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2022 European Heatwave

Updated Jul 20, 2022 at 05:01PM EDT by Zach.

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The 2022 European Heatwave refers to a weeklong weather event in mid-July 2022 in which a severe heatwave took place across Western Europe with multiple days of record-breaking high temperatures causing wildfires and hundreds of deaths across the continent. The unseasonable heat was exacerbated by much of Europe lacking air conditioning due to the historically lower temperatures and older buildings incompatible with central heating and air. The event, similar to other viral weather occurrences like the 2019 Polar Vortex, spawned numerous memes about the weather and its effects, with prevalent viral topics revolving around comparisons to heat in the United States and formats such as This Is Fine being used to describe the weather.

History

Starting on July 10th, 2022, there was a large heatwave that started in China, as noted by the weather-themed Twitter account @extremetemps[1] that day. The heatwave was described as "deadly," with temperatures in the upper 40 to 43 degrees Celsius (upwards of 104 degrees Fahrenheit). This early notification seemed a one-off at the time, only gathering mild conversation and likes initially that later turned into the start of a weather trend (shown below).


Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps Deadly heat wave in China with widespread temperatures 40C-43C with humidity rate above 40%. Today 10 July the cities of Shanghai and Chongqing both had their earliest 40C in history. New all time records at Xunyang (Shaanxi) with 43.2C and at Junlian (Sichuan) with 41.4C. 2 m Temperature Anomaly (°C) ECMWF HRES 0.1° Base: CFSR 1979-2010 climatology WXCHARTS.COM -32-28-24 -20 -16 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 *** Run: Sun 10 Jul 0oz Valid: Mon 11 Jul 12:00 UTC MetDesk 12 for Medrange Wether Forecasts (tt) 16 20 24 28 32

That same day, July 10th, U.K. Twitter user @tylerdurden2025[5] was the first to post a meme about the impending heat wave, posting a reaction GIF of a shirtless man sitting in front of fan cooling off (seen below).


The extremetemps[2] account was also the first to notice the heatwave progressing into Europe, as noted on July 11th, 2022, in which it was noted that Central Europe was still experiencing a minor cooling while other parts were starting to heat up and approaching record-breaking temperatures (shown below).


It's still cool in Central Europe,but a new heat wave is building in the West:44C in Portugal,43C in Spain and 39C in France with few monthly heat records, the most important today was 35.2C at lle d'Yeu (previous 34.8C in July 2006) which ties its all time record set in 1952. Lundi 11 juillet 2022 17:50 UTC Températures (C) 30 17. 22 23 20 34 41 21 29 35 31 35 37 34 34 39 28 38 40 41, 37 38 40 35 25 34 Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps 4222 30 27 15 21 27 24 28 36 21 30 R 42 39 37 37 36 37 37 11 34 37 34 34 31 25 29 37 37 17 21 -21 23 22 19 422 24 18 120-20 34 ± 21 33 20 75 37 17 21 32 33 38 22 33 37 29 35 35 27 39 31 29 33 33 29 32 36 24 28 27 28 17 19 17 16.19 21 21.22 28 31 25 30 31 33 37 29 33 29 35 35 34 35 35 25 31 35 24 2727 26 29 27 26 22 31 29 36 30 31 28 31 37 28 32 29 33 30 29 29 29 32 27 28 28 28 28 30 29 28 29 24 18- 24 17 13 37 36 36 39 77 26 28 13 14 13 12 16 21 36 33 16 25 30 28 27 30 17 29 16 16 34 32 35 20 209 (20-25 20 20 12123 50 100 16 211 25 20 20 27 25 25 2 26 26:73 21 28 27 20 34 35 35 35 27 25 30 22 27 26 21 12 33 32 90 19 96-20 18 2323 21 17 30 13 20 29 25-27 26 28 74.9 20 16 22 19 19, 27 28 19% 28 28 29 26 31 26 29 76 23 21 20 20 20 26 29 24 19 27 29 29 20 19 1622 23 24 28 25 25 26 27 26 20 17 19 26 29 18 17 20 22 22 20 19 16 16 21 23 23 20 912147 15 23 19 2022 20 20 25 30 20 20 20 15 27 15 93 18 17 20 1721 29 T4 22 98 22 20 17 13 15 1993 22 95 26 26 28 25 31 25 29 29 22 27 25 20 30 28 9 4 Copyright 2022 Meteociel.fr 28 29 18 26 27 24 26 19 10 23 23 26 26 29 26 29 25 a 26 27 27 25 8 16 124 23 24 24 74 24 26 22 25.26 273 27 28 23 38 29 25 26 23 26 25 25 24 25 27 26 70 29 28 27 29 27 28 32 26 27 29 31 28 29 19 30 29 28 19 28 30 31 31 30 30 23 29 31 30 28 31 17 20 25 29 29 31 32 28 30 24 19 21 23 28 18 25 24 23 29 26 23 30-29 27 29 28 23 31 24 29 29 29 29 28 26 28 21 25 29 27 31 29 28 30 31 25 26 30 25 26 26 76 26 24 30 74 30 29 25 23 30 27 23 25 26 26 30 30 30 26 31 29 30 30 28 31 33 131 28 21 27 27 21 27 29 28 30 28 29 27 27 27 27 32 26 21 27 27 32 34 30 28 30 28 30 36 32 33 37 26 26 29 30 28 28 31 32 29 21 26 24 91 19 24 26 31 32 34 32 25 36 34 30 25.34 21 26 32 ... 25 26 27 26 28 27 27 28 30 23 35 36 26 26 26 76 36 33 35 36 28 29 27 32 33 31 24 26 22 21 19 36 38 נ 33 30 10 32 27 23 23 3

