Philip Eden wrote:
"John Hall" wrote :
In article .com,
Bonos Ego writes:
I have to question the official statistics for Torquay today, 8 miles
down the coast?

According to BBC Ceefax page 407, Torquay was the sunniest place in the
UK with 10.8hrs of sunshine.

It has been virtualy cloudy all day here in Teignmouth, South Devon.

Even allowing for the fact that any sunshine after 18:00 yesterday
would have been included, this is utter nonsense.

Could the Ceefax page still have been showing the previous day's
reading? At what time of day does the page get updated?
--
John, the discrepancy between the two adjacent stations is one
that's been pointed out before, from time to time. The figures for the
10th were (1700z-1700z) Teignmouth 5.3h, Torquay 10.1h.
Aggregates so far this month are Torquay 110.6h, Teignmouth 88.6h,
Weymouth 76.8h, Portland 74.1h. Torquay's aggregate is higher
than all other UK sites (the next sunniest are along the Sussex coast).

Philip

Official Teignmouth Statistics
24hrs to 10:00 (BST) Sat 12-Aug-06

Sunshine 2.8hrs
Rainfall nil
Max Temp 19.5c
Min Temp 13.5c


Official Statistics (Western Morning News)
24hrs to 18:00 BST Fri 11-Aug-06

Resort Sun* Hrs Rain (Ins) Max Temp Min Temp Bar Wind 6PM

Plymouth n/a nil 20 14 1017.1 NW 15
Exmouth n/a n/a n/a n/a 1015.0 N 16
Teignmouth 2.8 nil 19 15 1015.0 NW 26
Torquay 10.8 nil 22 16 1016.1 NW 26
Falmouth 2.1 nil 20 14 1018.4 NW 16
Saunton 0.3 nil 18 15 1017.0 NW 20
Newquay 1.4 0.01 17 14 1018.3 NW 15

* Sunshine is 24hrs 17:00z-17:00z 10th-11th August