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[Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2024/25 edition)
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Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Just got back from Cornwall to find that the South East is considerably colder than the South West, so the central heating has turned itself on.
I knew the weather couldn't have been great as the solar panels have generated sweet f.a. today.
I knew the weather couldn't have been great as the solar panels have generated sweet f.a. today.
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SIMMO SAYS
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I'm currently looking after my 90 year old mum for two weeks. She has the heating on low all day. 
Mrs D is threatening to put it on now………..tbf it’s bloody horrible for the end of May 
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Had my car MOT’d today. They were running an electric heater in the waiting room.
Luxury. We had candle drippings.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Unseasonably cold last night, and the central heating turned itself on this morning. I can't recall the last time it came on in June!
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Don’t want to depress you further but the longest day is less than two weeks away
Tom Hark Preston Park
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My brother reported it was actually snowing for a few minutes in Aberdeen earlier this week 
Still cold next week too. 6 degrees below average
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Yes, that's chilly for June.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2654710
Pre climate change, our summers consisted of periods like that and then sunny/warm spells.
In the last 20 years we've got used to endless months of summer drought, destroyed lawns and intense heat.
It was great to experience 25 Celcius earlier this week for the first time this year ... in Stockholm on a Baltic Cruise 
Although last year, a glorious June was followed by a cool washout July and August.
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Was June to Sept overall high temp’s historically? The nights were unbearable, we bought an air con unit …. paradise.
Yes, I think so because disappointing daytime temperatures were offset by night-time temps in the mid-teens.
Just as we were all bemused by the recent Met Office report of a warm May, which only made sense when overnight temperatures were factored in.
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May 24 - there was more analysis on a longer slot the other day. We have to remember it's UK wide. The SE was something like 0.5c to 1c > the 1971 to 2000 mean, whilst Wales/Scotland/NW etc was several degrees c > than their May means.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
I wonder what the temperature average difference is between urban areas and the countryside.
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Too many factors to pin it down. But using the example of London in summer, 10c?
https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/major-summer-heatspots-using-landsat-8-thermal-satellite-data