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 warmth and dryness are not quite as confined as you and Dave
imagine. Here in NW Oxfordshire, and defined as being within the
Midlands as far as Met Office UK climatology is concerned, it has, so
far, been the third warmest summer since 1995, (only 2003 & 2006 were
warmer).
However, the lack of summer rain has been more noteworthy. Total
rainfall for June & July at only 37.3mm make it the driest two such
summer months since 1995, and so far this August has only added
another 1.9mm.
I don't record sunshine, but looking at the Met Office anomaly maps it
has been close to average overall, slightly above in June, but a
little below normal last month.

Dick Lovett

Charlbury (Oxfordshire Cotswolds) 122m