Do people in the UK really think that 80 degrees is unbearably hot? Where I live in Michigan,...

Yes, it is here, too where the average summer highs are around 68 degrees. But there's no excuse for not being prepared.
We can sustainably cool ourselves each day and we have a responsibility to cool our environment.

0uijaFinger

Our buildings arent made for it. It's only the last 15 or so years we've had this and its not for long. My classroom was 34⁰ the other day, with 35 people in it. It's a small room. It was yuck. We dont have ac as it's an old building.

AthrillatheHunt · 56-60, M

UK is actually a temperate maritime climate , thanks to the Gulf Stream . Palm trees grow there. Your yearly high and low in Michigan would floor a UK citizen w the huge temp swings from winter to summer. (You probably had 0 in winter and now 90 in summer . That’s a WILD temp swing over 6 months )

BluntSm0ker · 100+, M

Yeah they only get like 2 weeks of sunshine out of the year so it's a big deal.

Munumbis · 46-50, M

On the Mojave it gets around 110 and up.

TexChik · F

104 at the farm yesterday , real feel 109. It’s been raining in the afternoons .

hunkalove · 70-79, M

Gonna be 95°F here in Denver today.

UKNaturist · M

We don't have AC (in the main) and the heat we get tends to be a humid heat. Humidity for a couple of days this week has been up at 75-80%

HenrySpanx · 46-50, M

They're not used to sunshine there

Nevertooold · 56-60, M

mid to upper 90's all this week with extremely high humidity!!!Thank God for A/C!!!!

greensnacks · F

Hot weather doesn't work the same everywhere.
40C In a car, in a concrete room, or out by the sea, or out in a forest doesn't feel the same. A lot of environmental factors are taken into consideration.

CurrentName · 51-55, M

It was 96 degrees today.
96!!!!

GoFish ·

over 100 some days here

Pretzel · 70-79, M

to be fair if it's 10-20 degrees warmer than your normal - it's hot

I was in Alaska and it was about 75 or 80 and people were telling me to be careful in the heat

meggie · F

It's a different kind of heat here when it gets over 30. It is similar to the humid heat you get in places like Singapore.

peterlee · M

It’s the humidity

Royricky09 ·

They are not used to it and worst part, their home aren't made for such temperatures. That's why they find it very difficult.

It's 105 here...

annamk · 31-35, F

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Yes, because we are not accustomed to temperatures above 27ºC (80ºF); and most of our homes are designed more to be warm in Winter than cool in Summer.

We are though seeing more frequent spells of very hot weather, milder Winters and some blurring of the seasons.

Comparisons like yours are meaningless. It would like asking North Africans if they find a few degrees of frost in the daytime, unbearably cold.

helsbels · 31-35, F

Yes