What is your current yard temperature?

[GottmitAlex]

Dec 29th, 2023

12:00pm pst (noon)

20c. Our low this morning was 10c

Let's see how benevolent this winter is for us. (Hopefully not lasting 7 months like Winter 2022-2023)

 

 

[Palm Sundae]

Saw 71 today even with some clouds. The mild winter continues looking ahead with the possibility of freezing temperature at the overnight low in a couple of weeks. 

Some light rain in the forecast about 7-10 days out and perhaps some drizzle on New Year's. Could be the first water for an Opuntia cutting I got potted up today. Not the best time of the year to propagate so we'll see....  might have to move it under shelter at times over the next month or two.

[sandgroper]

Currently 25c at 9.30am heading for 37c.

[JohnAndSancho]

[Arecaceus]

On 12/24/2023 at 11:30 AM, ego said:

Athens is very mild indeed due to being a big city. I am on the north coast of Attica, so very much exposed to northern winds. In fact my yard is very windy and some of my plants get wind damage at times. No theophrastii here that I know. The closest natural population is in Epidaurus, two hour drive away. I was in Preveli in the summer and visited the palm forest. Amazing place. Theophrastii look great when many together although not so appealing to the eye when solitary tbh. I prefer dactyliphera which looks really majestic.

I will try P. dactylifera as I've several varities, including the 'iberica' form, native to Spain, but I'm not sure how well it can take the rather wet winters here. It also feels like winters are getting wetter and windier in general. I really love P. canariensis and P. theophrastii as a solitary plant as well. The orange colouring makes it appealing to me. 🥰

[Arecaceus]

The last days haven't shown much difference. Temps in the low 10s Celsius. Pretty windy. Some sun, some rain. The forecast shows the same trend but probably a bit drier. This New Year's Eve is not going to be as mild as the last 2 though. Last year temperatures were above 20°C, with some places around here measuring 23°C! But I'm glad for the more normal conditions as the temp flactuations last year were nasty. In 2023 I had the coldest temperature in January with -3.9°C and the highest was 37.3°C in July. Lots of heat and dry weather this year and also a very warm autumn with almost 30°C up into October but nontheless no extreme heat with temps above 40°C for several days like the years before. I can't wait for the growing season 2024 but first let's see how this winter fades out, as Jan/Feb often can sometimes be the worst months just before it heats up. I usually like to start planting in late February and I hope this works out again. Happy New Year to everyone! 🌴🥰

[Arecaceus]

On 12/26/2023 at 8:33 PM, Foxpalms said:

Whenever I see people from northern England come to London a lot of them seem to treat it like the tropics and wear shorts and t shirts in the winter when it's only 10c outside!

In the hot summer of 2018 on my way to Scotland I spent a night in Leeds (not even too far north) and I'm not exaggerating that it felt like autumn/winter, especially in the evening. It was really cold. On the way back down from Scotland I drove the whole way from Glasgow to Brighton in one trip and it really felt like driving from winter to summer. There was only 1 day in 2 weeks of being in Scotland where temperatures hit 20+°C degrees. I remember going shopping in Thurso and starting to get depressed because it was so windy, rainy and cold. It was just like December. Not exaggerating! 😨😂

[sandgroper]

Spare a thought for people in Marble Bar here in Western Australia, today's current temperature is 52c (125.6f) a rather warm welcome to the new year. That's why I stopped working in the north west of our state, I got sick of the warmth, it's never ending there.

[Tyrone]

23 minutes ago, sandgroper said:

Spare a thought for people in Marble Bar here in Western Australia, today's current temperature is 52c (125.6f) a rather warm welcome to the new year. That's why I stopped working in the north west of our state, I got sick of the warmth, it's never ending there.

I can’t believe trees grow there.

Here we will be lucky if we manage to hit the 24C forecast. It’s cloudy windy and drissling on and off. 18.7C at the moment. 

[Silas_Sancona]

3 hours ago, sandgroper said:

Spare a thought for people in Marble Bar here in Western Australia, today's current temperature is 52c (125.6f) a rather warm welcome to the new year. That's why I stopped working in the north west of our state, I got sick of the warmth, it's never ending there.

Yeahhh,😬  You can keep that 🤬 heat there, lol.  No Bueno.  Stay in the shade.

