With almost have of this summer gone, could it turn out to be one of the worst on record?

I'm not sure how you compare one summer with another, when combining the three elements of temperature, rainfall & sunshine?

It's easy comparing one summer with another when using just one of the elements, but is there somekind of index that combines all three elements, because if there is I'm pretty sure this summer will turn out to be one of the worst on record.

Have should obviously read half.

Teignmouth wrote:
Have should obviously read half.
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I wouldn't like to venture on your age but I've started doing that a lot
lately. It's like I've suddenly got a bit dyslexic. I have to read
everything before I send it.
Dave

Teignmouth wrote:
With almost have of this summer gone, could it turn out to be one of the worst on record?

I'm not sure how you compare one summer with another, when combining the three elements of temperature, rainfall & sunshine?

It's easy comparing one summer with another when using just one of the elements, but is there somekind of index that combines all three elements, because if there is I'm pretty sure this summer will turn out to be one of the worst on record.
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Yes there is:-
Add together the % defecit in sunshine hours to the rainfall in
millimetres and divide by the average maximum temperature for June-Sept.

Then A:- 2 = Excellent
B:- 2-4 = Good
C:- 4-7 = Average
D:- 7-12 = Crap
E:- 12 = 2012


Dave, S.Essex

It doesn't help when I'm posting from my iPhone on a small screen, I often make typo errors, but there's really no excuses for that spelling mistake by me.

Thanks Dave, as I thought, Crap!

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Teignmouth writes:
With almost have of this summer gone, could it turn out to be one
of the worst on record?

I think it's still too early to say. It's still possible that August
might turn out dry, warm and sunny. That would leave this summer still
below average, but not one of the worst.

I'm not sure how you compare one summer with another, when
combining the three elements of temperature, rainfall & sunshine?

It's easy comparing one summer with another when using just one
of the elements, but is there somekind of index that combines all
three elements, because if there is I'm pretty sure this summer will
turn out to be one of the worst on record.

We were discussing such indexes in a thread the other day. If you search
on "simple summer index" you may be able to find the discussion.
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
Teignmouth wrote:

Thanks Dave, as I thought, Crap!

I see the fantasy-forecast end of the GFS has been looking
barbecue-summerish for the past few runs. Don't give up hope yet.

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Thanks John, I'll have a look
at that thread, I haven't been checking here as much recently.

One thing I've noticed, with the GFS, summer always seems two weeks away, just as in winter it always seems winter is two weeks away, lol.

On 09/07/12 17:30, Teignmouth wrote:
With almost have of this summer gone, could it turn out to be one of the worst on record?

I'm not sure how you compare one summer with another, when combining the three elements of temperature, rainfall& sunshine?

It's easy comparing one summer with another when using just one of the elements, but is there somekind of index that combines all three elements, because if there is I'm pretty sure this summer will turn out to be one of the worst on record.

Someone on the UKweatherworld devised a subjective method to score
individual summer days based on those three parameters. The monthly
score is the average of all the days in the month.

http://tinyurl.com/cmnbsp8