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im going for 200 myself mate

So we end the year with 281 sunspotless days 77%. Anyone who guessed that figure I salute you. Anyone want to put a punt on 2020? Happy new year everyone.

I can assure you, feb/march 2013 everyone was down with the flu, most people blamed the bitter cold

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agree, I cant bear the heat either

deary me, how has it comes to this, life was much simpler back in the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDv1ubaFA0E lol spot the difference, how did we cope back in those days

The cure

Really loving this very rare mild and dry weather, been hill walking, forest hike and even a trip to the beach. as an out doors person it is a real treat for december as I live in western Ireland the weather can be atrocious this time of year thus preventing much outdoor activity to happen. also very pleasant to meander around the house in a t shirt and have the central heating off, indoor temp is around 18.0c this morning with no heating on. very nice experience.

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@ northwest snow yes great times and fond memories

I was a teenager in the 80s and we got snow and cold every winter interspersed with milder spells but cold spells were more frequent than nowadays,I remember coming in from hanging out with my mates and my hands would be numb with the cold. We had epic sledging, snowball fights and if it was just cold and frosty we would make slide much to the annoyance of oul ones lol. I was always sad to see the milder weather come along and melt our works of art away and it wasnt pleasant walking in 1 foot of slush. Places near the coast and in the city itself rarely seen snow, so it was a matter of altitiude itself. Where I lived there could a foot of snow on the groumd and we could drive 1 km down the road and there was nothing. So altitude is important, I lived at an altitude 181 metres above sea level.

we got nothing last year

I believe we are having an impact on our climate, seven and half billion people on this planet and to deny we are not having an effect is just lunacy. Im an asthmatic and I can assure that I when I was growing up in Belfast city, it was insufferable to breathe in the toxic fumes especially on cold stagnant winters nights, I was basically constantly using my ventolin inhaler, not pleasant and quite frightening when I couldnt breathe properly. I think coal is disgusting and filthy, oil, diesel and petrol make me nauseous.Gas i havent had any experiences with that, although seen on the news many explosions due to gas, so it must be dangerous. Im not sure about burning wood on how toxic it is.I dont condemn extinction rebellion as an anarchist myself I think its great these kids taking matters into their own hands as the governments are all talk and no action.

excuse me, Im an animal lover, I have loved and cared for pets all my life, given most of my time to taking dogs in from poumds and giving them a lovely home. I have also contributed money to the world wildlife federation. How dare you accuse me of bring arrogant, insensitive and I am certainly not ignorant.

I know its terrible, i also seen koalas suffering too, as an animal lover i feel so helpless, its really sad and brings deep emotions to the surface