[kinzyjr]

3 hours ago, sandgroper said:

Spare a thought for people in Marble Bar here in Western Australia, today's current temperature is 52c (125.6f) a rather warm welcome to the new year. That's why I stopped working in the north west of our state, I got sick of the warmth, it's never ending there.

That's some nasty heat there!

[Silas_Sancona]

A reasonably cool 48F as we close in on the final 24 hours of '23 after a perfect afternoon.


Since i know some are probably wondering what my thoughts are on  ..a few things..  that may occur shortly after the start of '24 here,  ...Yep, seeing it too,  but ..Will discuss my musings on it,     ..on Monday..

For now, just enjoy tomorrow ..and Monday / New Year's Day.. 

Mid 60s anticipated around town after a start in the mid / lower 40s / possible high 30s in some of the typically coolest spots, w/ some passing clouds, perhaps more so on Monday than tomorrow as a passing, weak COL swings east over Sonora.  Same system might generate some sprinkles / light showers down toward Tucson and points south / east of there on Monday.


Only thing i'll say about what may occur after  mid week next week is,  for now,  70s are taking a break..   For how long? ...We'll see.



In the mean time, #'s  from around town / Tucson, and the Central Borderlands today..  Pretty nice way to close out the year

[JohnAndSancho]

Tired of this already lol. 

[sandgroper]

[Foxpalms]

On 12/30/2023 at 10:11 PM, Hortulanus said:

In the hot summer of 2018 on my way to Scotland I spent a night in Leeds (not even too far north) and I'm not exaggerating that it felt like autumn/winter, especially in the evening. It was really cold. On the way back down from Scotland I drove the whole way from Glasgow to Brighton in one trip and it really felt like driving from winter to summer. There was only 1 day in 2 weeks of being in Scotland where temperatures hit 20+°C degrees. I remember going shopping in Thurso and starting to get depressed because it was so windy, rainy and cold. It was just like December. Not exaggerating! 😨😂

And that same summer in July London averaged over 28c as the average high. Scotland is very cool during the summer I remember being in Fort William in July a few years ago and every day It was cloudy and raining.

[Foxpalms]

Happy new year's. Currently 48f/9c in London at 1am Jan 1st 2024. The high for the 31st was 54.2f/12.3c.  December finished with an average temperature of 48.6/9.2c.  I was looking at the forecast for places on the south island of NZ such as Christchurch NZ and the lows there seem to be very cool for this time of the year.

[Foxpalms]

The 2nd half of December has definitely been mild here. Daffodils are coming up, trees are budding and a few of my chamaedorea palms are pushing out flower stalks.

[Palm Sundae]

On 12/29/2023 at 3:43 PM, Palm Sundae said:

Saw 71 today even with some clouds. The mild winter continues looking ahead with the possibility of freezing temperature at the overnight low in a couple of weeks. 

Some light rain in the forecast about 7-10 days out and perhaps some drizzle on New Year's.

No drizzle thus far and only a slight chance tonight. The rain forecast has lessened somewhat but still tracking time-wise. Unfortunately the freezing temperatures look likely instead of possible with lows in the upper 20's now in the forecast for a couple days.

[UK_Palms]

12.7C / 55F here at 2:30am. Expecting a max of about 14C / 57F later on Tuesday. Still very mild here.

This will be the last of the mega mild nights however. Tomorrow will also be the last mega mild day. After weeks of above average temps, especially at night, it will all be going downhill from Wednesday onwards really. Likely down to single digit highs by Friday and potentially frosts by Sunday. I haven't had a frost in my rural, inland location for a whole month now, since 3rd December.

 

 

January will need watching as there is the potential for quite a significant freeze event on both sides of the Atlantic! 👀

Edited January 2, 2024 by UK_Palms

[Silas_Sancona]

On 12/30/2023 at 11:22 PM, Silas_Sancona said:

Since i know some are probably wondering what my thoughts are on  ..a few things..  that may occur shortly after the start of '24 here,  ...Yep, seeing it too,  but           ....Will discuss my musings on it,     ..on Monday..

A cool, but seasonal 48F on this first evening of 2024 as some clouds ..and maybe a sprinkle rotating in from the south pass through..  Clearin' out and mild tomorrow  ..before???



Some stuff to watch for over the coming days..  A few rain chances, ..none looking all that impressive, imo.  ..and potentially, some cold mornings  ..BTW, I use the term " Cold " to depict mornings where it could reach ..or drop below 32F only.. Not below 32? = Not  " Cold "..  Regardless, Looking at the possibility for some frost / light ice ..if it rains enough and there is standing water around as the clouds clear out on one of the colder mornings over the next 5-9 days. 

