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Ellie
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 Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: 2008 - Least sunny UK August on record |
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Shamelesssly copied from BBC News
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Least sunny UK August on record
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7592649.stm
Last month was the dullest August in the UK since records began in 1929, the Met Office has confirmed.
There were just 105.5 hours of sunshine, far less than the average for the month of 165.1 hours.
This August was also the fifth wettest on record with 139.8mm (5.5in) of rain falling, causing floods in some areas.
But John Hammond, from the Met Office, said forecasters expected autumn temperatures to be above average while rainfall would be below average.
The Met Office said high pressure around the Azores which usually brings warmer, brighter weather to Britain in the summer simply had not materialised this year.
But things have not been all bad. In Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, sunshine levels were 130% of the average.
At the opposite end of the country, in Lerwick in Shetland, the sunshine level was 129% of what forecasters might expect.
And Mr Hammond said things were looking up for the coming months.
"For autumn, we are very much expecting temperatures to be above average and for the season itself to have below average rainfall," he said.
Northern Ireland was hit by flooding in August, after receiving double the average rainfall for the month. |
I suppose it would have been alright if we were living in Shanklin, but we aren't, so it hasn't.
Today started off nicely, I thought I might actually get some washing dry so did loads only for it to rain hard. It's now blowing a gale out there and the heating's come on in retaliation for it being so cold.
I thought "Global Warming" would mean some sort of warmth and maybe even some sunny days, but I also understand it's likely to mean more wet weather and all the clouds. It makes the Sahara seem quite appealing!
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Lizzie
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| My water butts are full of water but my plants dont need it because its been raining
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nightshift
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| Our garden is a dismal shadow of its normal self this year, there is plenty of green growth but also far too many slugs and snails.
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Ellie
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| I've got to go away for a few days, no doubt the weather will be lovely here while I'm away, and will rain non-stop wherever I am. I'll feel a bit like Marlon with his perpetual rain cloud.
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Supertrowel
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: |
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I'm sickened by the state of my garden (not that i've seen much of it). Not as sickened though, I reckon as those whose homes have been flooded out.
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nightshift
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I feel so sorry for those whose homes have been flooded.
I think there need to be planning restrictions with regard to building on or near flood plains and close to water courses. I also think that there should be some regulation of the amount of hard landscaping permitted, because that in itself can create major drainage problems because rain water runs off instead of soaking into the ground. Although when the ground is waterlogged there is little anybody can do.
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