I've seen the summer of 1954 described as "the year without a summer" in the
past.
Just how bad was it? As bad as, say, 1985 or 1986? Or even worse than that?
Any articles/anecdotal bits and pieces floating around?

Jim


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http://www.climate-uk.com/Hotdays.htm

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Philip Eden

Fascinating! I see that Luton has had at least 60 days of 70+ each year
since 1989 ( less a blip in 1993) and this is easily the longest such
sequence since at least 1900. The date of the upward trend ( 1989) fits in
well with the apparent shift to a warmer regime, shown by other data,
which started in 1988/1989. For example, the frequency of days of 'days
with snow falling' here has gone down by almost 50% since 1988.
I also notice that the ghastly summer of 1954 was eclipsed by 1956 as far
as 70+ days are concerned.
Peter Clarke
Ewell
Epsom55m.