Up coming switch-er-oo stretch of weather may offer up some of the best opportunities for accumulating, widespread snow for the state ..And overall region... for winter 23 - 24  as well.




.....So, it is Monday...  and, there's a few things to discuss concerning what may be the chilliest stretch of weather both here in the deserts / rest of the state / region, and CA.  Wanted to wait out completion of tonight's 18Z GFS run before diving into the details..

Like i'm sure others have been doing over the past several days, have also been carefully watching the models since ..an abrupt.. change from our ~relatively speaking~ benign winter weather thus far   showed up in the extended model runs.

As eluded to somewhere in a recent post, it appears January will indeed sway away from the fairly mild ..if not warm-ish at times mood here ..And across most of the Southwest,  and California ( Though of course they have had more rain thus far  ) ..At least briefly...

Watching the run to run thoughts since ..last week, i'll say this..

Yes, while it looks like we'll see a stretch of that classic pattern that can send some seriously cold air south down from western Canada across the western U.S. over the next 5-12 days or so, For now at least,  the WORST potential model run " thoughts ", ...which were brutally cold, may not  occur ...IE: The runs that were plunging a good portion of the valley here into the mid 20s on a couple mornings, and pushing teens / 20s deep into northern Mexico / widespread low 30s all the way to the coast in parts of CA..

While there will be some cold mornings,  for now,  it looks like the upcoming swing in the pattern, brief as it may be,  might not sway all that far from what we might see a couple times during any winter..  ..And it looks like it might not hang around for quite as long / be as persistent as it appeared it might be earlier..     We'll see of course.  Trust no model or run, no matter how " moderated " one or two model runs might look at a given moment..  ..Same w/ those ..more " extreme ' looking model runs, which is why i did not bring up the subject earlier..  Wanted to sit back and watch the model runs do their thing over the course of a few days ..just to see which way they leaned, after a few days..

 While they are floppin' around a little,  overall " hints " i'm seeing from the current CFS weeklys / ECMWF weeklys, and current GEFS run suggests this colder than normal stretch may not last long, with  " Right about average.. " to " some degree of  above normal " temps returning by mid month, esp here in AZ / surrounding areas of NV / UT.,  W. CO., and N.M.. Doesn't look hot, ..but probably back to what has been occurring lately..

CA may hang onto some slightly below normal readings in areas a little longer, but, won't be  " Cold " either..

Rain / snow potential may lean below normal for many areas across the S.W. / Overall West as we reach the 2nd half of Jan. as well..  We'll see of course..  Extended forecasts are just a look at what might  happen, ..not what will  occur.

As mentioned, while CA has done a bit better, thus far anyway, not all that much snow anywhere across AZ right now.  While the coldest of the next couple upcoming storms forecast to pass through should lay down some widespread snow across the state, i don't see either of the events being major.. ...On the same level as last year at least..  Flagstaff / higher peaks around the state / areas of UT. / CO. and N.M, ...and possibly the N.E. corner of the AZ may see some decent totals, esp. from the storm expected to roll by sometime near / over the weekend ahead..

I also won't be surprised to see some flakes / a brief, light dusting of snow end up falling somewhere in the foothills just outside Phoenix, ..maybe in Tucson, and ( esp )across the flatland areas of the Central Borderlands ( Sonoita, Patagonia, Sierra Vista / Bisbee, etc )

Rain, for the valley, doesn't look all that impressive ..maybe totalling .50" for most areas once the last in the series of forecast storms is headed east..  Totals were looking higher in earlier forecast thoughts when the trough bringing the cold air/ series of storms was looking to hang around longer..   We'll see of course, Pendulum can swing back the other way by the time things are said and done..

Regardless,

For now, anticipate a week or so of chilly ..or cold.. mornings / cool afternoons, w/ some showers at times, esp. here, with the possibility of seeing some 'Sneew  briefly capping some of the higher lower peaks around town ..at least once.. ..Nothing more than that.

Have anything that is you think might get nipped or burned over the coming cold mornings?, cover it, ... or bring it in until the pattern swings back to what we've seen so far ..a pretty decent winter ..albeit a bit dry. 

