UK heat wave?
2009 July 2
Temperature at 9 o’clock this morning plus four-day forecast.
Buncha wimps. 
How’s the weather where you are?
12 Responses
leave one →
-
comments
dragonqueen on bow tie Steve on twelve Steve on twelve Steve on merry christmas!!! mariposa on twelve mudhooks on twelve Bull Rhino on twelve azahar on merry christmas!!! Puddock on merry christmas!!! zeusiswatching on twelve my wish list
weather in sevilla
They also believe it’s “bitter” cold at 5C!
Today we are enjoying a lovely day: Partly cloudy, 28 C, 58% humidity.
I could go for a UK-style heat wave about now.
Here, it’s been raining. And raining. And raining. Every week or so we see the sun for a few hours. It’s getting ridiculous. This is “summer.” (It’s also been really bad for the local fruit farms. Lots of the crops are getting ruined by the excessive rain.)
But I’m a wimp, too, when it comes to heat. What’s the weather like there in September, by the way? Am I going to melt? (Because it looks like we are moving forward with the trip plans again. Hurray!)
You should be fine in September, alejna. And the apartment I have in mind for you guys has air conditioning. When can we start making plans???
I’m enough of a duffer on Celsius I had to go to my Yahoo page and check the UK temperatures. For goodness sake people. Today’s high in Southwark isn’t quite 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which is what the DC area calls “a fine pleasant summer day.” We will probably be hitting that later this afternoon. And why do I think it’s never as sticky in London — I’ve been there in August. (But my preening Brit ex called me once just to tell me that he was having to sit round the flat in his underwear because it was about what they’re having now, though I think he was just trying vainly to be provocative.
We usually expect the high nineties by the end of summer — about what you’re getting.
Wet and rainy, here…
19C/66F We are supposed to get some sun on Sunday.
I have mentioned before that I have no idea what temperature anything is in Celcius with the exception of -40 which happnes to be -40 F (and I DO have an opportunity to know what -40 feels like at least once or twice every winter). I was 15 or so when they started introducing metric and so really only have a basic idea of what anything metric is, except speed.
I KNOW what 99 deg. F is like… but have no idea what the corresponding Celcius temp is.
In thinking about it, though, I would say that having no idea what the actual temperature is, I don’t tend to get bent out of shape about it being whatever the Celcius number 99 deg. is. I know it is hot but don’t tend to go about thinking “Man! It is almost >whatever the Celcius equivalent of 100 is<!
My spellcheck doesn’t seem to be working… Please ignore the typos…
I remember the switch to Celcius too, Mudhooks, and at the time I decided to forget all about Fahrenheit. Now I can’t relate at all to F temps. Though, like you, I’ve had my share of -40ºC/F.
Here’s a handy chart!
40ºC = 104ºF
38ºC = 100ºF
35ºC = 95ºF
32ºC = 90ºF
30ºC = 86ºF
28ºC = 82.5ºF
25ºC = 77ºF
21ºC = 70ºF
And of course when it says it’s 38º here that’s the temperature at the airport. The temperature in the centre of Sevilla at around 5pm is usually about 5º hotter.
My first summer in Sevilla was a scorcher and got up to 50º some days. There was also a drought and water restrictions. Back then the HEAT didn’t get to me as much as it does now. I don’t know if it’s getting older, the chemo, or both. But even now I wouldn’t complain about a measly 29º…
But it does come down to what you’re used to, and geared up for. Az, you were freezing earlier this year, at not particularly cold UK temps, because Seville buildings don’t have central heating. We in the UK aren’t used to temps above 20, and no we don’t have air-con.
Here in Ireland, the rain’s got warmer
No air-con at casa az either … sitting in front of the fans feels like I’m being blow dried.
If you despise heat, this is the place. We have roughly 7 summery weeks (the temp rarely goes above 90), a month or two of spring, a month or so of fall, and the remainder is all winter. Our average annual snowfall is about 120 inches or 305 centimeters. Last year we got 335 centimeters. Come visit. Bring your snowshoes.
Well, it was 28.5 C today in Seattle, and 30C is predicted for tomorrow. This is very hot for Seattle, and temper are short. I will be glad when the holiday is over, and things get back to normal. Rain predicted for Monday.