Dick wrote:
On Mar 16, 9:46 pm, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Colin Youngs writes:

UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/8a9te2a

Glen Ogle 6.6°C, Eskdalemuir, St Bees Head and High Wycombe 7.4°C,
Little Rissington and Liscombe 7.9°C.

Tain Range and Lossiemouth 13.4°C, Topcliffe 13.5°C, Dishforth and
Church Fenton 13.6°C, Crosby 13.9°C, Leeming 14.0°C, Hawarden
14.6°C, London St James's Park 15.0°C, Aboyne 15.2°C, Aberdeen
(Dyce) 15.3°C.

It's not all that far between High Wycombe and St James's Park, so
that's quite a contrast in temperature.
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw

The St James Park maximum temperature on Friday was only 10.1C. The
apparent maximum of 15.0C arises because that was the temperature at
1800 GMT on Thursday evening following the warmth earlier that
afternoon.

Dick Lovett

Dick, I realise that if a 24 hour period is used to define Tmax then some
unexpected figures can emerge, but are you sure that the 15C figure is not a
misprint? I thought that the "day" defining the Tmax figures in the Colin's
tinyurl reference to the Met Office website is the period 0900-2100hrs.
(and a Tmax of 10C is quoted for St James Park)

Please let me know if it is not so simple!

Roger