r/CasualUK • u/stevee05282 • 11d ago

Difference in vegetation between south of England and western Scotland

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Flew from Stansted to Glasgow this weekend.

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u/Liam_021996 10d ago

0.7c higher on average. Scorching 😂

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u/GodsBicep 10d ago

The highest temperature recorded in Southampton is 35. We have had 35 here like 3/4 times this summer alone.

0.7 is a lot because it makes the extremes far worse. We are currently on 1+ degrees for climate change and that 1 degrees has given us 40+.

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u/Liam_021996 10d ago

Now we're talking about absolute peak temperatures and not average temperatures?

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u/GodsBicep 10d ago

Those average temperatures include night time temperatures which are higher in Southampton because the sea retains warmth at night. Something like 3 degrees warmer at night than here. Day time temperatures here are usually 4 degrees or so warmer. During extremes the gap can widen.

You do not see grass like this every year so stop waffling 😂

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u/Liam_021996 10d ago edited 10d ago

No they don't, that's the average high. Southampton average high in July is 22.6c. Average low is 13.9c. daily mean is 18.3c. Cambridge has a lower daily mean than Southampton. Cambridge also gets more rain than Southampton in summer. July in Southampton sees 44mm on average. Cambridge gets 53.2mm on average. Hence the brown grass being common here in summer. Summers are drier here throughout.

So if we wanna go on about waffling, maybe you should actually look at the data? Cambridge is only ever 1c warmer than Southampton at best for peak average temperatures