"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

In 104 years of (homogenised) records in this vicinity, the six
warmest
Augusts
in respect of mean minimum temperature were 1997 (which broke
the previous
record by almost 2 degC), 1990, 2002, 2001, 2003 and 1995. This
marked
warming of summer nights is also apparent, though less strongly
so, in the
July figures.

.... the strong signal for increase in night minima also shows up
in the CET *annual* record as at:-

http://www.metoffice.com/research/ha..._dif_graph.gif

from the mid-1980's to present-day. Though it's worth pointing
out that this graph also indicates a similar rise (though
significantly lower values wrt today) during the 1890's which
then ran out of steam early in the 20th century.

Martin.