Summer Weather

[johnstephen29]

The weather can't make up its mind today, the so called start of summer. One minute it's nice and sunny, the next it's blowing a gale.

[Maggi Young]

Pouring with rain on an off here in Aberdeen.  On the plus side, it's not too cold though !!

[johnstephen29]

That's true maggi.

[johnstephen29]

I can't believe it's the beginning of July already, where is the year going? Absolutely red hot today, too hot to work in ;

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

The hottest weather here in France for years...
40°C today...and they forecast it'll go on next week.
No rain for more than 3 weeks...
I have to water my plants every day.
Something a bit strange: Lapageria seems to withstand these harsh temperatures: leaves are floppy at the end of the day but recover during the night ( 31°C last night... ).
One the " good " side of this ( if there's one... ) unexpected germination of palm seeds !
JP

[angie]

What a day, started off so lovely and I had so many jobs to be done  Some of Aberdeen's streets were flooded today. Hope all the aphids were washed away 

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

Torrential rain most of the day - large amounts of water falling from the sky and lots of thunder and lightning - which I don't like. Dry enough now for me to go out and help a lot of snails with their flying lessons and help them get out to play in the traffic. Suppose that is some good come of the day! Lots of plants collapsed under the heavy rain though. #sigh#

[angie]

Torrential rain most of the day - large amounts of water falling from the sky and lots of thunder and lightning - which I don't like. Dry enough now for me to go out and help a lot of snails with their flying lessons and help them get out to play in the traffic. Suppose that is some good come of the day! Lots of plants collapsed under the heavy rain though. #sigh#

These snails don't know how lucky they are, flying lessons for nothing. I went out as well and collected some. Never used to have snails but now they are everywhere. They must grow really quick as mine are really big. I wonder how long they live .

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

I think the big ones can live to as much as 20 years - but usually only around ten  - If I'm  hunting it's much less     I was  surprised to see more baby snails tonight than I've seen for ages.

[johnstephen29]

I heard about the flooding up in Aberdeen on the news, hope everyone is ok and not much damage was done.

[angie]

I heard about the flooding up in Aberdeen on the news, hope everyone is ok and not much damage was done.

Being at the top of the hill has its benefits sometimes. 

Angie

[angie]

I think the big ones can live to as much as 20 years - but usually only around ten  - If I'm  hunting it's much less     I was  surprised to see more baby snails tonight than I've seen for ages.

Here is me thinking they must only live a year or so. I will be getting my specs on and standing on the babies tonight    Cant stand on the big ones.

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

Mostly just drowned cars, John!  Paper full of pix of cars in water over their window levels.   
Animals at one of the rescue homes had to be moved as  buildings flooded but all moved safely.
Yes, Angela, being at the top of a hill is a good thing for us too, even if I do moan when trudging up hill!

Here is me thinking they must only live a year or so. I will be getting my specs on and standing on the babies tonight    Cant stand on the big ones.

Angie 

   Get hob-nail boots, Angela, it's the only way! I was surprised when I looked up about  their life-span - not good news a all.

[Maggi Young]

In Aberdeen we've had about a month's worth of July rain in the last couple of days - around 65mm (when the average for July is 60 to 60mm)- there have been flash floods with water swirling  nearly 90cms deep in places around the city.

I enclose the weather report included yearly in the Aberdeen Group's newsletters - it is for the year 2014 - it is recorded formally by John Lupton in his garden at Westhill,  a satellite town around six miles out of the city of Aberdeen. It'll give folks an idea of our climate

 wweatherApril14NL.pdf (70.99 kB - downloaded 42 times.)

[angie]

Maggi it is interesting to see the difference .

Went for a walk yesterday to Burn o vat just beside Dinnet. One minute it was hot next it was windy and raining. My jacket was off more times than I can count. Went for the short walk  got lost. Think we never payed attention to the markers. So the walk was 10/12 miles . Thank god I had some chocolate. Cut my head on a branch, slipped into the water. Trying to fish with my great niece and a pink fishing net, can't remember what we used to call them. Think hiking isn't for me  saying this the scenery was lovely that's when it wasn't blowing a gale and raining.

Angie