Someone on TWO made this excellent observation

"The hottest summer since 1995, and one of the five hottest on record. Drier
than average, but nowhere near in the same league as summer 1995; in actual
fact, the first drier than average summer in the UK since the mid 1990s, as
since then most summers have been average to wet across much of the country.
Also as a fact, remember that the only reason that summer 1995 failed to
beat 1976 as the hottest summer ever was because of the coolness of the
first half of June.

Another point to remember is that hot summers are less noticeable than
severe winters, when compared to averages. Temperatures during the summer
season vary considerably less from year to year as the winter season; the
CET anomalies are noticeably less during the summer whether positive or
negative whereas these anomailies are considerably greater during the winter
months. As you consider this;


Winter 1962-63: Most severe winter since 1740; a negative anomaly of 4.3*C.

Winter 1946-47: Severe winter; negative anomaly of 3.0*C.

Winter 1978-79: Severe winter; negative anomaly of 2.4*C.


Summer 1976: Hottest on record but even then only had a positive anomaly of
2.3*C, almost only half the anomaly of the very severe 1962-63 winter.

Summer 1995: One of the hottest on record, and still had a positive anomaly
of only 1.9*C".



This is an excellent point. I couldn't have put it better myself. What
this suggests is that we have the scope of much hotter summers than what we
have already experienced.
What do others think?


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