On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:13:45 +0100, Keith (Southend) wrote:

Something I mentioned to my Wife who was getting fed up with the cool
and wet weather of this spring was that it's a good sign for a better
summer. I then just stumbled across this from Philip Eden quoting
similar years which include 1975, 1976 and 1987 which I think were
probably some of the warmest summer months this century in the UK

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-a...E=extra_ne.tit

Only last year April gave so many people a sence of a long hot summer
and then it all went terribly wrong. Looking at the trends in the models
April looks like being plagued with easterlies with most of the rain in
the south. A long way to go yet, but anyone wanting some real summery
weather will have to wait till May.

Just my personal thoughts.

My daughter is convinced it will be a fine summer as she will be back in
the office after returning from maternity leave. The office is unbearably
hot in warm weather which she finds particularly unpleasant.

Alan