Simon Lee posted a tweet Sunday night that got a lot of attention. He’s a meteorologist who will soon begin working toward his PhD at the Univ. of Reading in England, and here’s the story:

It was a hot June in the UK, and many are comparing it to the memorable heatwave of 1976. Using freely available data from NASA, Simon put together two maps that show how different the world of 1976 is from today, and it’s one of those pictures that’s worth a thousand words. The maps compare temperatures in 1976 and 2018 to the long term 30 year average from 1951-1980. It was really hot in the UK in June of 76, but the heat was surrounded by normal to below normal temperatures.

Now, look at the heat in June of 2018 and you see a stark difference: The heat waves are bright…