On May 17, 10:46 am, Dawlish wrote:
On May 17, 10:34 am, wrote:



On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner"

wrote:
When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon
show" :-)

I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals,
fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be
ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least
suited to holding these outdoor events.

I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime"
climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the
Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in
summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland...

Nick

It "always rain at Pontefract races too". Another classic from my
misspent youth!

Paul

One thing that does seem to be the case is that there is a
disproportionate chance of heavy rain and low temperatures in late
June/early July compared to the rest of the three official summer
months. Haven't done a formal analysis of this but late June/early
July has been dominated by changeable weather in many recent years,
and there seems to be a lower than average chance of a hot spell
compared to say mid June or mid July. Would be interesting to do a
proper analysis of this, but Wimbledon and Glastonbury do *seem* to be
scheduled for the on-average worst period of the whole summer!

Nick