Phoenix finishes out the year about 3" below avrg. ...Coming in at 3.21"  w/ the valley-wide avrg. about 2" below normal.. ..or topping out at 5.47" ..We'll get some more rain this month ..and a little more in Feb / early Mar,  but i highly doubt we'll come close to what we saw for winter last year. 

A week or two of " winter "??  = a walk in the park  ..Sweat - free walk in the park. We'll Be starting " Gem Show Season " by the time the cold departs. 
 

Edited January 2, 2024 by Silas_Sancona
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[Tyrone]

On 1/1/2024 at 9:12 AM, Foxpalms said:

And that same summer in July London averaged over 28c as the average high. Scotland is very cool during the summer I remember being in Fort William in July a few years ago and every day It was cloudy and raining.

Fort William sounds like here. Summer got up and ran away. 

[sandgroper]

Currently 31c and a lovely day at the beach, it's a pity about the crowds and lack of parking but somehow we manage in Western Australia. 

[Palm Sundae]

On 1/1/2024 at 4:21 PM, Palm Sundae said:

No drizzle thus far and only a slight chance tonight. The rain forecast has lessened somewhat but still tracking time-wise. Unfortunately the freezing temperatures look likely instead of possible with lows in the upper 20's now in the forecast for a couple days.

Got a little bit of wet stuff overnight. Just enough to keep the soil moist. Nice.

The upper 20's forecast keeps drifting lower though. Might see 25, thinking about what needs to be moved to the garage for a couple days and protecting a few others from frost. The most sensitive plants I have are well protected by the house and a tree - no problem there. But a few cacti should get some frost protection by how it looks, M-Tue and maybe again in about 10 days.

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, Palm Sundae said:

Got a little bit of wet stuff overnight. Just enough to keep the soil moist. Nice.

The upper 20's forecast keeps drifting lower though. Might see 25, thinking about what needs to be moved to the garage for a couple days and protecting a few others from frost. The most sensitive plants I have are well protected by the house and a tree - no problem there. But a few cacti should get some frost protection by how it looks, M-Tue and maybe again in about 10 days.

Yep, chilly stretch inbound.. Frosty / Freeze-y watches posted just to my south ..but we all know frost knows no boundaries so we'll see if any is in the ayrd over the next few mornings...  Watching next Tuesday morning the most out of all the next several ..though effects of temperatures reaching / dipping just below 32F may not be all that significant, esp if whatever rain falls Sunday is as light as last night ( I got ..maybe.. .02" Rock /open soil areas where any moisture actually accumulated, were completely dry by 11am )

End up getting  closer to the suggested - by- some news folks / model " thoughts " .15" - .25" totals?  that could be enough to create perfect post- rain event conditions for a moderate frost / freeze. Still, imo,  doesn't look any worse than what we saw last year, or any other cold spell since i've been here.  We'll see.   Most sensitive stuff is already inside anyway.

Switch back to mild / touch warm n' occasionally showery could arrive by mid month, just beyond the current forecast period.  < Broken record > We'll see..

Edited January 5, 2024 by Silas_Sancona
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[Palm Sundae]

20 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Yep, chilly stretch inbound.. Frosty / Freeze-y watches posted just to my south ..but we all know frost knows no boundaries so we'll see if any is in the ayrd over the next few mornings...  Watching next Tuesday morning the most out of all the next several ..though effects of temperatures reaching / dipping just below 32F may not be all that significant, esp if whatever rain falls Sunday is as light as last night ( I got ..maybe.. .02" Rock /open soil areas where any moisture actually accumulated, were completely dry by 11am )

We are getting the warnings but none of it is concerning (for me) until it is below 30 for more than a couple hours. Which is pre-dawn Tuesday for sure at this point and maybe the next day as well. And yes, maybe more later in the week. But then back to 60's/40's around mid month?

We got less than an 1/8th but my bare patches were wet and are still moist below the surface. Good enough with whatever assist from dew/frost. Sunday rain could be anything at this point but probably not all that much.

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Palm Sundae said:

We are getting the warnings but none of it is concerning (for me) until it is below 30 for more than a couple hours. Which is pre-dawn Tuesday for sure at this point and maybe the next day as well. And yes, maybe more later in the week. But then back to 60's/40's around mid month?

We got less than an 1/8th but my bare patches were wet and are still moist below the surface. Good enough with whatever assist from dew/frost. Sunday rain could be anything at this point but probably not all that much.

