Thursday 21 September 2017

Summer

Summer on Sicily, 1991
A proper summer with temperatures soaring up to the low 40's. 
I was listening to the radio as I was driving home today and I got a bit depressed. They listed the amount of summer days this summer (ie days with temperatures of 20 degrees and over). 

In June: there was 1 (ONE!) summer day. The same went for July: just the one. In August, a bit of a change: 0. As in NONE! Not a single one! Fortunately I had a holiday in the Netherlands where the temperature was very summery!

Summer in Norway, 2014
A proper summer with temperatures well over 20 degrees
It is about to change though they said: from Saturday onwards, they are expecting lovely weather with summer temperatures. But, as I checked the weather forecast, the only thing different is that the rain is due to stop for a few days and the temperatures will go up to (wait for it) the high teens! Nothing summer about that...

*Sigh*

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  1. Whoa that is too dang chilly to be advertised as summer.
    40 degrees is dead of winter here. LOL
    Hugs Madi your bfff

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  2. Hari OM
    ...which is why the Vikings were so at home on the shores of the Bonny Land... &*>... We have definitely been shot-changed on the summer lately. A nice bright - and DRY - autumn would be welcome. YAM xx

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    1. Apparently the East end of the country (towards Oslo) has had a great summer. As did the North. But, I live in the West. On the coast. Where it is wet. And windy. You know. Blergh!

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  3. And it was waaaay too hot here!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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    1. Could we not swap a bit: you get a bit of our cold and rain and we get a bit of your hot!

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  4. That just doesn't seem fair. We all need to feel the sun on our backs in the Summer, if only for a few days.

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    1. I got the few days. As in two. Although I was probably working both those days...

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  5. Ja. Die beruchte zomer van 2014! Waarin het zo heet werd in Noorwegen dat ik er schier chagrijnig van werd. :-) Toch: prachtige herinneringen!

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    1. Dat was een heerlijke zomer. In ieder geval stukken beter dan die van dit jaar. Ronduit verschrikkelijk. Om er chagrijnig van te worden!!

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  6. For the first day of Fall, it is very warm here! Like summer hasn't gotten the message yet. That's fine with me!

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  7. Never trust the weatherman ! I were supposed to have rain in London and had sunshine ! and a decent 18 °C

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  8. From about Sept 10 (roughly) we are in the midst of our longest stretch of summer weather. It's a bit ridiculous really.

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  9. Come visit! We are still having 30 - 33 temps for highs and nighttime lows of 20 and above. Did have 4 nights that the low was about 16.

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    1. Supposed to be good the rest of this week. Summer while at work...

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  10. Well some days without rain sounds like a good start. Hope the temps get a little higher too!

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