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: Colin Youngs writes:
: UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2vcbcq3

: Hawarden, Trawsgoed and Holbeach 17.2°C, Kinloss and Milford Haven
: 17.3°C, Church Fenton and Linton-on-Ouse 17.4°C, Yeovilton 17.5°C,
: Leconfield 17.6°C, Bridlington 18.7°C.
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: I'd query the headline. I would have thought that 17-18C is about what
: one should be expecting at the very end of September. It was a very
: pleasant day in my part of Surrey - probably the last one for a while.

I was thinking along those lines and hesitated before I wrote it - just
what is "average" at this time of year ?

You could argue that, if the warmest places only reach the average 17-18°C,
then other places will have been below that, and so "quite cool" !

Also perhaps a bit of wishful thinking - I haven't yet quite got used to
the idea that we are well into autumn.

Colin Youngs
Brussels