Weather Banter - View Single Post - Another record tumbles at Southend-on-Sea ~ Lowest April Max. 2.9°C

Scott W · April 5th 13, 11:06 AM posted to uk.sci.weather

On Friday, April 5, 2013 10:20:04 AM UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
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 +2.9ï¿½C, which beat

my previous lowest April maximum of 3.4ï¿½ of 6th APril 2008.

Bob Prichards records I have show 2.8ï¿½C on the 3rd April 1964, 3.3ï¿½C 14th

April 1966, 4.4ï¿½C 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

From my experience it seems the influence of this pattern stretches quite far down into France. The last couple of summer breaks I've had in the Montpellier area have not been *hot* like they were years ago - the locals seem to think that the Mistral blows more often than it used to, even in high summer. On departure at the end of last August we left Avignon in gale force winds. Despite the sun being out it just wasn't that warm. Obviously the last couple of years could be a blip and normal service is about to be resumed?