That's some bad weather.
But the truth is, that the summer's slowly finishig here as well.
Water temps are around 24°C. Not that good fro swimming.
Okay, let's just concentrate on the overwintering.
One thing that I noticed is that once you put the compost into the deeper soil levels, it stops producing the heat. Compost needs to brath the air. Or at least the fungus and bacteria do.