Global Warming

Ten Degrees above the Seasonal Norm

Twenty Five Degrees Forecast I am wearing a t-shirt today. I am wearing a t-shirt almost every day. I feel no need for fleeces or sweaters. The reason for this is simple. The temperature, today, for example. is ten degrees hotter than it should be. It’s twenty five degrees and the normal temperature is fifteen degrees. We’re having a warm summer’s day in Octobre. This should last three more days. This has been a long and comfortable summer.

A Warm Octobre

This morning I saw someone walking in shorts and a t-shirt and I saw more people in t-shirts. Switzerland is currently 8°c warmer than it should be at this time of year, and drier. The sun is shining and it rarely rains. The weather is stable and sunny, every single day, for weeks or even months at a time. We had a few minutes of rain recently but no more than that.

unseasonal heat

In Austria, there’s a pollen warning. Apparently the lack of frost has encouraged the trees and other plants to begin releasing pollen. That’s quite amusing. We have the same temperatures in central Europe as you’d expect to have down in the south Israel has seen snow but the resorts can’t open because of the lack. Where is winter? Is it hiding in the south? Should people go on skiing holidays with their bikes and hiking boots rather than snowboards and skies?