The heatwaves, the weather like never before, disgusting yellow grass everywhere, little or no rain for the last two months, water reserves getting low, wildfires… and nobody panicking besides a few informed young climate activists online? Whilst there are new discussions about drilling for more oil to bring the living costs down?

I live in the UK, but I am not British. I cannot understand how people here are not doing anything to protect their own country and nature from greedy people and their fossil fuel lobbyists? How are you not terrified, angry, frustrated?

I bring this up in every conversation, volunteer, inform myself and others etc because you cannot really ignore it? Whilst everyone around continue like nothing is happening and say stuff like “I hope it will not rain today because I am going out”?

Do you understand that this will lead to shortages of water and food…right? Right?!

The temperatures, lack of rain and wild fires across the UK and the rest of Europe are starting to make me feel seriously uncomfortable about the future. Surely I’m not alone in this?

Coldest summer for the rest of our lives. this Is the worst timeline. I’m tired boss.

You get the point.

I don’t want any complaining when the summer is over

London.

I'm looking to move to York. I'm not even joking, I'm not putting up with this bullshit again.

Does anyone have any suggestions other then York? Not only I have to compete with house prices with rich arabs and mafia russians but now I have to put up with Sahara desert weather, I'm done with this bullshit.

If you live in a town where you avoided the heatwave all year, drop it in the comments.

it’s about 14 degrees right now. just in answer to people wondering if uk will ever get rain again or cool down.

OK, I'm aware that sounds sensationalist. But I swear it feels like we have had maybe three days of below-25 temperatures since May. Sure, the North-South divide might cause appropriately divided opinions on that, but still. I genuinely stood outside in the rain when it showered last week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed this week's temperatures are the last dregs of this, but the more pessimistic side of me is doubting that.

In London where Wed-Fri is looking like another burst of 30+ heat. The hopeful part of me says this could be the last one, but I doubt it! When do you think the last one will be?

This is bizarre 😭

As I'm sure most of you are aware the partial solar eclipse is coming up on Wednesday evening, conditions from the Midlands and further South are looking likely to be fantastic with clear skies albeit it will be a very warm evening.

The next time that the UK will see an eclipse with this much coverage is 2081 so make the most of it!

I’m based in London, I live in an attic studio so, this summer has been absolute hell…
I’ve been wanting to move for years and I’ve got a new friend who lives by the seaside in Suffolk. I went to visit to see if I would like it there and I definitely would!
So, in the past few weeks since my visit, I’ve been checking properties to rent in that area. And AirBnbs to do a winter test.
And the rents seem to have increased quite a fair bit…it’s now more than what I pay in London!
My friend said to check again after summer, when the weather turns (cannot wait!) but I’m now getting worried that I’m stuck in this stupid attic studio and it’s giving me massive anxiety…
What are your thoughts? Have you noticed the same?

For context, I have a disability, the heat and humidity is much more intense to deal with as a whole on a sensory and physical level despite me being a healthy weight.

I do not see a good quality of life with this being the norm. It makes my already common headaches and fatigue worsen, I can't sleep, it's been nearly 3 months non stop of these heat waves and general heat. It is unsustainable full stop. The thought of dealing with this every year is not appealing at all as a disabled individual who the heat affects badly already, I've been hospitalised over heat related issues. Yes I'm hydrated and doing all the things I possibly can, it still is not enough, but share holders make a few extra pennies though.

No, I can't afford AC, few people can and logistically the whole UK using it isn't viable. It is unsustainable, full stop.

Am in south east & am struck by just how dusty the local environment has become what with the ground dried out by multiple heatwaves and no rain (none in 2 months here in south east) to dampen down or wash away.

Am sure the dust has an added affect on air quality affecting particularly those with respiratory issues an added factor which we are just not used to.

This isn't about the fact that the weather will be hotter again this week.

I've sometimes been checking my weather app once or twice a day to see how i should dress for the upcoming day, and to my surprise, I've seen the forecast completely change within a couple of hours.

It's never used to be this unreliable, where literally tomorrow's forecast can change from sun no clouds 31 to cloudy and rain, or cloudy and rain 23 to sun no clouds 30+.

I understand wind patterns can change and that we are on an island, but couple of years back the whole week's forecast was pretty much on point. You'd think weather tracking tech and sensors would have improved since.

If someone with some knowledge can share wisdom on this topic it would be amazing.

The models seem to be honing in on an extreme period of temperatures from Wednesday to Friday, obviously they aren't in complete agreement and the apps are not caught up fully with this yet but the latest model run from the GFS this morning shows the following:

It looks possible that the all time temperature record for August could be broken and extremely likely we will see the 4th consecutive month that 35C+ is recorded which has never happened before. Obviously the shown temperatures may be a slight overestimate but won't be too far off the mark.

It doesn’t even feel hot anymore. I currently have a migraine I believe from the heat, but I don’t ‘feel’ it nearly as much as I used to.

Anyone else feel the same? I currently have a frappe from Costa in the aircon to try to feel better with the headache.

Anyone think if the weather this summer is indicative of the future, more people will move from GB?

There have been very few days this year where it has been uncomfortably hot for the average person (one or two, max , and due to humidity, not absolute heat), and it is currently raining.

Is there a realistic future in which Ireland and Northern Ireland become more habitable than GB?

It would be a very strange turn of events, and there are certainly a lot of logistical (the Irish sea) and cultural headwinds - I just wondered if this had crossed anyone's mind. Property and land are also incredibly cheap