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1 hour ago, Sunny76 said:
Are they from Germany? I read some reviews about them, and they are potentially quite dangerous.
I want to go to bed now and not wake up until the end of March.
I utterly despise this period we are heading into. There’s nothing to look forward to, just 6 months of dreadful darkness and grey dreary damp weather.
Each to their own but the next 6 months are going to be bliss and a relief for me. I'm finally not sweating after that dreadful hot summer that seemed never ending and now able to cool down without having to have the bedroom air con switched on.
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12 minutes ago, ThunderHellCat said:
In Buxton we had a high of -5°C on 1st March 2018, after several ice days and strong winds. The altitude makes it colder than most places thanks to being at 1000ft high. I remember pee in the toilet producing steam it was so cold.
Most of Buxton is also in a frost hollow as it sits in a bowl, a high altitude one of course, and so like lower valleys cold pools into there at night. But at lower altitudes it warms up quicker when day comes but because Buxton is 1000 feet it's a cold place by both day and night. An interesting place for a weather enthusiast for sure.
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You know silly season is almost here when the ensembles start to go crazy
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As others have pointed out in the snow and ice thread there's been an early start this year to our east in Siberia with some decent snow and ice coverage. Also the potential for the far north of China to see some snow on Thursday as seen below in the city of Mohe. About a month earlier than normal. Winters are brutal there. Never been above zero in December and January
incredible range of extreme temperatures too looking at their records. In the past it's been below -50C in winter and close to 40C in summer. Like the summer we had here this year. 
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It chucked it down last night here, pots full of water when I got up this morning. But we've been lucky through today that it's been mostly dry, we was in the gap of the showers almost all day.
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51 minutes ago, markyo said:
Very nice and comfortable 16c both upstairs and downstairs, from the outlook little or no chance of me having to put heating on for the foreseeable. Weirdness and living in a house without a member of the fairer sex really does help to keep one's energy bills down!
The fairer sex but never been fair on my wallet
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A relatively chilly start this morning with a low of 2.7C. Probably another chilly one tonight depending on cloud. Had a drive to a relatives in Saddleworth and thought I'd have a look at how low Dovestone reservoir is and it is looking very low at the moment. Most of the bank is showing....Don't think I've ever seen it so low. The united utilities reservoir levels are spot on for the Pennines of around 35% full, I can believe it.
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After a foggy start it turned into a nice day here and warm enough in the sun. But maybe today was the last of the "warm" days? Turning cooler from tomorrow and probably feeling chilly at times in the breeze with temps struggling to get much above 10C early next week. Into October there isn't much proper mild on the way, definitely not the usual well above normal temperatures that we've had most years at that stage. Long way out but we keep getting these repeated cold plunges from the north. You can bet your life they will be absent in Winter once that menacing PV gets a strangle hold towards our NW!
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19 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Only works up to a point I find. In theory yes you could continue to just wear more and more layers until you look like the Michelin man but then who wants to dress like an eskimo around the house? I’m all for wearing a jumper before putting putting the heating on, but if once you’re wearing a jumper and you’re still cold it’s time for the heating to go on, unless you really can’t afford to, in which case, you may be forced to wear 10 layers in the house all winter or make drastic spending cuts elsewhere.
Also, not only does central heating keep the house warmer, it also reduces dampness (humidity). If you don’t put your heating on in winter, you will probably have problems with damp and mould, and that is not healthy. Then there’s elderly people and people with certain health conditions that need the heating on warmer. Older people feel the cold more. That’s why old folks homes are always really warm.
Ive also never used antibiotics before, always just let my immune system do it’s thing. I’m no softie when it comes to heating, I’m fine down to 18°C, 17°C at a push but really don’t like it when it drops below that. Some people have thier heating at 24°C!
Now that is soft!
We didn't get central heating until 1996 and no double glazing until 1998. Before then we had a gas fire in the living room but no heating source anywhere else in the house. It was freezing at times for sure and had ice on the insides of the bedroom window during colder winters before we got double glazing but once under the duvet it was warm enough and didn't do us any harm. When at home we spent most of our time in the living room away from the cold rooms with the gas fire on which was super warm.
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1 minute ago, lassie23 said:
22ND September already and is still hasn't snowed in London
There needs to be a miracle for it to snow in London. At times it's bad enough here oop norf
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Wet afternoon so far. But the reservoirs badly need it so I'm not too bothered. My app says a max of just 10C on Tuesday here, that is a notably cool day for September. Had days in January a bit milder than that.
