to hate this weather

Jamlima??

The heat is going to my head

There is a bit of a breeze here today thank goodness.

I prefer this to a summer where it never stops raining.

Are you drinking enough fluid (water!) Day6 - being dehydrated can give you a headache and make you feel unwell.
#NannyJamlima - again

Rosina, your post made me laugh out loud! Thank you!

I share your feelings. Humidity isn't good, ever. I loathe it too.

People have mentioned good weather and being grateful for it. For me there is NOTHING good about the horrible, sticky, airless days which are increasingly typifying British summer time.

Where is the breeze? A sunny day with a breeze is lovely, pleasant and invigorating, but a humid day where not a leaf stirs and everything is still, is vile, IMO.

Follow that with a night so hot that bedrooms are like ovens. Where is the joy?

I feel lethargic, headachy and rather unwell in this horrible, clammy weather and I pity those having to travel or work in it. I haven't done much at all except sit in the shade with cold drinks. To sit, sweating because it is so hot is no fun. To move means everyone, even the young, are drenched with sweat in no time. Thank goodness for fans. We've had one on all night long in the bedroom recently.

Like others I love sunny Autumn or spring days when the skies are blue, the sun shines, there is a breeze and it's a joy to be out in it.

I am beginning to dread our summers. They are humid and not much else. We need storms to lower the temperature, but then the awful heat without a breeze hits again. There's been a repeat performance of this for quite a few summers recently and it's not pleasant.

I love our changing seasons. I don't mind the rain or the cold, but now that summer = humidity I begin to dread them.

However, the nights start to draw in again from tomorrow
Heyho* I thought that yesterday too

I don't hate this weather but it is a bit of a trial if you are having to do any work in the heat.

This is not really humid - try the tropics!

Don't forget to take some salt in this weather - yes, I know it is supposed to be bad for you but most of us need it when it is extremely hot.

Nanny Jalima

Cheers for that Victoria. I don't mind cold weather as it happens

What about the poor horses running at Ascot in this heat? I hope they all survive.

Agree with Mawbroon - our climate is changeable which gives us lots of variety and something to talk about. The trouble is we are not used to coping with extremes which are much rarer. So we don't generally have air conditioners and fly screens in our houses as they do in hotter climes, but we cant cope with deep snow either !
Incidentally I read in today's paper that these high temps are a result of global warming and are becoming more frequent and are much higher in many countries.

Oh, Rosina - I am so with you!!

I love warm weather up to about 25degrees. More than that and I start to wilt and I get those horrible heat blisters on my hands that then dry up and flake for days after - yuk! I think part of our problem is that it tends to be so humid with the heat, rather than a dry heat. We're never satisfied are we? I pity the poor souls who have to work in it. It's a bit fresher here today but due to be hot again tomorrow.

I love the hot weather. We don't get enough of it, and when we do, everyone moans "I'm too hot, it's unbearable".

When the temperature gets too much, out comes the fans.

Also, think of your lower energy costs.
Be positive about the warmth, it's lovely.

I dare say, maisiegreen, you will probably be the first to complain about the cold when winter arrives. Frostbite anyone?

I absolutely and totally detest this weather - and I am so pleased to see so many responses on here. It is awful weather and should not be allowed :-)

However, the nights start to draw in again from tomorrow

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I console myself by thinking that I actually get more of the weather I like in this country, than the sun worshippers do - I am not wrinkled because I have never gone out in it either !!

I want to go and live on Shetland but I am in Devon!

Love this weather....., but sorry for those that don't.?????

BlueBelle, I'm so with you. Bring this heat on. I love it. Whitewave, your input is also excellent. I 'complain' about the weather for about ten months of the year so would consider it nothing short of audacious to find fault after a very few days of delicious heat. Just wonderful! I've lived in two separate hot spots in the course of my life and never once tired of the regular and reliable heat. The clothes freedom - though lots of extra washing - and the pre-planning ability was bliss. Had my husband lived, I really do believe we may have settled in a warmer climate but, here I am, where my heart is. So I guess I I've settled for a warm heart in an often cold body. Right now I'm hot but oh so happy.

I hate it unless I can get into water every 10 minutes

I was sitting in my strappy cotton nightie with a wringing wet tea towel round my neck. Trying to drink lots of water as the amount of sweat was horrible!
Loving today's temp much cooler so managed to accomplish quite a bit.

I'll not Ill...

I don't enjoy the very hot weather but I'm certain Ill forget my present discomfort when it's grey and cold in the winter. ? Where would we be, we British, if we couldn't moan about the weather?

I did an hour's gardening yesterday, admittedly during the worst part of the day but 'they' had promised rain later (*lies, all lies!*) and my face was puce for hours afterwards.

Hate it too.
My preferred temperatures are around 18 - 22. Quite specific and I can go lower but not much higher.

I'm currently living in a caravan as we build our houseboat and it's unbearable in here. We put the hosepipe on and ran through it yesterday in order to keep cool. Him indoors soaks his baseball cap and puts it on his bald head

I never complain about the cold. I get dreadful hayfever and this heat makes it worse, added to that there are the sleepless nights. I totally agree with you but we are probably outnumbered

We don't get quite such high temperatures here in NE Scotland - 24deg for a couple of days. I love it, and wish it would last longer. I'm not a sun bather, but enjoy warm air. This makes me feel as if I'm on holiday. Back to 17deg today, and most summer days will be around 15deg, maybe less. Appreciate that it is harder to work in, and make an effort, though.

I woke up to a message from my son asking me to put the money in his account to buy a fan. He had sent it in the the middle of the night so obviously he couldn't sleep. He is on the coast in Suffolk and I am in Portugal where it has been over 40C in the shade since last week. Looked at his forecast and it said a max of 20. Ours says a max of 38C hopefully it will be down to 30 by the weekend. Even my husband says it's too hot.

cc - think that's what happened to me too, post menopausal thermostat failure. I don't really feel the cold too much but the heat knocks me out.

Bluebells agree with you all the way, make the most of these long hot sunny days, use it as an excuse to lie in the shade just reading or whatever as its too hot for housework. But I am sorry for those at work it's not so easy. Maybe we should make any really hot day a national holiday. I love any weather except dull rainy days.