Posted by: @coracle

I'm going to experience hot and humid weather for the first time. Any useful advice?

Us Americans love our air conditioning. I don't suspect you'll have too much trouble. Drink plenty of water and don't over exert outside. If you do have to go outside, do it either early in the morning or late in the evening. You will be here during the worst heat we tend to experience (last week of July/first week of August, ugh), so just take it slow.  

This morning it was 14 C (58 F) in my lounge at 7 am, and 1.5 C (33 F)  outside. I pull on dressing gown, slide back into bed to read, add fingerless gloves as my hands are cold. Cup of tea made, fan heater turned on in bedroom.

It has been rather cool for May at only 40 degrees F, but the forecast is a high of 70 this week. Many of the tulips are done with the petals falling off, which is rather depressing. We had premature warm weather a week or two ago, which is very comfortable but not so good for the flowers.

Posted by: @fantasia

If you do have to go outside [in hot and humid weather], do it either early in the morning or late in the evening

Absolutely. When it is the heat of the summer here (most of July, and sometimes the first week of August), even though I love being active outside, I will avoid the mid-day oppressive heat of the glaring sun, and instead work in the gardens in the very early morning hours, and, if necessary, in the evening hours once the sun has started to sink and I can work in the shade in (relatively) cooler temperatures.

The past four nights we have had lovely frosts , so we have protected vulnerable pots of pansies and our many amaryllis plants. The perennials have all been fine, and as it is too early yet for annual flower purchases, at least we didn't have to cover all the gardens (we have many), as we did one year at the beginning of June. This task was a huge job, but thankfully this cover protected all our hundreds of plants.

Today is the warmest day of the week, as we reach around 20C / 68F. The rest of the week will be low - mid double digits Celsius (between 53 and 59F). There is a large chance of rain tomorrow, with some chances pretty much the rest of the week, although not a washout, as we head towards Mother's Day weekend. Aside from tonight, nighttime temps will be from 2-4° Celsius (35.6 to 39F). Again, good walking weather, of which I have also experienced a lot over the past week. Fresh, crisp, invigorating!  

The daffodils and hyacinths are beginning to wind down, and the tulips are winding up. Our many perennials are growing nicely, although some of our earliest perennials, the beautiful peonies, will not be blooming for quite awhile yet, with all the cooler weather we have been having. 

Recent weather here has been pleasant, with highs between 60 and 70F (16-21C), with no bugs or humidity yet. It was a great evening for a fire this weekend, and some local NarniaWebbers gathered for that. The flowering crabapple trees are blooming and very fragrant.

Frost advisories remain for the next few nights, especially away from the urban heat island. Once Mother's Day passes the odds of a frost go down, though snow can fall as late as the end of May.

@stargazer Recent weather here has been pleasant, with highs between 60 and 70F (16-21C)

Sounds about right for a maximum temperature, but this morning we woke up at 6.00 am to a wintry 5C (41F). Yesterday was icily windy, though it came with sparklingly diamond-hard clear blue skies, just like today, when we are still freezing, even though the maximum is supposed to be 21C. Winter has come and though we don't get snow as a rule, we do get frosts & icy-cold temperatures through the night and at sunrise. Minimum temperatures are just as important.