The AP reports:
The U.K.'s national weather service the Met Office says Saturday's temperature reached 85.8 F (29.9 C) at Gravesend in southeast England.
That is the highest October temperature since records began a century ago, beating the previous high of 84.9 F (29.4 C) reached on Oct. 4, 1985.
The average maximum temperature for early October is about 59 F (15 C).

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Crowds of sun seekers fill the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England.

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Elderly women enjoy a peaceful read on deck-chairs in Hyde Park in London on October 1.

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People boat on the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, central London, on October 1.

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A woman eats fish and chips on the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England.

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People relax at dusk on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath in London, October 1.

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Bags of rubbish are piled high at dusk after an unseasonably hot day on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath in London, October 1.
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MMmmmm fish and chips!!!! And with a super fine view of beautiful mountains and valleys..... MMmmmmm
Fish 'n' tits
I'll take two, mum ...
God save the queens.
i had to laugh at that photo. it belongs on the daily mail's website. i would think it is a tad inappropriate for MSNBC.
@rockjog:
Eating all that fat will make those mountains and valleys sag in a few years. I guess the British have the same eating habits that we have....
Boobs eating chips - so newsworthy. I bet the men didn't even notice that her bikini had sequins.
But they will appreciate the reason to scroll back up to confirm.
And they could use some tartar sauce.
While I realize that Western Europe's population density is more or less stable, either we address the issue of geometric global population growth, or we will find it increasingly difficult to protect and nurture our remaining ecosystem.
There were vineyards in England in the 13th century. I highly doubt this is the highest temp in October ever.
good job paying attention to the article, because the headline totally doesn't say it's the hottest day on record
Then why, pray tell, doesn't any article on climate mention vineyards in England in the 13th century? Farming in the Shetlands was far more extensive too as their climate was far warmer than today. Know where the Shetlands are? 60 degrees north.
Mmmmmmm. Tasty. The fish and chips I mean.
That's a great photo of some very large, er, fish and chips. Good job.
BTW, science is still befuddled by how the planet works. They just found out plants use 25% more CO2 than they had thought. That's a lot. I don't have much confidence in their projections or explanations when they don't know what the hell is going on.
They Also recently discovered that Volcanoes spew 100,000,000 times more crud into the atmosphere then they thought.
Pryor to this knowledge they had been saying Volcanoes accounted for only 2 to 3%.
Even if the guy who reported this got his finger stuck on the zero key & you eliminated 6 of the zero's you still have a hundred times more. So much for their DATA being precise.
Some of the Scientists when pushed & confronted with certain facts will admit this is a natural phenomena, but the human race Probably? sped up the process by a few decades. It's inevitable.
They Also say we would need to reduce CO2 by 50% or more to reverse the problem, however man accounts for much less then 50%. Wipe us out & the problem sill exists.
Here's a novel Idea. Lets adapt. We are suppose to be the most adaptable species on earth.
Here's another thought. Say OK to CAP & TRADE Scheme. Say OK to quadrupling of energy costs through energy taxing, But with 1 stipulation. ABSOLUTELY EVERY PENNY has to be spent on these technologies that's supposed to negate the problem. Take away the money & these people will lose interest real quick. People kill people for $50 bucks. Would they propagate a Lie onto the world for 10 Trillion a year. What do you think.
NOTE: 10 Trillion a year is THEIR guesstimate on world wide Energy taxes & Cap & Trade fee's & the people still have to foot the bill for the technology to boot. All fee's would be permanent. There is no sunset clause. But it's not about the money. Right!!!
Where in the world did the "100,000,000 times more crud" figure come from, and what kind of "crud"?? Sounds like either some "urban legend" or some big misquote that someone is spreading around the Internet.
Omega
Provide a citation for that Bogus claim, or admit you are lying....
When your argument is so weak that you must resort to lies to support it- maybe you should just stop.
You lied, and you knew it was a lie.
The only recent publication that says anything REMOTELY akin to your asinine claim is:
The article states the aerosol production rates may be 7-8 orders of magnitude higher than previously thought- (10,000,000 to 100,000,000)
Now, do I need to explain why this actually works against you?
1) This has nothing to do with CO2, it has to do with aerosols...
2) Aerosols actually have a COOLING effect...
And now on to JACK-2510943'S MISLEADING CLAIM:
The actual story (emphasis mine):
