For some areas it has indeed been very disappointing but for parts of the
Southeast and south in general it has not been too bad. June 1st to 25th
July temperatures are running at my Surrey station 0.5C above average and
rainfall is 98%.
Last Saturday was lovely. I set up a weather display at a country fair near
Dorking and the mercury was at 24C, the wind gentle and there was plenty of
sunshine.
A measure of a very poor July is when on a somewhat cloudy day the
temperature stays low. Today for instance has been fairly cloudy here but
still it has reached nearly 20C. Now in 1954 these are the max temps from
the 22nd:- 16C;18C;19.4C;16.0C;17.2C;16.1C;16.1C;16.0C,15.6C. It was even
cooler in the first half.
At my station so far this July the mercury has reached or exceeded 21C on 12
days. In 1954 the corresponding value was just 1. In 1954 14 days were
sunless. This July the corresponding figure is just one day.

Ian Currie--Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com





"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Nick G wrote:
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The
neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that
I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to
amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most
disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL



Probably not:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweath..._outlook.shtml