Surely by now it should be a bit warmer? Is there a reason it’s still been so cold?
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Surely by now it should be a bit warmer? Is there a reason it’s still been so cold?
No idea, I'm no Wincey Willis or Sean Batty but I now understand why the environmentalists have stopped saying global warming and are instead taking about climate change.
It's May and I've still got my Central heating on (barely).
A photo came up on my timeline this week, 2 years ago I was at Easter Road wearing a short sleeve t-shirt with shades on!
Yup. It’s freezing. This time last year we’d had a load of warm days.
Forecast to come doesn’t look much better!
Snow above 500ft yesterday, I've not checked today yet.
Snowing heavily in Aberdeen just now.
Mid-latitude blocking, innit.
It's not just Scotland. I drove from Perth to Dudley on Monday under rain 100% of the time, and it wasn't light rain either.
Meanwhile in Oz, my son said it was 23C with rain that was doing his grass good. 🤨
Warmer next week.
It's actually warm in the sun at ma bit.
And the hailstones add a bit of an edge.
The thing I’ve noticed most about the change in our climate is the wind is now near constant. It seems rare now to get a still day.
Out on a walk with the dog earlier and got caught in quite a hefty hail shower. With how crap the weather's been, can't say I've been too fussed about heading out to a beer garden since they've opened up. Will wait another couple of weeks until I can get a nice cold pint in a warm pub indoors as it doesn't look likely the weather's going to get much better in the near future.
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It really bothers me when people can't tell the difference between weather and climate.
Or global warming and climate change for that matter.
Changeable weather is perfectly normal for this time of year. As are cold conditions from polar air plunging south as they are just now.
Weather doesn't bother us. I walked through the Grassmarket today and outdoor bars are mobbed.
Unsure if that was aimed at me or you're simply quoting my post.
I'm very much aware of the difference, but there are folk out there that mock the term global warming when on any singular day it would appear like it's anything but "warm".
If discussing a marked shift in the meteorological patterns, then climate change is a good catch-all.
Incidentally, I think one of the reasons it's been so cold lately is because April was so dry, the ground is holding on to the frost longer which any farmer or gardener will testify to.
Snowing in Leith. Mental.
Snowing in Corstorphine. Outrageous.
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Road North of Aberfeldy today!!