In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 3 Oct 2005 at 18:56:25, John Hall wrote :

In the last 100 years, over England and Wales, September 2005
ranked 5th warmest

When was the last warmer one? Certainly not in the last 23 years.

Looks like it was in 1999, with a CET of 15.6C.

Not here it wasn't!

In 1999, my average was 14.7C, compared to 16.0C this year!
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham