Frost HoIIow

Last time we had heat past the 3rd week of September was in 2011 though. September heat whilst can happen is pretty rare the further on you go through the month.

Must have chucked it down in the night here as I had to tip the garden chairs this morning that were full of water. Not been a bad day today. Very useable pleasantly warm in the sun and walked to Park Bridge with the dogs. Thankfully doesn't look like any more heat on the way, squeaky bum time now for heat lovers.

Relatively slack flow and chilly upper air into Northern Scotland at the end of the ECM, a sure sign the northern hemisphere is now on it's way to Winter. With the longer nights this is just about enough for ground frosts if not air frosts for the likes of Altnaharra, Loch Glascarnoch & Kinbrace etc.

Yes I'd rate this summer slightly above normal in terms of what we usually get in our region but it's still no where near 1995. It's the dryness that has stuck out more than anything. We've had a lot of cloudy cool days sandwiched in between just over a week of hot weather (July's couple of very hot days and the more recent full week of hot weather). This has certainly not been 1995 which for me is the benchmark for NW England, from mid June right through to late August it was extraordinary sunny and consistently very warm or hot with Manchester airport recording 29 days at or above 25C and 59 days at or above 20C. No doubt for SE England this summer has been up there with their very best.

Yeah not saying backtracks case is like this as he might not be taking anything but sometimes medications can cause people to feel hot. I'm on one that does as a side effect so rarely feel cold, last time I think I did was the BFTE in 2018 but that's not surprising given wind chills were sub -10C. It's like today a lot of people are back to wearing light jackets/hoodies and trousers out and about, no way I could do that without breaking into a sweat. I'm still in summery gear.

Gone very dark in Hyde on this camera looking east near B&M garden centre. Looks like it's raining albeit lightly.

Nice warm day, thankfully the heat has now gone away. Fresh breeze tonight from the NE get those windows open. Could really do with rain though. Ground is cracked and dusty again round here.

Another fail on the thunderstorm front maybe better tomorrow. Looking great over in Lincolnshire the thunderstorm capital of England.

You won't regret getting one mate. Glad we did otherwise it would've been a week of bedroom temps 25C+ and that cannot be healthy. Without one curtains shut makes very little difference to be honest. At least in this house it doesn't. The baking sun on the brick is what does it in this country. That's why in the med they whitewash their houses and have electronic window shutters.

20.4C outside at the moment and we're surrounded by fields. You can add another 2 or 3C for the more built up parts of Greater Manchester. Looks like it will get off to a warm start if the cloud hangs around all night. But that same cloud might make it a cooler day overall.

Another hot one, probably a bit cloudier tomorrow might take the edge off the high temps a bit. 29C in the living room.

62/63 wasn't too shabby of a winter 12 years old at the time. Remember my late dad shovelling tons of the snow away from the front door so we could get out. That happened more than once that winter. I hear 46/47 was even worse with people in the Oldham area having to climb out of their bedroom windows as the downstairs access was completely buried. This picture was taken in the Diggle area of Oldham in Feb 1947. What do we get nowadays? Hardly anything.

Yes experience tells me curtains and blinds shut makes little difference to cooling the room. For here before we got air con I think it actually made it more stuffier shutting them both as the heat seemed to build around the window and it still escaped into the room eventually. I think the sun on brickwork seems to be a big culprit at heating our homes as well. Look at Spain they whitewash their homes as it doesn't attract the sun.

I don't think you quite get what people have been saying and have misinterpreted people. We've lost 2 hours of daylight since the solstice, without a shadow of a doubt that is enough to see a slight difference but it's enough for some relief now. The sun rises later (takes longer to warm up) and sets earlier (cools down a bit quicker). I can see this with the temp sensors in my house. That might be very sad for you but that's the reality of the situation close to mid August. We're approaching Autumn now.

Yes these slightly longer nights and shorter days seems to be doing the trick with dropping both the outdoor and indoor temps. Any diurnal heating is now competing with increasing darkness. A month to 6 weeks ago and it would have been absolutely roasting indoors with barely a drop off at this time.

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Don't think it even starts in our region A morning of slush doesn't qualify really.

24.6C was the max here, 25C at the airport. 26.8C upstairs. A/C will be switched on later in bedroom.

Mass disobedience is needed and non payment of bills. People on lower incomes I'd support them if they did that and I'm sure debt collectors would also be sympathetic if the momentum starts going. Only then will the energy companies take notice, problem is most people don't want to go that far. Most of the energy bosses and their stakeholders have likely never worried about paying bills, they live in another world in their ivory towers and flying in private jets.

November was the best it got here with that 4 inch fall. Dec, Jan and Feb we had about two sugar dustings and that was it through that entire 12 weeks. Absolutely dreadful. Oddly the best snow was in the Autumn, not many instances of that here.

It can be very wet in September and October for sure as there's little chance of snow. Maybe snow cover in October once every 15-20 years but not worth getting hopes up most years. November though different kettle of fish with a greater chance of cold and snow, had a good 4 inches at the back end of last November so for me episodic spells of deep cold and snow can arrive from November through to about mid March.... I use the word episodic as even in the best of winters we can't expect it lasting right through, this is the UK after all. After which I like a bit of milder weather but still maybe a couple of days late month and April of snow. In between times I'd like to save on the heating bill though. I wouldn't want it cold perpetually.

I just hope any twa*s don't start fires on the moors as it's going to be really difficult to extinguish them. There looks to be an easterly component to the wind from Thursday and this seems to aggravate the dryness and makes it worse. It'll be tinder dry in a couple of days if not already.

September 2005 was colder here. Had 2 air frosts in that month. 2003 got down to 1C one morning late in the month but no air frosts occurred.

Have air con in the bedroom here but not had it on since the last heatwave a couple of weeks ago. But it's consistently hovers between 21-24C without it which is still a bit warm for my liking but rather than waste energy putting the air con back on I just put up with it. Last time it was 20C or below was probably early June. Much prefer 18-20C in the bedroom and 20-21C in the lounge. Anyway a few well deserved beers tonight as it's been a long day running errands for family.

Yeah that's the problem as I'd imagine they can crawl up the legs of the bed and then onto the cover.