Americans are trolling Brits for not being able to handle a 30 degree heat wave

Unimpressed Britons have hit back at US Twitter users who said they should ‘stop being ridiculous’ and ‘open a window’ as temperatures soar in the UK.

Health alerts have been announced for all of England this week as the country continues to fizzle under the sun.

The warnings are in effect until Monday, the British Health Security Agency announced yesterday.

And while many Brits have taken to social media to reveal their struggles amid the heat wave, they’re getting little sympathy from others around the world.

Instead, many Americans have taken to Twitter to mock Brits for their attitude to the heat wave.

One person commented, “I do believe Brits are being dramatic about the 86 degrees Fahrenheit there, which is nothing.”

Meanwhile, another added: “Okay, I’ve tried to be understanding that British people aren’t used to higher temperatures, but freaking out around 70 degrees Fahrenheit is just ridiculous, I’m sorry.”

One of them wrote: ‘British people die immediately when it gets to 33.3 degrees Celsius (92 Fahrenheit), because they thought it wouldn’t get a little warm on their depressing, rainy island for a million years.’

Another commented, “I’m convinced British people wouldn’t survive in the US because that’s 87 degrees Fahrenheit and we get that all the time in the summer.”

“A whopping 86 degrees Fahrenheit…” added one. “No wonder the British are bad at everything.”

“British people when they have the scorching hot weather of 80 degrees Fahrenheit (that’s literally nothing in the US).”

After being widely mocked online, UK Twitter users hit back at Americans – pointing out how many buildings in the US have air conditioning installed.

“Americans wouldn’t last two seconds in a British heat wave,” someone argued.

Another added, “Americans like to go, ‘we’re so tough to survive our heat waves’, like they don’t have air conditioning in every building on the continent.”

A third argued, “Americans comparing Nevada’s heat to the UK’s is f***ing ridiculous because when I went to Vegas in 36 degrees everything was well ventilated and well it’s the middle of the f***ing desert.

“Last year when we had a 36 degree heat wave in the UK I was legitimately close to death.”

That said, some US users still wouldn’t accept their argument.

“OMG come to Louisiana in August and say that to my face,” one furious American said.

“Your grandfather didn’t last two minutes in Yorktown,” another raged.

“I’ve been to Britain and most of you will wilt when the temperature rises above 15 degrees,” said a third.

The Met Office declared a heat wave in many parts of the country after three consecutive days – June 10, 11 and 12 – when daily maximum temperatures reached or exceeded the heat wave temperature threshold.

The threshold varies in each county, with the highest being 28C in and around London, and the lowest being 25C in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England.

Meanwhile, Natural England boss Tony Juniper criticized the BBC for saying ‘how happy we all are’ with warm, sunny days.

Mr Juniper said: ‘Our rivers and wetlands are dying and wildlife is disappearing. We need RAIN. It is well.

“You can’t fix the weather, but please stop saying global warming is a positive thing.”

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, also issued a high air pollution warning to those in the capital – the second of the year – caused by high temperatures and pollution carried over from the continent.

He urged people to “take care of themselves” and avoid unnecessary car journeys by choosing to walk, cycle or use public transport.

England is getting a yellow alert, meaning the weather could pose a risk to more vulnerable people.

The UKHSA said: ‘Yellow alerts mean potential impacts include increased health care use by vulnerable populations and an increased health risk for those over 65 or those with pre-existing health problems, including respiratory and cardiovascular disease. .’

All regions of England have been placed under alert yellow for this period. Five regions were previously under an orange alert from Friday June 9 until 9am this morning and have been de-escalated to yellow,” the body added.

The blistering heat followed storms on Monday — with more than 28,000 lightning bolts hitting land.

Meanwhile, yellow thunderstorm warnings were issued for northern Scotland and western Northern Ireland on Tuesday afternoon and evening, with more rain and thunderstorms possible later in the week.

Last year was Britain’s hottest summer when a record temperature of 40.3C was recorded for the UK at Coningsby in Lincolnshire on July 19, along with new records for Scotland on the same day and Wales on July 18.

Forecasters have predicted that in the coming years, as global warming continues, the record high of 40°C is likely to fall again.

Weather buffs will now wait to see if another record – the enigma of January 8 – will be set next year. It never went above 15C on January 8, unlike any other day in the three winter months between December and February.