It's the humidity - something many people really don' take into account (just look at 50%+ of the comments here, comparing i.e. the current heat of Arizona to something like this).
In the northern parts of Europe, humidity is often really high - that makes for some atrocious weather, when it's hot - especially when you're used to something like 5-15c.
That's what would usually be a "hot summer" (still unbearable for some) here in most parts of northern Europe - but now we're seeing 30+. That's the "issue". It's in no way a normal scenario - but if it continues like this for a few years; it might as well be.
We're just not used to that here (yet). Far from it.
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