.... I see from the Met Office press release he-

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

That the *previous* record for Wales is given as 26.4°C at Ruthin in
1985 (1st October).

But I have a note, taken from 'official' sources some years ago, that
the highest October value for Wales was 26.7°C (presumably 80°F
observed, subsequently converted) on October 3rd in 1908. This was
recorded at Betws-Y-Coed (Conwy/Snowdonia) and was part of a
remarkable very warm/hot spell that also gave Scotland its October
record of 25.6°C at Elgin on the 2nd in 1908 ... both these values are
absent from the Met Office 'extremes' data base via this link he-

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/extremes/

Does anyone know what happened to these values? Were they found
'wanting' with the passage of time, or is this a case of the database
not 'starting' until a certain point?

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
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