The Middle Of June ….

naomi24 | 17:28 Thu 13th Jun 2024 | ChatterBank

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.... and we've got the central heating on. Anyone else? Global warming? More like global colding.

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calmck

The last couple of evenings I've debated on lighting a fire here in Portugal. We have sun but cold winds

jourdain2

Ditto, naomi. We'd turned it off, apart from water, but it became so cold that OH was white and shaking - he's 91 - and I wasn't much better. We put it back on, but set the thermostat very low about 19C ......it's come on every morning and evening!!!

Togo

We have just put ours on Naomi! It is more like November out there. This is the worst June since 1971, when it rained and blew resulting in floods in many places. I remember it well. 1928 was just as bad but I can't remember that one. Where are my glow bulls? I have paid for them via all the deceitful tariffs that have been lumped onto the utility bills and they have not turned up. More broken promises.

sandyRoe

It's cold and raining here in Belfast. I have the heating on to take the chill off the air.

As for climate change, there are droughts in China, forest fires in North America and recently in Australia.

Warming won't be uniform.

jourdain2

I'll draw attention once more to the year 1663. There was a deep frost near the end of August, which lead to famine and presaged the 'Ice-fairs' on the Thames. The Spring and Summer were foul and much like this year.

Most people know a frost when it hits! The Met. Office did not exist, of course, but Parliament held a week long fast in the middle of August to try to change the weather. However, on the 28th/29th August, people woketo a deep frost and harvests were ruined - famine 'stalked the land'.

I'm researching material for an historical novel, which is how I came across this. It took me a while --- I've given you a short-cut.

Nothing new under the sun. :)

Patsy33

Weird isn't it. I've never known a June like it. We are staying in Dorset, nice when the sun comes out but a chilly wind at times. Freezing at night!

Barmaid

We have been putting ours on for the odd hour every now and again. Normally it goes off around the end of April and stays off.

We need some sunshine!!! Apart from the fact it would be nice to see some sun, the farmers need stuff to start ripening off and drying out else we will have another low yield harvest.

Hazlinny

Boosted the heating for an hour this morning (S.E.Scotland) - have had some sunshine between the rain showers.

fiveleaves

43C in Athens yesterday and they had to shut schools and close the Acropolis to tourists.

Climate change doesn't mean everywhere will be warmer all the time. Some parts of the world may get significantly cooler if the North Atlantic circulation shuts down

jno

you should have been here in 1907 (I'm assuming nobody here was)...

https://community.netweather.tv/topic/96174-the-coldest-summer-of-the-20th-century-summer-1907/

tomus42

Nobody really knows how global warming will affect this island.

One theory is that the melting ice cap will push the gulf stream further south, depriving us of the balmy air coming up from the Caribbean.

I hope that's not what happens as I was looking forward to a Mediterranean type dotage rather than a baltic one.

jno

people have been worrying about the gulf stream reversing for quite a while. Perhaps instead of bringing Florida weather to Britain it will take British weather to Miami, which would disappoint people.