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Praise the rain Gods

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  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    We've had plenty here. A fortnight without any would be fine, thanks!
    East Lancs
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    That's the problem though - we don't seem to get 'a couple of weeks' of anything any more. Flood then drought then flood then drought. Heatwave or unseasonably cold. 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    LG_ said:
    That's the problem though - we don't seem to get 'a couple of weeks' of anything any more. Flood then drought then flood then drought. Heatwave or unseasonably cold. 
    I can't remember the last heatwave :'(
    Devon.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    It was last May @Hostafan1 I could do without the cold 🥶 , and the rain has caught up for the year, but it seems its here for another week. 🙄
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Depends how you define heatwave. We had a short spell of very hot days in 2019 - I left my lovely air-conditioned office at about 7:30 in the evening one day and it was still 30C (way too hot for me). Fortunately not last summer when I'd have been sweating it out working at home.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    For me it's a week of 27/28° 😁
     I know thats not hot for some.😆
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    for me, "HOT" doesn't start until 40C
    28C is the temperature I'd have every day in life if I had the choice.
    Devon.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    You can keep your 28C !!  I'd love to be able to cope with hot temperatures but I just can't (wimp here). Anything over about 25C saps all my energy.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    edited May 2021
    We definitely had heatwaves here (London) in 2019 and 2020, and as it's defined as 'three consecutive days above a threshold' - ours being 28°C, but Devon's being 25°C - we've had them most years in the last 20 or so but increasing in number and duration each year. Combined with drought is the bit that makes it so difficult to cope with as far as gardening is concerned.

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/temperature/heatwave 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    We don't get to choose. We get to adapt.
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