Delhi woke up to a chilly morning on Thursday as a severe cold wave swept through entire northern India with a forecast of a likely cold or severe cold day conditions for the next five days in many states. The Capital, which is experiencing the longest cold wave in December in 22 years, recorded a “severe” cold day on Wednesday with the maximum temperature dropping to 12.7º Celsius, nine degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was 6ºC, two degrees below normal. The minimum temperature on Wednesday night was recorded at 6 degrees Celsius and the weather bureau said it was 7 degrees Celsius at 5:30 am on Thursday. Since 1993, Delhi has had a cold spell only in four years—1997, 1998, 2003, and 2014. Most stations in Delhi, except Safdarjung, have recorded a cold spell for 12 days in a row. At Safdarjung, the cold was eight days till Monday. RK Jenamani, a senior scientist at the National Weather Forecasting Centre, said the lowest day temperature for Delhi was recorded on December 28, 1973, at 11.2ºC. This year till now the lowest day temperature is 12.2º C on December 17. The intense cold spell will continue till at least till December 27. The Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) suggests a slight improvement in wind speed and ventilation, and a marginal improvement in Air Quality Index (AQI) is forecast for Thursday but within the very poor category. “From Friday onwards winds are forecast to slow down for three days. On Friday the AQI is forecast to deteriorate towards the higher end of the very poor category. The dense fog in the morning hours is likely to continue for the next two days under favourable meteorological conditions,” SAFAR said. It also predicts that low surface wind speed and low ventilation are forecast for an extended period from Friday and likely to lead to the accumulation of pollutants. By December 29, the AQI is likely to touch higher levels, it said. Officials had said the severe cold conditions will prevail till the end of 2019 and the minimum temperature will show a minor increase in the New Year on January 1 and 2. They predicted dense foggy conditions during morning hours for another week. Cold snap Authorities have shut schools and colleges in Haryana, including Gurugram, Agra and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh as the intense cold spell, which impacted the entire northern region last week, is likely to continue this week. The “cold wave” conditions are predicted to set in over Delhi and neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. IMD says a “severe cold day” is registered when two things happen — the minimum temperature drops to less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is at least 6.4 degrees Celsius below normal. And a “cold day” is registered when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is 4.4 degrees Celsius below normal. Meteorologists say the unusually cold conditions are due to a western disturbance (WD), which brought heavy snowfall in the Himalayan region — Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh — and rainfall across the northern plains, including in Delhi on December 12 and 13. That western disturbance had left a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. Cold northwesterly winds and high relative humidity is causing dense fog in the morning hours. “After sunrise when the surface warms a little the fog layer lifts up but not enough. It continues to hang close to the surface in the form of a low cloud cover. This is the main reason sun is not able to warm the surface and day temperature is low,” Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, explained. Scientists had said that cold wave conditions are likely to develop over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and north Rajasthan on December 25. It also said cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi during the next two to three days. “After 25th, we are expecting clear skies, low wind speed which will cause nighttime temperature to fall significantly. It is mainly because of radiational cooling when ground radiates heat away at night. The relative humidity is also high so there may be dense fog also in the morning hours,” Srivastava said. “When a western disturbance moves away, there is cold air incursion from the higher reaches of northwest India. There are usually clear skies and very cold nights, the combination of these conditions brings on a cold wave,” said K Sathi Devi, head of National Weather Forecasting Centre. Dipping numbers Cold wave continued to sweep most parts of Haryana and Punjab, with Narnaul reeling at a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Narnaul in Haryana was colder by two degrees against normal limits. Hisar too recorded below normal minimum temperature at 4.1 degree Celsius, weather officials said. A meteorological department official said severe cold weather conditions are likely to continue for the next two days in Haryana. Punjab’s Faridkot was the coldest place recording a low of 4.6 degree Celsius. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 6.9 degree Celsius. Isolated places in Uttar Pradesh received light rain and the cold wave continued unabated across the state on Wednesday, the meteorological department said. It said most places in the western and eastern part of the state remained under the firm grip of intense cold wave. On Thursday, the weather is likely to remain dry with fog enveloping several parts of the state. Similar weather conditions are likely to prevail in the state till December 28, the met office said. Cold wave continued in parts of Rajasthan where Sikar was the coldest place, recording a minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. The weather conditions would remain the same during the next 48 hours, weather official

im putting 110 euros on it lol

Whilst it is probable that remote areas of the Australian desert have seen extreme temperatures that have gone unrecorded, the outback Queensland town of Cloncurry originally held the record for the highest known temperature in the shade, at 53.1 °C (127.5 °F) on 16 January 1889. Cloncurry is a small town in northwest Queensland, Australia, about 770km west of Townsville. The Cloncurry record was later removed from Australian records because it was measured using unsuitable equipment (that is, not in a Stevenson screen, which only became widespread in Australian usage after about 1910). According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the current heat record is held by Oodnadatta, South Australia, 50.7 degrees Celsius, occurring on 2 January 1960. The world heat record for consecutive days goes to Marble Bar in Western Australia, which recorded maximum temperatures equaling or over 37.8°C on 161 consecutive days, between 30 October 1923 and 7 April 1924. 101112 Related Questions Asked in Meteorology and Weather, Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Canberra Which Australian state or territory has recorded the highest temperature of 53c? The highest recorded temperature in Australia of was 53 degrees C was recorded at Cloncurry, Queensland, on 16 January 1889.

