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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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 Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:13 am Post subject: 73 degrees tomorrow |
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o...m...g.... w...t...f..?
Where is winter?
Christ sake. We had an early spring. Followed by an almost unbearably hot summer. I'm not joking. Last summer was brutal. And this "fall" has felt more like late August.
It's November. Why the hell do I still have my a/c on?
I hate this.
I hate this.
I hate warm weather. It was one factor in my reasoning to teach in Seoul, not Taipei. Seoul is supposed to be covered in snow by now.
I swear, if this keeps up, I'm moving to one of the poles. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: Re: 73 degrees tomorrow |
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rude awakening for you bud
| eIn07912 wrote: |
| ..an almost unbearably hot summer. I'm not joking. Last summer was brutal. |
actually this summer was a bit cooler than average, probably because it was so rainy, the distinctive 3-4 week monsoon period stretching to over two months
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| It's November. Why the hell do I still have my a/c on? |
the cold spell earlier this week was unusual, often I'm wearing shorts in the afternoon right up until the second week of December, when the cold comes all at once
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| I hate warm weather. It was one factor in my reasoning to teach in Seoul, not Taipei. Seoul is supposed to be covered in snow by now. |
Snow comes in early or late December in Seoul. Places here by the south coast doesn't get snow at all (Geoje, Tongyeong and Hadong, to mention three places I've lived; one snowfall in seven winters - I wear shorts in February when a warm front hits, and by March 1st the jackets and sweaters come off). |
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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: Re: 73 degrees tomorrow |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
rude awakening for you bud
| eIn07912 wrote: |
| ..an almost unbearably hot summer. I'm not joking. Last summer was brutal. |
actually this summer was a bit cooler than average, probably because it was so rainy, the distinctive 3-4 week monsoon period stretching to over two months
| eIn07912 wrote: |
| It's November. Why the hell do I still have my a/c on? |
the cold spell earlier this week was unusual, often I'm wearing shorts in the afternoon right up until the second week of December, when the cold comes all at once
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| I hate warm weather. It was one factor in my reasoning to teach in Seoul, not Taipei. Seoul is supposed to be covered in snow by now. |
Snow comes in early or late December in Seoul. Places here by the south coast doesn't get snow at all (Geoje, Tongyeong and Hadong, to mention three places I've lived; one snowfall in seven winters - I wear shorts in February when a warm front hits, and by March 1st the jackets and sweaters come off). |
2 Halloweens ago, I nearly froze to death from being out all night in Itaewon. Last November I was wearing a jacket or coat every day.
This is not normal weather. Seoul has a colder climate than the southern ports. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| This is only the second time I'm experiencing fall and winter in Seoul but I think you're right. I don't remember it being this warm the last time, but I don't care because I like the current weather. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:19 am Post subject: |
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I say enjoy the great weather while you can. Is 23 degrees really that hot? It's barely over room temp.
The summer was the nicest and most comfortable in my 4 summers here. Certainly the coolest.
Only the US, Belize and Jamaica use Fahrenheit. We are in Korea now.
Time to get with the program. |
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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| OBwannabe wrote: |
Only the US, Belize and Jamaica use Fahrenheit. We are in Korea now.
Time to get with the program. |
No way. Fahrenheit is part of my Belizean heritage. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:58 am Post subject: Weather |
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My Principal did remark that this past Fall has been exceptionally wet. Rain is forecast again tomorrow for Seoul. It snowed in some parts of eastern Korea last Monday, & struggled to reach 4c at noon in Seoul. I was here in mid November 2006 & remember snow on the ground & the kids throwing snowballs at me. It had all melted by late afternoon.
Back in the Korean War, Canadian soldiers would play ice hockey on the Han River in Seoul, midwinter. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:39 am Post subject: |
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My daughter was born 5 years ago in 2004 and I remember the temp. being about this.
Quick look on the KMA website says it will cool down by the weekend to about 10-12' during the day... which is going to suck because my daughter's bday party will be on Sunday and I've rented a big bouncy castle for her and her kiddie friends... |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| 73 degrees? That's hard to believe. People must be suffocating on the street! No wonder you're suffering. I can remember living in the tropics a few years ago and bitumen was melting in 38 degrees. Are you sure that 73 is correct? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Time for naengmyeon tomorrow  |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:37 am Post subject: Han River |
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In winters, people used to cut huge blocks of ice out of the Han River and store them (at Seobinggo and Dongbinggo--West and East Ice streets) for the summer, so the royalty could keep cool.
Now? 15 years I've never seen walkable ice on the Han River. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| The summer revival wouldn't be so weird if it didn't drop below freezing earlier this week. There have been about four seasons over the course of a week in Seoul, and I just don't understand it. It would be nice too if someone told the bus drivers that it's around 25degrees outside so they wouldn't crank up the heat. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| seonsengnimble wrote: |
| The summer revival wouldn't be so weird if it didn't drop below freezing earlier this week. There have been about four seasons over the course of a week in Seoul, and I just don't understand it. It would be nice too if someone told the bus drivers that it's around 25degrees outside so they wouldn't crank up the heat. |
Same goes for the saunas oops I mean subway cars. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, it was 19c last night at 3am and pretty humid too. Weird weather indeed. |
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adventurrre
Joined: 18 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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a) it was 0 degrees on monday and tuesday
b) look at the 10 day forecast and check out the temperatures
a+b=this discussion is stupid |
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