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Very very sunny today.聽 聽Looks like we're over the hill with Spring now.

Thank you weather gods. Yes, the old Norse ones: Thor, Freyr, Skadi, and Njord.聽 I am getting in touch with my inner Viking.

Stats:聽 22C at 12.10h, wind 2.3 m/s from NNE, 1028 hPa. UV 3.7 (high, says wear a shirt - it's a prudish weather station), sunset is at 20.22h (was 05.06h sunrise).聽 聽

About 1 month before we're on the slide down to shorter days - June 21.

Gardening is on the cards today聽 along with car wash, road test thrash down the motorway since the car was repaired . Probably a visit to Lidl is in there somewhere.聽 I have to buy a birthday present (probably a bottle of gin and accoutrements). Lidl is cheaper than most.

Still pretty ugh here; 16C and cloudy with rain showers; sky at the moment is completely overcast, we're still getting 750K solar download though.聽 It's forecast to start picking up tomorrow, reaching the end of the weekend with sunny and 29C.

Yay, summer has arrived, clear blue skies, currently 20C with a forecast high of 26C and good air quality; love it.聽 More of the same for the next 7 days.

Just got last month's power bill; 拢70 for gas, no charge for electric; we actually used 拢90 worth, but it was all covered by our Solar panels, plus we ran the car for the whole month and have effectively paid nothing to recharge it.聽 Mrs C jokingly said we pay more to wash the car, she's right.

Yay, summer has arrived, clear blue skies, currently 20C with a forecast high of 26C and good air quality; love it. More of the same for the next 7 days.
Just got last month's power bill; 拢70 for gas, no charge for electric; we actually used 拢90 worth, but it was all covered by our Solar panels, plus we ran the car for the whole month and have effectively paid nothing to recharge it. Mrs C jokingly said we pay more to wash the car, she's right. - @Cynic

Cost me 1000 HUF (about 拢2.50) to self jet wash our diesel car yesterday.聽 聽

It's high UV here - 5.1 - wear sun protection.聽

It's 23C at 11.50h and it's very sunny.聽 Wind is 2.2 m/s from ENE. Humidity 38%.

We're expecting over 30C at the beginning of next week for several days.聽 Summer is here.

HU:

24C, blue skies with very high clouds.聽 UV 4.2, sunset 20.25h, humidity 41%.聽 Hasn't rained for a month - this is not good for the plants.

Yesterday was outside work - on our dog house.聽 More outside work today - garden seat painting, maybe wood storage design or just general tidying up.

I've got a scratch on the car door I need to try and polish out. Not sure how that happened.

About 2 months before we can have a first week holiday at Balaton

We will have 30掳C - 33掳C over the next few days, and its public holiday on Monday. Glad we cut the grass yesterday when it was much cooler. I can still enjoy the weather without sweating to much by sat weeding.

Very very sunny today. Looks like we're over the hill with Spring now.
Thank you weather gods. Yes, the old Norse ones: Thor, Freyr, Skadi, and Njord. I am getting in touch with my inner Viking.

Stats: 22C at 12.10h, wind 2.3 m/s from NNE, 1028 hPa. UV 3.7 (high, says wear a shirt - it's a prudish weather station), sunset is at 20.22h (was 05.06h sunrise).

About 1 month before we're on the slide down to shorter days - June 21.

Gardening is on the cards today along with car wash, road test thrash down the motorway since the car was repaired . Probably a visit to Lidl is in there somewhere. I have to buy a birthday present (probably a bottle of gin and accoutrements). Lidl is cheaper than most. - @fluffy2560

I noticed Lidl does carry all sorts of gins, Japanese ones too.

I noticed Lidl does carry all sorts of gins, Japanese ones too. - @Marilyn Tassy

I got 1L of pink gin for 5000 HUF in Lidl.聽

But they don't have the botanicals (seeds/additives) to give gin more flavour.聽 聽Rumour is they are seasonal.聽 Surely it's the right season now!

Super nice today,聽 blue skies,聽 25C, breeze 2.7 m/s from NNW, UV 4.0 (high), sunset 20.26h (sunrise 05.06h).聽 Half moon.

I want to spray paint but the wind is a concern. I could end up painting the car by mistake.聽 Probably too sunny to do any gardening.聽 It'd be brutal.

And anyway, TWO whole days of holiday here in HU - Sunday and Monday.聽 It's Whitsun cum Whit Sunday.聽 7th Sunday after Easter apparently.聽 聽Commerates the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus's disciples (so says Wikipedia).聽 聽

Yay, time for more DIY but nothing really stops here at Fluffy Towers for holidays.

I do hope the water level at the lakes are high enough this year to enjoy the water.

Last few years it was low.

Might have to stick with the spas this year, no fun to walk out a mile before the water reaches your waist at the lakes.

Got hot really quickly, last week wore a light jacket, today packed them all away.

