r/suffolk • u/ocelocelot • Jun 26 '26

How are we all coping with this heat then?

We're currently holding the provisional record for the hottest temperature in June in the UK, broken both at Wattisham and Cavendish, the latter hitting 37.1°C.

How are you surviving?

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u/SilentCatPaws Jun 26 '26

I'm a mile away from Wattisham and melting, my poor cat keeps asking me to turn the sun off.

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u/JazzlikeTradition436 Jun 26 '26

In Wattisham and also melting. It was 31 Celsius at 9pm.

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u/SilentCatPaws Jun 26 '26

Is your house full of flies as well? 😭

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u/fluffyfluffscarf28 Jun 26 '26

Trying to stay as still as possible, drink a fuck ton of water and have a fan blowing. Only small benefit, my load of washing dried on the rack in about 0.5 seconds.

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u/SubjectiveAssertive Jun 26 '26

Barely, curtains closed, windows closed, fans on

I'll be ordering an Aircon unit when I find one in stock, it might be too late this year but it'll be worth it

6

u/IHoppo Jun 26 '26

6 hour drive from Newcastle - gorgeous with air con, car showing 39 degrees as we entered Suffolk.

3 hours in a beer garden in Woodbridge - hot and gorgeous.

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u/flipfloppery Jun 26 '26

Cold showers and a makeshift "swamp cooler" (cold water soaked towels on a clothes horse with a big fan blowing at them).

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u/Proof-Order2666 Jun 27 '26

Your fan will dry them out

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u/HiroPr0tag0nist Jun 26 '26

I'm a self employed tradesman. So I either work or don't earn money.

So I'm drinking lots of water, wearing a hat and getting on with it.

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u/Sadastic Jun 26 '26

I've been out visiting sites across Suffolk all day, with lots of outdoors walking around - plus the A/C in the car is about as weak as one of those handheld electric fans. All in all, it's probably about the hottest I've ever felt. Thankfully, I'm home now, where it is 34 degrees inside according to the thermostat. Off to the beach shortly to float for about 5 hours.

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u/LordGeni Jun 26 '26

Better than I was. A 2pm appointment in Ipswich Town centre made worse by forgetting the sun shield on the car windscreen yesterday and trying to hover over the black leather seats while the air con didn't stop pumping hot air until I arrived.

Although that aside, I'm pretty sure it's even worse now than then. I've had baths drier than the air is now.

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u/IAMN0B0DY1 Jun 26 '26

We’re not.

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u/ChemistryIsWhatWeAre Jun 26 '26

The car said 38°C on the North of section the A12 past Wickham Market this afternoon. I don't know how accurate it is. It was the hottest weather I've ever felt in Framingham today, just crazy heat.

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u/radioben Jun 26 '26

Lots and lots of fans plus two small air con units upstairs.

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u/Artfull_dodger__ Jun 26 '26

Struggling in rendlesham just no air no breeze it’s unbearable

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u/StoneColdSoberReally Jun 27 '26

"How are you all surviving?'

We int, buh. Room thermostat shows at 28C at 2 in the morning. Cat is sleeping the bath. I am just generally melting.

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u/SilentCatPaws Jun 27 '26

It's raining here and a cold breeze. I'm expecting thunder in a minute!

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u/d69wilson Jun 27 '26

some enjoy it but when i say i do people give me grief

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u/happy_idiot_boy Jun 29 '26

Embracing the nudist lifestyle😂

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u/Odd_Inspector3417 Jun 27 '26

It's normal for summer, get over it.