Many thanks Steve,

Actually the figures you show to slant towards what I was driving at. 1975
to 2003 you have 9 entries
whereas in the preceding 82 years you have 5 entries. Actually I do take
your point if we go back into the 19th century. I was looking at the
Greenwich record and for 1868 there were 16 occasions though the screen
there was non standard. Nonetheless it was a hot summer.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com


Here are some figures on 30C+ days in Coventry:

2003 3
1997 4
1996 3
1995 10
1990 4
1989 3
1983 5
1976 13
1975 4
1947 5
1933 2
1921 4
1911 8
1893 11

Years not mentioned + either 1 or 0

Hope this helps with your 'debate'.
--
Steve Jackson,
Bablake Weather Station,
Coventry, UK
http://www.netlink.co.uk/usrs/bws