Why 25 degrees really is hot in the UK | Did You Know?
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Published 2018-09-17
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It's just summer in Australia, but it's a "deadly heatwave" over there. We're all used to different climates, and heatwaves are relative, but there's more to it. In Australia and other hotter climates, buildings are built to keep cool in the hot summer, and in the UK and other colder climates, the goal for buildings is to stay as warm as possible.
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www.yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/design-climate
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www.sustainablehomes.co.uk/
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All Comments (21)
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in Scotland a heatwave is declared when standing water does not freeze for 3 consecutive nights
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As a Brit I’ve spent plenty of time in hot climates in the US, Spain, Tenerife etc. but there is nothing like a UK heatwave for the humidity and lack of ways to cool down, it just feels so much hotter.
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It actually also has a lot to do with humidity. Maybe even more than housing.
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You can’t climatise in uk cos it goes from being shitty rainy cold weather to 25c in a matter of a couple days. It’s all over the place. Could be hot in the morning then turn freezing cold and raining in the afternoon
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Using Celsius is no inconvenience. It's the global unit, based on common sense. Fahrenheit is just waste of time, space and temperature.
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Also, the heatwaves in the UK are humid, as opposed to dry heat like Spain, and this makes them far more unbearable as sweating to cool the body down is far harder.
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I've been living in Spain now for 5 years and the biggest difference I've noticed is that at 35c⁰ in Spain the air is still fresh and clear but in England at 35c⁰ the air gets so stuffy you can't breath especially if you are doing any physical activity so I'd say that humidity levels are the biggest difference.
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Thank you for making this. Most people outside of the UK just don’t understand and this video explains it really well🙏🏻
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To sum up British weather on Tuesday I left the house at 7am and it was 2c with ice on the car and when I drove home at 4pm it was 26c
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Look here, im in the UK its 25 degrees and im dying but then i go on holiday to spain its 35 degrees and im fine. I swear its the region that depends
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lmao people in england used to be like "OMG 25 DEGREE HEATWAVE!!" it's 2022 and it's going to be 40 degrees in london, what the fuc-
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Australia: Damm why are these Brits complaining about temperatures that aren’t even that warm. Meanwhile on the other side of the world: Damm why are these Aussies complaining about temperatures that aren’t even that cold.
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I swear to god British heat just hits differently. I was strolling around in France wearing a hoodie at 30 and was alright but the second the temperature goes over 20 in the UK I'm in shorts and shirts.
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Properties in the UK are just not built for hot temperatures. Sleeping in a heatwave in the UK is horrendous. Thick double bricked walls, double or triple glazed windows, thick carpets, strict regulations on insulation so insulation in the wall cavity and loft, no aircon... ect, ect.
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People from warmer countries saying “it’s not that bad“ YES it is! Places like the UK and other parts of Northern and Central Europe are not equipped for hot weather. Houses here are built to keep heat inside and cold outside, 96% of houses don’t have ACs. Plants and trees that are essential to our wildlife can’t survive in these conditions.
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Long story short: We're built for dark, cold and dingy weather - not for sunny days. We're used to 10c, rain and putting the fire on.
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I wonder why she didn't mention humidity: the UK has a very humid climate which can make the cold and heat more intense.
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People forget we're an island, it gets very, very humid because of all the moisture in the air. On a really hot and humid day you can feel like you're in a tropical area like Florida. I worked with a guy from Thailand once and he said our summer sometimes reminds him of the jungle back home because it's the same kind of heat.
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One of the main reasons why British weather is Like That is cuz we're situated in a really awkward place where we get very variable weather, making it difficult to acclimatise. We get cold winds from the Arctic, warm winds from the tropics, dry winds from the continent and rain from pretty much everywhere, especially from the Atlantic. We literally get everyone else's unwanted weather.
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Humidity makes a HUGE difference. We recently had a dry 30c and it was so nice, few weeks ago we had a very humid 28c and it was so awful. The difference was crazy!
