Now up to 23C, making it the warmest day since 7th September 2007,
which says a lot about 2008.
(My highest ever June temperarure being 28.0C on 30th June '95.)

It was 21C at 09:45, but a very gentle sea breeze has kept it between
21 & 22.5C most of the time since.

SST in Mount's Bay now 14.5C http://www.channelcoast.org/data_man...arts/?chart=75


Graham
Penzance

Max 23.0 C today here at Romansleigh, N Devon (200 m), highest since 28 Jul
08. Potential for a degree higher tomorrow.

Andy.

On 1 June, 18:20, "AndyP" wrote:
Max 23.0 C today here at Romansleigh, N Devon (200 m), highest since 28 Jul
08. Potential for a degree higher tomorrow.

Andy.

Yes, I think you're right, possibly just as warm in Devon/Cornwall on
Wednesday as well, that cold front is going to struggle a bit to get
down here.

Interesting that St Mawgan was still reporting 21C at 19:50, when the
wind had been off the sea for a few hours.

Graham
Penzance

SST in Mount's Bay now 14.5Cwww.channelcoast.org/data_management/real_time_data/charts/?chart=75

Graham
Penzance

Blimey, now (19:30) 16.4C. Shows how quickly the top 2 or 3 feet can
warm in unbroken sunshine and still conditions, not just over the
beaches, but some distance offshore.

Graham
Penzance

Yes, I think you're right, possibly just as warm in Devon/Cornwall on
Wednesday as well, that cold front is going to struggle a bit to get
down here.

I hope so. Today reminded me of something we had precious little of last
year. I went down the beach to have lunch and there was hardly a breath of
wind, and what was blowing was off the land. It felt hot and quite humid
sitting out in the sun. It's a pity I didn't have time to join all the
people swimming.

Blimey, now (19:30) 16.4C. Shows how quickly the top 2 or 3 feet can
warm in unbroken sunshine and still conditions, not just over the
beaches, but some distance offshore.

The SSTs here in the western half of Lyme Bay reached 15.8°C this afternoon
but obviously the sea was much warmer nearer the shore.

A perfect, warm evening here now with little or no wind and a cloudless sky
to end the day. Just about 15 hours of sunshine today.

(20:55), 21.6°C, RH 54%, DP 12.0°C, 1024 hPa (R), Wind calm.
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Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

A perfect, warm evening here now with little or no wind and a
cloudless sky to end the day. Just about 15 hours of sunshine today.

(20:55), 21.6°C, RH 54%, DP 12.0°C, 1024 hPa (R), Wind calm.

Still 20°C at 22:40........ Nice.

Trouble is, over 30°C in the house, despite all the windows being wide open.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 at 22:38:28, Nick Gardner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

A perfect, warm evening here now with little or no wind and a
cloudless sky to end the day. Just about 15 hours of sunshine today.

(20:55), 21.6°C, RH 54%, DP 12.0°C, 1024 hPa (R), Wind calm.

Still 20°C at 22:40........ Nice.

Trouble is, over 30°C in the house, despite all the windows being wide open.

You did remember to switch off the central heating, right?

Seriously though, how on earth is your house *that* hot - mine only gets
that hot in 90F weather?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 at 22:38:28, Nick Gardner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

A perfect, warm evening here now with little or no wind and a
cloudless sky to end the day. Just about 15 hours of sunshine today.

(20:55), 21.6°C, RH 54%, DP 12.0°C, 1024 hPa (R), Wind calm.

Still 20°C at 22:40........ Nice.

Trouble is, over 30°C in the house, despite all the windows being wide
open.

You did remember to switch off the central heating, right?

Seriously though, how on earth is your house *that* hot - mine only gets
that hot in 90F weather?


Well the inside temperature of my house reached 21C yesterday evening and is
now 20.3C.
21C was the warmest it has been all year, even in winter with some heating
on it struggles to reach 18C, probably because it is usually well
ventilated, as our shivering guests would testify :-). It is always lovely
and cool in the summer though 21C was a tad warm for me yesterday.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
--

You did remember to switch off the central heating, right?

Seriously though, how on earth is your house *that* hot - mine only
gets that hot in 90F weather?

Nope, we aint got no central 'eating. Too sophisticated for these parts.
Real answer is that there isn't any mains gas in the village.

The thermometer in the hallway this morning at 09:00 read 27°C, so it had
cooled a little bit overnight (from 31°C) yesterday. It was a tad difficult
sleeping, no duvet/covers required.

Our house gets an awful lot of solar heating through large double-glazed
windows which face east (back of the house) and west (front of the house)
with very little glazing to the north. It's lovely in the winter time when
its sunny as it means we can turn the heating completely off. The house is
very well insulated with underfloor insulation, cavity wall insulation and
the loft is insulated to a depth of 45 cm. The glazing is all Pilkington-K
and the house has been sealed to prevent any heat-loss. The way around the
build up of damp and stale air that would normally become a problem unless
you kept the windows open and lost all your heat in cold weather is that I
have fitted a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) which runs continuoulsy in the
background and replaces the entire volume of air inside the house every 1.5
hours.

At the moment the HRV is switched off and all the windows are open, but this
does not give as much 'fresh air' as when the HRV is running. Trouble, as
its name suggests, it doesn't provide cooling unless I get up in the loft
and alter a few settings to put it into 'summer mode', then it will
ventilate normally without recovering the heat.

Still, it means that our house, even on the coldest winter's night is always
warm 23°C (the plasma screen seems to warm the house up by itself) and yet
our heating bills (a couple of small storage heaters) are very low, if not
minimal.

But a well-insulated house can get damn hot in the summer, that's the
downside; but you do get used to it, eventually.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 at 19:21:40, Nick Gardner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

But a well-insulated house can get damn hot in the summer, that's the
downside; but you do get used to it, eventually.

Not me - I'd either get air-conditioning or move!
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)