On 29/09/11 01:27, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Sep 28, 11:23 pm, Adam wrote:
On 28/09/11 20:36, Will Hand wrote:



And, even more exciting, will be the 15 degree, yes 15 degree drop in
the following days.

And here lies the issue with trying to acclimatise to hot/cold weather
in this country.

You cannot be serious! Our problems in that respect are very
much less than those of the majority of Americans who can be subject
to huge and rapid temperature variations that make ours look rather
tame. This applies on a variety of time-scales from days to seasons.
In any case, one hardly needs to acclimatise to a temperature of 25°C
in September unless of a particularly delicate constitution.
Meanwhile, I am coping manfully with not having to don extra
clothing to go out, even at night, as it is now (1.15 am) a remarkable
19°C with a good SSE'ly breeze and a starry sky, which has a certain
exotic appeal. Furthermore, the higher the temperature the more
scantily attired are the damsels though it takes a day or two for this
effect to be realised to the full. Should be OK by Saturday.
Saturday will also be the most climatologically interesting
as it will be October and the question is whether my 26-yr-old October
temperature record will be broken (25.2°C, 1 October 1985). I'd say
probably yes, and Sunday could be even warmer. Enjoy it while it
lasts - it'll be routine stuff by next Tuesday.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I was referring to cases where during the summer temperatures rise to
30+C for a couple of days and some smart ass asks what the problem is as
other countries have it hotter. This completely misses the point that
those other countries a) have it hotter for much longer at a time and
thus can acclimatise and b) have air conditioning as standard so can
retreat indoors if it gets too hot.