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This. Seeing British posters comment in early or mid spring is frustrating; they're usually further along than here. By the beginning of May, there's no longer much of difference; but it's a long, tedious wait. We have a slight fall lag, so I'd say in general we have better (especially sunnier) October weather.
This. Seeing British posters comment in early or mid spring is frustrating; they're usually further along than here. By the beginning of May, there's no longer much of difference; but it's a long, tedious wait. We have a slight fall lag, so I'd say in general we have better (especially sunnier) October weather.
Yes, I know last few winters have been anonymously cold so not the norm, but I have noticed we have warmed up more quickly than NE US the past few March and Springs, and things such as trees here leaving in mid April, lots of flowering and wildlife by the end of March
I either stand still and shiver and start doing physical activity and feel too hot and sweat (and then feel colder because of sweat).
And the sweat will evaporate at a faster rate, the drier the air is. That's evaporative cooling -what is true at 30C, is also true at 3C.
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23C is the sort of temperature indonesians can say both "hot" and "chilly"
When raining and there're clouds, 23C even with almost 100% humidity people here would say its chilly, even Cold!
But 23C with strong highland sun like in Lembang afternoon - people here, even from Jakarta, would say its "hot" even with only 50% humidity
True. I don't say that the temperature is hot at 23C with a strong sun -just that it feels hot.
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but I've never know anybody say dry cold feels colder than damp cold.
I think that's true -most people do associate higher humidity with cold, but only because people are seldom aware of the relative humidity. I've had two occupations, where a hydrometer was used daily. One thing I quickly discovered, was that in cooler conditions, people have little idea what the humidity is, and if they are feeling a little chilled, attribute it to high relative humidity, when the relative humidity is low.
I'm surprised I can't find ant research on this -it wouldn't be that hard of an experiment to conduct.
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This. Seeing British posters comment in early or mid spring is frustrating; they're usually further along than here. By the beginning of May, there's no longer much of difference; but it's a long, tedious wait. We have a slight fall lag, so I'd say in general we have better (especially sunnier) October weather.
Well it depends where they live. I can get snow in April, he can't.
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The highlands do not have a typical British landscape.
East Anglia is flat as a pancake and doesn't have a 'typical' British landscape.
I don't know what you're getting at, the landscape is varied throughout the UK, as in every country that is big enough.
No, East Anglia flat like the great plains. The rest of the British isles are hilly/mountainous with green
fields, the fields in East Anglia are black.
I think that people think of typical highland Scottish weather when they think about UK weather as a whole, which is not fair. The eastern side of the UK is quite dry, it is not uncommon for us to go weeks without measurable rain. This year from early May - early July, we had something like 16mm.
And of course, those in continental climates even pretty far down into the NE US often have March and part of April that resembles another winter month whereas usually March and April here are very springlike. Likewise with October and November - look at Moscow, eastern Europe, Germany, northern parts of Maine etc that are seeing single digit highs already whilst we are usually very stable at this time of year and remain mild.
Of course, summers are a let down for the UK, but I don't envy some climates that get hot summers which cool down drastically by October or take half way into Spring to get above freezing.
I think that a lot of Americans probably imagine London having about the same climate that Glasgow actually does. And you're right that the UK as a whole has an undeserved reputation for being very wet. Although it is true that if you come to the UK on holiday for a week or 2 in July or August, you can not rely on getting good weather, no matter where in the country that you go.
Well it depends where they live. I can get snow in April, he can't.
You can, but in Northern Ireland it would be very rare, unless you lived at the peak of one of the highest hills. You can get snow in much of the UK in April, but it is highly unusual.
And the sweat will evaporate at a faster rate, the drier the air is. That's evaporative cooling -what is true at 30C, is also true at 3C.
Yeah, it works fine in hot temperatures (unless there is a 25c dewpoint and thus I can't really cool down with evaporation - the air is already saturated with water - which is why humid heat feels more opressive to me), but I hardly sweat at 3c, and if I do, for instance when I'm walking in deep snow, it also means that my clothing will dry faster, whereas damp clothing makes me feel colder.
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