NotFromHere

[stoutfellow]

A passage from the June 25, 1826 entry in Sir Walter Scott's journal:

Another melting day; thermometer at 78° even here. 80° was the height yesterday at Edinburgh. If we attempt any active proceeding we dissolve ourselves into a dew. We have lounged away the morning creeping about the place, sitting a great deal, and walking as little as might be on account of the heat.

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Scotland is pretty far north; Gulf Stream or no, it's never been a warm place, I guess. But...

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Comments

[mmegaera]

My first day in Dublin, Ireland, in June, 1997, it was 70dF with no clouds. I'd never seen so many sunburned redheaded people in my life.

[graydon]

That's still true!

I mean, Edinburgh has been getting much warmer temperatures some recent summers, but "anything over 25 C is hot hot hot" is an extant attitude.

[jsburbidge]

I recall Scotland in August. Sweater time, unless one engaged in serious physical activity.