On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:35:21 +0000, John Hall wrote in


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Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.

I agree that would be remarkable, John. You'll be familar with the link
below to the Monthly Summary for February 1963. Of those listed, the
lowest mean maximum is 1.1C at Gorleston, followed closely by Boscombe Down
and Eskdalemuir with 1.2C.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/february_1963.htm

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 03/03/2005 18:45:40 UTC