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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
We have just over 200% of normal precipitation this year so far. Last year we had 350% of normal. Everyday seems to hold cloud and rain. It is raining right now. I bought a second sump pump yesterday and will put it behind the house now because the one under the basement doesn't stop running. Lucky to get one, as no sooner in stores, they're off the shelf. I just don't know what to think! Time to build an ark?

We're also experiencing much cooler than normal. It's been about +5°C each night and midday today was just +13°. Normals are 10 degrees warmer. With winters warmer than normal and summers cooler and whole lot more rain/snow, I'm beginning to wonder if we might end up with just one long season of weather called Dirty.

Is anyone else having wonky weather?
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Yes, it is so wet and cold here in June that my Christmas cactus is flowering. And I've reluctantly had to put the heating on again. Yesterday, I wore a polo necked jumper, a fleece and a body warmer, and had to put an extra blanket on the bed. Can't you keep the bad weather in Canada and not be quite so generous?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Here in central Arizona (Phoenix area) it's 103F -- expected high of 111F today. By Thursday we expect 113F. I think the last rain we had was May 9.

Please send us some of your rain!
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Another one who had the heating back on yesterday - I don't have a tumble drier, so drying the weekly wash presents something of a challenge in this weather. A beautiful weeping willow on the banks of the Wye was torn apart in the recent storm . But at least there's no serious flooding here yet.
 

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Posted by Kyzyl (# 374) on :
 
Hot, heat index into the the 95-100F range, humid, severe t-storms ripping through every other night. Makes me wish for a snowstorm. This weather reminds me of why I left coastal Texas.

[ 17. June 2012, 20:32: Message edited by: Kyzyl ]
 

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Posted by Lothiriel (# 15561) on :
 
I'm almost embarrassed to say that, except for a cool wet weekend two weeks ago, here in Toronto we've had lovely spring and early summer weather since the beginning of May, with just enough rain to keep everything green and growing.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
I've always thought that here in northwest England we don't have seasons: just mild winter all year round. But usually we can rely on some sunshine in May and June. There has been very little, while in February (remember?) we had mediterranean blue skies and unbroken sunshine. This, I am assured, carried on into March although I was out of the country then.

We've had the heating on at least some time every day since then; winter woollies have not yet been put away. I'm consoling myself with signs of improvement today and in this week's forecast, and the tabloid headlines which predict winter weather until September. Since they told us we were going to have a 'barbecue summer' last year, followed by a harsh winter, and both were proved wrong, I confidently look forward to a blistering July and August.
 

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Posted by Michael Astley (# 5638) on :
 
I'm basking in the beautiful weather.

Yes, I'm one of those people who gets fed up of people talking about how "nice" the weather is, when the reality is that it is horrible and warm, causing unnecessary discomfort on all sorts of levels.

Nice weather is when it is cool. Rain is acceptable, as long as there are enough dry patches to go out and see the the business of life, and when there is sunshine it is not accompanied by ridiculous levels of humidity but instead a good breeze to keep the worst effects of it at bay.

All of which is to say that the weather in this part of the UK is just about right. I just hope that it holds out for another two days at least.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
You must have good circulation, Michael! Below 17 degrees or so I feel distinctly uncomfortable; I don't know what it reached today when the sun shone but it was just about OK. 20-21 all year round would suit me fine; I could cope with a bit of cold if I knew it wasn't going to last, and a couple of weeks of hot summer weather would set me up for the autumn.

Trouble is that even friends in the south of France have been complaining about the weather, so I'd have to emigrate a fair distance to get what I want. Sitting at home under the drizzle feeds my inner Eeyore I suppose.
 

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Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on :
 
Our weather in the Upper Midwest of the US has been off-track all year. Here we had no snow until January -- very bizarre; we used to get our first snow around All Saints Day; then after some reassuring weeks of "normal" winter we had a bizarre warm spell in early April, with temps reaching into the 60s and 70's; fruit trees came into bloom, even. Then -- boom -- winter happened again, this time killing prematurely budding foliage and devastating our state's fruit industry for the year. Then we had several weeks of no precipitation, which is bad news for the springtime; then torrential rain; then more droughty conditions.

