vk6flab comments on Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34°C

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio -1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I live in Australia and we regularly hit 40°C.

This year we hit, 42.9°C, last year 44.7°C, the highest on record was 46.7°C. In other words, it gets hot.

Why is over 30°C in the UK news worthy, what makes that more significant than when we hit 42.9 on a Monday?

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

They're not acclimated to such high temps and the infrastructure isn't prepared. They don't have anywhere near the level of air conditioning to keep people cool. Record heat in the UK is deadly. And it's caused by Climate Change. Certainly news worthy. Try pulling your head outta your ass.

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[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Because it's a record for the UK, this means temperatures are rising on a global scale.

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[–] xav@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

Because when UK will hit 40° in may you'll hit 50°.

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 point 5 months ago

TIL that it's about relative temperature, rather than absolute. In other words it's news because it's the highest it's EVER been, rather than because it's a high temperature.

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