It's too hot :(

Was out in the garden and garage yesterday afternoon, seems still a reasonable UV level and humid. Crappy sleep from 1am till deciding I wasn't sleeping at 4am and got up due to it still feeling very humid and muggy. Doesn't feel like thunderstorm weather to clear it.. but here's hoping!
 
Heavy drizzle.

Hate rain in the summer as too warm to wear a waterproof. Don’t do umbrellas as they blow inside out with the slightest breeze. Even bought a storm proof one and turned inside out with a strong breeze.

Someone needs to invent something better without looking like an idiot using one
 
Kelt said:
Well, not too hot any more, is it.

Clouds, rain, it's looking grim, winter is coming etc...

Hope all you Chionophiles are happy now! :p
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Thank goodness, no. Perfect for me.

Forecast still looks good going forward, even in the cloud today it’s 21C. Plenty of sunny days ahead 21-27C.

Saves money on the air con, although it’s still on occasionally removing the humidity.

It’s perfect in my gym right now.

Better for wildlife too.

Of course the hottest day on the forecast is the one where I’ll be in black tie.
 
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badtooth76 said:
Raining now, house still a little bit warm in the bedrooms. Temp outside a nice 15c.
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I'm always surprised by how long the in-house temperature hangs around after the temperature outside drops. Always seems to stay there for a good 2-3 days.

A high of 27C over the next two weeks, I'm not going to complain about that.
 
Lysander said:
I'm always surprised by how long the in-house temperature hangs around after the temperature outside drops. Always seems to stay there for a good 2-3 days.

A high of 27C over the next two weeks, I'm not going to complain about that.
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I think our houses are designed to keep heat in here, hence why we've all boiled in the bag recently.
 
Uther said:
I think our houses are designed to kep heat in here, hence why we've all boiled in the bag recently.
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This is why comments like "it's normal in California" or "and yet I'm still alive" from DM readers are so idiotic. Our residences and infrastructure have been designed for an entirely different climate. My mum lives in a Victorian brick house with walls which are several inches thick. In the winter you hardly even need to turn the heating on. They weren't designed for 40C summers. Back then it was a very different world to the one we have now.
 
Lysander said:
I'm always surprised by how long the in-house temperature hangs around after the temperature outside drops. Always seems to stay there for a good 2-3 days.

A high of 27C over the next two weeks, I'm not going to complain about that.
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Bricks etc all absorb heat and then radiate it over the coming days. Lot of thermal mass in houses. Keeps it a good few degrees over outdoor temp even if you are venting the whole house. I've got all the windows open to try and bring it down today while its only 21 degrees.

And the best thing about it? No one can stop me :cry:

The missus is out, she will never know why its a lovely 21 degrees in the house when she gets home.
 
Uther said:
I think our houses are designed to kep heat in here, hence why we've all boiled in the bag recently.
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If you go to a typically hot climate the houses are all white, stone floors, little insulation, shutters on windows, air con etc etc.

The problem in this country is while we don’t get really extreme weather, we do get decent swings either way for a number of months that makes it tougher to plan for. I suspect the air con market will pick up and up though.
 
fez said:
Bricks etc all absorb heat and then radiate it over the coming days. Lot of thermal mass in houses. Keeps it a good few degrees over outdoor temp even if you are venting the whole house. I've got all the windows open to try and bring it down today while its only 21 degrees.

And the best thing about it? No one can stop me :cry:

The missus is out, she will never know why its a lovely 21 degrees in the house when she gets home.
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Indeed, this is why in medieval times stone ovens were so effective at long-term cooking. You heat the oven up with embers and seal it until the entire stonework is hot. And then you can just bake loaf after loaf for hours on end. You don't need to keep adding fuel.
 
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