Agree, while the length of it might be a little drawn out, ..for the moment at least,.. cold spell we'll be experiencing doesn't look like much of a big deal.. Though i hope the 28-29F forecast for Tuesday morning ticks up a couple degs. by then.

  Underground is only forecasting ....maybe... 0.06" of rain here for Sunday,  which, if that occurs,  (..or less ) that will only up the frost potential a little.  More rain than forecast? ..that could have a bigger effect, though still within the minimal category, ..imo...  Still could be one of the bigger cold spells in the last 4 or 5 years. Tabular forecast for Phoenix currently shows them bottoming out at 34F on Tuesday morning ..so, some frost around perhaps, but not a big deal in the bigger picture.

Ground has pretty much dried out here, though some moisture still appears on the surface in the morning in the areas of the back yard where the sun doesn't hit until 9 or so..  Stays like that ( dry ) don't anticipate more than maybe a heavy frost on the coldest mornings.


As mentioned elsewhere, just have to wait to see how quickly ..or slowly   a potential undercutting event shows up to kick the colder air east. Most forecast thoughts i've seen think that should show up sometime between the 16th / 18th - about the 22nd of the month or so.  We'll see.

Current 3 week forecast thoughts from the CPC have temps back in the " above normal " probability range at that time which would fall in line with the above musings for going back to our mild / occasional showers at times weather we've been seeing mid / late month.  Unless that changes / gets pushed out to the start of Feb, or just beyond that,  cold doesn't appear as though it will be stickin' around the desert for long.  

One positive about this cold spell? ..As far as what i've been told by different growers, cold snap could stimulate a better flowering cycle on Echinocereus,  Echinopsis/ Trichocereus in the weeks/ months ahead.

Best " Cactus Bloom Boom " i've had since  being here may have been after the last " chillier than usual " winter when ..everything... bloomed their heads off.  We'll see if that idea has any legs soon enough.

[Silas_Sancona]

3 forecasts, one introducing possible flakes here late tomorrow afternoon / early evening..  Not gonna happen ..see the discussion.., but funny anyway..    Ft. hill areas ..like Boyce Thompson / Superior / Oak Flat .....maaaybe Fountain Hills  ...the " Soops < = Superstition Mountains = >, or low hilly areas out east of Florence, but west of Kearny?  Yep, could be visited -briefly-  by the white death,  just like last year,  years before where Flakey W.D. payed us a visit this time of year...  Nothin' all that out of the norm.













Of all the " Valley " locations south of the Rim which might see an actual dusting of White Death?   Look south:  Tucson, ..and areas of the Central / S. E. Borderlands.

[Silas_Sancona]

A chilly and raw 44F at ...12:15PM + a little more blustry " spit  rain " passing through... = medium levels of  😬😬over the next few mornings as we start the first full week of the month..

Looking at the current rainfall totals, Looks like we should round things out at about 0.06" or .07" or so ( 0.04" registered in the nearest gauges as of noon )  Not a lot, but looking like it will be just enough, and clouds may hang around just long enough the rest of the day to keep ..even the minor amount of wet laid down... from drying out a bit before the sun sets, which will add a little more bite to the frost / minor freeze potential for, at least the next couple mornings, esp tomorrow night, ..and possibly again on Friday morning, if  we see more  ill- timed " spit " mid week. .. 





Not the only ones feelin the chill either for the next few days..





Will be watching, but wouldn't be surprised if there are plenty of lows lower than the suggested 29-28F on at least Tuesday Morning around this side of the valley, even within the more developed areas inside the loop 202 ( freeway )..  Also won't be shocked to see any of the normally chill-ier, more outlaying sections of town bottom out in the 24-27F range on at least one morning..  Superior / Boyce Thompson are suggested to touch the mid 20s for sure, at least once this week..

Then? ...if what seems to be hinted at pans out, milder days /  Less  chilly nights should return region- wide by the start of next week..  We'll see..

For now, ..cover,  if you need to,  or move it inside, if small and extra tender ..at least for the next couple nights..  

Will be a distant memory soon enough..

[Palm Sundae]

59 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

For now, ..cover,  if you need to,  or move it inside, if small and extra tender ..at least for the next couple nights..  

Will be a distant memory soon enough..

Hard freeze warnings.  WIll have protection in place with four nights this week that can potentially do some damage, plus a fifth in tonight if it surprises to the cold side.

Similar rain outlook here. Thursday could see a little more rain leading into a couple nights of brrrrr........

