"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
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Quite unusually, we're into the second half of May and have had nothing
higher than 18C this year in mid-Shropshire. I seem to remember places
in Wales reaching 21 in late March, the usual southeastern suspects
(London, Gravesend etc) the weekend 30th April/1st May, and somewhere
in Scotland this week. Yet here we're still waiting, despite several
fine sunny days. Who else has/hasn't reached the big 21 yet?

Edmund

Me. The Top 3 Max Temps in Romsey so far in 2005 a

1. Sun 1 May... +20.9C
2. Sat 30 Apr... +20.1C
3. Sat 19 Mar... +19.5C

Hmmm, that's suspicious, they all occurred on a weekend day!
I'll take that as being coincidence, rather than the thermometer
being artificially heated by a typical weekend feature...
barbecue smoke!

Being so close to +21.0C on 1 May on the eastern edge of town,
it is highly likely that much of Romsey, especially the town centre,
equalled or exceeded that value.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).