Not sure if anyone has got detailed figures on this, but have just
been looking over the maxima for Heathrow/03772 last few days.

Easter Sunday 18Z max: 5.2°C
Easter Monday 18Z max: 5.5°C

And of course, other spots in east & SE England (as well as large
areas of NE & N Scotland) had low day maxima.

Looking back at a *very* rough record of 'London area' temperatures I
have and it looks as if you have to go back to at least 1964
(29th/30th March that year for these two days) to find similarly low
values, and I have noted them as 'around 6degC', so perhaps this year
was still colder. 1958 was also cold (but from 'London Weather' it
looks as if it was still warmer than this year), and from the same
publication, 1936 (not a late Easter, 12/13April) looks as if it might
have equalled or perhaps be colder than this year - I'm trying to
interpret the rather small diagrams at the back of the book.

Anyone got more definitive data on this?

Martin.


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E:
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"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
Not sure if anyone has got detailed figures on this, but have just been
looking over the maxima for Heathrow/03772 last few days.

Easter Sunday 18Z max: 5.2°C
Easter Monday 18Z max: 5.5°C

And of course, other spots in east & SE England (as well as large areas of
NE & N Scotland) had low day maxima.


Together with the strong northerly winds, it's felt more like freezing in
parts of the country, if you take the wind chill factor into account.

On 25 Mar, 10:15, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
Not sure if anyone has got detailed figures on this, but have just
been looking over the maxima for Heathrow/03772 last few days.

Easter Sunday 18Z max: 5.2°C
Easter Monday 18Z max: 5.5°C

And of course, other spots in east & SE England (as well as large
areas of NE & N Scotland) had low day maxima.

Looking back at a *very* rough record of 'London area' temperatures I
have and it looks as if you have to go back to at least 1964
(29th/30th March that year for these two days) to find similarly low
values, and I have noted them as 'around 6degC', so perhaps this year
was still colder. 1958 was also cold (but from 'London Weather' it
looks as if it was still warmer than this year), and from the same
publication, 1936 (not a late Easter, 12/13April) looks as if it might
have equalled or perhaps be colder than this year - I'm trying to
interpret the rather small diagrams at the back of the book.

Anyone got more definitive data on this?

Martin.

--
Martin Rowley
E:
W: booty.org.uk

I think with Easter being so early, it's easy to give impressive
figures, after all, all things being =, it should have been the
coldest Easter since the 19th Century.

Comparing it with the same dates shows it was not particularly cold,
certainly as far as Cornwall was concerned.

23rd 10.7C
It was colder in 1992 - 10.0C & 2006 10.2C
24th 11.4C
9.9 in 1992, 10.1 in 1993 etc.

In fact taking the Bank Holiday week end (21st-24th inclusive) the
average max temperature was 10.4C

In 2006, just 2 years ago, the same period was colder, with an average
max. of 9.3C.

For a really cold late March spell, the w/c 16/3/06 takes a lot of
beating. The average Max for the week was just 7.1C - exceptionally
low for these 'ere parts, and 3.3C lower than the Easter '08 Bank
Holiday period.

12.3C now, and with strong sunshine & little wind it's glorious.

Graham
Penzance

Graham
Penzance

For current Langtoft conditions @100m amsl 1 mile South of here, go to
http://www.trafficweather.info/roadW...jsp?client=267 and click
on station North of Driffield

"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
...
On 25 Mar, 10:15, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
Not sure if anyone has got detailed figures on this, but have just
been looking over the maxima for Heathrow/03772 last few days.

Easter Sunday 18Z max: 5.2°C
Easter Monday 18Z max: 5.5°C

And of course, other spots in east & SE England (as well as large
areas of NE & N Scotland) had low day maxima.

Looking back at a *very* rough record of 'London area' temperatures I
have and it looks as if you have to go back to at least 1964
(29th/30th March that year for these two days) to find similarly low
values, and I have noted them as 'around 6degC', so perhaps this year
was still colder. 1958 was also cold (but from 'London Weather' it
looks as if it was still warmer than this year), and from the same
publication, 1936 (not a late Easter, 12/13April) looks as if it might
have equalled or perhaps be colder than this year - I'm trying to
interpret the rather small diagrams at the back of the book.

Anyone got more definitive data on this?

Martin.

--
Martin Rowley
E:
W: booty.org.uk

I think with Easter being so early, it's easy to give impressive
figures, after all, all things being =, it should have been the
coldest Easter since the 19th Century.