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Palm Sundae said:

Hard freeze warnings.  WIll have protection in place with four nights this week that can potentially do some damage, plus a fifth in tonight if it surprises to the cold side.

Similar rain outlook here. Thursday could see a little more rain leading into a couple nights of brrrrr........

Flakes confirmed near campus and downtown Tucson..  Icy white topping on the Superstitions as well.

[Southwesternsol]

El Niño hitting the Four Corners hard. Barely hitting 28 today, which is fairly rare here, with the following week not being much warmer. May dip below 0 monday night. Got my Sabal wrapped with a couple of frost blankets and some foam for insulation, might even keep it that way until February. Wasn't expecting such harsh weather this winter, but will be a good test on hardiness.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

6 minutes ago, Southwesternsol said:

El Niño hitting the Four Corners hard. Barely hitting 28 today, which is fairly rare here, with the following week not being much warmer. May dip below 0 monday night. Got my Sabal wrapped with a couple of frost blankets and some foam for insulation, might even keep it that way until February. Wasn't expecting such harsh weather this winter, but will be a good test on hardiness.

 

  Was just about to ask you " How are things looking up there "   Unless something changes, which is possible of course,  this unexpected  blip of winter chill should moderate quickly, sometime around the 16th-19th,  even up your way.

[Southwesternsol]

53 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

  Was just about to ask you " How are things looking up there "   Unless something changes, which is possible of course,  this unexpected  blip of winter chill should moderate quickly, sometime around the 16th-19th,  even up your way.

Yeah, hopefully it doesn't last too long. We need the moisture, but not the temps.

[DTS]

It’s funny I can call this normal 😂

Also currently its 32F

Edited January 8, 2024 by DTS1

[UK_Palms]

The cold is finally hitting now, although nothing major compared to some places. I am only reporting +3.4C / 39F at midday however. Tonight I will probably experience my fist frost in 5-6 weeks. The cold had to arrive sooner or later. We have -12C hPa isotherms moving in overhead at 1,500 meters.

 

Parts of France and the whole of Germany are completely in the freezer. This cold blast is coming straight down from Scandinavia and also Siberia. Hopefully it runs out of steam a bit by the time it properly reaches us tomorrow. Look at the temps across Germany at lunch time! I don’t think anywhere is above freezing! 

 

Brutal cold across Scandinavia and Siberia over the past week or so. St Petersburg, Russia has dropped to -30C and Moscow has reached -28C as well in recent nights. These screenshots were taken at about 9pm their time, way before they reached their minimums!

 

Norway and Sweden have recorded their coldest temperatures of this century, close to -45C! Most of us cannot even fathom those sort of temperatures! 🥶

 

Temperatures down to -30C on the outskirts of Norway’s capital, Oslo, which is the coldest on record for that area, beating the old record from 1841! That is shocking.

 

The actual city of Oslo has also recorded temperatures down to -23C as well. The coldest temperature since 1987, which was only 0.1C colder back then as well. So it has been exceptionally cold across Scandinavia, even by their own chilly standards. Now all that cold is descending into Central Europe!

It is also the 3rd coldest start to a year on record for Finland’s capital, Helsinki. The only 2 colder starts were also El Niño winters as well, which is surely no coincidence!

 

On 1/1/2024 at 1:12 AM, Foxpalms said:

And that same summer in July London averaged over 28c as the average high. Scotland is very cool during the summer I remember being in Fort William in July a few years ago and every day It was cloudy and raining.

July 2018 was an exceptionally warm month during a pretty good summer. Heathrow had an average high of 28.3C for July and St James Park had an ave high of 28.1C in July 2018. However July 2006 was also similarly warm with an average high of 28.2C at Heathrow and 28.0C at St James Park. Those two July’s are amongst the warmest on record.

For contrast, when we had 40C+ in July 2022, the average max for that month only came in at 27.2C at Heathrow. So that is a whole 1C cooler than July 2018 and 2006, despite the record breaking 40C heat in 2022. The average high for August 2022 also came in at 27.1C, only 0.1C cooler than the July it proceeded. Overall summer 2022 was the warmest on record however.

One month nobody talks about is July 1983, which had an average max of 27.7C at Heathrow (St James Park data not available), which seems ludicrous for any month to have an average high of 27-28C back then before things had properly started warming up. Although I believe the old Greenwich station supposedly had an average high of 29.1C in July 1911 however, during the sunniest month on record, which saw 384 hours of sunshine at Eastbourne.

