laupäev, september 18, 2004
Weather
"How's the weather there?" is a question I've had more than once, and lately it's been changing, so it's worth talking about.
When we first moved here, it was wonderful: sunshine nearly every day, temperatures in the upper 70s, blue skies, gorgeous. I'm told it was a typical Estonian summer. Then around two weeks ago, it was like a switch was thrown. Almost overnight, the average temperature dropped by around 15 degrees, it got much breezier, and much rainier.
Now I feel like I am in New England in autumn. The weather here even typifies the old New England saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute and it will change." Almost every day we've had at least some rain, and it usually comes suddenly. One minute we are enjoying the sunshine and blue skies that have been around for hours, the next dark clouds come out of nowhere and we are hit with pelting rain. That will go away in a short time and we'll get sun again (and often a rainbow!), but the in another hour we may have more rain.
It seems like the rain always comes when we have clothes on the line. We'll decide it's worth putting them out because it is sunny and breezy, then in the afternoon we'll here the sound of rain pelting and Chris and I will dash outside to bring in the clothes before they are wetter than when we first put them out. Most Estonians don't have a clothes drier, so I don't know how they deal with this, particularly in the months ahead when it gets rainier. Before that happens, we plan to get a clothes drier for the house (I know, we are spoiled Americans).
If you are interested, there is a web site showing the weather here each day. If you click on the picture of Raekoja Plats, you will get a live web cam view of Town Hall Square and the kissing students statue.
The next great change will be when we hit winter. I can't wait to see what that is like.
--Tim
When we first moved here, it was wonderful: sunshine nearly every day, temperatures in the upper 70s, blue skies, gorgeous. I'm told it was a typical Estonian summer. Then around two weeks ago, it was like a switch was thrown. Almost overnight, the average temperature dropped by around 15 degrees, it got much breezier, and much rainier.
Now I feel like I am in New England in autumn. The weather here even typifies the old New England saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute and it will change." Almost every day we've had at least some rain, and it usually comes suddenly. One minute we are enjoying the sunshine and blue skies that have been around for hours, the next dark clouds come out of nowhere and we are hit with pelting rain. That will go away in a short time and we'll get sun again (and often a rainbow!), but the in another hour we may have more rain.
It seems like the rain always comes when we have clothes on the line. We'll decide it's worth putting them out because it is sunny and breezy, then in the afternoon we'll here the sound of rain pelting and Chris and I will dash outside to bring in the clothes before they are wetter than when we first put them out. Most Estonians don't have a clothes drier, so I don't know how they deal with this, particularly in the months ahead when it gets rainier. Before that happens, we plan to get a clothes drier for the house (I know, we are spoiled Americans).
If you are interested, there is a web site showing the weather here each day. If you click on the picture of Raekoja Plats, you will get a live web cam view of Town Hall Square and the kissing students statue.
The next great change will be when we hit winter. I can't wait to see what that is like.
--Tim
