In article .com,
Edmund Lewis writes:

Paul Hyett wrote:
Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.

If it beat that 1729 figure, it would be warmer than August wouldn't
it? Has that ever happened?

It's rare but not unknown. It happened in 1729 itself. Aug 15.7, Sep
16.6. (And July 16.8, to forestall the next question.)

In 1737 Aug 13.8, Sep 14.2. This must have been a strange summer, with
that decidedly chilly August preceded by a warm July of 17.4.

1750: Aug 15.0, Sep 15.2. (July 17.2.)

1784, one of the coldest calendar years on record, had Aug 14.0, Sep
14.8. (Jul 15.2.)

1865: Aug 15.1, Sep 16.3. (Jul 16.6.)

1890 is unique in the CET record, in having September as the warmest
month of the whole year: Jun 13.5, Jul 14.5, Aug 14.1, Sep 14.6.

1891: Aug 14.1, Sep 14.2. (Jul 15.1.)

1956: Aug 13.5, Sep 14.3. (Jul 15.8.)

1985 saw a dead heat, with Aug and Sep both 14.6. (Jul 16.2.)
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