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24 April
Cloudy with periods of rain, 7C at 10am
4 September
Cloudy at first with occasional rain or drizzle, 14C at 10am
Via the front page of the Evening Chronicle for the days in question, accessed via the British Library's British Newspaper ArchiveLast edited by ursus arctos; 05-05-2020, 15:32.
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- Mar 2008
- 18794
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Originally posted by Sporting View Post
Watch out for rogue waves, though.
I remember a friend telling me about the time that he was walking along a beach somewhere in SE Asia, with the sea not particularly rough, when he was suddenly engulfed by a huge wave and swept into the water. He was struggling badly and thought he was going to drown when suddenly another huge wave spat him out back onto the beach!
Watching that from a distance must have been incredible.
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A drop from twenty degrees here yesterday to around seven today. Factor in a brisk North Easterly wind chill and it is meant to feel as low as two degrees.
We've finally had some rain in the last week after a ridiculously dry Spring (just 2.5mm in Tyne and Wear during April) but the amounts have still been very minimal. Nevertheless, I still find myself having to convince some friends and family down south that it doesn't pour down here regularly just because we're north of Watford.
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- Mar 2008
- 18794
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Originally posted by Arturo View PostA drop from twenty degrees here yesterday to around seven today. Factor in a brisk North Easterly wind chill and it is meant to feel as low as two degrees.
We've finally had some rain in the last week after a ridiculously dry Spring (just 2.5mm in Tyne and Wear during April) but the amounts have still been very minimal. Nevertheless, I still find myself having to convince some friends and family down south that it doesn't pour down here regularly just because we're north of Watford.
Being on the east coast, Newcastle is relatively dry. It's not that much wetter (650mm p.a. V 600mm p.a./122 wet days p.a. V 110 p.a.) than London.
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Originally posted by Arturo View PostA drop from twenty degrees here yesterday to around seven today. Factor in a brisk North Easterly wind chill and it is meant to feel as low as two degrees.
We've finally had some rain in the last week after a ridiculously dry Spring (just 2.5mm in Tyne and Wear during April) but the amounts have still been very minimal. Nevertheless, I still find myself having to convince some friends and family down south that it doesn't pour down here regularly just because we're north of Watford.
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Originally posted by sw2borshch View Post
I understand Middlesbrough to be drier than Bordeaux. But we get more grey, drizzly days and they get proper stormy piss downs. Tyne & Wear is definitely colder than Middlesbrough though, many's the summer day when I have set off in a t-shirt and pulled a shirt on when I arrived. I still think there can't be anywhere windier in the world than here though.
Last edited by Capybara; 11-05-2020, 14:05.
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Originally posted by sw2borshch View Post
I understand Middlesbrough to be drier than Bordeaux. But we get more grey, drizzly days and they get proper stormy piss downs. Tyne & Wear is definitely colder than Middlesbrough though, many's the summer day when I have set off in a t-shirt and pulled a shirt on when I arrived. I still think there can't be anywhere windier in the world than here though.
I think the myth ftom my southern friends and relatives about it being stereotypically wet up here stems from the fact that when any of them have come up to visit, it's pissed down in stair rods.
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