"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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Philip Eden wrote in message
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: "Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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: | Watnall 12.5°C, Copley 12.8°C, Leeming 13.6°C, Aviemore and
Shawbury
: | 13.7°C, Manchester and Waddington 14.5°C, Lerwick and Aberdeen
14.6°C.

:That's close to the record for a low max in August. 31st August 1978
:springs to mind with 12s and 13s all over eastern England and the
Midlands,
:and possibly the odd 11 as well.

These are just the lowest max. temps that appear in the SYNOPs of course -
apart from Copley.

I see that Leeds-Bradford Airport - for example - reported hourly
temperatures of only 10 or 11°C for most of the day
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGNM.html

Yes, I've just seen the NCMs. They include 11.5 at Emley Moor,
12.2 at Leeds/Bradford, 12.3 at Ceinws, and 12.3 at Boltshope Park ...
all what we might call medium-level sites, between 200m and 400m
at a guess.

Philip Eden