On 7 Aug, 12:31, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:
I think you can go quite far west, as long as you keep well south of the M4,
as far as Exeter to find things have been (overall) sunny, dry and warm.

Averages & totals so far this summer (1st June to 6th Aug)

Min * *12.0°C
Max * *22.8°C
Mean *17.4°C
Rain * *103.9 mm
Sun * *552 hours

The rainfall total, whilst being a little above the average paints a
different story when you realise that most of that total has fallen on just
a few days leading to very long, dry spells. The soils around here have
remained dry throughout the summer. Even after a heavy spell of rain, a
couple of days later everything is dry again.

The weather has been quite good for the Sidmouth Folk Week which ended
yesterday evening. The camping fields around the town are all dust dry.

Certainly not as hot as 2006 (so far) though August (mean 17.0°C) wasn't up
to much with generally unsettled and cool days. If this August turns out to
be a good one, then this summer could end up warmer, drier and sunnier than
2006.
_____________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amslhttp://www.ottervalley.co.uk

The fronts have been very weak haven't they? Quite a number seem to
have gone over this month, but only 4.8mm has fallen so far, with a
fair amount of sunshine inbetween. It's also been slightly warmer than
the 1st week in July. I think the 2nd week in July saw the poorest
weather of the summer here.

Today, thin patchy cloud, main sc, with good sunny spells inbetween.
19.8c @ 12:45.

Graham
Penzance