I'm just a hobby gardener, and I've found the weather this year strange and troubling; I can't imagine how real farmers are coping.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
March in most of the UK was unusually warm, with record temperatures in Aberdeenshire (28C!). Since then it's been mixed and May and June have been wet and windy at times.

I don't hold out much hope for a summer here, which we measure by being able to eat outdoors and stay out until 10pm. I suppose it will brighten up when the kids go back to school.
 

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Posted by Ferdzy (# 8702) on :
 
Our summer has been awful since December, and I'm pretty much in despair. No snow, no cold; about 2" of rain TOTAL since the beginning of April. It looks like the middle of August out there now, and it feels like it too. We are having 10 times the usual number of pests because they all survived the "winter" easily. Going to be 28° to 32° all next week, with no rain in sight. We are pulling out our peas, because they are too tough and bitter to eat.

I know what your problem is, no prophet: you've got all our rain. GIVE IT BACK, DAMN IT!
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lothiriel:
I'm almost embarrassed to say that, except for a cool wet weekend two weeks ago, here in Toronto we've had lovely spring and early summer weather since the beginning of May, with just enough rain to keep everything green and growing.

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Oh Toronto, Toronto, Toronto! Why do you always get played the favourite?

I will ask politely that rain leave us and go, not to you, but to Arizona. And ask Arizona and Tronna to please forward some sun and heat to the the north and west.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
today is the first day since... last July(?)* that I haven't worn a sweater and woolies. this is the third chilly/wet summer in a row for us. I'm beginning to fear for my sanity.


*not counting my lovely trip to Marmot-land in February. that was bliss.
 

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Posted by justlooking (# 12079) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
I don't hold out much hope for a summer here, which we measure by being able to eat outdoors and stay out until 10pm.

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Originally posted by Angloid:
You must have good circulation, Michael! Below 17 degrees or so I feel distinctly uncomfortable;

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Originally posted by Angloid:
You must have good circulation, Michael! Below 17 degrees or so I feel distinctly uncomfortable;.

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Originally posted by Michael Astley:
On the other hand, I do know people who are always cold, and will be seen in a cardigan or turn the heating up, even at the height of summer.

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I'll be one of them - I'm happiest when the temperature's somewhere in the 80s, if it's dry heat.
 

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Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 
Middle of June and I'm still having a hot water bottle at night!


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
We have been surprised by unusually cool weather the last few days! The humidity has been down and the 91 degree temps feel pretty comfortable!
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
There is sunshine* at the moment but the weather forecast on our intranet is for rain while the BBC site shows no rain today. I reckon we'll get a shower.

Mrs Sioni's weather app shows rain from Thursday 21st to 7th July. That's a wash-out Wimbledon then.

*Nope. It's gone again.
 

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Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on :
 
Two solid days of rain and temps in the 90's today -- sauna, anyone?
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Wrong. Fine afternoon and evening. It won't last though.
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Warm and sunny today. I definitely prefer it colder than this. But I am glad it didn't rain today.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Spring has lasted well here. We've had lots of nice mid to upper 20s weather. But now the summer is arriving, 37deg today. I felt very sleepy this afternoon. Sadly 'seance unique' ie half day working doesn't start until July.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
I'd love to know where 'here' is. Presumably somewhere francophone, but not any of the parts of France where I know people and get weather reports from.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I believe Lucia is in Tunisia.
 

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Posted by Michael Astley (# 5638) on :
 
Congratulations, Angloid, on reaching exactly 10, 000 posts.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Our daughter is moving to Daly City, a suburb of San Francisco this week: to the best of my knowledge, it never snows there and is rarely over 15C, i.e. 60F. I wish I could afford to return to northern California...

 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 

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Congratulations, Angloid, on reaching exactly 10, 000 posts.