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If I lived on my own it would hardly come on at all. Probably just enough to keep damp at bay but other than that apart from proper cold spells I wouldn't put it on. Rather not put money in the pockets of greedy energy companies. Unfortunately unless it's a heatwave my wife feels cold almost all year round so I don't get much say on it.
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Possibly another chilly blast from the north in a weeks time but probably no frost this time given it'll be too breezy with the risk of rain. It'll probably feel raw though in the wind for the time of year. Had many a day in November warmer than these synoptics.
A bit of snow for the Scottish mountains too.
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20 hours ago, BruenSryan said:
You sure that's not 2021-22... I don't see anybody here that said the winter just gone was cold..
2020-21 was cold in the north, average elsewhere. Simple as.
Yes last winter was absolutely rubbish here. Just one brief dusting, certainly up there with the worst ever. The only thing that saved it was 4 inches of snow that fell one day at the back end of November last year but of course that wasn't Winter. 2020-21 however was far better round here, we had about 6 separate snow coverings albeit nothing all that heavy. But still a much better attempt than last winter!
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Not a bad day for her maj and her send off. Looks like we won't see any warmth in the near future, maybe a touch milder over the next couple of days but then turning cooler again. Will September end up slightly below average CET wise once we get to the final days? Still above at the moment.
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41 minutes ago, Had Worse said:
A340-600 flew into Manchester tonight.
HZ-SKY flew from Gatwick but originated in the Congo
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My guess is that it dropped off some dignitaries and went to Manchester as there's more room to park the plane.
That reminds of this
Remember this advert from the 90s/early 2000s? No doubt banned today 
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13 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:
Dodged the showers for a walk along Macclesfield canal, passed the Hovis Mill, where from 1898 millers here milled the wheat in a special way to make Hovis bread. In 1904 it moved to bigger premises at Trafford Park.
Parts of the walk not as scenic as they once were, houses and flats springing up everywhere. One section of canal side and fields sectioned off for a new housing estate, played in those fields as a child, heartbreaking to see it about to disappear. Lovely chestnut tree beginning to turn colour and shed its leaves, a nice couple of hours walk.
Great pics, yes it's sad to see green spaces being torn up for housing, seems to be happening all over and all it's going to do is cause more climate change because of more concrete and poorer drainage when we get downpours leading to floods on these new developments. I'm noticing the leaves beginning to turn round here too, very subtle at the moment but give it a week or two and those colours will come alive. It's supposed to be a good foliage colour this year with the hot dry summer.
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7 minutes ago, Alexis said:
Manchester only giving intermittent readings for the last couple of days. Anyone know why?
At the airport? Seems fine
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGCC.html
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-0.6C was the low here so the first air frost of the Autumn. Like Damian says we often have to wait a while longer to have one so this is an early start.
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1 hour ago, markyo said:
First Saturday able to have a long lie in bed, bedroom a lovely 14c, perfect with gentle breeze coming in through the windows. This is what i love about the Autumn, the relief from Summer misery has arrived!
Yeah this early chill is a welcome relief to that ridiculous heat we had in summer. I stood outside this morning as temps plummeted and I had a big smile on my face.
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-0.6c was the low here so the first air frost. Unusual in September but not unheard of. A bit of visible frost on some surfaces too. Warmed up now and a bit of a breeze kicking in. Good drying weather.
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4.7C here. Probably end up at 1 or 2C by morning. Missing an air frost but grass frost certainly achieved.
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Down to 4.7C here. Not quite on the same level as Shap or Benson which both sit at 3C at the moment but we'll probably go as low as 1 or 2C by morning so just missing out on an air frost.
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9 minutes ago, TheOgre said:
This week reminds me of April 2021. Bright and sunny but unable to shake off that unseasonable nagging cold. Bizarre.
April 2021 was far colder though had snow cover here. Temps struggled in the mid single digits as max temps. Coldest April since 1989.
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Have you turned your heating on yet?
in Spring Weather Discussion
Posted · Edited by Frost HoIIow
Yes warmer than average and average is around 20C so we've spent most of the summer higher than that. We spend most of our time indoors and above average temps with the strong sun can send temps indoors a good few Celsius higher than that. Until recently it was consistently above 20C+ indoors throughout July, August and early September. Which is basically like having the heating on. That warmth is enough for me to sweat unless I'm in shorts and t shirt all the time which mitigates it a bit. Now it's more like 15-18C inside without the heating on. Hence no more sweating.