TheOgre

Looking forward to some sunny and frosty days to start December but I hope we get at least a little bit of snow. Although nice, last December was disappointing for a severe cold spell as there was no snow (here at least). Also interesting to have the third cold end to November in a row.

First one here too this morning at -1C. The 2020s so far have brought very late 1st frosts.

September 2023 deserved to break the record after that heatwave. August 2022 deserved a record as it was a stunning month. The July 2019 heatwave would have been more deserved at the end of the July 2018 heatwave. January 2013 deserves to be colder than January 2021 as the snowy spell was more prolonged and severe.

Do you not put the heating on during a mild winter then? I find you need the heating on whether it’s 0C or 10C so it makes no difference. My new house had boiler issues in January 2020 and it was absolutely freezing despite the mild winter.

Are we actually going to get a frost at some point?

Early November is the first time it feels depressing imo. Because Halloween festivities are gone, the early sunsets have no appeal and it’s just a long wait until Christmas lifts you up. Completely agree with this and I imagine that’s what June in places like Tierra Del Fuego, Falklands, and South New Zealand feels like.

Despite the wetness as of late, we’ve still had a decent bit of sunshine in the day here for a wet period and spooky moonlit nights

This has been a very varied October. Some warmth, some cold, some crisp sunny days like today and last Sunday and some absolute washouts like Friday.

Trees are not as late as 2022 round here. Last year was the latest I’ve ever seen and came on the back of a late 2021 change too. Still quite late this year though.

Might end up being today here. Only 6C here still at nearly midday!

Perfect October weather today: crisp, sunny and not a cloud in the sky.

As much as I like heat I am liking the look of a cold and sunny spell potentially coming next week. Hopefully that will bring out the autumn colours

Just arrived back from Cyprus today and it’s not much cooler here than there!

Well I’m going on holiday later so I’ll sum up September for here. It was a stunning and unprecedented first third but then fell off after 10 September. The south east seems to have had a classic but after the heatwave just bog standard or poor and very windy at times here. Had a few nice days thrown in but nothing unusual.

First week of November I reckon. Late October at the earliest and mid November at the latest probably.

So envious of the south today… dull as lead out today, I think yesterday was the last of the summer weather for 2023 (and that was a more average 21C rather than the south’s 26C+)

I’ve really enjoyed this week and am sad it’s about to end. It’s just been a perfect start to September. You could nitpick at high cloud at times but for a realistic English heatwave you couldn’t ask for any better really. I think it reached 30C here but I don’t know for sure.

Does anyone know if the 2023 record has gone yet?

Pleasantly surprised today has been so sunny and it’s now 29C. Yesterday was a bit hazier and cloudy at times and with today’s forecast was expecting something similar but it’s been wall to wall sun all day with just some cloud on the western horizon

Amazing clear blue skies and 27C, what more could you ask for?

Bleedin’ hell this is probably the best run I’ve ever seen. It’s probably too good to be true though surely Hot all the way out to 20 September:

I personally think the solar seasons only work when talking about daylight. If we used them as our main seasons we’d be a month into autumn now and it’s going to be 28-32C all week with trees fully green! In a warm autumn like 2022 we’d still have green trees in early winter! Also May can still be quite cold at night and some trees are still bare like ash, hardly summer. Whether you use meteorological or astronomical seasons is down to your location. If you live near the sea, there can be strong seasonal lag. Many places in Atlantic Canada and Japan have September warmer than June so astronomical would probably be best there. Some places in the subarctic have strong continentality and are warmer in May than September so meteorological seasons would work best there. So I’d say solar seasons when talking about daylight, meteorological in areas with normal or weak seasonal lag and astronomical in areas with strong seasonal lag.

Great sunset tonight after a pleasant day and looking like a stunning period of weather coming up. You can really see the difference with the daylight now with this sunset at 7:45pm.

One of the strangest summers I can recall this year I think. My take on Summer 2023: June - 9/10. Cold start but mostly sunny with cold misty interludes. Fantastic from 10th onwards with constant warmth and sunshine with some great thunderstorms. July - 1/10. Terrible throughout. I was in the far north the first week and felt extremely cold for July (we were in winter coats). Very wet and dull throughout with no redeeming features. August - 5/10. Horrid start especially 5th. Improved to a decent middle third, fairly dry and warm but then descended to a miserable last week. Overall 5/10. Felt worse because of the lack of sun from end of June onwards and that July is the most important summer month.

I mean it is a bit cooler on average than high summer but it could easily be hot and sunny. September is even later but can still bring in the heat.