Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
Aug 25th 2009, 1:55 pm
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Aug 25th 2009, 1:58 pm
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Jimbo you are wrong. I have lived in Sydney and Perth and can assure you that Brisbane has the most uncomfortable heat and feels the hottest (despite what temperatures may say) because of the high humidity. Perth climate is dry rather than humid and that makes things much easier to bear.
Aug 25th 2009, 2:01 pm
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Re: Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
Jimbo you are wrong. I have lived in Sydney and Perth and can assure you that Brisbane has the most uncomfortable heat and feels the hottest (despite what temperatures may say) because of the high humidity. Perth climate is dry rather than humid and that makes things much easier to bear.
Aug 25th 2009, 2:03 pm
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You don't know how lucky you are; at least you can go outside all summer. Here in Brisbane summertime is like being in a prison. You have to be inside between 0900 and 1700 because of the heat and humidity and then when it gets every so slightly cooler the sun goes down - and it's dark!
Aug 25th 2009, 2:05 pm
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Aug 25th 2009, 2:50 pm
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I havent been over there for 20 months, but any man who wants to take on my mother and tell her she is wrong is quite welcome
Aug 25th 2009, 3:36 pm
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Jimbo you are wrong. I have lived in Sydney and Perth and can assure you that Brisbane has the most uncomfortable heat and feels the hottest (despite what temperatures may say) because of the high humidity. Perth climate is dry rather than humid and that makes things much easier to bear.
Aug 25th 2009, 3:40 pm
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Aug 25th 2009, 3:46 pm
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Yep, me too, give me humid warm weather any day - better for your skin too.
Aug 25th 2009, 3:48 pm
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Re: Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
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And I was there from mid July to mid-August and I had one day where it didn't rain once. This was almost entirely in Hampshire, in the south.
There was even a headline news item one day on how bad the weather was - the Met Office were in trouble because they'd forecast a 'barbecue' summer earlier in the year - which apparantly caused heaps of people to take their summer holidays in Britain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ju...t-rain-holiday
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6731609.ece
Some breakfast TV program then did a special from some beach in Glamorgan which was windswept, soaking, grey and ghastly. You had to feel truly sorry for the poor damp kids being filmed whose parents had believed the weather forecast.
There was even a headline news item one day on how bad the weather was - the Met Office were in trouble because they'd forecast a 'barbecue' summer earlier in the year - which apparantly caused heaps of people to take their summer holidays in Britain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ju...t-rain-holiday
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6731609.ece
Some breakfast TV program then did a special from some beach in Glamorgan which was windswept, soaking, grey and ghastly. You had to feel truly sorry for the poor damp kids being filmed whose parents had believed the weather forecast.
Like I've said before, July and August is never the best part of the UK summer. Late spring and early summer probably the best.
You're weird. [Said in style of Monthy Python].
A mate of mine, liked you, lived in SE Asia and was also a high-humidity fan so moved to Brisbane. A lover of humidity, that is, not something you get on the ceiling...
Aug 25th 2009, 4:03 pm
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I will. I'll take my anti-venom first.
What about other days
I can't help but believe the people who say the weather had been poor..(with caveats)...but seriously - UK summer weather for me is loads of mild, actually quite pleasant weather - but it wouldn't be hot, or rather summery, by anyone's standards - even for a Brit local! for whom 26C+ is a heatwave.
Like I've said before, July and August is never the best part of the UK summer. Late spring and early summer probably the best.
I agree - I like Melbourne's summers due to the dry heat.
You're weird. [Said in style of Monthy Python].
A mate of mine, liked you, lived in SE Asia and was also a high-humidity fan so moved to Brisbane. A lover of humidity, that is, not something you get on the ceiling...
What about other days
I can't help but believe the people who say the weather had been poor..(with caveats)...but seriously - UK summer weather for me is loads of mild, actually quite pleasant weather - but it wouldn't be hot, or rather summery, by anyone's standards - even for a Brit local! for whom 26C+ is a heatwave.
Like I've said before, July and August is never the best part of the UK summer. Late spring and early summer probably the best.
