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Post by martindn on Nov 23, 2014 18:09:09 GMT
Yes, there is one very well documented case where mankind's activity, politicians even, have changed the climate in the UK, and that is the huge increase in sunshine totals in the last half century or so. This is down to the Clean Air Act that was passed in 1956, resulting in the near elimination of smoke being released into the atmosphere by industry and domestic coal fires. The 1956 act was a response to the "killer smogs" in London during the 1950s.
Where I grew up was in the middle of the largest brick making area in Britain. A travel writer once wrote that "there is nowhere in the world where you can stand in one place and see so many chimneys". Nearly all of them are gone now. Back in those days, I remember that if you had been away on holiday for a few days, when you came home you could smell the smoke. At least for the first few minutes, but most of the time you didn't smell it, I guess your brain just filtered it out.
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Post by Libby on Nov 29, 2014 16:51:57 GMT
It's snowing here today!!!  Hope I can get to work... or, better yet, get home!!  It's supposed to clear up later, but it's still going to be freezing cold! Meanwhile in the midwest, it doesn't appear to be snowing, though they probably still have some on the ground. |
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Post by cloudbusting.heights on Nov 29, 2014 17:39:17 GMT
It's not snowing here in Central Pennsylvania but we still have snow on the ground
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Post by Bamafan on Nov 29, 2014 19:05:13 GMT
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Post by cloudbusting.heights on Nov 29, 2014 20:34:02 GMT
Geez, it's about 37 here!
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Post by martindn on Nov 29, 2014 21:13:44 GMT
7.9C outside and getting quite foggy!
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Post by Joe on Nov 30, 2014 1:34:18 GMT
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Post by Libby on Nov 30, 2014 2:05:56 GMT
Well, we didn't get all that much, and luckily, the roads cleared up pretty fast, and weren't too slippery. From now until the next several days, it's just supposed to be clear and very cold. At 6:03pm, it's about 27 F here. A huge drop from last night. It was 40 for a while, then slipped down to the high 30s. In the early morning, for a while, instead of warming up, it dropped, and now it's dropping more! Joe, I think my weather, which was in the mid-50s most of the day yesterday, headed your way!  |
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Post by Joe on Nov 30, 2014 5:57:58 GMT
Well, we didn't get all that much, and luckily, the roads cleared up pretty fast, and weren't too slippery. From now until the next several days, it's just supposed to be clear and very cold. At 6:03pm, it's about 27 F here. A huge drop from last night. It was 40 for a while, then slipped down to the high 30s. In the early morning, for a while, instead of warming up, it dropped, and now it's dropping more! Joe, I think my weather, which was in the mid-50s most of the day yesterday, headed your way! Yes, Libby...the warmer air is here! It's 32`F right now...twenty degrees warmer than this time yesterday! |
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Post by Libby on Dec 1, 2014 6:53:38 GMT
Well, we didn't get all that much, and luckily, the roads cleared up pretty fast, and weren't too slippery. From now until the next several days, it's just supposed to be clear and very cold. At 6:03pm, it's about 27 F here. A huge drop from last night. It was 40 for a while, then slipped down to the high 30s. In the early morning, for a while, instead of warming up, it dropped, and now it's dropping more! Joe, I think my weather, which was in the mid-50s most of the day yesterday, headed your way! Yes, Libby...the warmer air is here! It's 32`F right now...twenty degrees warmer than this time yesterday! Wow! It was only in the mid-high 30s today, and it's about 27 again at 10:49pm. Supposed to be warm up gradually throughout the week, but not more than the mid-40s for the high. |
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Post by martindn on Dec 1, 2014 16:29:05 GMT
Going the other way here. 8.8C at midnight, 6.6C at 9am, now 6.3C. Dull and murky, no sun or rain, just grey and I'm getting about 50watts from my solar panels!
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Post by Dave on Dec 1, 2014 17:30:56 GMT
Yes, Libby...the warmer air is here! It's 32`F right now...twenty degrees warmer than this time yesterday! Wow! It was only in the mid-high 30s today, and it's about 27 again at 10:49pm. Supposed to be warm up gradually throughout the week, but not more than the mid-40s for the high. Well my garden is still waiting for its first air frost of the Winter! It hasn't even been down to 32 yet, and in the whole of last Winter it never fell below 30 degrees (-1 deg C). No snow either, but I just google 'Buffalo' to remind myself what it looks like!  Cheers, Dave  |
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Post by martindn on Dec 1, 2014 17:38:43 GMT
Hi Dave,
Even up here in the Frozen North we have only has 2 air frosts so far. And those were ony slight, minimum so far is -0.4C
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Post by Joe on Feb 8, 2015 18:58:17 GMT
Hi all! How's the weather? "In the bleak mid-winter..." is certainly a reality here in northern Pennsylvania! This week alone, a foot of snow has fallen, with another ice and four-inch snow event coming tonight. Over sixteen inches of snow is on the ground. A few days ago the temperature fell to -8 degrees F (-22'C) at my house, then on the way to work, the car's outdoor thermometer read -16'F or -27'C . www.weather.gov/bgm/ |
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Post by comet on Feb 9, 2015 1:10:21 GMT
In Ireland, since records began.
Lowest air temperature: -19.1°C at Markree Castle, Co. Sligo on 16th January 1881
Highest air temperature: 33.3°C at Kilkenny Castle on 26th June 1887.
In general our temperatures average 8 to 14 degrees Celsius.
I detest cold weather, materials get brittle, tools and materials just drain the heat out of me,
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr,..... hibernation time for me, in the back of the cave with the bearskin
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Hope I can get to work... or, better yet, get home!! 
It's supposed to clear up later, but it's still going to be freezing cold!
