I think we reached 28/29 degrees (in english money) a couple of days ago; think I've experienced the low/middle nineties (in american money) a couple of times, but never been anywhere when the temperature got higher than that.
Though the year of the Queen's Jubilee (in the seventies, when I was a teenager) may have got that high, though it was too long ago now to be sure.
Actually, the following day when it was supposedly a few degrees lower (23/24) felt a lot worse, and I think I was suffering a bit of heat exhaustion; likely more to do with two days of higher than usual temps, and a certain amount of very oppressive air pressure (?) than the temperatures.
If I remember correctly, back in the nineties, there were record high/low temperatures recorded (in the same calendar year) in Cumbria in North-West England; just south of the Scottish border. Not too sure of that though.
Every year though the averages have been slowly creeping up, every year, month on month & year on year; almost everywhere ~ going on for decades now and, though it may be just my perception, the seasons seem to be shifting and more chaotic; even in the just over twenty-three years I've been living up here.
I'm actually beginning to wonder if I'm going to live long enough to see the Gulf Stream fail; cutting off this part of the world from it's temperate haven and giving us here the same summer/winter patterns of lands on the same latitudes (close to the NE United States and Eastern Canada).
Been fascinating following the Buffy rewatch reports; not done a proper rewatch for a very long time as I tend to rewatch Season One; favorite episodes from two & three and most of Season four, and a few episodes of Season Five.
Last episodes after Season Five I rewatched were back when the tenth anniversary so Eighteen (?) years ago now. I struggle to even watch reactions to anything after Season Five; even the finale.
Still been fascinating to see your reactions; especially comparing to your memories of watching the episodes at the time.
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Date: 2025-06-25 02:41 am (UTC)Though the year of the Queen's Jubilee (in the seventies, when I was a teenager) may have got that high, though it was too long ago now to be sure.
Actually, the following day when it was supposedly a few degrees lower (23/24) felt a lot worse, and I think I was suffering a bit of heat exhaustion; likely more to do with two days of higher than usual temps, and a certain amount of very oppressive air pressure (?) than the temperatures.
If I remember correctly, back in the nineties, there were record high/low temperatures recorded (in the same calendar year) in Cumbria in North-West England; just south of the Scottish border. Not too sure of that though.
Every year though the averages have been slowly creeping up, every year, month on month & year on year; almost everywhere ~ going on for decades now and, though it may be just my perception, the seasons seem to be shifting and more chaotic; even in the just over twenty-three years I've been living up here.
I'm actually beginning to wonder if I'm going to live long enough to see the Gulf Stream fail; cutting off this part of the world from it's temperate haven and giving us here the same summer/winter patterns of lands on the same latitudes (close to the NE United States and Eastern Canada).
Been fascinating following the Buffy rewatch reports; not done a proper rewatch for a very long time as I tend to rewatch Season One; favorite episodes from two & three and most of Season four, and a few episodes of Season Five.
Last episodes after Season Five I rewatched were back when the tenth anniversary so Eighteen (?) years ago now. I struggle to even watch reactions to anything after Season Five; even the finale.
Still been fascinating to see your reactions; especially comparing to your memories of watching the episodes at the time.
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