Currently in my back garden at 16:50 local it’s 28.9°C (84°F) with relative humidity of 37%. Even sat still indoors it’s not that comfortable. And at 53°N it’s a lot closer to the North Pole than Arizona. Our houses are designed to retain heat unlike those in Spain etc.

Hottest temp here was 35.4°C (96°F) back in July 2019. It’s interesting when records are broken but after a few days of excessive heat it’s nice to get back to more temperate conditions. Cheshire has countryside - I guess Arizona doesn’t. 😉

Cheadle Hulme weather

 

The past few weeks have been averaging around 40.55ºC (105ºF) around four in the afternoon every day. Last month we had four days of monsoon type rain, and the pond in front of my house was filled nearly to overflowing the banks.

Since then, we've had no rain and the pond level has dropped nearly four feet!

I need to start keeping a camera on the front porch. I live so far out into the woods, it's very peaceful. A few days ago, an eagle landed on the roof of my car and left a loving deposit just before taking off again. 💩

Yesterday afternoon two small fawns appeared on the far side of my pond to take a drink. Unlike the eagle however, no lovely deposits were left behind. 😉

1 hour ago, birdguy said:

Oh, you poor babies.  I feel for you.  Here's what we have in store for Roswell for the next 10 days (and probably til the end of the month and all of August.  But it does cool down into the low 70s at night.  But it's a dry heat.  RH gets down into single digits when it gets hot in the afternoons.  That makes a big difference.  And being a desert rat, I'm used to it.

 

 

 

Bet you'd have more sympathy for us if you didn't have air-conditioning. 😃

30 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Cheshire has countryside - I guess Arizona doesn’t.

Yeah, it does:

Dave

3 minutes ago, martin-w said:

Bet you'd have more sympathy for us if you didn't have air-conditioning. 😃

Real men don’t need air cond. Just wring out your armpits and carry on! 🤣

4 minutes ago, n4gix said:

A few days ago, an eagle landed on the roof of my car and left a loving deposit just before taking off again. 💩

 

We get  sizable gangs of seagulls. 😁 Noisy devils they are. Lots of Puffins though over on Herm Island and plenty of raptors. (Not velociraptors) 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Real men don’t need air cond. Just wring out your armpits and carry on! 🤣

 

So true, those Americans even wear padding when they play their version of rugby. Not manly like us Brits. 

 

8 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

So true, those Americans even wear padding when they play their version of rugby. Not manly like us Brits. 

 

Heck, some of us aren't manly enough to play sports at all!  what a pity. 

EDIT: and suddenly google has decided to show me sports related ads 🤨but the emporers face embalzoned in silver never seems to leave

Edited July 11, 20223 yr by sightseer

1 hour ago, dave2013 said:

Yeah, it does:

Dave

Were those taken in high summer Dave? Seems very different to what I’ve seen in the movies.

I think England wins though when you can sit outside in high summer with views like this...

PS. The eagle-eyed will have noticed the lack of leaves on the tree making this a winter or early spring view.

 

Edited July 11, 20223 yr by Ray Proudfoot
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Ho, hum!  What's air conditioning?? 😀

 

Nobody likes a smartass Charlie!  

10 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Were those taken in high summer Dave? Seems very different to what I’ve seen in the movies.

I think England wins though when you can sit outside in high summer with views like this...

I wasn't aware there was a competition.  I was stationed in East Anglia for 2 years and traveled all over England, Wales, and Scotland.  I think the UK is a pretty country.

I was trying to show that the Southwest USA is not all barren desert like a lot of people think.  Up on the plateau and in the mountains in New Mexico and Arizona it is much greener and there are forests and meadows.  It is also a lot cooler.

Dave

Well, everyone get a grip cause it's all coming to an end sooner than we think!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2327042-a-passing-star-shifting-neptunes-orbit-could-wreck-the-solar-system/

3 minutes ago, dave2013 said:

I wasn't aware there was a competition.  I was stationed in East Anglia for 2 years and traveled all over England, Wales, and Scotland.  I think the UK is a pretty country.

I was trying to show that the Southwest USA is not all barren desert like a lot of people think.  Up on the plateau and in the mountains in New Mexico and Arizona it is much greener and there are forests and meadows.  It is also a lot cooler.

Dave

Not at all Dave. I was just surprised Arizona could be that green. A mountainous area explains the greenery.

2 hours ago, birdguy said:

Oh, you poor babies.  I feel for you.  Here's what we have in store for Roswell for the next 10 days (and probably til the end of the month and all of August.  But it does cool down into the low 70s at night.  But it's a dry heat.  RH gets down into single digits when it gets hot in the afternoons.  That makes a big difference.  And being a desert rat, I'm used to it.

Mon 7/11 - 103° 

103°F...39°C. Still hurts. We had some summers here in Córdoba where the weather apps reported 41-42°C (106-108ºF), but once I saw my car themometer reporting 49ºC (120ºF) outside. We don't have the cool nights Noel has, but luckily, we have lots of rivers less than 2 hours away.