“The heat index is somewhere between OMG! and WTF!”
~Anon~
You’re telling me, Spidey.
Wow. It is hot.
We thought we might get a very warm August, which I can cope with, as we are on summer holiday. You choose what you do and how you dress.
Instead, we had much cooler temperatures and even many days of rain.
Then, the week we start back to school, the Gods decide it would be a great time to turn the temperature dial.
Fabulous.
The week we had home visits, we spent walking the streets, from house to house, in very warm temperatures, and as I sit here typing this, they are still pretty high.
I know they don’t hit the heights of some countries, but the heat in the UK is of another level.
Humid, uncomfortable heat.
We aren’t really prepared for any extreme weather conditions here. A few flakes of snow, and the country comes to a standstill… And the buildings aren’t equipped as standard with A/C so we suffer in the heat, too, in houses with insulation to keep us warm in the winter…
Lil Man is playing in a cricket tournament today, too; poor thing. I think there will be lots of water consumed!
Meanwhile, I sit here and melt… I believe it ends in a day or so… (Thank goodness!)
So, Peeps, how do you cope with extreme or unexpected hot weather? 😊
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jun 08, 2025 @ 15:25:07
Old post here Ritu, but for me, I keep my fans on all of the time when its hot! I heard that we’re meant to get a heatwave next week, whether that is true, I don’t know, but I read it!
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Jun 08, 2025 @ 15:42:34
I keep hearing it, too, Carol Anne, then the rain comes, again, lol!
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Sep 17, 2023 @ 12:54:19
In extreme heat, Ritu, I soak a cotton shirt in cold water then put it back on. The first few seconds are challenging … but after that, it’s worth it! 😀
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Sep 17, 2023 @ 13:00:37
Next time, Steve… But right now rain is threatening!
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Sep 17, 2023 @ 13:01:23
Makes it much easier, Ritu. You just put on the shirt and go out… 😎
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Sep 17, 2023 @ 13:01:56
😂😂😂
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Sep 12, 2023 @ 13:29:01
Icecream (Italian for sure!) is always a good way fighting the heat, Sis! 🙂 xx Michael
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Sep 12, 2023 @ 16:00:52
Eating plenty!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 22:49:21
Call me old fashioned but the weather is supposed to be getting cooler this time of year.
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 23:05:54
You’re telling me!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 17:48:46
We have had 70 days above 37 C and 44 above 39 C. Next week we hope to have a cooling trend where the temps are only 32 C. I will need to break out my winter coat at 32 C.
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 18:50:07
Oh my goodness. I would be a puddle, John!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 20:12:48
We do.
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 16:51:20
The Gods decided to adjust the temperature dial here, too. Ugh! At least school has AC, but not my house. I tried to include a photo of the thermometer in the house registering 87, but my technology skills aren’t cooperating. 🙄
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 17:03:09
We have no ac in our classrooms either! Oh my days!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 17:56:33
OMG! The heat can be worse for the kids, too.
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 18:50:31
So much worse, especially as they still cant regulate like adults!
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Sep 11, 2023 @ 12:07:13
Exactly!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 15:06:20
Now that we live in New York almost full-time, I’ve had to get used to very humid days…mid 90 degrees and it’s like walking through a sauna…luckily, NY has street vendors everywhere, selling cold drinks – much needed as is a towel at the ready at all times!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 15:08:44
Oh, I’m feeling it rather a lot right now! 🥵
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 13:07:56
we just survived an extraordinary streak of heat and now it is back to comfortable temps. hope it will hold and hope it gets better for you as well.
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 13:28:25
Fingers crossed 🤞🏼🥵
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 12:24:05
It is 31 C here today and we are just into early spring 🤷♀️
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 12:44:55
But I’m sure you will agree… The heat here is so awful! Humid…
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 16:50:47
Yes, yours is worse than ours
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 11:46:19
Hey, I survived menopause, so what Mother Nature does is small potatoes! 😉
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 12:23:04
That is true! Lol!
Though, menopause is one of her potatoes!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 10:21:59
Yes, we are all really fed up with all this heat, Ritu… due to end later today… and they had better be right!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 10:28:14
I hope so… Am at a cricket day, today! 🥵
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 09:26:45
Thunderstorms due today to clear it, thankfully!!!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 09:38:39
Not here! We’re due them around Tuesday! 😳
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 09:53:02
Oh no!!!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 10:06:32
I know… Sat here, just showered and am already ‘glowing’ 😳
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 10:51:03
It’s really not nice, I know we didn’t get much sun this summer but this is too much. It’s either put the heating on in August or bake in September!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 10:52:12
Totally topsy-turvy!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 08:36:22
I melt also Ritu. I expected a change last Friday according to my BBC weather site, but they’ve changed their minds now,Laying the blame on a Hurricane at sea.Today and the rest of the week are to have thundery showers. PERHAPS I SHOULD DIG MY SUNGLASSES OUT AGAIN. HUGS
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 08:45:52
From one extreme to another!
I don’t know what to wear!
Take care David! 🤗
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 05:09:43
I hope you get some relief soon, Ritu!
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Sep 10, 2023 @ 08:24:32
I hope so, too, Linda! 🔥🥵
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