The weather in Britain is so notoriously miserable most of the time that you have to feel the Brits deserve the heatwave they recently experienced. During the end of June and beginning of July temperatures rocketed to a whopping 35 Celsius (or 95 in Fahrenheit), the hottest in three years. It was also the highest recorded temperature in June for many years - the average for June is 19-22 degrees Celcius (around 70 degrees Fahrenheit).
Yet one of the things that’s bound to happen in a country which hardly ever sees a ‘proper’ summer, people start to go a bit loopy.
Lobsters & Melanoma
The first thing British people do when even the smallest amount of sun is spotted is get their kit off. You can visit any town in Britain during such weather and be sure of spotting hordes of people fighting for a good patch to sun themselves. Several months down the line you can be sure of a few melanoma scares resulting from the overexuberant sun-worshipping.
The Grumbling Begins
True to form, the British mentality can’t deal with simply being happy and counting there blessings for more than a few days. Inevitably complaints about it being too unbearably hot and sticky soon became commonplace, and people started longing for cooler conditions again. And, inevitably, there were petitions to demand the government do something about the awful hot weather and lack of air conditioners in public places!
Fan Stampede
With half of the UK population is getting into their beach wear and throwing themselves on deckchairs directly under the sun, the other half rushes down to the high street and sucks up the entire stock of desk fans like some sweaty, many-headed monster. According to Google, searches for the term “portable air conditioner” in the UK went from 9,900 in May to 49,500 in June!
The Inevitable Demise
However these kinds of weather conditions are doomed to die out in the UK, and a week later the country was swept with heavy wind and rain. Many environmental campaigners are pointing to these extremities as yet more evidence of the effects of climate change.The funniest part of it is that the same people who were complaining about the heat the previous week, are now complaining about the heavy rainfall. I guess there’s no winning.
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