It’s Going To Be 37°C On Thursday, So Good Luck With That

Alex Landon - Editor • 22 July, 2019

Well, it was nice knowing you all.

Global warming is coming for us all, and on Thursday, it’s elected to give us all a little taste of what we’re in for. The mercury is steadily heading north throughout the week – today, at highs of 28°C, is merely the aperitif – with Thursday pencilled in for a sweat-drenched, sunburnt, Tube-meltingly hot 37°C. And frankly, we’re not prepared for it.

Is it merely a scorching blip in the norm, or a harbinger of last summer’s heatwave making a ferocious return to town? Currently, it looks like this is the high point of the summer, but you really do never know in these ~~dark~~ sunny times. Here’s the Weather Channel, who are the most confident of a positively Equatorial 37°C.

Yep, you’ll be begging for the Arctic climes of Tuesday and Wednesday if they get their prediction right. A more restrained, but still very warm, forecast comes courtesy of the BBC – with 34°C still enough to turn Secret London HQ into a furnace (it’s the entirely expected downside of basically working in a greenhouse).

Amongst the other weather shamans forecasting Peachy With A Chance Of Melting, here’s AccuWeather, who have pencilled this in as the warmest stretch of their ambitious 90 day forecast:

Of course, the tradeoff to this Mediterranean weather is your usual cocktail of overheated offices, unexpected sunburns, and facefuls of sweaty armpits on the Tube. Looks like summer’s back with a vengeance…

☀️ Why not enjoy the sunny weather at one of London’s best rooftop bars?☀️

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