On May 8, 11:09*pm, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote:
Today was my lowest May maximum temperature since 6th May 1997.
Today's maximum here at Southend-on-Sea was 9.8°C, 1997 was 8.5°C.
The lowest I've recorded was 8.0°C on both 27th May 1992 & 17th & 18th
May 1992.

Very early days of course, but assuming this May continues with a cold
than average theme, out of 9 colder than average Mays I have records
of since 1960 only 2 following summers were on the cool/wet side, the
remaining 7 had at least one summer month with temperatures of 1°C+
above the norm. I would also be very surprised to get a third bad
summer in a row.

Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

Today's maximum was colder than the 8th with a maximum of 9.2°C

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather .net
"Weather Home & Abroad"