While the sun hit the park where he walked with his dog, Gary Youssef described his strategy to keep cool after days of – relatively – hissing London weather.
He keeps his windows closed and curtains pulled, and at night he opens the windows to let the cool air in.
But he is already thinking ahead of next year: Mr. Youssef has been serious to fit his house with air conditioning, a relative rarity in Great Britain. If the temperatures continue to rise, it can keep a lot cooler the next summer.
“Many more of my friends now have air conditioning,” said Mr. Youssef. “People would not have thought about air conditioning five years or so ago.”
As the United States Sweat through his own run of high heatTemperatures in Great Britain have been above the seasonal average for days. The country would be officially expected Tip in the first heat wave From the year on Saturday, with a highlight of 34 degrees Celsius, or about 93 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the with Office, the weather service of Groot -Britain.
The average high for June is around 64 Fahrenheit, and many houses are Designed to maintain heatGiven the historically cooler climate of Great Britain. But high temperatures have become More common in recent years. And climate scientists have warned that heat waves will become more intense as the planet Warmer.
In recent days, some British schools have allowed children to wear their own clothes instead of school uniforms, or at least leave the tires and blazers at home. People who would normally work at home went to the office for air conditioning. Robert Dyas, a national retailer of home values and devices, said that the stores from 2019 to 2024 have seen an increase in the sale of fans and air conditioning units.
Richard Salmon, director of the air conditioning company in London, said that his company has taken off as the temperature rose, with the demand for portable air conditioning units increasing by 625 percent compared to last year.
“You would be amazed how many orders we get between 1 hour and 3 hours from customers who cannot sleep because of the heat,” he said. He was planning to open the warehouse on Saturday on Saturday pending the high heat of the weekend.
For the Great Britain is more vulnerable, the heat is a health risk. The British health security agency has published an amber level Heat Health Alert Throughout England to Monday, which means that significant effects are likely on health and social care services, including an increase in the dead.
Care UK, which operates 165 elderly care houses throughout the country, said it would focus on keeping residents hydrated with icy delicacies and a specially formulated tea.
“It can be difficult for those who provide a loved one to ensure that they drink enough, but small things can make a big difference,” said Andrew Mussett, the nutritionist of the group.
In London, the mayor of the mayor has designated hundreds of ‘cool spaces’, public spaces that accommodate the sun. In one of them, the St. Luke’s Community Center in the Islington area of Noord -Londen, Collin Browne looked at the Royal Ascot Horse racing event on television, while a portable fan shot cool air on his face. Another fan sounded about the room.
“I’m not going to,” Mr Browne said about the heat. “If it is stuffy, I just become very irritable.”
For others, the warmer summers bring more mixed feelings. On Clapham Common, a grassy extension in South London, friends and colleagues Darcey Wilkinson and Finty Willis enjoyed the sun, while studying for an exam for insurance industry on a picnic blanket.
“I can’t believe this is the UK, and I feel that there is absolutely a consciousness of” Is this normal? “Said Mrs. Willis.
In their first year of professional work since they graduated from the university, Mrs. Wilkinson and Mrs. Willis said they had used the air conditioning of their office and had to budget for a much lighter summer cabinet than they had expected.
Dozens of children screamed over the grass under the neon pink and orange nozzles who run in the splash bath. Emily Williams, 34, enjoyed the fountains of the common since she was a child and brought her 19 -month -old daughter, who wore a wet hat for a weeks to keep cool.
“I can’t remember it was so hot, but I remember that I had great summers,” said Mrs. Williams.
For many British, air conditioning remains out of reach, and the best way to beat the heat is to cool outside.
With an ice horn in one hand and a pint in the other, Chris Warren led his friends to a shady place in a square outside the Rose and Crown Pub on the old town square of Clapham.
“I love the heat,” said Mr. Warren, 31,.
“I am Scottish – it’s too hot for me,” said Ryan Wilkin, 31, while he was blowing himself. “I can’t handle this.”
Nazaneen Ghaffar contributed reporting.
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