Have to look into this season prices for spas, every year the get higher and higher.

Like to go a few times a week , perhaps buying a seasonal pass is a good idea?

I did enjoy sitting in the thermal water after a lap swim but with so many children in the same water, not a very good idea.

Gin, have not drank that in years and years although it is nice.

I do hope the water level at the lakes are high enough this year to enjoy the water.Last few years it was low.Might have to stick with the spas this year, no fun to walk out a mile before the water reaches your waist at the lakes.Got hot really quickly, last week wore a light jacket, today packed them all away.Have to look into this season prices for spas, every year the get higher and higher.Like to go a few times a week , perhaps buying a seasonal pass is a good idea?I did enjoy sitting in the thermal water after a lap swim but with so many children in the same water, not a very good idea. Gin, have not drank that in years and years although it is nice. - @Marilyn Tassy

I am sure Balaton will be OK but Velence, I think not.聽 Best to avoid Velence.

There are reports of it being extremely low, almost to the point of it being unusable.聽 It really needs a pipeline to pump in some water to fill it up.聽 聽There was an article I read about Velence - here's the link: .聽 聽If it goes down more, it'll be a risk to swimmers as it'll get more pollution concentrated.

Today is just brutally hot.聽 聽I think no way to go out and do anything outside until 4pm (16h) at the earliest.聽 聽The sun goes down 20.28h so maybe 17h (5pm) before it cools down.聽 聽

Stats:聽 29C, UV 5.6 (huge), pressure 1035, 43% humidity, wind 2.2 m/s from NNW.

I've never actually had gin.聽 I think it's juniper flavoured vodka.

HU:

Hot again, blues skies.聽 29C on the weather station, 39% humidity, UV 3.4 (middling but cover up), sunset 20.29h, sunrise was at 5.01h (but birds start full on tweeting from 04h), wind 2.5 m/s from NW, pressure 1034 hPa and decreasing (rain likely?)

I've had to put up a sunshade to do outside work.聽 I'm using a tarp and bungee cords to block out the sun.聽 I'm going to do some painting at 16h.聽 Luckily house-wise, we're fully equipped with air conditioning and sun-blinds.聽 I also want to wash my hobby car at the jetwash.聽 Should wait until the sun goes down.

Unfortunately some job type work has arrived in my e-mail so I'll have to look at it.聽 I really do not want to go to work anymore.聽 聽I am hoping I can put anything on-site work off until September when school starts again.聽 I could then have the entire summer nearly or completely free.

AT: was 31掳C in Vienna quite possibly more as other parts of the country it was 35掳C. It felt a lot more anyway without any breeze it was quite unpleasant.

I saw today Warwickshire council has scrapped their Net Zero pledge because Climate change is a hoax聽 That's what you get with havingba 19 year being leader of a council with no education or experience, and of course being Reform.

Im so glad I'm not in thevUK anymore. Have you seen the videos of Reform saying they have no ideacwhat they are doing in a council meeting?

AT: was 31掳C in Vienna quite possibly more as other parts of the country it was 35掳C. It felt a lot more anyway without any breeze it was quite unpleasant.
I saw today Warwickshire council has scrapped their Net Zero pledge because Climate change is a hoax That's what you get with havingba 19 year being leader of a council with no education or experience, and of course being Reform.

Im so glad I'm not in thevUK anymore. Have you seen the videos of Reform saying they have no ideacwhat they are doing in a council meeting? - @SimCityAT

I heard the sound track from those reports. 19 year olds will not have run formal.meetings. They really should have mentors in place to help them through the process.

Reform are a bunch of cowboys really and their leader seems to have been involved in some odd financial dealings.聽 Maybe not as guilty as an SNP treasurer.

30.2C on the weather station, 3.1 UV moderate, pressure 1023 hPA relative, 4.4 m/s from W, humidity 35% and sunset 20.30h.

I am working on my "mushrooms" again today.聽 Yesterday I painted the tops red.聽 Now I will fix them together with rods and bolts and paint the bottoms with bitumen to stop them rotting.聽 聽 I still have not decided to paint white spots on the red tops.聽 Then they'd be toadstools.聽 I am trying to encourage my art student daughter to help out with design of the spots but she's not joining in so far.

I'm working on my mushrooms聽 because I don't want to read the real work e-mails I've been sent.聽 I am burying my head in the sand workwise.

31掳C in Vienna today and unexpected rain, didn't last for long. Mabe 30 minutes. But it didn't clear the air which I had hoped for.

We had thunder overnight, woke everybody up.聽 Lightning ground-strikes just outside the northern edge of the village, caused a bit of fuss.聽 Forecast for today is currently 18C, rising to 27C this afternoon; they were forecasting rain, but that's now gone.

