In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
On Wed, 19 May 2010 at 10:23:22, John Hall
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/2wzuasg

Fair Isle 10.6°C, Baltasound and Lerwick 12.5°C, Dundrennan 12.6°C,
St Bees Head and Langdon Bay 12.9°C.

Aviemore, Linton-on-Ouse and Gravesend 19.2°C, Leuchars and Heathrow
19.3°C, Aboyne 19.4°C, Boscombe Down and Northolt 19.6°C, Lusa
(Skye), Leeming and Pershore 19.7°C, Ballykelly 19.8°C.

This is just too easy : 21.0C here yesterday...

Cheltenham is either the warmest place in the country in the summer
half-year

Well we did use to hold the UK's temperature record...

, or you have a very sheltered location

That applies to the whole of Cheltenham...

, or there's something
amiss with your thermometer or your screen.

I've noticed that, at this time of year, in this sort of weather, the
temperatures I record are often near the top of the list.

Yes, it's because it seems to happen so very often that you're ahead of
everywhere else that I wondered whether something might be amiss.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)