Summer 2023 chat

[TwisterGirl81]

3 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

Remember it’s those stats that count!

I wish the CET would go where the sun doesn’t shine

Edited September 1, 2023 by TwisterGirl81

[TwisterGirl81]

1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:

Have you ever gone into the heat haters thread?

Even a 2 day period of 25c gives them nightmares. 

I have the sudden urge to get my hair dryer out to blow in their direction 

[Freeze]

5 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

Remember it’s those stats that count!

Well it is a weather forum after all

[Sunny76]

3 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Its all relative, its way above the likes of 1954

No way can this summer can be compared to the stinkers of yesteryear

Oh come on! 
 

It doesn’t need to be a 1954, or 1986. The truth is, it’s still on the side of poor for many people. Not much sunshine and not a lot of dry days.

[CharlieBear9]

1 minute ago, Freeze said:

Well it is a weather forum after all

Really?

I thought it was for psychologists.

[Sunny76]

3 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I wish the CET would go where the sun doesn’t shine

Coming to cinemas this Halloween : The Stats! - the law of averages.

[tadpole]

14 minutes ago, jtay said:

Careful... Vitamin D is a euphemism in some circles.

I now know I'm old. I had to google it to find out what on earth it could be.

[Sunny76]

2 minutes ago, Freeze said:

Well it is a weather forum after all

Yeah I did know that, but thanks again for reminding me.

I think Never Screamer outlined just how the summer will be remembered. Coming outside your house everyday to see grey cloudy skies for days on end. Who’s going to even pay attention to stats, when it’s just so miserable and lacking in anything summery. 

5 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I have the sudden urge to get my hair dryer out to blow in their direction 

Oh don’t do that. You might get banned for 7 days.

[Sunny76]

1 hour ago, B87 said:

The summer index for London came out as 304, or very slightly above the average. That must be due to June doing all the heavy lifting regarding temperature and sunshine, because July and August were both worse than normal.

Summer 1996, which was a fairly typical British summer, had a summer index of 302, yet most would say it was far superior to this year.

1996 had a good June with a decent severe thunderstorm. This came after the cold spring. 
 

July was so so, and I remember August being mixed. 

[Wold Topper]

9 minutes ago, CharlieBear9 said:

Really?

I thought it was for psychologists.

At times this thread would send a psychologist to the brink

[Weather-history]

2 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

Oh come on! 
 

It doesn’t need to be a 1954, or 1986. The truth is, it’s still on the side of poor for many people. Not much sunshine and not a lot of dry days.

Why do you think I use an index? You're making my point for using an index.  June prevents this summer from being put in the same box with 2012, 1956, 1954 etc because June was far superior than any of those Junes. You can't ignore that June. 

[Don]

16 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I have the sudden urge to get my hair dryer out to blow in their direction 

You won't need the hair dryer after today lol! 

[CharlieBear9]

Just now, Wold Topper said:

At times this thread would send a psychologist to the brink

It's the enthusiastic embracing of feelings and perceptions at the expense of non-compliant data in a scientific field I suppose.

[Freeze]

1 minute ago, Wold Topper said:

At times this thread would send a psychologist to the brink

I swear some just get so defensive and upset if you mention that it isn't amongst the worst summers.

[Metwatch]

There's 534 pages in this thread, it needs to be locked up

[Dark Horse]

29 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

It took me a about 30 seconds to catch on 

 

Oh I’m not sure, I read a while back that it’s best to take vitamins and minerals  before sleep, not sure if that’s true  but I think the best kind is the outside from the sun.

I think it’s more for darker months to maybe take vit D, it’s not like we are living in Svalbard, we should get enough sunshine here in England, think it stores in our body?

Yes I believe it stores in the body but I guess it depends on how good of a summer it's been too. I don't take a multivitamin these days but got to admit I find when I did do at night it took me forever to fall asleep. Some people might not have that problem though.

Eating a banana is good for sleep though, it has muscle relaxants magnesium and potassium and vitamin B6 in it which can help produce serotonin and then the sleepy melatonin. I often eat one about an hour before bed if I had a bad night previously, seems to work well.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Dark Horse

[Wold Topper]

3 minutes ago, CharlieBear9 said:

It's the enthusiastic embracing of feelings and perceptions at the expense of non-compliant data in a scientific field I suppose.

Thats one erudite way off putting it, my blunt Yorkshire description would probably see me band

[Azazel]

Summer was crap. There I said it. Close thread.

[CharlieBear9]

1 minute ago, Metwatch said:

There's 534 pages in this thread, it needs to be locked up

Doesn't matter how many pages there are. How does it feel, that's what counts.

[StingJet]

2 hours ago, Blessed Weather said:

If I may...... but as someone who has lived through all the summers during the period 1961-1990 I thought I would post this summer's anomalies versus the Met Office records for that period.

Sunshine duration anomalies for each of the 3 months compared with that period. Not bad at all for the eastern half of the country; either average or above average sunshine amounts:

And next the mean temperature anomalies. Not bad at all. Average or above average for the whole of the country for each of the summer months.

Seems to me that the Met Office habit of continually moving the goalpost so that current seasons are compared with more recent years (which we all know are being impacted by global warming) is maybe raising expectations for weather that never used to be the norm? Just a personal opinion.

& for completeness, if I may,   here are the mean minimum temperature anomalies

& lets add the mean max temperature anomalies too 

Now we can see all the stats on the table 

[Sunny76]

9 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Why do you think I use an index? You're making my point for using an index.  June prevents this summer from being put in the same box with 2012, 1956, 1954 etc because June was far superior than any of those Junes. You can't ignore that June. 

Will you stop banging on about June! 
 

Lol it was the best June for years. We get it! But it wasn’t a good summer.

1 minute ago, StingJet said:

& for completeness, if I may,   here are the mean minimum temperature anomalies

& lets add the mean max temperature anomalies too 

Now we can see all the stats on the table 

Lol no more stats please. I’ll be having nightmares.

3 minutes ago, CharlieBear9 said:

Doesn't matter how many pages there are. How does it feel, that's what counts.

How it feels counts a lot more than ‘stats’.

[Sunny76]

11 minutes ago, Don said:

You won't need the hair dryer after today lol! 

Next week looks wonderful. It’s a shame I won’t be here to see it.

[Wold Topper]

5 minutes ago, CharlieBear9 said:

Doesn't matter how many pages there are. How does it feel, that's what counts.

Emotional....

[Sunny76]

5 minutes ago, Azazel said:

Summer was crap. There I said it. Close thread.

Glad someone speaks from the same hymn sheet.

Summer was crap for people who enjoy proper summer weather and long clear sunny spells. 
 

I just elaborated a bit more, because we both know this summer was wonderful for those who hate sunshine and some nice summer warmth. 

[Weather-history]

1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:

Will you stop banging on about June! 
 

Lol it was the best June for years. We get it! But it wasn’t a good summer.

 

Nope, you are not practicing what you are preaching because you are banging on about how crap you think the summer just gone was.  We get It!!!!!