I think there must have been lots of fairly localised variations (if not
perceptions) in the S, SE and East Anglia this July. For example we only had
moderate rain Saturday night (10mm), no showers on Sunday and no rain
yesterday (Monday). It has been mainly sunny, very dry and either hot or at
least above 21C virtually every day(my personal view of a minimum(max) temp
for a decent summer day). I suspect Keith's stats for Southend will largely
reflect this.

Dave. S.Essex