The temperature has dropped, and so has a fresh batch of heatwave tweets – 27 favourites
Tuesday saw the UK break the records nobody wanted to break, with at least 29 separate locations experiencing their hottest day ever recorded – including several pushing through the horrific 40 degrees barrier.
Although Wednesday dawned with less chance of actual fires breaking out, and the prospect of a less sweaty day for most of us, these tweets show just how we’ve all been feeling.
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Gonna leave it till October just to be safe… pic.twitter.com/IrnPDF1is4
— Maisey Bawden (@MaiseyBawden) July 18, 2022
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I'm not saying it's hot but my choc ice is on fire pic.twitter.com/zID6ONLlQL
— joe heenan (@joeheenan) July 19, 2022
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I opened the windows and it became hotter. Windows should not work this way.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 19, 2022
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Bloody hell! I still won’t tan, mind. pic.twitter.com/nrgsVprXsb
— Flups (@TheRealFlups) July 19, 2022
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My wife just naively asked me to get some ice lollies on the way home from work… pic.twitter.com/f9ME2CWsVb
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) July 19, 2022
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Hi guys it may seem counterintuitive but if you're trying to stay cool in this heat close all your windows. Go outside. And stand in the sun. Remain still; stand your ground. It's important the sun knows you're not afraid. Eventually it will back down.
— Toussaint Douglass (@Toussaint_X) July 19, 2022
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In the great heatwave of 1976, every single house and every single blade of grass was burned to a cinder. We just dealt with it and rebuilt the country brick by brick. This was when Britain was great, and not overrun by loony-lefty liberal woke snowflakes.
— Dave Jones 🏴🏳️🌈🇺🇦 (@WelshGasDoc) July 19, 2022
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Plague ✔️
Wildfires ✔️
Floods
LocustsI reckon we'll have the lot by the end of Summer.
— QuebecTango (@QuebecTango) July 19, 2022
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— . (@twlldun) July 19, 2022
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Sign in local butchers 😂 pic.twitter.com/Db6alNTjhc
— Eileen💙🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@peasbloss) July 19, 2022
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Pets always look at you begrudgingly, like you caused the weather. And you know what? They're fucking right.
— ali catterall (@AliCatterall) July 18, 2022
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How can this heatwave happen even after we pulled out of Europe? Something very suspicious going on.
— Walter Gá Mon (@WalterGMon1) July 19, 2022
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I know everyone’s attributing temperature of 38 °C to climate change but have we ruled out sepsis
— Zack Ferguson (@zackferguson) July 18, 2022
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“WHY DOESN’T THE TARMAC MELT IN SPAIN?” pic.twitter.com/k2G3bezqWj
— mnrrntt OBE & 65 others (@mnrrntt) July 19, 2022