I think that has to do with the retro filling of insulation added to old houses and recent builds. The heat cannot escape, the walls cannot cool at night because the insulation absorbs heats keeping the cavities warm. Efficient in cooler months horrible in hot, useless when very cold.
That dark orange colour for 37c is now been changed to reds, 25c is the new orange heatwave, with any weather hitting 27c+ now considered or classified as "extreme heat, threat to life"
@@stephensnell5707 It's because we are surrounded by water, so a lot of moisture in the air. We haven't had long enough spells of heat to trigger thunderstorms for awhile now and our housing with retrofitted insulation makes the houses unable to breathe makes things worse. After thunderstorms with rain, the air cools by several degrees. In mid 2000s I remember seeing steam and mist after a storm and the air feeling cool fresh, this was after 5-6 days of 26-28°c hot clear weather.
That night (Sunday 10th August 2003) even the highest temperatures in the west, south west, south, southeast and east anglia culminated in intense thunderstorms with torrential rain and a spectacular light show.
No it was fucking awful. The humidity and heat was so bad that even bread that was days within its sell-by date would go mouldy. Fuck I remember working in Iceland supermarket at the time and we had to keep throwing away stock like bread, chocolate bars and sweets etc. My clothes weighed heavy with all the non stop sweat that kept drenching them. It was horrible.....like a horrific evil presence in the air, making us suffer. That summer was BAD.
It also gave me Dhobie Itch. It's like Athletes Foot but instead the rash is at the very top of the leg between the ball sack and the inner thigh. It was horrible walking and it lasted months.
Difference between thundery showers and thundery rain is thundery showers are mostly short heavy downpours and thundery rain is constant heavy rain with thunder and usually comes from the south from the near continent.
But in the 1995 heat wave we had Amazon type humidity that made it very dangerous and deadly, 700 people died. Heat Index was 125 F/52 C, that is what it felt like. It was like walking in a steam room with the temperature and humidity turned up to the max.
The U.S. last year has one of it's worst heat waves in the central part of the nation with temperatures as high or above 110 degrees F/44 degrees C with extreme drought. Water temperatures of the Great Lakes were at some of it's all time high, as warm as 83 degrees F/28 degrees C in Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Even Lake Superior has water above 70 degrees F/21 degrees C. It was as bad as the 1995 heat wave but far less people died when Chicago hit 106 degrees F/41 degrees C.
+Swordman1111 I don't know where you live but this is Northern Europe, we're not used to it. I remember this summer very well, I was near Heathrow airport where it reach 39c with so much pollution and humidity it was difficult to breathe. As I said, we're not used to it.
2003 was hot but the nights were cooler than 2022 so you got some relief
I think that has to do with the retro filling of insulation added to old houses and recent builds. The heat cannot escape, the walls cannot cool at night because the insulation absorbs heats keeping the cavities warm. Efficient in cooler months horrible in hot, useless when very cold.
That dark orange colour for 37c is now been changed to reds, 25c is the new orange heatwave, with any weather hitting 27c+ now considered or classified as "extreme heat, threat to life"
27 Celsius(81 Fahrenheit) and higher is especially uncomfortable especially here in the UK
@@stephensnell5707 It's because we are surrounded by water, so a lot of moisture in the air. We haven't had long enough spells of heat to trigger thunderstorms for awhile now and our housing with retrofitted insulation makes the houses unable to breathe makes things worse.
After thunderstorms with rain, the air cools by several degrees. In mid 2000s I remember seeing steam and mist after a storm and the air feeling cool fresh, this was after 5-6 days of 26-28°c hot clear weather.
That night (Sunday 10th August 2003) even the highest temperatures in the west, south west, south, southeast and east anglia culminated in intense thunderstorms with torrential rain and a spectacular light show.
No it was fucking awful. The humidity and heat was so bad that even bread that was days within its sell-by date would go mouldy.
Fuck I remember working in Iceland supermarket at the time and we had to keep throwing away stock like bread, chocolate bars and sweets etc. My clothes weighed heavy with all the non stop sweat that kept drenching them. It was horrible.....like a horrific evil presence in the air, making us suffer. That summer was BAD.
July 2003 was fine
I was actually born on August 2003, but I don’t remember anything, only my parents telling me that it was so hot that month.
It also gave me Dhobie Itch. It's like Athletes Foot but instead the rash is at the very top of the leg between the ball sack and the inner thigh. It was horrible walking and it lasted months.
Yes the humidity was the deciding factor. Very uncomfortable to sleep at night.
8 and 10 August 2003.
Love it. Can't stand the cold.
Or the dark winter months
1:01 40°c in France. 😮
That's 104 degrees Fahrenheit
Difference between thundery showers and thundery rain is thundery showers are mostly short heavy downpours and thundery rain is constant heavy rain with thunder and usually comes from the south from the near continent.
But in the 1995 heat wave we had Amazon type humidity that made it very dangerous and deadly, 700 people died. Heat Index was 125 F/52 C, that is what it felt like. It was like walking in a steam room with the temperature and humidity turned up to the max.
1976 2003 2006 2013 2022 5 hottest perceived years
Fast forward to the 25th July 2019 when it is forecasted to hit 39c
I wonder if we will ever hit 40c in a few years time.
From 19 July 2022 - we did
@@nepaleseman1010 LOL I WONDER
Wow i was born 3 months later
2003 still the winner!!!
1st and 2nd August 2003?
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th August 2003 heatwave hottest temperature recorded and scattered thunderstorms
Not anymore
@@natureclips5849 I know cos on the 19th July it recorded the highest record temperature in history 40 degrees
@@Hankfan5379 2003 was extremely hot but it was broken up and nights were cooler not like this one if you look back your archived footage you Will see
Awesome summer
Hi john. Weathers looking good aint it
Summer of 2003, remember it well
Iraq war just initialized, perfect.
Dave Wright I was born then lol
The U.S. last year has one of it's worst heat waves in the central part of the nation with temperatures as high or above 110 degrees F/44 degrees C with extreme drought. Water temperatures of the Great Lakes were at some of it's all time high, as warm as 83 degrees F/28 degrees C in Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Even Lake Superior has water above 70 degrees F/21 degrees C. It was as bad as the 1995 heat wave but far less people died when Chicago hit 106 degrees F/41 degrees C.
Bloody hell 44 Celsius sounds unbearable
Marry me John
How is this a heatwave? 32°? Thats a joke.
+Swordman1111
I don't know where you live but this is Northern Europe, we're not used to it. I remember this summer very well, I was near Heathrow airport where it reach 39c with so much pollution and humidity it was difficult to breathe. As I said, we're not used to it.
I live in south germany. We always have temperatures higher than 35c in summer. 3 weeks ago, it was still like that. Now we have 15c.
Swordman1111 that's similar to England
Humidity plays a factor also, the UK is much more humid than southern Germany especially during summer heatwaves
Its England, they think that 21 degrees is hot