"John Hall" wrote in message
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Also I think the body acclimatises to a degree over the course of the
summer, so that one can cope a little better in August than in June.
Against that, I think the nights tend to be hotter in August heatwaves
than they are in June, and hot sticky nights when it's hard to sleep are
perhaps the most unpleasant feature of heatwaves.

And the sun is of course rather less fierce by the time you get to
August. On average June nights might be cooler, but I've just beaten
my all time highest minimum record. 18.2C beating the 18.0C
recorded on July 3rd 2001. Given the right conditions, i.e. a warm
flow but cloudy the short nights at this time of year can clearly be
very warm. What is most surprising is that this reading was in air
behind a supposed *cold* front!

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.