The Heat Waves Of The 1930’s May 10, 2014 tags: 1930's, Heat Waves By Paul Homewood A Washington, D.C. heat wave cartoon from July 28, 1930. The heat wave is pictured trying to break a "sitting record," imitating the popular flagpole sitters of the day. The summer of 1930 set the record in Washington for number of days that temperatures reached or exceeded 100°F, at 11 days. The hottest temperature of 106°F occurred on July 20. Pulitzer Prize winner Clifford Berryman drew the cartoon. Source: The book "Washington Weather." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/06/the_heat_waves_of_the_1930s.html The heat waves of 1934 and 1936 in Mid West and Great Plains are well known. But, perhaps, what is less well appreciated is that record breaking heat waves were both more extensive geographically and were not just confined to these two years. The Capital Weather Gang, who write for the Washington Post, wrote this article back in 2010, showing how the heat waves affected Washington DC. Before there was global warming, there were the dust bowl years of the 1930s, also known as "The Dirty Thirties." The record-setting heat waves and drought of the 1930s occurred during the middle of the Great Depression and contributed to the economic hardship felt throughout the nation. They also occurred when most people did not have the comfort of air conditioning and many heat-related deaths were reported. Two years during that decade were particularly hot for our region, 1930 and 1936. Those two years set heat records in Washington which still stand today. Keep reading to learn more about the heat waves of 1930 and 1936. The summer of 1930 made headlines due to unprecedented heat and drought that caused disastrous crop failures throughout the United States. The summer of 1930 ushered in the "Dust Bowl" era of unusually hot, dry summers that plagued the U.S. during much of the 1930s. Washington area farmers were certainly not spared in 1930, as intense, prolonged hot spells gripped the region during late July and early August. The official temperature recorded on July 20 was 106°F, which holds the record as the highest temperature ever recorded in Washington. Unofficially, 110°F was recorded that same day on Pennsylvania Avenue and 108°F at the National Cathedral. The summer of 1930 also set the record for number of days where temperatures reached or exceeded 100°F at 11 days. High temperatures of over 100°F were recorded during two heat waves that occurred in late July and early August of 1930. The July heat wave high temperatures are as follows: July 19 – 102°F July 20 – 106°F July 21 – 103°F July 22 – 100°F July 23 – 94°F July 24 – 93°F July 25 – 100°F July 26 – 100°F The August heat wave high temperatures are as follows: August 2 – 94°F August 3 – 100°F August 4 – 102°F August 5 – 102°F August 6 – 88°F August 7 – 97°F August 8 – 104°F August 9 – 102°F By the end of the summer of 1930, approximately 30 deaths in Washington were blamed on the heat and thousands more had died nationwide. In Washington, there has never been another summer with a heat wave that has equalled the summer of 1930. The Heat Chaser hostess gives a Washington policeman a cold drink, August 4, 1936. Temperatures reached 95°F that day. The hottest day of that summer was July 10 when the temperature reached 105°F.Source: The book "Washington Weather." The summer of 1936 stands out as one of the hottest summers felt across the entire United States. The heat wave began in early summer, with the Midwest experiencing June temperatures exceeding 100°F in some locations. The heat peaked in July, with all-time records set in many cities. Steele, North Dakota recorded a high temperature of 121°F and portions of Canada saw high temperatures exceed 110°F. In Washington, the temperature reached 104°F on July 9 and 105°F on July 10. More than 5,000 heat-related deaths were reported across the United States. The heat wave and drought of 1936 finally eased in September. For you snow-lovers, how do you think the winters that followed the heat waves of 1930 and 1936 fared for Washingtonians? I can sum it up in one word, depressing. Of course, if you like tennis weather or afternoon strolls without an overcoat, the winters of 1930/31 and 1936/37 were awesome. During the winter that followed the 1930 heat wave, there were only 3 days which had temperatures below freezing all day and only 2.5" of snow fell during the entire winter season. Temperatures in the 40’s and 50’s were common during the winter months, with 67°F recorded on January 27. The winter that followed the heat wave of 1936 was even milder than 1930 for Washington. During that winter, there was only 1 day which had temperatures below freezing all day and temperatures in the 60’s were common throughout the winter months. An amazing high temperature of 76°F was recorded on January 9. A few late season wet snowstorms salvaged the winter for snow in Washington, with a little over 15" reported for the season. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/06/the_heat_waves_of_the_1930s.html As I mentioned, the article was written in 2010, so how does the summer of 1930 compare with 2012? The monthly meteorological observations at Laurel MD, the nearest USHCN station to Washington, 50km away suggest that 2012 does not even come close. The monthly reports for July/August are copied below, but can be summarised. (The quality of the 1930 sheets is a bit rough, but the numbers are also confirmed via the Maryland State Climatological Reports). 19302012 No of Days >= 100F122 No of Days >= 95F2110 Top Temperature106F102F It is also worth noting that the all-time maximum temperature record for Maryland is 109F, originally set in 1898 and subsequently tied in 1918 and 1936. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records

