Nigel Pugh (he/him/they)

🔥 “35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer!”

Here's how many summers topped 32°C”

70s 4
80s 2
90s 8
2000s 6
2010s all of them
2020s all of them

And here's how many summers topped 35°C

70s 1
80s 0
90s 2
2000s 2
2010s 3
2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)

Text by Emma Monk https://www.emmamonk.co.uk/

@CoedCadw are you living without tree shade?https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/benefits-of-urban-trees/tree-equity/trees-for-all/
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#climate #trees #health #heatwave #UK

Jun 24 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadAdam van Sertima1d ago
@CoedCadw @nspugh Also, notice that overnight lows are higher than in the past. So we can’t cool off.
Show threadSu_G22h ago

@nspugh
Terrific information for the Climate Diary. Wish it wasn’t so, but… if we learn anything from this data it’s that shade is king.

#ClimateDiary #ClimateCatastrophe #whatADifferenceShadeMakes

@CoedCadw

Show threadNigel Pugh (he/him/they)16h ago

@Su_G @CoedCadw #whatadifferenceshademakes especially when it’s organic.

Stack organic shade, trees above long grass for example in this heat, then chill.

Show threadStoneface Vimes10h ago
@nspugh @CoedCadw yes. And 1976 (apparently everyone's prime example) was so much of an outlier that people are still banging on about it fifty years later. Nowadays they are practically par.