UK Weather Warning -I thought you guys might be amused.

[hairpuller]

Originally Posted by robj144

It usually doesn't go below 78F for about three months where I live...ever. It's not surprising for it to be 84F at 2 am here.

Please let me know where this is, so I can scratch it off my possible retirement list!
Scott

[robj144]

Originally Posted by hairpuller

Please let me know where this is, so I can scratch it off my possible retirement list!
Scott

Down south.

Typical summer night... a little cool:

[TJE"]

I've been to the medittarean and Africa at the height of their summer and strangely I found the hot weather there to be much more bearable there than it is in the UK.

[pegleghowell]

Weather warnings...pffff!!!!...I shall be parading my 250lbs of relaxed muscle in a pair of bermuda shorts...perhaps they should issue a warning about that.

[David Rance]

Aircon not so common in UK cars until quite recently either. Preparation is everything. Having once transported an expensive classical instrument across England in a non-air conditioned Mitsubishi Spacestar on a long journey when the temp OUTSIDE the car was 34 degrees - 93 Fahrenheit in English, I can remember dreaming wistfully at the time of the Dodge Intrepid we had in Florida one year in which the aircon could create ice cubes within a minute - no really. Classical instruments absolutely hate really hot cars. Not clever.

Glorious day here with temps of 27 expected later. Not a cloud in the sky. RAF flying overhead. We're having a barbecue later with lots of nice Moretti beer. Marvelous.

[rllink]

We are getting more detailed warnings more often here in the States too. Not just the weather. But especially in the winter we get detailed warnings with steps like that to avoid freezing to death I guess. It seems that everyone wants to be dramatic about everything. Makes for better ratings maybe.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by robj144

It usually doesn't go below 78F for about three months where I live...ever. It's not surprising for it to be 84F at 2 am here.

It hits 78F here when I put my oven on.

[Jeff Scott]

Originally Posted by stokes1971

Whats that they say about "mad dogs and Englishmen"?

And in a similar vein, it was an Englishman who said the Devil is an Englishman.

Originally Posted by difalkner

Mark Twain reportedly said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

David

I can verify that. We have experienced some seriously freezing weather in the middle of the summer on trips to SF.

[alnico5]

I am old enough to remember when AC was not universal. My house didn't have it until I was about 9-10 years old. Back then you did not hear of people succumbing to heat stroke.

[Silly Moustache]

We had some pretty bad scenes on the south coast when lockdown evaders all drove to the beaches.

Mercifully the clouds came over on Friday p.m. and we had rain all night.

[Ben M.]

You better start hoarding toilet paper.

[David Eastwood]

Originally Posted by Jeff Scott

I can verify that. We have experienced some seriously freezing weather in the middle of the summer on trips to SF.

Sweatshirt vendors in San Francisco do very well in the summer months, from tourists with no understanding of the city’s location and climate

[Jeff Scott]

Originally Posted by eatswodo

Sweatshirt vendors in San Francisco do very well in the summer months, from tourists with no understanding of the city’s location and climate

Yeah, the touristas think it's like San Diego!

[SprintBob]

Originally Posted by ras1500

Today's high near Phoenix, Arizona will be 108 F (42 C). It's just starting to warm up for summer. Relative humidity is 20%.


Similar to Florida, the locals break out the woollies when temperatures drop below 70 F.

For perspective, the high here yesterday was 92 but with 59% RH, the heat index was 105. I think I could take some of that dry heat!

[SprintBob]

Originally Posted by robj144

Down south.

Typical summer night... a little cool:

Don’t you just love those summer mornings where you step outside and it feels like someone put a warm wet towel over your mouth and nose .