Weather

[David Nicholson]

Outdoor temperature yesterday at 1700 hours-13C
    "              "         today       "     "      "    -24C

What a weird year??

[mark smyth]

similar here yesterday but only 21 today

[annew]

I presume that's not minus 24, David, although it certainly felt like it while I was potting bulbs outside this afternoon. It was also very dark

[Paul T]

Anne,

Until your comment I thought that they WERE minus degrees.  After your comment I realised you were summer.  I thought that Devon got a LOT colder than I realised if it was -24 at 5pm. 

[David Nicholson]

'twas only a badly placed hyphen, I can assure you that all temperatures (at present!) are above freezing.

[Paul T]

So are ours.  As I mentioned in the Southern Hemisphere thread we are having a very warm August.... where we should have 19 nights below 1'C we've so far had 2.

[Anthony Darby]

Typical. Third day back at school since the summer holidays and my (south facing) classroom is 28^oC and rising. There is a grill on the wall for airconditioning, but the powers-that-be never connected it ot anything, so it doubles as modern art - being just about as useful.

[mark smyth]

back to skewl! Two more weeks in N Ireland

[Anthony Darby]

It's now 3.25 and 29^oC in my classroom. Seven weeks of cold and rain and as soon school restarts the sun comes out!

[David Nicholson]

Never mind Anthony, in a few weeks you will be off for half-term right in the middle of an 'Indian Summer'

[derekb]

Anthony, you are lucky here in sunny Sussex it is 15 c and blowing a Gale.
Derek

[mark smyth]

Glasgow had the hottest day today with 25C

[David Nicholson]

27C late this afternoon but quite windy.

[Anthony Darby]

Half term. What's that? We have an "October week" (there is no corresponding holiday in the spring or summer terms), which for me is from Friday 13th October. It was scheduled for the previous week but the powers that be in Falkirk Council moved it back so my wife and children have the week before me and are going to Center[sic] Parks for 4 days. This means I have been forced to slum it in Trinidad for a week. Heigh ho.

Lovely evening tonight, but eaten alive by midges and today the ants have chosen to allow all the winged kings and queens to fly, so our alfresco tea (before sundown and the plague of midges hit) was interesting.

[Paddy Tobin]

Anthony,

There are other teachers on this forum so I think it should be forbidden to mention the return to school. It is a very upsetting subject.

For those of you who think teachers have great holidays let me inform you that my summer 'holidays' were spent redecorating two bedrooms, one bathroom, hallway, sitting room, living room, dining room and the kitchen. I officially finished this list of duties this evening, am now enjoying a bottle of wine and dreaming of what I might do tomorrow - yes, it's only dreaming because by tomorrow she who must be obeyed will have thought of a few more 'little jobs' that need to be done.

Paddy