Norman wrote:
Adam Lea wrote:

On 04/04/13 20:15, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
Maximum temperature for me here at Southend-on-Sea was +2.9°C, which beat
my previous lowest April maximum of 3.4° of 6th APril 2008.

Bob Prichards records I have show 2.8°C on the 3rd April 1964, 3.3°C 14th
April 1966, 4.4°C 1970.

How we forget it's nothing new.

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home& Abroad"
Worth noting that the global climate was about half a degree lower back then
than it is now, thus it is a bit more notable since the anomaly relative to
the current climatology is greater.

The blocked pattern with a prevalence of easterlies and absence of westerlies
in winter in our small part of the globe might be something that will become
more common as a result of climate change associated with global warming. I'm
not saying that will be the case, only that we should not close our minds to
the possibility. Our "traditional" westerly-dominated winter weather has
resulted in a winter climate that is very anomalously warm for our latitude. It
seems to me that any change to local circulation patterns in our region in
winter is more likely to lead to colder winter weather than milder winter
weather as any such change would most probably reduce the occurrence of mild
W-SW winds. Only time will tell but, as we are finding out this spring, an
absence of westerlies can have a very profound effect on our winter and spring
weather/climate.

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Everybody will be migrating to Devon to get some mild weather ;-)
Dave