Not sure if this has been remarked upon before, but the Met Office now
have in an easily accessed form, the climatological averages for
1971-2000, alongside those for 1961-1990 at the following page:-

http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/averages/index.html

I was planning to mention this myself this evening after browsing through the
maps of 1971-2000 averages. This is probably a more valuable educational
resource than the tabulated values (some oddly chosen sites here) but - for
those who have not yet looked - the maps are at a 1km grid resolution. Of
course, this means that there is a lot of spatial extrapolation, and the role
of orography in the system is clear on most of the maps. Some of the detail
might thus be said to spurious, but it is fascinating.

Looking at the sunshine maps, my suspicions regarding under-recording at
Lowestoft and at Greenwich are confirmed,a pity as the former is a health
resort station (and appears in Weather Log in Weather). The opposite *seems* to
apply to Lyneham in Wiltshire.

The highest air frost frequency in lowland England away from the far north
appears to be at Mickleham climate station in Surrey, a well known frost
hollow.

Julian
Julian Mayes,
West Molesey
Surrey.