Scientists Trace Climate-Heat Link Back to 1930s By John Upton Published: March 9th, 2016 The world endured a warm year as President Roosevelt wrangled with crippling drought during the first year of his second term. Scientists now say global temperatures that year, in 1937, were record-breaking for the time. The heat record fell again two years later. More records were set in 1940, 1941 and 1944. For the first time, climate scientists have identified greenhouse gas pollution’s role in global temperatures measured during record-breaking years back to 1937, as industrialized cities and nations continued burning coal to power factories and trains. Click to enlarge. “What we found was that we could actually detect human influence on extreme events a lot earlier than we’d thought,” said Daniel Mitchell, an Oxford University physicist who researches climate change. He was part of an international team of scientists that published the findings this week in Geophysical Research Letters. The most recent global record, set in 2015, easily surpassed a record set just one year earlier. The first two months of 2016 appear to have broken monthly temperature records. RELATEDWhat To Know About February’s Satellite Temp Record 2015 Shatters Hottest Year Mark; 2016 Hot on its Heels? World Unites, Delivers Hopeful Climate Deal The team of scientists used earth models to simulate likely temperatures for each year since 1901. Some model runs simulated the effects of greenhouse gas pollution present in the atmosphere at that time; others did not. By comparing the results, the researchers concluded it was more likely than not that greenhouse gas pollution played a role in setting all of the last 16 yearly global temperature records. The record set last year saw average temperatures of 1°C (1.8°F) above those of the late 19th century. A United Nations climate agreement was struck in Paris in December, aiming to keep warming “well below” 2°C (3.6°F). The warming effects of fossil fuel use and deforestation remained relatively slight 80 years ago, when compared with the heavy hand they have played in rapid-fire records set more recently. Even so, the researchers concluded that greenhouse gas pollution in 1937 doubled the likelihood of reaching that year’s high average temperature. Global warming can contribute to drought. Credit: Tim J Keegan/Flickr It would have been “virtually impossible” for earth to have reached record annual average temperatures during this century’s four record-busting years were it not for the effects of greenhouse gas pollution, said Andrew King, a climate change researcher at the University of Melbourne. King, who led the research, said the group was surprised to see how far back they could detect the role of global warming in fueling record temperatures. “It’s just kind of scary that we’ve been influencing the climate for a very long time, and we haven’t really done anything substantial to limit our emissions,” King said. “We’ve just made the problem worse and worse.” Dont shoot the messenger, it was requested

As an enthusiastic hill walker, I am really looking forward to this mild benign weather, best weather for hill walking, havent been out hill walking since september because of our hideous weather. The 12 bens in connemara are beautiful to climb, I think i will do BenLettery which is 670 metres above sea level, a lovely soft grassy surface until the top 100metres which is quite rocky, beautiful scenes looking out onto the atlantic ocean to the west and the bens to the east. What a treat for december.