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Steve J wrote:

An historical perspective on the climate statistics
for Coventry during August 2007

Temperature

With a mean monthly temperature of 16.3C, this has been the coolest
August in Coventry since 1993 (15.1C). Only two August months have
been cooler than August 2007 since 1988 (1992 & 1993).

That's interesting. Only 20 miles up the road from you, in Leicester,
my records show that August 2007 (16.5C) was warmer than 2006 (16.2C).

Note that the 30 year 1971-2000 CET for August is 16.3, so that puts
you spot on. But I suspect that like me, you nearly always exceed CET
because of an urban location.

Martin

However, it is interesting to note that all four Augusts between 1985
and 1988 were cooler than this year, so perhaps our expectations for
August have been raised unduly by recent warm months at this time of
year. Remember that August last year was quite cool, even in our
warmest summer on record.

This has become the second month in succession with average
temperatures (-0.3C) below the 30-year mean for Coventry; this is the
first time this has happened since February and March 2006.




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