Weather WTF

[mongers]

Satellite imagery of Britain comparing May and July:



I'm off to Manchester this weekend where temps aren't supposed to be higher than 23c/73f while London will be getting again to 30c/86f. Friend from up North told me it is the first time she's heard someone happy for Manchester's weather.

Yeah, I've a free train ticket I could use to see my cousin and I'm seriously considering visiting her some weekend soon, she also lives in Manchester. 

[garbon]

16c/61f and rainy as train pulled out of station in Crewe. I've never been this happy to need a jacket. 

[mongers]

The drought comes on apace.

[KRonn]

Rainy week here. Rained Sunday and off and on rain much of the week. Humid tonight. This is the first time I've used my A/C in a while.

[PDH]

Horrible weather here - nights in upper 50s (about 14c), mornings foggy and about 63 (maybe 16-17c) with sun in the afternoons and temps of 75 (about 24c).  The real hell of this is that this lasts, day after day, from mid June through September.

It is a hell on earth.

[KRonn]

Horrible weather here - nights in upper 50s (about 14c), mornings foggy and about 63 (maybe 16-17c) with sun in the afternoons and temps of 75 (about 24c).  The real hell of this is that this lasts, day after day, from mid June through September.

It is a hell on earth.

There's little or no variation in the weather? Where are you at? I'm in the north east and we get a wide range of summer, some humd days and many temperate non-humid days. Biggest gripe is that summer is short. Seems our Spring times come later and our Autumns last longer with decent weather.

[PDH]

Santa Cruz, California.  A very Mediterranean Climate mitigated by the cold Pacific Ocean and it's marine layer of fog.

[Liep]

2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.

I'll just post this now: 2nd day of thunderstorms here, I miss the sun.

[mongers]

2nd day of plus 30 degrees here but they're saying this heatwave will bring thunder and rain with it in a few days, so that'll be a nice change.

I'll just post this now: 2nd day of thunderstorms here, I miss the sun.

Day 45 (wild guess) of the relentless sun and dry conditions; #GreatBritishBakeOff.   

[Duque de Bragança]

Coldest July month in 30 years in Portugal as in 20-30 C° instead of 30-40 C°. I can live with that. Less forest fires too.

http://theportugalnews.com/news/coldest-july-in-30-years/46313

Coldest July in 30 years

Latest data released by the Portuguese Met Office has revealed that the month of July has been the coolest in 30 years.

Coldest July in 30 years

Figures for the first 18 days of the month, show that maximum temperatures dropped by 1.6 degrees Celsius when compared with existing averages.

Southern Portugal has also been considerably cooler, with three days out of the first 18 being four degrees lower than averages.

The extended forecasts for the remainder of July indicate that highs will remain below the average.

[crazy canuck]

In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden.  Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest

[KRonn]

In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden.  Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest

Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.

[crazy canuck]

In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden.  Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest

Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.

It is a recent phenomenon for us.  It used to be that Vancouver was a very green city all year.  But now we suffer summer droughts.

[KRonn]

In the middle of a heat wave here too, and no precipitation - grasses are turning golden.  Quite something for what is supposed to be a temperate rain forest

Here almost every summer lawns turn brown due to lack of rain. Even the rain we've had off and on since Sunday hasn't yet made much difference as the grass is still mostly brown and dried out. The lawns will recover about September-October as we usually get more rain during that time and through Autumn. Early last Autumn after a good amount of rain my lawn became so green and full it surprised me, as it was quite a stark contrast to the dry, barren look previously during summer.

It is a recent phenomenon for us.  It used to be that Vancouver was a very green city all year.  But now we suffer summer droughts.

Interesting. We have plenty of water even with usually somewhat dry summers. A few years ago we had a drought for two or three years but the officials in charge of water supplies said that we'd need a very long, severe drought to have a big effect. I get water from the Quabbin reservoir but those towns with their own wells or artesian wells usually have water restrictions almost every year. The town next to me has its own wells, doesn't get water from the Quabbin, and they often have water restrictions.


The Quabbin was built in the early 1900s and displaced four towns to make it. It's been a very successful water source, along with other smaller attached reservoirs like the Wachusett and the whole water system that supports it all. The system was overhauled in the 1980s to keep up with demand and water standards. We have a Water Resources Authority that was created during the overhaul that oversees the system - the MWRA. They seem to be doing a good job.

https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/lost-towns-quabbin-reservoir/ 

[garbon]

London weather forecast has just edged up to 34c/93f for tomorrow.