 

On 1/2/2024 at 10:21 AM, Tyrone said:

Fort William sounds like here. Summer got up and ran away. 

I was looking at Albany’s forecast the other day and was surprised just how cool it was there, certainly in terms of daytime maxes. That would be poor for us here in July even. I guess that is the effects of an El Niño summer for you guys, although Perth seems pretty hot and dry still regardless.

Edited January 8, 2024 by UK_Palms

[Foxpalms]

Cold in central London, the high on the car thermometer was only 5c. The humidity outside also was only 59%. Despite this I was very surprised to see a house that chilli's planted outside of it still green.

Subzero temps in Paris during the day

Amsterdam also looking cold

 

Edited January 8, 2024 by Foxpalms

[Silas_Sancona]

Cold morning #1, but already back to 44F at 9:47AM.

Still, some heavy frost ..and Icy stuff from remaining rain in parts of the Backyard that are shaded atm.. Oddly, no frost / ice on the roof. Yesterday, there was ice present in the area where the Air Conditioning / heating unit discharges condensation.. Odd..  Anyway,  Few more to go this week with tomorrow morning / possibly Thursday morning looking the coldest ..29F suggested for both.. We'll see..  Beyond Friday morning, into the start of next week?? ..We'll see.. 


Readings from around the area / Tucson / Central Borderlands region..  A little surprised to see below 32F readings scattered around more developed neighborhoods to my north east ( Mesa area ) though the last batch of showers that rolled through here at sunset, did linger longer out there..

PHX / East Valley:















Casa Grande / Eloy / Coolidge / Florence and Cactus Flat :



Tucson:







Central Borderlands:  Someone really needs to add a couple Wx stations in  Madera Canyon.











Interesting looking at readings from the area around Sonoita / Patagonia / Sierra Vista.. Cold, no doubt, but, Patagonia aside, would have expected Sonoita / entire expanse of Las Cienegas to be deep in the Ice chest too. 

As you can see on the morning True Color Sat shot below, that whole section of S. AZ got some snow late yesterday / last night as the storm rolled east. Snow cover present over New Mexico too, but hard to see where it fades out under remaining cloud cover rotating back to the west and south on the back side of the storm as it gets ready to march east / northeast across the Plains..


We'll see if the stay above 20F thru the next few mornings, let alone how quickly snow cover disappears, state-wide,  by the start of next week..


 

[GottmitAlex]

Twas the coldest night for this winter until now. (January 8, 2024)

6c/ 43F low (3am PST)

17c/ 62F (currently, 10:55am PST)

[Arecaceus]

It has come as I said in my last post before New Year's Eve. The January cold snap... The extreme cold that hit North-Eastern Europe now leaches out West and South-West. Despite that I'm still happy that this time it's finally a dry cold snap. No snow, no rain and lots of sunshine. Despite all of this weather forecasts have been worse than reality so far. We'll see how cold it will really get. I wrapped some smaller palms at ground level and my Santa Catarina Queen with fleece. The airflow on the radar is different from reality as well. Currently we're still get some influence from the South in the far West. This morning's low was -0.2°C in my garden and I think around -2°C at the airport. Today's high in my garden was just 1.2°C and around 0°C at the airport. Currently at 8 p.m. -3°C at the airport and -1.7°C in my garden. 🥶☀️

 

[Axel Amsterdam]

8 minutes ago, Hortulanus said:

It has come as I said in my last post before New Year's Eve. The January cold snap... The extreme cold that hit North-Eastern Europe now leaches out West and South-West. Despite that I'm still happy that this time it's finally a dry cold snap. No snow, no rain and lots of sunshine. Despite all of this weather forecasts have been worse than reality so far. We'll see how cold it will really get. I wrapped some smaller palms at ground level and my Santa Catarina Queen with fleece. The airflow on the radar is different from reality as well. Currently we're still get some influence from the South in the far West. This morning's low was -0.2°C in my garden and I think around -2°C at the airport. Today's high in my garden was just 1.2°C and around 0°C at the airport. Currently at 8 p.m. -3°C at the airport and -1.7°C in my garden. 🥶☀️

 

Hortulanus, you must have a special microclimate or an optimistic weather station. These are the current temps around dusseldorf

Edited January 8, 2024 by Axel Amsterdam