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Old June 26th 15, 07:50 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Len Wood Len Wood is offline
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Default The premier league of London heatwaves (1850 - 2015)

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 4:37:36 PM UTC+1, Scott W wrote:
I've written a few lines on heatwaves of the last 165 years. Temperatures have risen and reporting styles have changed greatly...

https://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/...ves-1850-2015/

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Nice work Scott. Most interesting.

Top of the table 2003 heatwave was 4 deg.C cooler here on average in SW Devon.

During the 8 days heatwave of Aug 2003 the ave temps here were
Max 26.7C (London 33.34C)
Min 17.9C (London 19.16C)
Mean 22.3C (London 26.25C)

Len
Wembury, SW Devon coast
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