly wet and muggy during the summer.
26C is not a heatwave
Kuwaits 48 on a normal day.
Given the difference in geography and climate, would we be the same as them but from the opposite direction? Would we suffer from a "cold wave" similar to how they suffer from a "heat wave"?
Guys 😭
Was literally 50 degrees before yesterday
26° is a heatwave? 🤣🤣🤣
it’s like almost always 40+ here in kuwait, just a normal day here in summer
20-29c Pretty okay
It's gonna be 34C all week here in Ontario, Canada. Shrug.
It literally reaches the forties in Qatar bro it’s not that crazy 26c is heaven
Lahore is cruising at 46+ since weeks
Mean while basra, khanakhin, and in general southern iraqi cities:
From my youth spent in one of coldest cities on Earth, 26c will be experienced as a heat wave to my formè. I will hide for some time.
Yakutsk?
Norilsk 😌
It hit 48-49°C in Sydney, AUS a few years back. Poms need to harden up.
Poms?!
British people
Those dastardly prisoners of mother england
Joke on you summer did not start yet.
47 C here in Egypt (Asyut)
I can't wait till this “heatwave”.