So two dishonest denier arguments refuted in one thread- WHO'S NEXT?
And all this over boobs!!!
And as someone else observed, where is the tartar sauce?
My point: If the numbers are wrong, the numbers are wrong.
NASA has stated the heat loss into space is much greater then theorized. Huge amounts of CO2 can't be accounted for. They don't know where it went.
If you feed garbage numbers into a modeling program, it will spit garbage out. It's Invalid
The climate has been warming since the last Ice Age. If not few if any of us would be here.
15,000 years ago Most of North America was covered with over 5000 feet of Ice.
And my point is that you dont have the faintest clue as to what you are talking about- you are simply parroting BS that you have read on some website that spreads misinformation (most likely 'watts up with that')
The claim you open with was debunked already- it was BS...
On one side you have every international and national science organization stating that man-made global warming is a fact- on the other you have discredited people and PR firms organized to spread and sell misinformation...
You can either learn the science, or become a mindless parrot for those who are paid to sell you lies.
Those were some quite fine globes-a-warming I'd say.
Just what IF the "all knowing" corporate gop is wrong(which they are)and we are suffering global warming
with 200mph tornados,massive droughts,floods,filthy air,oily oceans,dirty water,etc? Wouldn't it be
prudent to have them spend some of their massive profits to reduce emissions and possibly save our
environment?Maybe their ceo's could take a few billion less ea yr in bonus money to help out."Home land
security"should also help for REAL security!!!
domer, what about the fish and chips?
I agree Joe - we must not forget the fish and chips!
England all of the sudden looks so peaceful. As if the riots never happened. I love the British culture and people though. :)
Cheers from Utah!
I agree, more fish and chips please!
Yes, and the fish and chips could be shot from some different angles
I guess I'm officially "old". The fish & chips honestly got my attention first.
lol
Well,enough of that-they aren't used to warm temps in October so they shouldn't miss them when they return to where they belong this time of year-the US East Coast.I am sick and tired of this rain,rain and more rain!
You think you are sick of rain, rain, rain, visit England they have rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, and more rain all year. :)
I have always liked Fish and Chips!! I really like the "chips".
I was in Ireland a couple weeks ago. They have palm trees. So heat in England doesn't surprise me.
But I agree with others, the fish and chips look great. Love the English. No Burqas please. But if she is english, the ketchup throws me off.
"I was in Ireland a couple weeks ago. They have palm trees. So heat in England doesn't surprise me."
You should be surprised that there is this much heat in England in October.
London is about 51 degrees latitude. The 51st parallel is about 170 miles north of the Canadian/U.S. border in the U.S. western states. Cooler up there than the New York City area, which is about 40 degrees latitude.
Gainsville, Florida close the Georgia/Florida state line is about 29 degrees latitude. I'm thinking we didn't see palm trees until somewhat further south, don't remember for exactly where.
One of the southernmost points in Ireland is close to the 51 degree parallel, same as London. We too saw palm trees when our ferry landed on the west coast of Ireland, about 53 degrees latitude, don't remember the exact location. Not likely to see palm trees on the 51st parallel in Canada, right?
Yes, there are palm trees in Ireland (transplanted from much more southern latitudes) because the Gulf Stream dumps a lot of warm air over the west coast of Ireland. England does not benefit from the Gulf stream. So London's average temperature is much lower than the temperature along Ireland's west coast.
Comparing palm trees in Ireland to the weather in London does not translate.
Besides, I just read that those palm trees in Ireland are not actually palm trees. They are small evergreen palm-like tree.
I think the Palm trees are fed Guinness and Jameson.
DUDE!! Suddenly I'm in the mood for fish and chips. And melons, for some reason...
Those warming globes.. er... global warming... are awfully appealing to this reader!
I just visited there last week and temps were only in 60's with lots of sun. Immediately recognized deck chairs from Hyde Park. Encourage everyone to go.
As many others have said prior to myself, more fish and chips please!
I'm an old fart and I didn't even see the fish & fries!!!! Anyone but me notice the belly button jewelry????
Nothing like round rocks (Boobs) on the beach to remind me of home !
I like global warming if it helps bring out these kinds of goodies!!!!
cherrio o o o my goodness, nothing like some fish and nips
Most of the world is too damn cold anyway. We should embrace global warming. I live in San Diego and we had the coldest year on record.
The weather statistics for San Diego don't support that statement...
loves the fish and chips...errr fries if you will and 85 to me is not even close to hot, but then i have lived in the South so long. If it only got that hot we would be happy.
The little gal eating fish and chips will be looking like those sweet elderly ladies reading books in their lawn chairs before she knows it.
Damn. In Britain, even the rubbish is stacked neatly!