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Old June 6th 05, 11:03 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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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

The temperature at Kew reached 80f on only 2 days in1954 - 27 May and 1
September. I had tickets for the first 3 days of the Lord's Test Match in
June 1954 ( the first ever Test match between England and Pakistan) and
saw no cricket at all because of the rain.I believe it was the first
occasion that the first 3 days of a Lord's Test had been rained off. The
only action Isaw was players such as Len Hutton, Denis Compton and Alec
Bedser strolling out to look at the wicket carrying umbrellas! One
newspaper described Lord's as looking like a beach with the tide out!.

Peter Clarke
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