The running CET for August up to today is, by my calculation, 19.3ºC,
which is now significantly below the 19.6ºC which was needed to put
this summer (J,J,A) on a par with summer 1976. It would need a mean
of about 20ºC for the rest of the month (i.e. mean min 14, mean max 26, say)
to get back in the running.

Of course, we shouldn't forget that, however high this summer comes in
the temperature rankings, it won't be among the driest or the sunniest,
averaged nationally.

Having said that, though, the August rainfall and sunshine figures are
likely to
be quite interesting. E&W Rainfall stands at 5mm (6%) and sunshine
at 177 hours (100%) after 21 days.

Philip Eden

It's gonna be the warmest August here in the SE ever, and for a very long
time I feel.

You may be surprised to find a similar situation, even in London and
the South East corner. Does anyone have comparative station data for
that area?

--
Dave
Fareham (West)

Well for Bedford, about 50 miles N of London

Warmest is August 1997 at 20.4 (also warmest month since at least 1980),
this month is now at 20.4 also and on the way down. So Aug 97 prob safe. Aug
97 also saw 15 days in a row over 26.7C(80F) we only managed 11 in a row
this year.

"Joe" wrote in message
...

Well for Bedford, about 50 miles N of London

Warmest is August 1997 at 20.4 (also warmest month since at least 1980),
this month is now at 20.4 also and on the way down. So Aug 97 prob safe.
Aug
97 also saw 15 days in a row over 26.7C(80F) we only managed 11 in a row
this year.




Meanwhile up here...
The mean temperature for August is currently 16.7°C for this site, now only
1.7°C above the average. Both August 1995 and 1997 finished with higher
means (17.5°C and 17.1°C). I'd expect the final mark to remain much the same
judging by the forecast.

The summer as a whole (JJA) stands at 15.6°C, which is on a par with the
summer of 2000 (very good up here). But a long way behind 1995's record of
16.4°C.

Alex.
Motherwell, Scotland.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...
The running CET for August up to today is, by my calculation, 19.3ºC,
which is now significantly below the 19.6ºC which was needed to put
this summer (J,J,A) on a par with summer 1976. It would need a mean
of about 20ºC for the rest of the month (i.e. mean min 14, mean max 26,
say)
to get back in the running.

Of course, we shouldn't forget that, however high this summer comes in
the temperature rankings, it won't be among the driest or the sunniest,
averaged nationally.

Having said that, though, the August rainfall and sunshine figures are
likely to
be quite interesting. E&W Rainfall stands at 5mm (6%) and sunshine
at 177 hours (100%) after 21 days.

Philip Eden

The mean temperature for August so far here in Basildon stands at 21.73C
this should lift slightly assuming we have a warm weekend and nothing much
cooler before the end of the month.

Regards. Len.

In uk.sci.weather on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 at 11:51:30, danny wrote :
It's gonna be the warmest August here in the SE ever, and for a very long
time I feel.

Well, 'ever' *is* a pretty long time.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England