We had thunder overnight, woke everybody up. Lightning ground-strikes just outside the northern edge of the village, caused a bit of fuss. Forecast for today is currently 18C, rising to 27C this afternoon; they were forecasting rain, but that's now gone. - @Cynic

We're way down on the hot weather today.聽 Weather station is showing 22C which means we don't have to keep the dog inside and out of the sun too much.聽 Instinctively she knows what to do of course but 30C+ is way too hot for a doggy with thick fur. We have to intervene and keep her inside.聽 The cat seems to be enjoying it regardless as she's always working nights. Anyhoo, looks like a good day for doggy walking.聽 We'll see if Mrs F is up for it when she gets back from work.聽 聽It's more than a dog walk, it's a chance to catch up and talk about whatever we fancy.

Meanwhile, UV is 3.7, humidity is 1028 hPa, humidity is 25% and it's windy (again),聽 5 m/s from the NW.聽 Total blue skies and no sign of rain.聽 We really need a good downpour for the garden.聽 Fairly typical weather for May in Hungary.聽 聽We might not see a good soaking for 3 or 4 months.聽 We don't have water shortages (unlike the UK).

And in more gardening news, I made a hole in my fence for hedgehogs and amazingly we saw one use it.聽 聽We're very keen on hedgehogs in the garden at Fluffy Towers.聽 聽I looked at the bird box - 7 eggs - and a bird has been seen going in and out by Mrs F.聽 I haven't seen one for ages so I thought it was abandoned.聽 This is the second set of eggs in this season.聽 聽We are doing our bit to increase the blue tit population hereabouts.聽 聽

We had thunder overnight, woke everybody up. Lightning ground-strikes just outside the northern edge of the village, caused a bit of fuss. Forecast for today is currently 18C, rising to 27C this afternoon; they were forecasting rain, but that's now gone. - @Cynic
We're way down on the hot weather today. Weather station is showing 22C which means we don't have to keep the dog inside and out of the sun too much. Instinctively she knows what to do of course but 30C+ is way too hot for a doggy with thick fur. We have to intervene and keep her inside. The cat seems to be enjoying it regardless as she's always working nights. Anyhoo, looks like a good day for doggy walking. We'll see if Mrs F is up for it when she gets back from work. It's more than a dog walk, it's a chance to catch up and talk about whatever we fancy.
Meanwhile, UV is 3.7, humidity is 1028 hPa, humidity is 25% and it's windy (again), 5 m/s from the NW. Total blue skies and no sign of rain. We really need a good downpour for the garden. Fairly typical weather for May in Hungary. We might not see a good soaking for 3 or 4 months. We don't have water shortages (unlike the UK).

And in more gardening news, I made a hole in my fence for hedgehogs and amazingly we saw one use it. We're very keen on hedgehogs in the garden at Fluffy Towers. I looked at the bird box - 7 eggs - and a bird has been seen going in and out by Mrs F. I haven't seen one for ages so I thought it was abandoned. This is the second set of eggs in this season. We are doing our bit to increase the blue tit population hereabouts.聽 - @fluffy2560

We're doing our bit for Bees around here; May was declared Bee month, so no grass was cut and gardens left alone for the bees to do their thing.聽 Mrs C has made a Bee bath, so no more stinky bees either.

Yesterday's weather

Yesterday's weather - @SimCityAT

Scorchio!

It's really cooled down here.聽 聽We don't have to use airco at night now.聽 Probably 10C lower but still really pleasant during the day.

Currently, 18C with a forecast of 22C later this afternoon.聽 Pollen levels are good (low 29), but air quality is not so good (moderate 92), all of which I put down to the climate and high temps we've all been experiencing.聽 They're forecasting rain for next Monday onwards which will bring the important things back down to OK.

As you'd expect, the solar is amazing in these conditions.聽 For the 3rd month now I've paid no electric power charges and got money back, which is good news when you read of the price increases here in the UK.

Currently, 18C with a forecast of 22C later this afternoon. Pollen levels are good (low 29), but air quality is not so good (moderate 92), all of which I put down to the climate and high temps we've all been experiencing. They're forecasting rain for next Monday onwards which will bring the important things back down to OK.
As you'd expect, the solar is amazing in these conditions. For the 3rd month now I've paid no electric power charges and got money back, which is good news when you read of the price increases here in the UK. - @Cynic

Very nice it seems back in Blighty.聽 We are experiencing the same weather pretty much all the time. At least for the past few days.聽 聽No idea of AQI.聽 Or solar generation.

There's one thing which is really annoying today is the wind.聽 It's windy yet again.聽 It always seems to be windy these days. Showing 3.1 m/s with gusts up to 5 m/s.聽 Our sunshades do not do well in the wind. Like giant sails.聽 We have to keep taking them down.聽 聽

Meanwhile, 23C at 15.30h, sunset 20.32h, low humidity 29%, steady pressure 1031 hPa UV 3.4 (middling).

If the humidity goes lower, we'll get a build up of static and then we'll have a massive thunderstorm.