Talk:2018 British Isles heatwave

More information needed

The record breaking temperature playing for Scotland must be dropped because it has been officially rejected by the Met Office. Also much more information, pressure charts and pictures need to be uploaded and added to this article. (2A02:C7F:5621:2A00:61F2:D38C:EF89:17E9 (talk) 18:10, 5 July 2018 (UTC))

Broaden scope of this article?

This heat wave is a global phenomenon, with record-breaking temperatures in:

• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Burlington, Vermont
• Denver, Colorado
• Montreal, Canada
• Mount Washington, New Hampshire
• Northern Siberia
• Quriyat, Oman
• Shannon, Ireland
• Tbilisi, Georgia
• Yerevan, Armenia

Should we move this article to 2018 Northern Hemisphere heat waves (like 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat waves)? Firebrace (talk) 01:51, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, many countries in the Northern Hemisphere have experienced unusually high temperatures during the last few weeks. Jim Michael (talk) 18:19, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

It's worth noting we also have an article on 2018 North American heat wave. This is Paul (talk) 18:36, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

• Costal Norway
• Northern Sweden
• Finland
• Greece
• Japan
• Central Iraq

--2.100.105.238 (talk) 13:52, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

• Syria

--2.100.105.238 (talk) 00:39, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

• Both Koreas.
• Greece

--2.100.105.238 (talk) 02:43, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Parts of Algeria. --The Claxton 1 (talk) 02:54, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018 melted road

A man's leg sank in melted road? No mention of temperature. Southern California heat wave went above 105 deg F, but no melted road noted. What material was used for U.K. roads? SWP13 (talk)

Previous article

An article concerning an earlier warm spell from 2018 was deleted some weeks ago, but I kept a copy of it in my userspace in case the information was needed elsewhere. Both the article and the deletion discussion contain some useful links that may help to augment this piece. The article concerned can be found here while the deletion discussion can be found here. Cheers, This is Paul (talk) 12:14, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hosepipe ban

The Belfast telegraph says it is the first nation wide hosepipe ban. It does not say it was the first hosepipe ban in the republic. Mobile mundo (talk) 17:34, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Archaeological discoveries?

Is this really relevant to this page? I haven't seen any news coverage of it or interest in it from the general public. Seems like someone with a keener interest in archaeological discoveries is trying to draw an audience to it, through a correlated event. I'm sure there are hundreds of correlations from the heatwave but they don't all have 3 paragraphs, I would rather read 3 paragraphs of the record breaking ice cream sales, followed by 3 paragraphs on the increase in cycling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.96.233 (talk) 23:41, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

I do think this section is relevant and have seen coverage on the BBC and other news sites. But maybe some of the details would be more relevant on the cropmark article and linked with a see also to this section? Voello (talk) 08:57, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

I've also seen quite a bit of coverage about the settlements found both under lakes that have drained and where fields have parched or burned. Given the UK's standout as archeologically notable in general, uncovering new things is very interesting Kingsif (talk) 14:43, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Rename it to 2018 European heat wave?

Why is this article named “2018 United Kingdom and Ireland heat wave”, and not “2018 European heat wave”? The rest of Europe is experiencing the same hot, dry spring and summer, with wildfires and heat waves across the continent. 217.123.76.65 (talk) 15:59, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

I agree with this, the heatwave spreads beyond GB&IE; additionally the Dutch and German versions of this article cover Europe, as well as the Wikidata item and Commons category. --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 21:59, 26 July 2018 (UTC)