Looking at the highest recorded maxima for the UK for each date on the
TORRO website, I notice that the record for the 13th June (Tuesday) is a
relatively low 28.3°C, set in 1896 and equalled in both 1948 and 1994. I
would have thought that particular record might have a reasonable chance of
being broken this coming Tuesday.

I've also been wondering whether that is the latest date on which 30°C has
not been reached - if so, it's at least conceivable that record could fall
as well - but the TORRO site seems to be unavailable at the moment (and
that particular page isn't cached by Google) so I haven't been able to
check.

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

According to my weather book, 30C occurred on the 16th of April 1949 in
London.

33C occurred on the 22nd May 1922, again in London.

The highest ever June temperature (and again for London) was 35.5C and
occurred on the 29th June 1957.

The exact details of where in London these temperatures were recorded is not
stated.
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
70 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

In message , David
Buttery writes

Looking at the highest recorded maxima for the UK for each date on the
TORRO website, I notice that the record for the 13th June (Tuesday) is a
relatively low 28.3°C, set in 1896 and equalled in both 1948 and 1994. I
would have thought that particular record might have a reasonable chance of
being broken this coming Tuesday.

I don't know about Tuesday, but it reached 29.9C here in Cheltenham
today. Even with a 53F DP & a strong breeze, it's uncomfortable.

I especially hate *early* heatwaves - at least if they occur in late
August, you know relief isn't far away.

When they're in early June, you know you potentially have 3 months
suffering still to come.

The worst part of this one is, there no sign whatsoever of it ending,
even on the longest range forecasts - usually I have that to cling to,
but not this time.
--
Paul Hyett (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:05:07 +0100, "Nick G"
wrote:

The highest ever June temperature (and again for London) was 35.5C and
occurred on the 29th June 1957.

The exact details of where in London these temperatures were recorded is not
stated.

The highest temperature recorded in June in the UK is, I'm fairly
sure, 35.6 deg C on 28 June 1976 at Mayflower Park Southampton -
although it's possible the record is shared. I remember it well as I
lived and worked only 10 miles down the road at that time and I
recorded 35 to 36 degrees C on each of those afternoons, using two
office thermometers well shaded on the North Wall at the back of my
workplace. And the day aftter the record was set, it was my birthday!

I'm even more certain that the sequence of 35.5 deg C and 35.6 deg on
27 and 28 June 1976 (at the Southampton site) is a UK record for two
successive days in June.

I wonder what the record for two successive days in *any* month is -
based on a) lowest of the two days' maxima or b) the mean of the two
days' maxima?

--
Dave
Fareham

In article ,
Nick G writes:
According to my weather book, 30C occurred on the 16th of April 1949 in
London.

29.4C at Camden Square according to Trevor Harley's excellent site:

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~ta...extremeweather

The discrepancy is probably a difference in rounding when converting
from Fahrenheit (which I suspect the original reading was in) to
Celsius.

33C occurred on the 22nd May 1922, again in London.

The site above quotes 30.6, 32.8, 31.7, and 32.2 for the 21st-24th at
Camden.

The highest ever June temperature (and again for London) was 35.5C and
occurred on the 29th June 1957.

Camden Square again. The site above gives 35.6C, and says it is the
equal highest for June. The joint record holder is Mayflower Park in
Southampton on the 28 June, 1976.


The exact details of where in London these temperatures were recorded is not
stated.

See above, I would guess that Camden Square was a rather sheltered site
that would have benefited from its inner city location. I don't think
that recordings are still being made there, but I could be wrong.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

In article ,
Dave Ludlow writes:
I'm even more certain that the sequence of 35.5 deg C and 35.6 deg on
27 and 28 June 1976 (at the Southampton site) is a UK record for two
successive days in June.

I wonder what the record for two successive days in *any* month is -
based on a) lowest of the two days' maxima or b) the mean of the two
days' maxima?

Possibly the 9th and 10th of August, 2003?
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
I especially hate *early* heatwaves - at least if they occur in late
August, you know relief isn't far away.

Also I think the body acclimatises to a degree over the course of the
summer, so that one can cope a little better in August than in June.
Against that, I think the nights tend to be hotter in August heatwaves
than they are in June, and hot sticky nights when it's hard to sleep are
perhaps the most unpleasant feature of heatwaves.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
I especially hate *early* heatwaves - at least if they occur in late
August, you know relief isn't far away.

Also I think the body acclimatises to a degree over the course of the
summer, so that one can cope a little better in August than in June.
Against that, I think the nights tend to be hotter in August heatwaves
than they are in June, and hot sticky nights when it's hard to sleep are
perhaps the most unpleasant feature of heatwaves.
--

Yes the human body can tolerate high daytime temperatues as long as it gets
a chance to cool down at night.

To be honest despite the sweatiness and the hayfever I much prefer the
current conditions compared to the last two weeks in May.


John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
...

"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
I especially hate *early* heatwaves - at least if they occur in late
August, you know relief isn't far away.

Also I think the body acclimatises to a degree over the course of the
summer, so that one can cope a little better in August than in June.
Against that, I think the nights tend to be hotter in August heatwaves
than they are in June, and hot sticky nights when it's hard to sleep are
perhaps the most unpleasant feature of heatwaves.
--

Yes the human body can tolerate high daytime temperatues as long as it
gets a chance to cool down at night.

To be honest despite the sweatiness and the hayfever I much prefer the
current conditions compared to the last two weeks in May.


John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)



:-)

I wonder what the record for two successive days in *any* month is -
based on a) lowest of the two days' maxima or b) the mean of the two
days' maxima?

Possibly the 9th and 10th of August, 2003?
--
John Hall


On 9 Aug 2003 the highest max attained was 36.4°C at Enfield (also
36.0°C at Kew, Greenwich and at Jersey), and of course on 10 August
38.1°C was reached at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens (also 37.9°C at
Heathrow and at Aldenham School).

Although several heatwaves since and including 1868 have produced two
or more days above 35°C, this is the only occasion on the UK record
when two consecutive days have attained 36°C.

Stephen