It neither looks nor feels autumnal. Cool to normal summer
days, and
quite pleasant. I would guess that you have never experienced a
really bad
summer. Ironically, I still get people of my age (60) telling me that
summers
aren't what they were. It's an unfortunate dead-cert
conversation-stopper to
tell them, "you're right, they're better". Ah, well.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I agree entirely with that; my memories of summer holidays in the 1950s
was of rain particularly one infamous year in North Wales when it rained
incessantly. I found out recently that this was probably the worst
summer in the 20th century. The first really decent summer I can
remember was 1959.

Main mean maximum for July is currently 24.2°C with a mean of 18.3°C
which is well above the Rothamstead long term average. These values may
well drop a little by the end of the month based on the forecast.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
N51:44 W00:22
101m ASL