Transcriber Weather

[Randi]

18C/64F here at 8:21PM!
July and the beginning of August were abnormally warm (apartment repeatedly got up to 85F), the second half of August has been abnormally cool (apartment currently 72F).

[studentforever]

Please send a few of your extra therms over to any transcribers in Scotland, my bedroom was at 65 and my downstairs living room at 60 when I got up this morning.

It's been hovering around this for the last few days. Most years I am considering opening the hatch into the loft to allow the heat to rise, this 'summer' I have been wondering whether to have a hot water bottle and reminding myself of my childhood when we weren't allowed to switch on the central heating in school until Oct 1 and it had to go off on May 1 irrespective of the thermometer reading (only hospitals were exempt).

Apparently they are having a heatwave in SE England just to turn us a deeper shade of green.

[Randi]

I should have some for you soon!
We had a wonderful cool spell, but it is now warming up. Today's high is supposed to be 89F/32C and Wednesday's is supposed to be 93F/34C

[pommystuart]

25th 0030 22.4c, 1800 20.8c
26th 0030 22.0c, 1300 25.7c
27th 0630 4.6c, 1500 24.4c

[Morgan]

Interesting data from my home school.
https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/al ... st-weather
44.8 That's 45 to 88 billon gallons of water a day from the Illinois average crop.

Almost enough for 50 people - depending, of course how many showers they are taking in that humidity.

[Randi]

Neat!
Thanks for posting!

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Australia

The incredible run of August heat across the country has continued into the last days of the season, including in Birdsville which reached 39.7C on Friday — the highest winter maximum on record for Queensland.

Dozens of other locations also broke August and winter records on Friday as temperatures soared as much as 16 above average, including:

Queensland
Mount Isa 37.6C – new winter record
Longreach 37.7C — new winter record
Camooweal 37.8C — new winter record

NSW
Bourke 37.1C – new winter record
Tibooburra 36.0C — new winter record
Cobar 32.6C – new winter record
Sydney Airport 31.6C — new winter record

NT
Alice Springs 36.6C — new winter record
Uluru 37.45C — new winter record
Tennant Creek 36.4C – equalled winter record

At Sydney's official station at Observatory Hill the mercury reached 30.3C, the city's third-warmest winter temperature on record (the record is 31.3C from 1995).

Slightly cooler air is spreading across NSW and the southern NT today, however the odd record is still possible in Queensland, the NT and northern WA

Brisbane is predicted to hit 35C, which could challenge its winter record of 35.4C from August 2009.

[Randi]

[pommystuart]

Todays weather warning for Tasmania.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-01/ ... c_news_web

[Randi]

August highs and lows for Pittsburgh

91
72

82
71

82
72

89
69

90
66

90
72

78
68

85
70

83
73

78
62

77
56

78
58

79
55

82
59

85
59

83
68

84
70

81
67

70
65

69
59

72
51

75
49

80
52

87
55

87
60

91
69

94
69

93
72

92
74

91
69

83
70



Precipitation for Pittsburgh (inches)

This August ...................... 4.48
Normal August .................... 3.52
This Jan 1 to August 31 .......... 33.98
Normal Jan 1 to August 31 ........ 27.88

[Michael]

Why the Fernwood neighbourhood of Victoria, B. C. is the best place to live:

The highest temperature occurred on August 01 with 28.4 degrees.
The lowest temperature occurred on August 28 with 6.7 degrees.
*** This sets a new August record, beating the old record of 7.2.
The average temperature for the month was 17.5, the normal is 17.6.
The total precipitation for the month was 50.2 mm, the normal amount is 15.8 mm.
There were 8 days with precipitation, the normal is 5.
The most precipitation occurred on August 24 with 22.0 mm.
The highest wind speed occurred on August 27 with 37 kmh.
The windiest day was August 27.
The amount of solar power generated was 769.7 kwh.
The most solar power was 35.0 kwh generated on August 03.
The least solar power was 4.6 kwh generated on August 23.
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Previous records based on data from the U Vic weather station 1993 - 2020.
The record high temperature occurred on August 15 2010 with 34.5 degrees.
The record low temperature occurred on August 31 2008 with 7.2 degrees.
The warmest August occurred in 1997 with a mean temperature of 18.8 degrees.
The coldest August occurred in 1995 with a mean temperature of 16.4 degrees.
August 1998 had the least precipitation with 0.0 mm.
August 1995 had the most precipitation with 62.0 mm.
August 1998 had the fewest days of precipitation with 0.
August 2013 had the most days of precipitation with 12.

[Morgan]

But you need to keep it a secret; you really don't want all of Southern California to move in up there!

[Michael]

[Morgan]

Forecast for today 98 F- 11 degrees F than yesterday's 109 F (37C and 43C) My plumeria leaves were drooping last night. I open the doors wide as soon as I am awake. It's 8:30 and I need to close up to keep the heat out.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Yesterday 28.9c and this morning min 14.3c, 21c inside at 0700

As spring has sprung we leave the front/back doors open when it's hotter outside, no point in paying to heat the house.

[Michael]

Just like us: 29.8C yesterday, 13.7C this morning!

[Morgan]

Not exactly weather- but certainly weather/ time of year related: We are overcome with ANTS. Popular advice is to keep your counters clear. Counters?? They come everywhere. Little bitty brown streams of feet. In the sink, in my cup, in the cupboard. Chalk and cinnamon are recommended- they wont cross - I would need a 2 foot stripe! Best hope is a borax mix for them to track back to their nest.............. only to come back with vengeance. Waiting for a good rain in November.

[Michael]

Good luck!!!