Nick L
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But no, it's definitely the rain that's the problem. We never get rain in this country so it's completely unprecedented!
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The water companies must be delighted they can use that excuse for a change, rather than just dumping it in there anyway.
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My Mum turns 58 on Saturday and looks like it will barely scrape 13C. Must be the coldest birthday she's ever had. Dreadful stuff.
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We've had tons of courgettes haha! Loads of tomatoes coming through nicely as well now. Although the weeds and grass are a big problem, can't get the strimmer out because it's just too wet a lot of the time.
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Interesting seeing that people mentioning they're feeling tired all the time. For me it's been one of the best summers for sleep. A silver lining of the gloom and rain is that my indoor temperature has never been so tolerable through the summer months! My air conditioning has been sat gathering dust for a month. Sadly, any money saved on not using A/C is more than offset by much greater use of the tumble dryer.
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Well surely the trade-off is that indoor entertainment venues will be doing a roaring trade in comparison? I suspect bowling alleys, cinemas, indoor mini golf, go karting etc. must be loving the fact folks are forced to remain indoors. Swings and roundabouts.
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Well, it is? If June was like the second half of July then it would be far worse. Most of the winter 2010/11 was underwhelming, but December 2010 was exceptionally cold and more than made up for it. June was exceptionally warm so gives something to shout about this summer at the very least. It hasn't been a good summer. But folks here are acting as if we have had no warm or sunny weather at all. Haha yes, for all talk of today being dreadful it's been a nice morning here.
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June is certainly feeling like a distant memory now. We made a very wise choice of booking a holiday to Fuerteventura next month.
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Greece- Medicane
Nick L replied to matty40s's topic in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide
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Greece- Medicane
Nick L replied to matty40s's topic in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide
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Someone at our office goes on holiday in the UK multiple times a year without fail, and ALWAYS complains about the weather. I've given up advising they just go abroad for similar cost and guaranteed good weather. We went to Cornwall a couple of years ago, the weather was appalling, everywhere is packed and the cost is just not worth it. Really isn't though. It's a silly comment that is completely wrong.
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Errr putting the clocks forward does not mean we gain more hours...
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I think that might have been the year where the only storms which occurred happened while I was storm chasing in the US, where ironically it was a dreadful season
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Probably the best weather year I can remember. Although the complete absence of thunderstorms during that summer was a shame.
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What a cracking day Saturday was, perfect weather for the local beer festival.
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With the gloomy, rainy evening it was the first one where it felt darker earlier.
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Just further illustrates how ridiculously warm our heatwaves have got in the last decade. Looking at that graph, 29.7C would have been reasonably good going back in normal times!
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One very brief shower today but otherwise not too bad. Once the sun is out it is pleasant, despite the fairly underwhelming temperatures.
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The CET graph for the year is pretty stark. By far the most prolonged period of average temps so far this year:
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Indeed! A bit more dry weather would have been nice mind. 100mm for July isn't great. Off to a beer festival on Saturday and it's currently looking like low-20s and just a few showers with sunny spells. Lovely. I would recommend people go outside and actually enjoy it when we have nice weather instead of moaning that it's going to rain the next day.
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European temperature records (verified & provisional)
Nick L replied to Jo Farrow's topic in Weather Around The World
Just having a quick look through that table, and in particular the highest minimums recorded. Russia's is apparently 45C?! Surely not! -
Because the CET isn't a UK-wide average, it only covers Central England as the name suggests. The UK-wide averages only go back to the late 1800s I think so that's all we can go on.
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The world we live in now, sadyl!
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Avoid the showers this week and it's looking alright!
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Yep, even I'll concede we're actually into dreadful summer territory now. Although if we avoid the showers down here today it will turn into a reasonable day.