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Gee thanks! I missed it... just noticed 10 thousand and something when I was replying to Ken's 36 thousandth post. Some of us had a life once.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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Originally posted by Angloid:
just noticed 10 thousand and something when I was replying to Ken's 36 thousandth post. Some of us had a life once.

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Originally posted by comet:
I believe Lucia is in Tunisia.

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Correct!

Today I sucumbed and for the first time this year turned on our one and only air conditioner in the living room and took refuge there for the afternoon. Even now the rest of our flat is around 30 deg. The problem with an upstairs flat is the sun beats on the flat roof all day and then in the evening when it cools a bit outside the roof acts like a giant storage heater radiating the stored heat back into the flat! Even after 5 years here I find the real heat of summer a bit hard to take. And I can't believe how much water I can drink when it's hot like this!
 

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Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
Some very interesting weather reports from around the world . Which part of Space are you lost in Whatevertheysay ? If I'm travelling there I'll try and remember to bring a brolly.

Devon's weather has gone a bit wonky recently with June looking much like a washout . We had an agreeable Spring , a little too kind if anything.

I know the memory plays tricks but the weather does feel different than it did 40 years ago , the sun certainly feels hotter on the skin .
As one farmer said "The wet is wetter and dry is drier".
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
last few days it's been getting up into the high 70's (25 C today) which is LOVELY. though, if it weren't for the afternoon breezes I'd be dying. I'm a total heat sissy.

lots of afternoon thunderstorms which I love and which we haven't really had for the past few years. good stuff.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
I can't remember the last time we had a summer of reasonably guaranteed warm and dry days. So far we've had no more than a few days at a time of 'summer' weather and then back to cold and wet grey skies. In a proper summer you get rain but it is refreshing and rarely cools down enough to turn back to winter. The sunny days have all been in the winter and spring, which is great but never warm enough to relax in Tshirts as one should.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
We've got proper Welsh weather now. Gallons of it, hurtling out of the sky and our office is built on a flood plain. If the levee breaks .... Sioni's gonna get some unscheduled leave.
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 

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Which part of Space are you lost in Whatevertheysay ? If I'm travelling there I'll try and remember to bring a brolly.

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I'm in the UK.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
The chap in the greengrocer's this morning said "Roll on, winter - there's a chance we'll see more sunshine then!"
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
It's been an odd morning. Bright and sunny when we left the house, a bit louring by the time we were coming out of Costco, and by the time we were leaving Sainsburys 40 minutes later, the world was drenched in fog, visibility less than 100m. Then there was a thunderstorm and now it's brightish and sunnyish again.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
Meanwhile we've been having Scottish weather all month.
 

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Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :
 
A bit cool for swimming this morning 70F Hot air balloons are flying over my house which means it is fogged over in the valley below where they usually take off. Very strange summer. it was over 100F just under a week ago.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Here in Newfoundland May began with snow (mercifully short-lived) then a few weeks of warm sunshine, then a sudden plummet in the temperatures (from high-teens/low 20s to single-digits) at the beginning of June.

The last week or so has been mostly nice - sunshine but not horribly hot or humid - although there's usually a bit of fog to be burnt off. We're having the wooden siding replaced on our house, and the weather's been just right for it.
 

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Posted by Michael Astley (# 5638) on :
 
Here in England's northwest a break of fifteen minutes or so would be welcomed so that I could go out and buy provisions. I like the rain and all but I also need sustenance.
 

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Posted by Jenny Ann (# 3131) on :
 
Dream on...
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 

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The chap in the greengrocer's this morning said "Roll on, winter - there's a chance we'll see more sunshine then!"

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Haha.

Thanks for the encouragement!
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Today I'm glad I live on the top of the hill - it has been coming down stair rods all day. I drove up a river coming home from work
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Mid-morning I popped out of the office in bright sunshine to the building next door, left a package on someone's desk and returned immediately, stepping out into a downpour and arriving back at my desk half soaked with my hair in knots from the gale. Ho hum.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 

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Originally posted by Michael Astley:
Here in England's northwest a break of fifteen minutes or so would be welcomed so that I could go out and buy provisions. I like the rain and all but I also need sustenance.

