It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark

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wrote:
It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark


At my location, it has been a warm month, but not as warm as August, and
anything but sunny. It will be the wettest September in my record (it is
raining as I type).

It may be that there was only one month of 2004, and one of 2005, that were
warmer than the present month, but I expect it to be the third warmest of 2006.

October (my rainy season) will be interesting.

--
Gianna
Peterhead

Gianna wrote:
wrote:
It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark


At my location, it has been a warm month, but not as warm as August, and
anything but sunny. It will be the wettest September in my record (it
is raining as I type).

At the other end of the east coast (Canterbury in Kent):

September:
Mean Max 23.4C
Mean 18.4C
Mean Min 13.4C
Rain 7.6mm

August:
Mean Max 21.6C
Mean 17.2C
Mean Min 12.9C
Rain 110.5mm

Only two days in September have failed to reach 20C (19.8C on 22nd and
19.5C on 25th).

8 wet days in September (so far!); 8 dry days in August!

Jonathan
Canterbury, Kent
http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

wrote:

It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark

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It's been warmer, drier & cloudier than normal in Penzance. Nights have
been warmer than August, but not the maxima. Notable for last weeks
huge swell, and 3 days of sea fog (as Alan knows!)

August
Av. Max 20.9
Av. Min 13.8
Rainfall 100.2

September (to 27th)
Av. Max 20.6
Av. Min 14.3
Rainfall 36.3

The general impression is of a cloudy, warm month. No prolonged sunny
late summer weather like 2004, when the 1st 9 days saw virtually
unbroken sunshine, with an average Max of 23.8C.


Graham
Penzance

On 28 Sep 2006 04:33:40 -0700, "Graham Easterling"
wrote:

...and 3 days of sea fog (as Alan knows!)

Indeed, but the good days made up for it. (See
http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P9150683.jpg)


--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

Alan White wrote:

On 28 Sep 2006 04:33:40 -0700, "Graham Easterling"
wrote:

...and 3 days of sea fog (as Alan knows!)

Indeed, but the good days made up for it. (See
http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P9150683.jpg)


--
Alan White

Great picture Alan, I've downloaded it!

Nick G (if he's still around, like a few others no posts for a while)
should recognise where i'ts taken.

Graham
Penzance

On 28 Sep 2006 11:04:14 -0700, "Graham Easterling"
wrote:

Great picture Alan, I've downloaded it!

:-)

I have more...

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

wrote:
It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark

Yes, it has almost certainly been both warmer and sunnier than August.
The CET looks like coming out about 16.6C which will equal the warmest
September ever. August CET was 16.4C. Up to yesterday (27th) the total
sunshine was 159.5hrs; the total for August was 161.5 so only two more
hours needed to equal it.


The last time Spetember was warmer than August was in 1956. Not sure
about sunshine.

Take a look at http://www.climate-uk.com for lots of useful
information, including the data I quoted above.

Rob

wrote:
: Yes, it has almost certainly been both warmer and sunnier than August.
: The CET looks like coming out about 16.6C which will equal the warmest
: September ever. August CET was 16.4C. Up to yesterday (27th) the total
: sunshine was 159.5hrs; the total for August was 161.5 so only two more
: hours needed to equal it.


: The last time Spetember was warmer than August was in 1956. Not sure
: about sunshine.

: Take a look at http://www.climate-uk.com for lots of useful
: information, including the data I quoted above.

: Rob

Cheers Rob, and others, for answering with interesting info. We'll see in
2 days if it makes it... Maybe next year I'll book my time off in
September! ;-)
Mark

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wrote:
It seems to the ordinary person as though September has been warmer and
sunnier than August. Is there any possibility of this being the case, and
if so when did it last happen?
Mark

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No ordinary people here, Mark, so we can't really say.
Seriously, September will certainly turn out to be warmer than August,
at least here in Surrey. The mean temperature for August was 16.2°C
and September is currently running at 17.5°C. This has not occurred
before in my 23-yr record.
In the Central England Temperature series the only occasions
back to 1800 when September has been warmer than August have been 1956
(0.8°), 1890 (0.5°) and 1865 (1.2°). In 1985 the temperatures were
the same. This will probably turn out to be the warmest September in
the entire series back to 1659.

See
http://www.metoffice.com/research/ha...HadCET_act.txt

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.