Heat...

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It's 23 degrees in the NW. This isn't normal.

Yeah let's party because the south is stupid hot and the north rather unusually wet - luckily no lives lost as far as we know

Imagine you are on a ski run
The start is quite gentle , a bit thrilling but nothing unpleasant

But there is a huge cliff coming up and you are hurtling towards it with glee

That's what's happening - and it seems that until you lose your home to flood or your child to heatstroke or any of the other hugely bad things that are baked into our future -you don't seem to be able to see that cliff - and when you get there you'll all be in here asking why nothing was done

I'm in Tamworth - it's been sunny and hot - managed to get loads of washing dry!

Not unusual though - DD1's birthday is the 7th and we've had many hot birthdays! One when we went to London and we where sweltering on the tube sticks out and that was 12 years ago

I'm in Essex and it's unbelievable. It's the 8th of October ffs and I'm sitting hear sweating. I went for a walk earlier and it was like a muggy afternoon in mid-July. Over the last year or so I've become genuinely scared about climate change.

25C in London. So fed up of it now. My room is like a sauna.
This isn't normal at all and I am really hoping that tomorrow is the end of it.

It’s normal. Not usual but normal. I’m 40 and can remember lots of Indian summers, maybe you’re too young to remember OP?

Im so relieved anyway as my boiler is fucked.

This, I am loving it.

It’s not going to last and I am making the most of it.

Well, at least your ski run is particularly pleasant at the moment. If the drop is inevitable it seems the preferable option to permarain. And washing strewn around the house drying. And side eyeing the central heating on an evening.

If you want facts about typical temperatures for near your location for a given month, rather than memories, which can be false, then https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/historic-station-data gives max and min temperatures for each month for each location over the years.

We have had it warm in October before I'm sure it has been about 27C one year, I suppose soon there will be endless threads moaning about the cold and having to have the heating on.

This is interesting, I love this, thanks for the link. Although now I am legitimately unimpressed having had almost double the rainfall in September this year compared to '61.

September was joint warmest on record, matched in 2006. The mean central England temperature is running 4.7c above usual so far in October. This year we are running 1.6c above average so far.

Globally, last month was the warmest September on record.

You're welcome Desecratedcoconut!

It's not just a one off which is why I am worried. In London, September was horribly hot throughout and October has so far been muggy/warm too. The odd day throughout the month is not unusual but to have it prolonged for so long is a concern.

It's not 'glorious'. Its shit. Especially when the buses all have their heating on.

It’s been a beautiful day. Got lots of washing dried and I am looking forward to my nice fresh line dried bedding later on. Its not unusual, I am 50 and can remember many Indian summers. Sadly it’s not going to last, rain forecast.

Where I am in central Scotland, it's been pouring for 2 days, everything flooded, local river burst its bank and bridges closed. Heating is on and we're hating the wet. I'd give anything for unseasonably warm and dry weather right now.

So you would trade some nice weather now for much worse weather in the coming 10 years?

There's no negotiation though is there, who are we doing this deal with? Climate change is inevitable, you may as well enjoy your nice day. It's not like I'll get a get-out-of-climate-change free-pass in ten years time as a treat for having a grottier October.

It's October and have the window wide open, can't get under the duvet as it's too hot and we are meant to celebrate this and see it as a good thing. It really bloody isn't.

House is like a sauna again. It's absolutely insane

It was fairly warm where I was, about 23 or 24 but I still warmed my bed with the electric blanket.

Where are people that it is so hot, I'm near Bedford so in a fairly warm area

Me too - NW

It's 23 here but the forecast says it's going to drop to 17 after today