A warm night here in the Otter Valley with a minimum of 17.2°C.

Nights when the temperature fails to fall below 17°C are not common
here, this being mainly due to the rural, valley location.

The warmest nights generally occur towards the end of August and early
September, when the sea is at its warmest.

The warmest night I have recorded since 2005 was on the 21st August 2010
with a minimum of 18.3°C.

Days with minimum 17°C or warmer:
2006 8 days
2007 0 days
2008 2 days
2009 1 day
2010 3 days
2011 1 day so far....
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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A warm night here in the Otter Valley with a minimum of 17.2°C.

Nights when the temperature fails to fall below 17°C are not common here,
this being mainly due to the rural, valley location.

The warmest nights generally occur towards the end of August and early
September, when the sea is at its warmest.

The warmest night I have recorded since 2005 was on the 21st August 2010
with a minimum of 18.3°C.

Days with minimum 17°C or warmer:
2006 8 days
2007 0 days
2008 2 days
2009 1 day
2010 3 days
2011 1 day so far....

A horrible warm and sticky night here last night at +15.1C. Average is
+11.5C.
Not sure what my warmest night is but IIRC it is over 16C.
Hopefully we will be shut of this horrible tropical air later in the week as
nice cool Atlantic air returns.
Max. today a sticky 18C with 15-17C dewpoints. Moderate drizzle this morning
and thick fog soaking all surfaces.
Rain total 3mm.

Will
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On 01/08/2011 17:11, Will Hand wrote:
Max. today a sticky 18C with 15-17C dewpoints. Moderate drizzle this
morning and thick fog soaking all surfaces.
Rain total 3mm.

After a cloudy morning, the sun broke through this afternoon and
thankfully warmed things up.

Temperatures were bumping along at around 19°C all morning making it a
bit cool for the beach or garden but in the sunnier interludes this
afternoon, a very pleasant maximum of 23.7°C was reached.

Bright with occasional glimpses of the sun this evening, but a tad too
cool for sitting outside due to the breeze. Hopefully we will see more
in the way of sunshine tomorrow, and warmer too.

How can 18°C be sticky? Maybe you've got over-active, highly inefficient
mitochondria Will?

(19:50), 19.3°C, RH 74%, DP 14.5°C, 1012 hPa, Wind 11 mph S.
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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On 01/08/2011 17:11, Will Hand wrote:
Max. today a sticky 18C with 15-17C dewpoints. Moderate drizzle this
morning and thick fog soaking all surfaces.
Rain total 3mm.

After a cloudy morning, the sun broke through this afternoon and
thankfully warmed things up.

Temperatures were bumping along at around 19°C all morning making it a bit
cool for the beach or garden but in the sunnier interludes this afternoon,
a very pleasant maximum of 23.7°C was reached.

Bright with occasional glimpses of the sun this evening, but a tad too
cool for sitting outside due to the breeze. Hopefully we will see more in
the way of sunshine tomorrow, and warmer too.

How can 18°C be sticky? Maybe you've got over-active, highly inefficient
mitochondria Will?

It's the dewpoint Nick. 15-17C dewpoint is sticky in my book. It would be
far more comfortable if it was 10C or less.
I could say how can people feel comfortable in 23C+? OK for just lounging
around but as soon as you start doing something I at least break out into a
sweat, which is OK in itself but not comfortable. At work the temperature is
kept in the range 21-23C and I always find that a tad warm and would prefer
16C inside as a comfortable temperature. I've always been like that, ever
since a boy when I would go out in the freezing cold with not much on, much
to my mother's consternation! One reason why I love Dartmoor, I'd melt in
lowland Devon LOL. It also has advantages, our heating bills are pretty low
and as I get older any changes to my circulation efficiency would be
compensated for. Disadvantage is that I never ever holiday in a hot climate,
if we go to southern Europe it is always high up where temperatures are in
the high teens most of the time. NY Alesund sounds attractive at times, but
the darkness would get to me as I like light :-)
Another horrible warm and sticky night beckons, temperature is still +15.1C
at 2200.

