Heat advisory again today
What's the temperature where you are???
- Thread starter mamabird
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It’s going to be 90° today and tomorrow or close to it.
88 with heat index of 99 at 9:46. Dewpoint is 77. Humidity is unreal. -hubby scheduled vacation this week to build screened porch. Methinks winter would've worked better for this type of thing!
93° and sunny to partly cloudy at times
Methinks you are right. It's too yucky this time of year to work outdoors. (My husband is rebuilding a wooden bridge. )
96° and sunny. Down from 101°
Nym
Free Ranging
Wednesday 26th of Juine 10.42a.m. Sunny and calm. 1.8 / 3.7kph E, Hg 45%, 17.4C / 63.3F top of 20C / 68F. Sunny. Sheep Grazier alert.
Moon is 80.9%
Lloyd Castle's family has been recording rainfall since 1899.(ABC Rural: Eliza Berlage)
Lloyd Castle and his family do not usually get enough rain, but for 125 years they have recorded every drop.
The third-generation dryland farmer and sheep grazier, who lives in South Australia's semi-arid Mallee region, has continuous rainfall records for his property dating back to 1899.
"We've got an aluminium roof and no insulation in the ceiling, so every drop you count," he said.
"Especially when there's a thunderstorm — it's deafening."
Mr Castle said his home, Wynmour at Notts Well was far enough from towns with automatic weather stations to warrant keeping records manually.
"Somebody had to do it in the area, because the Bureau of Meteorology use that as their guide for predictions with rainfall and climate change," he said.
Mr Castle is one of about 3,100 volunteer rainfall observers who supply monthly reports to the BOM.
There are numerous locations where records dating back 100 years or more are being kept.
Down more than 20km of unsealed roads among Mallee scrub lies Lloyd's property, Wynmour.(ABC Rural Eliza Berlage)
Mr Castle's reports include observations from his farm, including storms, sowing times and lambing successes.
"Even if there hasn't been any rain you still have to look at nine o'clock gauge every morning and fill in the report to send off," he said.
In 2001, Mr Castle was recognised by the Australian government for his service with a certificate signed by then-prime minister John Howard.
"I don't mind doing a bit of community volunteering," he said.
"I've also served with the Blanchetown [Country Fire Service] most of my life."
Lloyd Castle with the certificate he received in recognition for his service.(ABC Rural: Eliza Berlage)
Mr Castle's three adult children are all grown up and his wife Jennifer has been living at a nursing home in Adelaide for the past nine years.
Despite the isolation, photos and notes from his grandchildren fill the walls of his old farmhouse and the radio crackles in the kitchen.
"I like talking on the phone [to my local radio station] or using the UHF and catching up with all the interstate truck drivers, especially when I'm seeding through the night," Mr Castle said.
"I don't think I've got time to feel alone."
Moon is 80.9%
SA farmer on generations of rainfall record-keeping for the Bureau of Meteorology
Lloyd Castle's family has been recording rainfall since 1899.(ABC Rural: Eliza Berlage)
Lloyd Castle and his family do not usually get enough rain, but for 125 years they have recorded every drop.
The third-generation dryland farmer and sheep grazier, who lives in South Australia's semi-arid Mallee region, has continuous rainfall records for his property dating back to 1899.
"We've got an aluminium roof and no insulation in the ceiling, so every drop you count," he said.
"Especially when there's a thunderstorm — it's deafening."
Mr Castle said his home, Wynmour at Notts Well was far enough from towns with automatic weather stations to warrant keeping records manually.
"Somebody had to do it in the area, because the Bureau of Meteorology use that as their guide for predictions with rainfall and climate change," he said.
Mr Castle is one of about 3,100 volunteer rainfall observers who supply monthly reports to the BOM.
There are numerous locations where records dating back 100 years or more are being kept.
Down more than 20km of unsealed roads among Mallee scrub lies Lloyd's property, Wynmour.(ABC Rural Eliza Berlage)
Mr Castle's reports include observations from his farm, including storms, sowing times and lambing successes.
"Even if there hasn't been any rain you still have to look at nine o'clock gauge every morning and fill in the report to send off," he said.
In 2001, Mr Castle was recognised by the Australian government for his service with a certificate signed by then-prime minister John Howard.
"I don't mind doing a bit of community volunteering," he said.
"I've also served with the Blanchetown [Country Fire Service] most of my life."
Lloyd Castle with the certificate he received in recognition for his service.(ABC Rural: Eliza Berlage)
Mr Castle's three adult children are all grown up and his wife Jennifer has been living at a nursing home in Adelaide for the past nine years.
Despite the isolation, photos and notes from his grandchildren fill the walls of his old farmhouse and the radio crackles in the kitchen.
"I like talking on the phone [to my local radio station] or using the UHF and catching up with all the interstate truck drivers, especially when I'm seeding through the night," Mr Castle said.
"I don't think I've got time to feel alone."
Finally down to 83° and clear.
69°F partly cloudy and calm
1:07 a.m.
1:07 a.m.
EmmaDonovan
Crossing the Road
12:30AM
93F
29% humidity
clear
93F
29% humidity
clear
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