« Electronic Voting
Lucky Arsenal »

Heatwave

A mere six days after it snew in April, we now have a “heatwave”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2952181.stm

bq. Alex Deakin, broadcast meteorologist at the BBC Weather Centre, said temperatures would reach 26C (80F) in parts of the UK, such as Worcester and Cheltenham.

My car registered it was 31.5C (FN F) in Waitrose car park, Reading 2pm. However, typically :-

bq. Rain is expected on Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, when the best place to find the sun will be Western Scotland.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 16th, 2003 at 20:13 and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “Heatwave”

  1. Simon Willison Says:
    April 16th, 2003 at 22:26

    It’s horrible! I have six different pieces of coursework on the go at the moment and I’ve been sweltering all day, completely unable to get anything done :(

  2. Paul Freeman Says:
    April 16th, 2003 at 23:01

    I was lucky today, having booked today and tomorrow as holiday from work. I’d have hated being in the office today. As it was I was in the garden, enjoying it.

  3. sil Says:
    April 17th, 2003 at 9:27

    I know, it’s bloody murder, isn’t it? I went out yesterday with my coat on because I didn’t expect it, and nearly melted down on the bus.

  4. gilmae Says:
    April 17th, 2003 at 14:40

    26C is a heatwave? This is me laughing.