2022 - How's the Weather Where You Are?

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hollydolly said:
Britons are set to melt on the hottest UK day on record today as temperatures soar past 40C (104F) amid growing travel chaos as schools close again and millions of people responded to the chaos by working from home.

The Met Office has confirmed that last night was the warmest night on record in Britain, with temperatures not falling below 25C (77F) in many areas of England and Wales. The highest overnight minimum was 25.9C (78.6F) at Emley Moor in West Yorkshire - smashing the previous record of 23.9C (75F) in Brighton set on August 3, 1990.

Temperatures had already hit 34C (93F) by 10am this morning in Cambridge and London. It comes after the overnight minimum last night in the capital fell to just 25.8C (78.4F) at Kenley in Croydon, South London.

Forecasters expect an absolute high of 43C (109F) in central or eastern England today - one day after Wales had its hottest day ever with 37.1C (99F) in Hawarden, Flintshire, beating a record set in the same village in 1990.

The mercury peaked in the UK at 38.1C (100.6F) in Suffolk yesterday, making it the hottest day of 2022 and the third hottest day on record, after 38.7C (101.7F) in Cambridge in 2019 and 38.5C (101.3F) in Kent in August 2003.

Network Rail and train operators upgraded their travel advice for services heading north out of London into the red warning area to 'do not travel', saying there will be no services in or out of London King's Cross all day today.

The heat has brought major rail chaos for commuters around the capital, with no Thameslink or Great Northern trains running in any location north of London, from Blackfriars via St Pancras, or from King's Cross or Moorgate.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told people across Britain today to 'apply common sense' and 'depending on the nature of your journey and reason for it, you might want to consider rearranging your day around it'.

But the sight of parts of the UK shutting down sparked a backlash, with complaints that ministers and health chiefs were 'acting like nanny' - while holidaymakers were delayed yesterday as a part of runway at Luton Airport melted

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You said nothing of the fires. Last night's news featured the London fires and the request that no one barbecue in their backyard.

Globally something like over 2,000 people have died of heat.

Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread​

https://www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-62196045

3 days ago — Wildfires force France to evacuate some 16000 people, as Spain, Croatia and Greece are also hit.


Wildfires | World | The Guardian​

https://www.theguardian.com › world › wildfires

Wildfires · Record-breaking hot temperatures spark fires across England – video · Over 100m Americans under heat warnings as wildfires rage in 12 states · Suspect ...


Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded​

https://www.reuters.com › world › europe › wildfire-rages...

2 hours ago — ATHENS/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday ...

In Oregon USA we have been very thankful for having more rain this year than in the 2 previous years. The terrible fires we had 2 years ago greatly increased our appreciation of rain.

Recently our temperature has been relatively cool. Today I am wearing a small wet towel in practice for the heat that is predicted. My apartment is always in the shade and has been relatively pleasant.

I grew up with the heat of Southern California and think my heat survival skills are pretty good. I would not go out and play tennis on a day like today, but I may have to run to the store for ice cream. :ROFLMAO:
 

hollydolly said:
that's fine by me...I would So Much rather have snow than lack of sleep caused by the furnace which is the interior of my house..
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Many of us in Oregon prefer cool weather to heat. People do start grumbling about the cloudy sky and rain as we near Spring, but the year of fires has us following our grumbling because of a lack of sunny days, with comments about how cloudy weather is better than fires.
 
hollydolly said:
It's 1am.. the temps have dropped to a wonderful cool 63 degrees outside.. apparently... but with all my fans on.. it's a roasting 83 deg f in here.. this is why I can't sleep.... if foxes, hedgehogs and and cats didn't come into my garden at night I'd go and sleep out there..


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@hollydolly

Hols, do you have a fan that you could place on a chair, to take some of the hot air out of the bedroom window?
 
dseag2 said:
We reached 108 degrees in Dallas today. We have been in triple digits for almost a month. I read in Next Door that some of our neighbors have been experiencing rolling electrical blackouts.
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Yeah, not uncommon when it's so hot. Everybody is running any cooling device they have. Sometimes several. When I was in a brand new grocery store on Monday, there were yellow cones in four isles, water on the floor, and a bunch of guys on their knees repairing the freezers and refrigerators that broke down. Why do I think it has something to do with the heat? 🤔
 
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