Hello fellow lampers, it's been hot here in Shetland over the weekend, but it's a bit cooler today thankfully. Saturday and Sunday the temperature was in the 80's Fahrenheit , which is to hot for many of us Shetlanders because we are not used to it. 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit is hot enough for me.
It’s been so hot here in the north highlands I donned a pair of shorts. The man in one of the local shops said he was now hoping for cooler weather as it would ‘make me put my legs away’. Maybe time to move north Jeff, how are property prices on Shetland? Seriously, records have been broken here too, it makes you wonder. I fear for the climate... must be all those paraffin lamps!
@JEFF JOHNSON I can understand climatisation. I went to live in Blighty some 20 years ago. I got on the plane in Adelaide at 42degC and got off at Heathrow at 6degC, I bloody froze. The next summer, in Hampshire, it got to 29degC and the natives were gagging. Me, I though that this was just a pleasant day ....... however the following year’s summer at 29degC I was gagging, I had become acclimatised. Good weather for a cold beer or three. Cheers Pete
Hello Steve, I have known higher temperatures here, one summer it was well up in the 90's Fahrenheit, but I was about 20 years younger then. Thankfully, for most of the weekend there was a fresh breeze, but it dropped for a while yesterday evening and the midgies were out in force! Hello Pete, I do not normally drink alcohol, but if some cold beers had been available at the weekend I would have!
It was 33c here in Bradford on Thursday & Friday, that’s about 90f for those of you living in the islands & highlands
We have had temperatures at around 30/86 for quite a while now, here on the sunny westcoast of Sweden. It happens now and then, but we never get used to it. It's almost unbearable. Especially since the nights also are way to hot. Luckily I'm on vacation. It wouldn't be nice to have to work now. We drove up to the fjords of Norway yesterday. Thought it should be more normal temperatures there, but no! Same thing here. But it's ok now when waking up in the morning with a bit milder weather, sitting on the hotel balcony and watching todays cruise ships arrive here at Geiranger. But it will be ridiculously hot today aswell. We will have to drive up to the high mountains. It's always a decent temperature above the tree level.
It's hot again here after a day of cooler weather so we're borring a boat and going over to te island to cook lunch and explore. I'll post some photos later.
My girlfriend just sent me this: https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/sony-developing-wearable-air-conditioner-controlled-by-app/ My response? Edit: So, thinking on this a bit more, the article claims the device will lower body temp by up to 23, C I'm admittedly making an assumption on. That's about 40F spread, which happens to be the amount of temperature differential a Peltier junction will generate. This is going to be more like a cool spot on your back, certainly not an "air conditioner" by any means. An icepack on your back would do about the same thing, although a cooler full of icepacks isn't nearly as cool as a new battery powered doohickey with blinkenlights and buttonpushen and a smartphone app.
I live on the Florida Gulf Coast and work for a training command of the US Navy. We use a system of colored flags to indicate conditions for outdoor traing, exercise etc. based on temperature and humidity. Green, no restrictions, yellow, certain precautions must be observed, black, no PT, marching, drill, running or outdoor activity more strenuous than walking from one building to another. For the past two months we hit black flag by 9:30 in the morning. Mid-afternoon temps in the mid-90s with humidity 80-90%. I would cheerfully sell you all into slavery for 80F and mid 60s humidity.
Point taken Reese! I can sympathise, I lived in semi-tropical hot and sticky in the Far East when I was young, not nice. Air-con and cold beer is the answer.... Stevie
Hello Reese, yes, it's all relative! For the last few days there has been very little wind, which is unusual for Shetland and without wind at this time of year means getting devoured by hordes of midgies!
I could possibly suffer the climate extremes and get on with it, but the midgies ......... bugger that!! They’re a torture all on their own. Cheers Pete
Question: Why are there so many midges in the cooler northern areas, e.g. in Scotland and Sweden. But much less midges in warmer areas of Mediterranean countries ...? Will midges travel further north and abandon the current moderate belt, along the climate change? Brw
If climate change means the midges will sod off, bring it on! No doubt I’ll need a boat to get off my hill....
The bug light has been working overtime here as well. The mosquitos have made evenings on the deck impossible.
Nearly 80 and RAINING here today. I don't know when I moved to Florida but apparently it happened. Humidity thick enough to cut with a knife.
The breeze has strengthened a little here today, but it's still not strong enough to keep all of the midgies away, so I'm not cutting the grass.
What!? You cut your grass yourself? Manually!? Man, we don't live in the middle ages anymore We have robots to mow the lawn for us.
Couple of lambs to mow and fertilise the grass. Then after they get rotund you can eat them, cook them first .......
@Thomas Is it time for a propane operated mosquito magnet ?? https://www.google.com/search?clien...i7i30j0i7i5i30j0j0i30j0i8i7i30i19.EBB_wgP89fM
Well we had some hot days here last weeks : 40 C that is 104 F When it stays above 20C/68F at night we may called it tropical nights... Sounds better then it is.
The grass is now cut and I did not need a robot or lambs, I just needed the wind to rise enough to get rid of the midgies and it did and at about 5pm the heavens opened and some much needed rain arrived and it's still raining yet.
