If you build a railway in the Sahara (as they did), you build it to cope with temperatures that exist in the Sahara. The railways here were built to cope with temperatures up to 30 degrees, so are fairly useless when it gets to 40 degrees, though to be fair, tomorrow will be the first time in recorded history that the UK will hit 40 degrees.
I went in early and left at 12. On the machines this week and the anodisers have shut for 2 days anyway so neigh feckin point getting parts made that are gonna sit here til Wednesday. Make the most of the weather and sit in my underpants in the garden with mustard and ketchup all down my front I reckon.
It certainly was - do you still have your little coffin shaped badge? I lost mine during a house move, gutted, as they say.
They were on about malting on RH the other day saying it one of those phrase, like croggy, which are unique to Hull. My grandparents were from Leeds and always said mafting. As did people in Leeds when I worked there over 50 years ago. I am not from Hull and we always refererred to having a croggy.
I know that (16 consecutive days over 30 in 1976) It still doesn't take it away from the fact that it will almost certainly be hotter in the UK than is has been since records began, and that some people will struggle with it. 6 degrees higher than the hottest day in 1976 is...really hot. 1976 had 20% more deaths during that period, and significant increase in A&E admissions. Given how busy Ambulances and A&E usually is that is an issue. I'm not saying you should do anything different, I'm working as normal myself, but we shouldn't underestimate the impact on those not as lucky as us that's all.
To be fair I live in Queensland in aus and when it gets towards to 40 degree mark it’s unbearable. The humidity makes it worse but at least we’re set up for it. I’ve lived here best part of 10 years and I still need the aircon through the night in the summer. With 15 hours or so sunlight in England in summer those temps would be awful.
I don't know who compiles these figures but that equates to 95.5 Farenheit. It's hard to believe it's never been hotter in Wales.
Let's hope nobody declares war on us until at least Wednesday... Flights in and out RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire have been halted because the "runway has melted".
In 1976, the highest the temperature reached in Yorkshire was 32 degrees, it's expected to be 20% higher than that tomorrow.
i think the temp was highish for ages, this heatwave is what 2 days? i remember a week of mid 30's sometime between 2004=2007. most of the time we get 2 or 3 days at most then thunderstorms.
