"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Jim Smith wrote
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Wonder what the latest date for 21c to have been achieved is?

Early November, I'm pretty sure.
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Yes, 5 Nov 1938 ... 21.1 (actually, 70°F) at several sites in E.England.

Had that happened today the papers would be shrieking about
'freak weather' and saying how it 'proved' that global warming
was happening, as if any one event 'proves' anything!
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl