A depressing article from the free Metro newspaper Megan reads sometimes on the train
August is on course to be one of the dullest and wettest on record with the month's final days unlikely to bring relief from the unseasonal gloom. Britain has so far had just 96 hours of sunshine over the past three-and-a-half weeks - 58 per cent below the month's average of 169 hours and way behind the record 257 hours enjoyed in 1947. Furthermore, 130mm (5in) of rain has already fallen this month - significantly above the average of 84mm (3in). That puts this August in 12th place on the all-time wettest list, with a number of days of potential rain still be to logged by the Met Office. Forecasters say the next few days should be dry across Britain but the North may suffer some showers.
(sigh)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
August set to be one of the gloomiest
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It's like the opposite of Bangalore, where we had sunshine 99.9% of the time. Strangely enough, that was depressing in its own right. It's so nice to be back in a mixed climate.
I have been following your weather most days and have marvelled at how cool and wet it appeared. And it was! What a bummer! Whatever happened to summer? Maybe you had it all last year. And maybe September couldn't possibley be worse!?!
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