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I'm in the UK.

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Oh thanks
Didn't mean to be nosy . Just amused at some of the 'locations' of Shippies.
"Lost in Space" . Used to love that old prog . And the sun was always shining then too.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
We're having a bit of weather today. Tropical Storm Debby is in the Gulf of Mexico over 300 miles from me, but her rain is here! It's been cloudy and gloomy and rainy since Thursday. They tell us it may improve on Wednesday. So far, only one and a half inch of rain here at the Jedi Temple.

Unfortunately, along with the welcomed rain is very unwelcome tornadoes. One was just five miles to my west and two about twenty miles south. Not good.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
take cover, Jedi sister!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Thank you, comet! I will try to avoid danger!

On the way to church, I passed by the wreckage of the nearer tornado. A lot of debris is already by the side of the road.

I wonder if anyone will show up to sing in the choir today? They would normally have been here ten minutes ago. Oh, well. I'd rather them be safely at home if they feel any anxiety at all about being out to come to church. They are all elderly. I think the youngest is over 80!
 

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Posted by dorothea (# 4398) on :
 
Today shows a real improvement. Oh for good July.
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Last week,when the Olympic Torch was in North and East Yorkshire there was very good weather. When the torch left the rain came.

Today the torch has re-entered Yorkshire and the weather is good. Can we keep the Olympic Torch,and the weather it brings, in Yorkshire please?
 

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Posted by Bagpuss (# 2925) on :
 

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Originally posted by Michael Astley:
Here in England's northwest a break of fifteen minutes or so would be welcomed so that I could go out and buy provisions. I like the rain and all but I also need sustenance.

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Likewise! One month's worth of rain in one day on Friday - was up until 3am trying to stop the house being flooded. I was fortuante unluckily my next door neighbour wasn't nor were a couple of other nearby neighbours. Local village hit the national news as most of it was under water... bad times ...
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Humid, damp, hot, muggy - my geraniums do not like it!


 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 
According to the forecast, last night was the last night for temperatures in the 50s. In a few days the overnight low is predicted to be 70.

Moo
 

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Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :
 

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Originally posted by Boogie:
Humid, damp, hot, muggy - my geraniums do not like it!

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Neither do I - roll on the weekend when the forecast is fresher, cooler weather!
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
At last, warmth, heat, sunlight and a real feeling of summer. The skies are still a bit pale and prone to clouds but it feels close enough to tropical for me to enjoy it.

Very bored with wearing trousers and warm tops all year round - I want to get out the summer clothes and thin Indian cotton skirts, but with so much rain about trousers and waterproof shoes are more practical.
 

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Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :
 
This is what it's like in some parts of the Emerald Isle, just now. I can't remember the last time I saw the sun.
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The weather has been all over the place the last couple of days. It was wet in the morning yesterday and dull today. Then in the afternoon both days it went sunny and warm. Currently it is just cloudy.

I hate it when it is like this. I never know what to wear.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I think the weather in Florida is more pleasant than most of the rest of the country. It's been in the low 90s today, while many places are in the 100 degree range.

It's still hot. But it could be worse, couldn't it?
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 
Until today, the highest temperature I could remember in Blacksburg was 92°. Today it's 98°, and the heat wave is supposed to continue for about a week.

Someone was supposed to come and put in the window air conditioner in my bedroom. He hasn't showed up yet.

Moo
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
Can somebody post a conversion chart for all these fahrenheits or what have you? 98 degrees sounds b*** hot but maybe it's not quite as hot as all that.

Meanwhile we're back to 19 celsius today. Autumn winds this afternoon and spring showers later.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 

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Can somebody post a conversion chart.

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Originally posted by Angloid:
Can somebody post a conversion chart.

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A handy chart can be found here, which includes the formula Fahrenheit = 9/5 Celsius + 32. Conversely, Celsius = 5/9 Fahrenheit - 32.

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