hudson wrote:
I do apologise if this has been mentioned before but I am starting to get
very frustrated by weather forecasts on the BBC saying " temperatures will
be about average for the time of year "

1 This assumes that I have a table of averages to hand
2 This assumes I am a meteorologist with a good knowledge of regional
averages
3 This assumes I am a meteorologist with a bad memory but a list of tables
to hand
4 Assumes I am too stupid to understand a scientific scale of any sort
5 Assumes I am too stupid to care

Racked off

Stuart Hudson

I really can't see the problem. Unless you are a recent
immigrant from a place with a very different climate or are less than
about 10 years old you will know what "normal" is for your area and
time of year. People do. Well, the temperature is going to be "about
that". No heatwave, no cool northerlies. There are far worse aspects
of the language of weather forecasts than that one.

Tudor Hughes.