.... (27th June, 2012)

Looks as if today is going to be another 'dot' day for sunshine (to
adopt cricketing parlance); using the Hurn (03862) output, the total
sunshine this month (so far/KZS) = 85 h, or 3.1 h/day.

In Hurn's record for sunshine (begins 1969, source Met Office web site),
the lowest June value (CSR instrument) was 139 h in 1990.

'Fudging' between the two (because of the instrument differences), we
would need something like 30 hours sunshine by the current instrument
over the last 3 days of the month to avoid this being the dullest June
in that 1969+ record. Not impossible, but looking unlikely.

For the *three* nominal summer months (June, July, August), then
presently this is the dullest summer month in that 1969+ record; the
previous lowest sunshine total for a summer month occurred in August
2010, and that was of course a KZS (so direct comparison possible), when
the value was 105 h. So we need another 15 h over the next three days by
that instrument to avoid this being the dullest summer-time month (1969+)

Martin.




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