Miaou 39,013 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 The UK's highest-ever temperature has been officially recorded in Cambridge, the Met Office has confirmed. Cambridge University Botanic Garden measured 38.7C (101.7F) on Thursdaybeating the previous UK record of 38.5C (101.3F), set in Kent in 2003. A Met Office official was sent to check the equipment before verifying the new record on Monday. Staff working at the garden on Thursday tweeted: "No wonder we all felt as if we'd melted." Daily temperatures have been measured by the weather station at the site in the south of the city since 1904. Horticultural team member Katie Martyr, who took the reading on Friday morning, said: "I thought straight away it was incredibly high but not in my wildest dreams did I think it would be the highest ever moment. "It felt like an out-of-body experience." Sally Petitt, head of horticulture, said: "To have recorded... the highest UK temperature ever serves as a further reminder that we all need to be taking climate change and its impacts seriously." The high temperature means the UK joins Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in breaking national records as exceptionally high temperatures gripped large parts of central and western Europe last week. Cambridge University Botanic Garden director, Beverley Glover, said: "We are really pleased that our careful recording of the weather, something that we've been doing every day for over 100 years at the Botanic Garden, has been useful to the Met Office in defining the scale of this latest heatwave. "Our long history of weather recording is very important to researchers analysing climate change. "However, we can't help but feel dismay at the high temperature recorded and the implication that our local climate is getting hotter, with inevitable consequences for the plants and animals around us." The hot weather last week caused major travel disruption across England and Wales. Rail carriages had to be evacuated after two trains got stuck near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, because of damage to overhead cables caused by the hot weather. A spokesman for London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said "record high temperatures have caused several incidents on the East Coast route". The risk that rail tracks would buckle in the heat disrupted train services between Cardiff Central and London Paddington. Great Western also cancelled trains between London, Cardiff and Swansea. The government's advisory Committee on Climate Change has warned the UK is not prepared for the increase in heatwaves that is expected with global warming. Earlier this summer, it called for more action to make sure homes and other buildings such as hospitals and care facilities could be comfortable and safe in higher temperatures. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49157898 This is insane, every country of West Europe is breaking its own highest temperature ever this summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Controversial opinion but I wouldn't mind more summers like this... it means we would need to jet away to get the sun if we were guaranteed hot sunshine for the summer months tbf here in Scotland, we only saw highs of 31°C as opposed to 38°C in London... but still, I love the hot weather! Just gotta make sure you hydrate and you keep cool when you go to sleep and you are all good to go End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
homomo 23,883 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Meanwhile here in Ireland we are struggling to get above 20 degrees 0110100001100101011011000110110001101111 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 14 minutes ago, Craig Barnes said: Controversial opinion but I wouldn't mind more summers like this... it means we would need to jet away to get the sun if we were guaranteed hot sunshine for the summer months tbf here in Scotland, we only saw highs of 31°C as opposed to 38°C in London... but still, I love the hot weather! Just gotta make sure you hydrate and you keep cool when you go to sleep and you are all good to go But this isnt about what u want boo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Andreu said: But this isnt about what u want boo Its not about what you want either, and I'm not a ghost so I'm not sure what that "boo" was supposed to do. End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGuy 1,498 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, Craig Barnes said: Controversial opinion but I wouldn't mind more summers like this... it means we would need to jet away to get the sun if we were guaranteed hot sunshine for the summer months tbf here in Scotland, we only saw highs of 31°C as opposed to 38°C in London... but still, I love the hot weather! Just gotta make sure you hydrate and you keep cool when you go to sleep and you are all good to go Do you want us all to die of global warming? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, Craig Barnes said: Its not about what you want either, and I'm not a ghost so I'm not sure what that "boo" was supposed to do. That fact that no one cares what individuals prefer when the planet is dying and the UN says the planet couldnt be inhabitable anymore by 2050 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, HighwayGuy said: Do you want us all to die of global warming? The media has made you all scared of the weather... of course Global warming is a bad thing, but "we are all gonna die" argument wont exist untill we are all gone anyway. I'm not saying we shouldn't care about the planet, we need to reverse global warming... but you gotta make the most of what we have right now. And when the weather is good, hot sunshine, its time to enjoy it.. Also, many people take flights to hot countries to get the sun. If we got that weather at home, there would be no need to go on holiday... therefore reducing flights and carbon emissions End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGuy 1,498 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Craig Barnes said: The media has made you all scared of the weather... of course Global warming is a bad thing, but "we are all gonna die" argument wont exist untill we are all gone anyway. I'm not saying we shouldn't care about the planet, we need to reverse global warming... but you gotta make the most of what we have right now. And when the weather is good, hot sunshine, its time to enjoy it.. Also, many people take flights to hot countries to get the sun. If we got that weather at home, there would be no need to go on holiday... therefore reducing flights and carbon emissions people in developing countries are already dying from the effects of global warming, it is NOT 'time to enjoy it' People like you are the reason why we're all going to die of global warming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Andreu said: That fact that no one cares what individuals prefer when the planet is dying and the UN says the planet couldnt be inhabitable anymore by 2050 We are already making progress... so much so that the Ozone layer has completely healed over Australia. The UN said 2050 to panic everyone so that we have action, but I bet you in 2090 the planet will be pretty habitable End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlash 14,539 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, homomo said: Meanwhile here in Ireland we are struggling to get above 20 degrees Wait a minute while I get my flight booked Ew, David! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babel 41,637 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Craig Barnes said: Controversial opinion but I wouldn't mind more summers like this... it means we would need to jet away to get the sun if we were guaranteed hot sunshine for the summer months tbf here in Scotland, we only saw highs of 31°C as opposed to 38°C in London... but still, I love the hot weather! Just gotta make sure you hydrate and you keep cool when you go to sleep and you are all good to go Sadly the whole world is interconnected and while you’re enjoying your sunny summer, there has been major droughts in other parts of the world. I get the “make the best out of it” part but, if we allow this type of thinking it can get out of control and people that hasn’t been directly affected by climate change may prefer to do nothing and stop the little progress we’ve made up to this point.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindless 738 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 According to some people in this thread we should just live in pink fantasy land and turn the UK into the next Bora Bora Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rio 5,088 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Nothing but love for the city I live in, we're hot af Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGuy 1,498 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736 THIS is how much of an issue it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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