Feels Like 0°C at 8am, 11°C by 2pm: Perth Commuters Leave Home in a Winter Coat and Come Back Carrying It Like a Dead Sheep

By our Layers Correspondent

Perth woke up to a temperature of about 2°C this morning, which the Met Office said would feel like 0°C, before warming up to around 11°C by the afternoon under sunny intervals.

That is a difference of 11 degrees between leaving the house and lunchtime, which is exactly the gap that causes Perth’s great daily coat problem.

“I left at eight in my big parka, my scarf, my gloves and a hat my granny knitted,” said a Bridgend office worker. “By two o’clock I was carrying the parka over my arm, the scarf in my pocket, the gloves in the other pocket and the hat on my head because I’d forgotten it was there. I looked like I was moving house.”

A bus driver on the Scone route said the evening buses were “full of people holding coats like they’ve rescued them from a river”.

Teachers report the usual seasonal mystery of the jumpers. “Thirty children came in wearing jumpers this morning,” said a Perth primary teacher. “Twenty-six went home wearing jumpers. Four jumpers are now in a pile in the corner. Nobody will ever claim them. It’s November. The pile will be bigger by Christmas.”

The Perthetic advises layers, and a big bag.

The real story: Perth forecast (Met Office)