18 Sep10 - "Britain will be hit by the first frosts of winter this
weekend – with warnings of snow in the hills," says
this article in Express.co.uk.
"The freak cold snap has come weeks early, after
the coldest August for 17 years. Temperatures could plummet to -1C (30F) at
night – 12 degrees C below the seasonal average, forcing millions to switch the
heating on. The chilly conditions come before the official end of summer – the
autumn equinox on September 23 ... Forecasters warned the Midlands and Wales
would be worst hit and the cold snap is a headache for farmers still harvesting
spring barley."
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Coldest August for 17 years? says Chiefio (link
below). Golly, bet they could do with a bit of “Global Warming”
right about now… And “12 C below the seasonal average” is a bit more
dramatic than the 1/2 C of hypothetical global warming too. And this
is while it’s still “summer”…
Don’t even have the spring barley in yet. And
barley is one of the more cold tolerant crops. If you are having
trouble getting it up and harvested in time, it will be hard to find
alternative grains to grow.
So I guess “global warming” means snow and
frost in summer in Britain… Who knew?
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