Is the heatwave hotter than the summer of 1976?

It was nearly 2 months for us on Essex in 76. I do wonder if we used to have a dryer heat then, as it didn't seem quite so debilitating. Global warming or anno Domini?

I did A levels in 1976. I remember finding it so hard to study in the excessive heat.

Hellogirl I clearly remember the heatwave breaking in September - it was the day we moved house! ? ?

I don't think it's any hotter and according to the forecast it will be cooling down by the weekend. In 1976 it lasted for weeks and as Casdon has posted it's been less than a week anyway.

It was the longest heatwave I can remember, but I can't remember being told the temperature on the Celsius scale. I think that in the 70s they mostly reported temperatures on the Fahrenheit scale, and I do remember hearing that they were consistently in the 80s. 30 Celsius is 86 Fahrenheit. So I don't know if it's hotter but it's certainly as hot.

The odd day may be hotter but there were parts of UK that had no rain for nearly 7 weeks in 1976.

I was very pregnant with my son during that heatwave he was born the middle of July, and trust me it went on for weeks I spent many hours just sat in the shower to try to keep cool even after he was born it was still very hot and stormy. It’s only been a few days ?

No, I don’t think so. That one went on for weeks and weeks and weeks.

It`s possibly hotter, but won`t be lasting anywhere near as long. It was mid September before it rained, from the middle of summer, where we were, anyway. We went on holiday for a week in September, and it rained on the Thursday, after suffering the heat all summer at home and at work.

I’d say no, I’m sure the temperatures were in the 30s for ages then, and that it didn’t rain for months. We are only in it less than a week this time so far.

I think this one’s hotter. I remember that one well and despite being a lot younger and fitter ( those were the days !) I don’t remember being unable to sleep at night and having a fan on all the time.