In message , TudorHgh
writes
The warmest day of this month in Coventry has just been 16.5C (24th) -
this is the lowest such value here since 1974, even though this will be
an October that is warmer than the 30-year mean (+0.3C).

It shows the temperature has been fairly uniform and the month has been
similar here in Surrey. The highest was 16.6°C on the 24th.
A similar example is June 2003, which is the warmest June in my record
(starting 1983), but the highest max was only 26.6°C. This is only 4.4°C above
the mean max for that month, and less than the average June highest of 27.1°C.
I reckon members of the public did not think of June 2003 as particularly hot,
due to the absence of very hot days.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, 556 ft.

I was a bit surprised to measure 17.6c in Chalfont St Giles yesterday. I
did wonder if I had mis-read it but then Northolt (not far from here)
came up as the warmest in the country with 18.2c. It looks like we had a
bit of a hot spot around here.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles
England