Friday, September 01, 2006
What happened to the summer?
Sun seekers in the UK have been warned that summer is over - "putting to bed any hopes of a return of July's sizzling temperatures that made July the warmest on record, with some days seeing higher temperatures than popular resorts such as Tenerife." Never fear: summer hasn't really ended, it just flew south!
While Britain was sizzling in unaccustomed temperatures in July, one of the reasons why the temperatures were relatively higher in the UK than in Tenerife was because summer was a bit shy here this year. My neighbours and I even joked that we would probably get summer in October. We've had odd days that became quite warm - relative to the usual pretty mild weather for these islands - but it never really seemed like summer had really and truly got going.
We also had some light rain in August. Too light: rather than being refreshing, all it did was to make the ground outside smell musty like a wet dog. Here in the fertile El Palmar valley at least, a bowl that attracts foggy clouds at the best of times, we've had many days in August that started out good and became cloudy by lunch time - something that normally only happens in winter.
The last few days though, it has finally been hotting up, even in this northern valley that is always cooler than the rest of the island. So if you're missing summer or wondering where it is, rest assured it is alive and well in Tenerife.
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