Comparing it with the same dates shows it was not particularly cold,
certainly as far as Cornwall was concerned.

23rd 10.7C
It was colder in 1992 - 10.0C & 2006 10.2C
24th 11.4C
9.9 in 1992, 10.1 in 1993 etc.

In fact taking the Bank Holiday week end (21st-24th inclusive) the
average max temperature was 10.4C

In 2006, just 2 years ago, the same period was colder, with an average
max. of 9.3C.

For a really cold late March spell, the w/c 16/3/06 takes a lot of
beating. The average Max for the week was just 7.1C - exceptionally
low for these 'ere parts, and 3.3C lower than the Easter '08 Bank
Holiday period.

12.3C now, and with strong sunshine & little wind it's glorious.

Graham
Penzance

Graham
Penzance

Definitely been colder Easters in Cornwall IIRC. I remember watching Truro
in their annual Old Dunstonians fixture in the snow in the seventies and my
sister was born 25 March 1970 with Easter soon after and snow then as well.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Definitely been colder Easters in Cornwall IIRC. I remember watching Truro
in their annual Old Dunstonians fixture in the snow in the seventies and my
sister was born 25 March 1970 with Easter soon after and snow then as well.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.- Hide quoted text -


In March 1970 I was on a 'A' Level Geography Field Trip to the
Mendips, and there was plenty of snow. We stayed in Youth Hostel
called Wilderhope Manor, which was extremely basic even by 1970's YHA
standards. The toilets were not only outside, but several yards down a
snow covered path. (The dormitory windows provided a much better
solution!)

Graham
Penzance Weather:- www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/weather.html

On 28 Mar, 20:56, Graham Easterling
wrote:
Definitely been colder Easters in Cornwall IIRC. I remember watching Truro
in their annual Old Dunstonians fixture in the snow in the seventies and my
sister was born 25 March 1970 with Easter soon after and snow then as well.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.- Hide quoted text -

In March 1970 I was on a 'A' Level Geography Field Trip to the
Mendips, and there was plenty of snow. We stayed in Youth Hostel
called Wilderhope Manor, which was extremely basic even by 1970's YHA
standards. The toilets were not only outside, but several yards down a
snow covered path. (The dormitory windows provided a much better
solution!)

Graham
Penzance Weather:- *www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/weather.html

When I said Mendips, I actually meant Wenlock Edge. (So many field
trips, I get confused) I see Wilderhope Manor still going
http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommoda...nor/index.aspx
and it's got a bar now!

Graham

"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
...
On 28 Mar, 20:56, Graham Easterling
wrote:
Definitely been colder Easters in Cornwall IIRC. I remember watching
Truro
in their annual Old Dunstonians fixture in the snow in the seventies and
my
sister was born 25 March 1970 with Easter soon after and snow then as
well.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.- Hide
quoted text -

In March 1970 I was on a 'A' Level Geography Field Trip to the
Mendips, and there was plenty of snow. We stayed in Youth Hostel
called Wilderhope Manor, which was extremely basic even by 1970's YHA
standards. The toilets were not only outside, but several yards down a
snow covered path. (The dormitory windows provided a much better
solution!)

Graham
Penzance Weather:- www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/weather.html

When I said Mendips, I actually meant Wenlock Edge. (So many field
trips, I get confused) I see Wilderhope Manor still going
http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommoda...nor/index.aspx
and it's got a bar now!

Graham


I took Geology groups there in the late 1970's. I recall that the toilets
had (officially) moved indoors by then but it has certainly changed now.

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk
COL 36055

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 at 20:31:41, David Mitchell
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

For a really cold late March spell, the w/c 16/3/06 takes a lot of
beating. The average Max for the week was just 7.1C - exceptionally
low for these 'ere parts, and 3.3C lower than the Easter '08 Bank
Holiday period.

BTW, does Penzance ever record maxima below 10C after the end of March?

Not counting the late autumn months, obviously.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

BTW, does Penzance ever record maxima below 10C after the end of March?

Not counting the late autumn months, obviously.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Oh yes, on 22 occasions in the last 17 years. The SST off west
Cornwall is typically only 10-11 in April, so does little to take the
edfge off a cold blast.

Graham
Penzance

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 at 06:09:29, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :



BTW, does Penzance ever record maxima below 10C after the end of March?

Not counting the late autumn months, obviously.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Oh yes, on 22 occasions in the last 17 years. The SST off west
Cornwall is typically only 10-11 in April, so does little to take the
edfge off a cold blast.

How about in May, then?
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)