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Colin Youngs writes:
Paul Hyett wrote in message ...

:In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 28 May 2005 at 00:49:53, Colin Youngs wrote :
::UK max. temps on Friday
::Glen Ogle 5.7°C
:London MO 31.9°C.

:This *has* to be one of the biggest ever temperature contrasts across
:Britain - does anyone have any figures for this?

Glen Ogle is at 564m asl and is perhaps a bit high up to be truly
representative.

Even so, the next highest maximum cited - 8.3°C at Lough Fea in Northern
Ireland - is 23.6 deg C lower than the London MO figure.

The London MO thermometer doesn't have a standard exposure, I believe,
so that figure should perhaps be discarded as well.
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