cantersaddick said:

EveshamAddick said:

What used to be referred to as an “Indian summer”.

Which generally used to follow a poor English summer full of rain and low temperatures. To get one following a "good" English summer (not sure I would class 6 heatwaves, 75% of the country in drought and 4 months without rain in some pparts as "good" But that's the term used) is apparently very rare.

An “Indian Summer” is generally regarded as a warmer than average dry spell after the first frost.

cantersaddick said:

SporadicAddick said:

cantersaddick said:

EveshamAddick said:

What used to be referred to as an “Indian summer”.

Which generally used to follow a poor English summer full of rain and low temperatures. To get one following a "good" English summer (not sure I would class 6 heatwaves, 75% of the country in drought and 4 months without rain in some pparts as "good" But that's the term used) is apparently very rare.

Unprecedented weather this year, but the longest dry period recorded in any part of the UK was 62 consecutive dry days at Wisley in Surrey - not great, but not 4 months.

New Eltham doesn't have a measuring station but we didn't get a single drop after that massive thunderstorm in the first week of April all the way through until the 2nd week of August. Watching on the online radar every time there was a shower it passed a few miles to the south of us. Aware the official data isn't measured in that way but the Met Office talk about this effect in their explanations around location.

I put up a new 630 liter water but system 2 days after that storm in April! it proceeded to be pointless from then on. Some might even blame me for the drought by means of a Jinx!

It's also worth noting that the radar works at a level somewhat above the ground.  When very dry conditions exist close to the ground the radar may show a heavy shower passing over you but the rain doesn't reach the ground as happened with these showers over Devon and Cornwall in August. 

Some people are assuming that some people are getting muddled up  when they aren't.. Their just discussing today's weather. 

352 or 442.

UK gives Global Environment Agency £330 million to tackle climate change 

https://www.energylivenews.com/2026/09/25/uk-gives-global-environment-agency-330-million-to-tackle-climate-change/ 

For those of you cynics who were saying 'it's summer, what do you expect?' 



How do you explain this?

This is October. This is not southern Europe. 

I don't know what's more shocking: 38 degrees this May, 43° this July, or 29° this October.

What I do know is this is not summer, so please climate change deniers, explain how we have above average summer temperatures in autumn?

It is getting harder for the climate change deniers to justify their claims, though no doubt some will. 

I've just been sitting in the garden and it's still very warm for early October. 

Local pumpkin farms have had a terrible harvest and will be unable to open for 'pick your own' this year.

In Sussex, South East Water is extending the hosepipe ban further, so that even those with exemptions will be unable to use their hosepipes.

None of this is 'normal' though it is becoming the 'new normal'. If we don't get much rain this winter we are really going to be in trouble next year. Perhaps this year's extra strong El Nino will bring us some much needed rain soon.

Stig said:ME14addick said:

It is getting harder for the climate change deniers to justify their claims, though no doubt some will. 

I've just been sitting in the garden and it's still very warm for early October. 

Local pumpkin farms have had a terrible harvest and will be unable to open for 'pick your own' this year.

In Sussex, South East Water is extending the hosepipe ban further, so that even those with exemptions will be unable to use their hosepipes.

None of this is 'normal' though it is becoming the 'new normal'. If we don't get much rain this winter we are really going to be in trouble next year. Perhaps this year's extra strong El Nino will bring us some much needed rain soon.

Sorry to hear that Emmy, is that because of the low rainfall?

Yes, it was on the local news this morning.

Two farms in Kent have cancelled their pick-your-own pumpkin events after dry weather hit this year's crops.

Broadditch Farm in Southfleet would normally have harvested 25,000 to 30,000 pumpkins in autumn, but this year expects to have around 1,500.

Farmer John Harris said the pumpkins had not got going this year because of the lack of moisture, adding: "We're suffering. We've only harvested a tenth of what we should have done."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm1dldv9qeero

Chippycafc said:

blackpool72 said:

Chippycafc said:

Got me washing done today and dried lovely.... 

Same here 
Never did need a pumpkin 

Apparently cider growers have had a bumper harvest. A grower said that on the radio the other day. But BBC hey. 

I don't know where you got your information but that isn't true. A simple Internet search revealed the following:

• Consecutive heatwaves and droughts following a wet spring left orchards in regions like the South West heavily parched, causing up to 50% of fruit to drop early before ripening. [1, 2, 3]
• Massive Deficits: Many regional producers report catastrophic yield drops, with some farms expecting as little as 10% of their usual production or experiencing their worst harvest in decades. [1, 2, 3]

I normally pick about 300 apples from our trees during August -September.
In October I normally get about 8-10 pumpkins.

This year:
Apples: 0
Pumpkins: 0

Also, we've got a bit of a mosquito invasion, something I have never known this far north.

This is like an arrow in the wall as you're walking past the house.

Will anyone take it as a warning? People like me, yes, but no-one of any importance. They just continue to blah, blah, blah; f***ING immigration, f***ING cost of living, blah blah.(Consequences of climate change, you f***ING idiots).

Don't look up!

The apples on the tree in my garden are very small this year, as they haven't been watered. 

If crops are having to be watered to get to a decent size, there will be extra costs involved, which will be passed to the consumer. 

ME14addick said:

Barcelona has again had torrential rain, causing devastating floods, this is not normal.

It was devastating. The trains are still out and the clear up of mud, plus the flooded houses and schools is incredibly expensive. And you see the idiots saying fossil fuels are cheaper (they aren't even at basic level before climate change kicks in).

Stig said:

According to the NFU, apple production this year met the average for the past five years. In fact, because of the high levels of sunshine, crops were typically ready two weeks earlier than usual and apples tended to be sweeter and more tasty than they normally are. This sounds like good news until you read on and find out that this was only achieved by watering them more than usual: "Prolonged summer heatwaves and regional drought forced fruit growers to work overtime to keep orchards watered, severely stretching local water licensing and abstraction capabilities". If they are going to keep that up on an annual basis they will become more heavily reliant on water supplies which just won't be there. 

Oh so they were happy then. Who would have guessed it. Should have come on here and got their advice on how to run family business from the all knowing know alls,  who know nothing about it. 

Silly me.