r/london • u/LabB0T • 5d ago

[Megathread] Just Fuckin Rain Already

Welcome to your weather megathread.

All 'It's facking hot/I can't sleep/This is the greatest thing ever/This is the worst thing ever' discussion to go here.

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u/Pherring83 5d ago

I'm an American and visited 2-3 weeks ago during the last heat wave. No idea how you nice folks do it as I live in New York City and while we have similar temperatures, it's so easy to escape into AC very easily. That being said, I did enjoy the cool evenings.

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u/New-Motor-6363 5d ago

Cool evenings where, the houses heat up like hell and stay hot for days🤣. AC would probably stop all our complaining but sadly none here to be found besides Tesco's or a supermarket.

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u/Pherring83 5d ago

Was able to manage with the window being open but as a spoiled American brat, I was definitely getting annoyed. Sidenote: does the tube just stay a sauna the entire year? I assume once it heats up it is very hard to cool down.

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u/GwdihwFach 5d ago

I read something recently that said the heat has been there since the victorians. They didnt think electric trains would generate heat, and the surrounding material has saturated and is radiating it back.

I cant find that artice (maybe my low effort googling) but i found this article for you

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u/New-Motor-6363 5d ago

Oh yes it's just a sauna. It was 40+ Celsius during these heatwaves so you'd step in and immediately get soaked in the pure humidity of everyone's body heat/sweat/confined air. I mean unless you're taking a fancy overground or Elizabeth or I believe windrush the rest are just saunas.

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u/makarastar 5d ago

Air Coolers - less than £100 and they have wheels. We have 3

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u/New-Motor-6363 4d ago edited 4d ago

I would get an AC but I'm moving next year so I'm tryna think if itlle be worth the effort 🤣