On Nov 3, 10:26*am, John Hall wrote:
In article ,

*Col writes:
At first glance, I wouldn't have thought that would have been
particularly mild, no.

Agreed. All that red and orange doesn't mean a lot in the winter months
when high pressure prevails, as there's generally an inversion. Also a
couple of days earlier a northerly had brought in some cold air:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/ar...0119651103.gif

With no strong winds thereafter, that air would have lingered near the
surface.

In the SE the wind (if any) would have
been from the NE. Depends on the origin of the air of course,
about average temps, perhaps?

Looks to me as if winds would have been light, and if the sky was clear
it might have led to frost and/or fog. The figure for 5th November, 1965
from the daily mean CET series is 5.1C, which for early November is on
the cold side.

By the 8th it would have been very mild, though:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/ar...0119651108.gif

Maybe Lawrence's Guy Fawkes celebrations were held several days after
the day itself, as often happens when the 5th falls in midweek, and
that's why he recalls it as having been very mild. (I haven't checked
what day of the week the 5th was in 1965.)
--
John Hall
* * * * * * *"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
* * * * * * * by those who have not got it."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * George Bernard Shaw

It did fall midweek and at that period in Camberwell SE there were
still undeveloped bombsites where guyfawks night tended to be held. I
check with the calendar for 64/65/66 but it was midweek and no those
days held several bonfire nights it always seemed to be on the 5th .


Anyway why do you all doubt me . Why are you all persecuting me.??????

That's because you were taken in by the BBC! FILTHY BRITISH LIES! But
did they ever say a bad word about Winston Churchill? CHURCHILL!
BLEUGH! With his cigars, and his brandy, and his ROTTEN paintings!
ROTTEN! Hitler - there was a painter! He could paint an entire
apartment in one afternoon! Two coats!


Franz Liebkind