Online Reactions

The reactions to the heatwave over the following week in mid-July 2022 were varied, with some posting memes, discussions or various theories behind the cause of the historic temps. In particular, the topic of climate change became a polarizing debate with both detractors and supporters of the topic engaging in heated discussions over its causing of the European heatwave. For example, Twitter user and climate advocate @CapitalWeather[3] made a post on July 16th, 2022, about the deadly effects of the heat wave (with over three hundred dead just a few days into it) pointing to climate change as their explanation for the weather (shown below). In four days, the tweet received over 480 likes and 300 retweets, as well as several replies where users argued over climate change causing the heatwave.


Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather European heat wave already deadly. 300+ deaths in Portugal + Spain. * Spain as hot as 112 Fri. Madrid tied all-time record 105 Thurs. * UK + France bracing for record hottest temps Mon. London could hit 100. * Climate change makes this heat 10x as likely 103 104 103 599 102 102 111 102 101 100 103 101 103 101 104 103 106 58 199 103 302 3 101 101 27 93 100 81 ... washingtonpost.com National emergency in U.K. as historic heat wave sweeps over Europe The U.K. -- under the highest level heat warning -- is forecast to reach its hottest temperature on record as southeast England approaches 104 degrees (40 ...

Aside from viral debates over climate change, a large number of memes about the event revolved around either apathy or ironic posting about it, with meme creators often expressing their nonchalant disregard for the heat or accepting their place within it and using the memes as a way to showcase what their experience was. This is can be seen via the Twitter post by the account @GetInTheMecha[4] on July 19th, 2022, which used images from the anime Fire Force that featured people spontaneously combusting and becoming living flame demons (shown below). The meme received over 370 likes and 50 retweets in roughly 24 hours.


jamal @GetInTheMecha a visual representation of what it's like being in the european heat wave right now ANA UNAA ...

On July 18th, 2022, a viral video and images of a Queen's Guard receiving water from a security guard at Buckingham Palace during the London heatwave was widely shared online and covered by media outlets commenting on the extreme temperatures.[6] A repost of the clip was shared by the YouTube channel Royal Family LIVE that day, which accumulated over 3,300 views in two days (seen below).



Various Examples


HEAT WAVE FLIP-FLOPS. "it's not even that hot outside' me: *steps outside* * OC NOT SURE IF I'M STILL WET FROM THE SHOWER OR ALREADY SWEATING quickmeme.com I GOTTA GET MY LIFE TOGETHER. THIS DAMN HEAT KTPITJ MADE ME REALIZE I CAN'T GO TO HELL. Im going to go outside and enjoy the nice breeze. The breeze: REMEMBER THAT LEVEL IN SUPER MARIO 3, WHERE THE SUN IS TRYING TO KILL YOU? A THAT'S TODAY.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – WeatherTemps

[2] Twitter – ExtremeTemps

[3] Twitter – CapitalWeather

[4] Twitter – GetInTheMecha

[5] Twitter – tylerdurden2025

[6] GBN – Queen's Guard pictured receiving cool drink in hot weather

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This is why I'm pissed at people who don't take climate change seriously, or say "it's not going to kill everyone".

Well, maybe not, but it is going to kill a LOT of people, and the solution requires more power, requiring more fossil fuels if you don't do the smart thing, which would make the problem even worse in future, and so on.

And then there's the problem of ever-increasing temperatures eventually making agriculture more difficult, killing off whole crops, leading to future food shortages that will make the current one seem like a tiny blip. And that's when the REAL fun starts…

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