Despite geographically living more north than most of America, much of Europe actually has the potential to get quite hot.

This can be seen in the current heat wave that is sweeping the continent, leading to temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius to be recorded for the first time in history in many places. In Fahrenheit, 40 Celsius translates to roughly 104 degrees.

Because of the ongoing heat wave, many memes have begun to pop up online about how people in places like London and the U.K. are not usually accustomed to it. Additionally, many of Europe's older buildings weren't built with a centralized A/C unit or simply never need one, meaning hundreds of thousands to millions do not have a way to cool off besides smaller compact air units.

Feel like this picture is a microcosm for a lot of what’s happening in society. Excruciatingly obvious that we need to switch to some new kind of hat. pic.twitter.com/LyoskG6HL7

— Jon Mooallem (@jmooallem) July 18, 2022

A Morning reminder of today's weather forecast 😭 😤 #heatwave #UKheatwave #Wolverhampton #meme pic.twitter.com/ry7qkYdGA8

— City of Wolverhampton College (@wolvcoll) July 19, 2022

How we feel working in this heat 🙃🥵#heatwave #meme pic.twitter.com/AFEPpyR1LP

— Toolden (@toolden_co_uk) July 19, 2022

I made a heatwave meme pic.twitter.com/pmIuHjimDv

— 🏳️‍🌈🤝🏳️‍⚧️ Triple Vaxxed Tony ♿️🟠🌤 (@tonyvtree) July 18, 2022

Others in parts of Europe took the opportunity to make memes about how to best take advantage of the heat, such as using it to cook food while on a nice little drive around town or about how they can't wait to finally die off from the heat.

Some Americans, noticing the complaints from Europeans, took it upon themselves to talk about how the heat "really isn't that bad" compared to the average temperature of American cities during the summer, completely missing the point that most American cities were built with A/C in mind, as opposed to the much older, typically cooler European ones.

Me waiting on this deadly heatwave to finish me off.. pic.twitter.com/86PvyvbOBf

— Cʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ Uɴʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ Mᴇᴍᴇs™ (@UnbalancedMemes) July 16, 2022

This meme is you right now! 😂#Heatwave2022 #heatwaveuk #heatwave https://t.co/gaYE122Fmj pic.twitter.com/pvUKIaMmti

— BADW0LF66 (@BADW0LF66) July 19, 2022

Take advantage of the heat 🌭🌭#heatwave #Lunchtime pic.twitter.com/QWUIgccHQG

— $hit_Meme/Coin_Queen👑 (@FicoJennfier) July 18, 2022

Original meme by Me 😂
I survived the Heatwave of 2022 pic.twitter.com/XEDhaGACaj

— Humanity is my lane (@Humanity_Lane) July 19, 2022