Will
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"Nick Gardner" wrote:

On 01/08/2011 17:11, Will Hand wrote:
Max. today a sticky 18C with 15-17C dewpoints. Moderate drizzle this
morning and thick fog soaking all surfaces.
Rain total 3mm.

After a cloudy morning, the sun broke through this afternoon and
thankfully warmed things up.

Temperatures were bumping along at around 19°C all morning making it a bit
cool for the beach or garden but in the sunnier interludes this afternoon,
a very pleasant maximum of 23.7°C was reached.

Bright with occasional glimpses of the sun this evening, but a tad too
cool for sitting outside due to the breeze. Hopefully we will see more in
the way of sunshine tomorrow, and warmer too.

The Met Office are promising 26C for tomorrow where I'll be (Berkshire) with
a minimum of 19C overnight, and then 27C on Wednesday - this is more like
it! :-) Warmer would be nice, but at least it's pleasantly warm again for
the first time in weeks. Could do with a couple of months of this to make
up for the rotten summer so far...

they got today wrong, 29c hit, forecast was 26

so expect 30 tomorrow, 31 wed.

horrendous @ night

On 01/08/2011 10:34 PM, Togless wrote:

The Met Office are promising 26C for tomorrow where I'll be (Berkshire)
with a minimum of 19C overnight, and then 27C on Wednesday - this is
more like it! :-) Warmer would be nice, but at least it's pleasantly
warm again for the first time in weeks. Could do with a couple of months
of this to make up for the rotten summer so far...

On 01/08/2011 21:56, Will Hand wrote:
Disadvantage is that I never ever holiday in a hot climate, if we go to
southern Europe it is always high up where temperatures are in the high

I have done the Med holiday thing quite a few times, and personally I
see the reason why people go there.

Being able to eat outside all evening and always feel warm. Then (and
this is the best bit), get back at midnight to the apartment and dive in
the swimming pool (unheated) and have a good swim, then sit around in
just shorts until 2am or 3am drinking ice-cold beer. And at no point do
you feel cold, just lovely and warm.

That is something I have only ever experienced rarely in this country,
and that was when I lived in London (Summer 1995, August 1997 spring to
mind), when we used to 'break into' the outdoor swimming pool at Trent
Park, near Cockfosters. Fantastic!

And of course, I could go on about swimming for hours in seawater with a
temperature of 28°C.........and never having to get out because you feel
cold.
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"T240 Nutter #1" wrote in message
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they got today wrong, 29c hit, forecast was 26

so expect 30 tomorrow, 31 wed.

horrendous @ night

Sounds wonderful to me - the hotter the better. I'm really tired of it
being so chilly this 'summer', even with the bedroom windows shut, that I
need a duvet *and* a towelling robe thrown on top to be comfortable. I
would perish of frostbite under Will's preferred conditions :-)

Togless wrote:
"T240 Nutter #1" wrote in message
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they got today wrong, 29c hit, forecast was 26

so expect 30 tomorrow, 31 wed.

horrendous @ night

Sounds wonderful to me - the hotter the better. I'm really tired of it
being so chilly this 'summer', even with the bedroom windows shut, that
I need a duvet *and* a towelling robe thrown on top to be comfortable.
I would perish of frostbite under Will's preferred conditions :-)
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Your sig implies the opposite on the duvet front ;-)

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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Togless wrote:
"T240 Nutter #1" wrote in message
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they got today wrong, 29c hit, forecast was 26

so expect 30 tomorrow, 31 wed.

horrendous @ night

Sounds wonderful to me - the hotter the better. I'm really tired of it
being so chilly this 'summer', even with the bedroom windows shut, that I
need a duvet *and* a towelling robe thrown on top to be comfortable. I
would perish of frostbite under Will's preferred conditions :-)
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Your sig implies the opposite on the duvet front ;-)


LOL

Will
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