On Sunday, 5 June 2016 17:25:15 UTC+1, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 4:32:00 PM UTC+1, haaark wrote:

May was actually warmer than normal over virtually the entire country.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...aries/anomacts (Choose 2016/May/1981-2010 anomaly) Additionally most places had normal or just above normal sunshine and near or below normal rainfall (except in a few spots).

Yes, it has been very cool start to June in East Anglia E & SE England, but not in many other places, many western places have been sunny & warm.

Lastly that 'cool pool' is nothing like as cold as at this time last year, and there is a belt of warm water now to the west of the UK. Latest SST map http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Reursst.gif is very different to this time last year.

Graham
Penzance

May was well above average here with an anomaly of +1.3 degC. The last day, with 30.2 mm, turned it from a dry month into a wet one and the max temp was a charming 11.0°C and the first 3 days of June were little better. I think we may have been expecting too much of May after the relative cold of March and April. The mean for May here (34 yrs) is only 12.1°C.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 557 ft, 169 m.