On Wed, 19 May 2010 at 18:49:16, John Hall
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

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.

Shouldn't you also ask Gravesend & Southampton about that, though?
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)