You may be surprised to find a similar situation, even in London and
the South East corner. Does anyone have comparative station data for
that area?

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Dave
Fareham (West)

Well for Bedford, about 50 miles N of London

Warmest is August 1997 at 20.4 (also warmest month since at least 1980),
this month is now at 20.4 also and on the way down. So Aug 97 prob safe. Aug
97 also saw 15 days in a row over 26.7C(80F) we only managed 11 in a row
this year.