I agree - I like Melbourne's summers due to the dry heat.
You're weird. [Said in style of Monthy Python].
A mate of mine, liked you, lived in SE Asia and was also a high-humidity fan so moved to Brisbane. A lover of humidity, that is, not something you get on the ceiling...
Ahh well, i guess we are all lying then
I have had the grankids over for days in the outdoor pool probably half a dozen times over the school holidays. Taken them out 3 times for various excursions. Again, sunny weather each time. These being Thorpe Park, Central London and Colchester Zoo.
Go check the weather for Wimbledon this year.
I have not used any form of heating since the end of May
Looks like i chose a good part of UK for my weather doesnt it?
Aug 25th 2009, 4:03 pm
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I will. I'll take my anti-venom first.
What about other days
I can't help but believe the people who say the weather had been poor..(with caveats)...but seriously - UK summer weather for me is loads of mild, actually quite pleasant weather - but it wouldn't be hot, or rather summery, by anyone's standards - even for a Brit local! for whom 26C+ is a heatwave.
Like I've said before, July and August is never the best part of the UK summer. Late spring and early summer probably the best.
I agree - I like Melbourne's summers due to the dry heat.
You're weird. [Said in style of Monthy Python].
A mate of mine, liked you, lived in SE Asia and was also a high-humidity fan so moved to Brisbane. A lover of humidity, that is, not something you get on the ceiling...
What about other days
I can't help but believe the people who say the weather had been poor..(with caveats)...but seriously - UK summer weather for me is loads of mild, actually quite pleasant weather - but it wouldn't be hot, or rather summery, by anyone's standards - even for a Brit local! for whom 26C+ is a heatwave.
Like I've said before, July and August is never the best part of the UK summer. Late spring and early summer probably the best.
I agree - I like Melbourne's summers due to the dry heat.
You're weird. [Said in style of Monthy Python].
A mate of mine, liked you, lived in SE Asia and was also a high-humidity fan so moved to Brisbane. A lover of humidity, that is, not something you get on the ceiling...
Perth's climate is pretty good also though. (But bad for my asthma whereas high humidity seems to help it)
Aug 25th 2009, 4:07 pm
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Re: Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
Ahh well, i guess we are all lying then
I have had the grankids over for days in the outdoor pool probably half a dozen times over the school holidays. Taken them out 3 times for various excursions. Again, sunny weather each time. These being Thorpe Park, Central London and Colchester Zoo.
Go check the weather for Wimbledon this year.
I have not used any form of heating since the end of May
Looks like i chose a good part of UK for my weather doesnt it?
I have had the grankids over for days in the outdoor pool probably half a dozen times over the school holidays. Taken them out 3 times for various excursions. Again, sunny weather each time. These being Thorpe Park, Central London and Colchester Zoo.
Go check the weather for Wimbledon this year.
I have not used any form of heating since the end of May
Looks like i chose a good part of UK for my weather doesnt it?
Aug 25th 2009, 4:13 pm
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Re: Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
Ahh well, i guess we are all lying then
I have had the grankids over for days in the outdoor pool probably half a dozen times over the school holidays. Taken them out 3 times for various excursions. Again, sunny weather each time. These being Thorpe Park, Central London and Colchester Zoo.
Go check the weather for Wimbledon this year.
I have not used any form of heating since the end of May
Looks like i chose a good part of UK for my weather doesnt it?
I have had the grankids over for days in the outdoor pool probably half a dozen times over the school holidays. Taken them out 3 times for various excursions. Again, sunny weather each time. These being Thorpe Park, Central London and Colchester Zoo.
Go check the weather for Wimbledon this year.
I have not used any form of heating since the end of May
Looks like i chose a good part of UK for my weather doesnt it?
I still stand by the meter that the UK summer is generally very pleasant so I guess we may agree on that...
Aug 25th 2009, 4:15 pm
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Re: Yet another disappointing "summer" in the UK comes to a close...
The weather is a funny thing - people have interesting/personal recollections that are at odds with others.
I remember particular Melbourne springs being cold/a washout.
