TapA321 0 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 With warnings of widespread snow as early as October dominating the Tabloid headlines a few days back, we're currently still trapped in the Autumn heatwave that has been streaming in from North Africa. Gravesend in Kent knocked the old UK October record off the top of the board, as their station maxed out at 29.9C today. The previous record was in 1985, in March (Cambridgeshire) at 29.4C. Wales also trashed their old record, with Hawarden reaching a high of 28.2C, nearly 2 degrees higher than the old Welsh October record! Here is the full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15137832 Enjoy the rest of the sunshine while it lasts - rain is already pouring into Scotland, Northen Ireland and Northern England as we speak! Cheers, George Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 It sure was a beautiful day here at the Hangar and more tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 995 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 33.2 here at Enstone, at 14:50. Definitely hot! Link to post Share on other sites
TapA321 0 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 33.2 here at Enstone, at 14:50. Definitely hot! WOW. That's seriously hot. My max was 32.2C today, but I think my weather station exaggerates very slightly when it gets in constant sunshine. Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Wow! That's pretty darn hot for the U.K. You guys are having Florida heat over there. And you probably don't even have A/C. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hmm, let's see. Yesterday it was about 17 degrees and pouring down with rain! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 A/C would be luxury, lol It was very hot here again yesterday too, at 9am the thermostat in the front room was reading 23 degrees. It was mega hot in the afternoon. Hopefully it stays fine this afternoon for my BBQ. I saw the rain in scotland last night and got a bit worried! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 No a/c either have a ceiling fan right above my FS desk and it is soo good. I could always go and sit in my car and stick the a/c on max for 10 minutes but we shouldn't go unnecessarily polluting the atmosphere should we? There a couple of bottles of London Pride in the fridge with my name on them, the sun is nearly over the yard arm so come to daddy!! Link to post Share on other sites
MarkJones 0 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I've got A/C. And it's been getting some heavy use these past few weeks. Keeps me at 16'c when the outside was hitting 28 It'll probably be back in heat pump mode now though... Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 995 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 And you probably don't even have A/C. 240 volts @50Hz down the wire... Oh, you mean aircon... Nah, we're British - we don't need no aircon*! (i.e., we can't afford it, or won't pay that much just for the one week a year it would be really useful! LOL) Besides, since the window tax was repealed, we all have these nice holes in our houses that let fresh air in! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 and the wasps! Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 995 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 A friend of mine had three hives completely wiped out by wasps this year. B s Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 That is bad, we need more hives Link to post Share on other sites
TapA321 0 Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 We have a wasp-chart up in the house. The electric tennis racket was used a lot this summer. Link to post Share on other sites
MarkJones 0 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 We have a wasp-chart up in the house. The electric tennis racket was used a lot this summer. I have one of those bug zappers but I was disappointed. I just sellotaped a couple of 25 microfarad motor run capacitors to it. Much bigger bang! Wasps are vaporised by it Link to post Share on other sites
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