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Here are the final figures for the summer, from the MetO.
Min temps were higher than max temps in all areas, probably helping to explain why it felt cooler. Most areas South-West of a line from the Thames to the Solway Firth had average to slightly below average temps. Other areas to the NE had a little above average temperatures for the summer. Rainfall varied widely; the far NW of Scotland was drier than average. Most areas were wetter, except for an arc from the Wirral, through the East Midlands and on through East London to the SE coast where rainfall was about average. Many areas were significantly wetter than average. Sunshine has been the killer, having been below average in all areas except the far North of Scotland. If you could see the map, of course! West London had average temps and slightly above average rainfall and below average sunshine. Michael Fish apparently said "I've been forecasting for 40 years and this UK summer was about as average as you can get". Others might disagree, but so much of what people remember previous summers to be is often inaccurate. London, this year, with the news constantly complaining about such an awful summer, would be a case in point and the lack of sunshine is probably weighing on that judgement. People are comparing to good, sunny, warm, summers in the past summers, filtering the average and poorer ones from their memories and also factoring in news pictures of flooding in other areas, which have nothing to do with the weather they've actually experienced. Memories of summers long gone really are a very poor method of judging the quality of this summer just past. I feel it's been a little cooler in the daytime and definitely wetter in the SW and the figures would back that up, but the lack of a warm, dry and sunny spell has left me feeling disappointed. I've only got 10 summers to base that on though! The place to have been would have been the far North of Scotland - closer to the Northern blocking which left most of us at the mercy of Atlantic depressions for much of the summer! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/.../seasonal.html Paul |
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Min temps were higher than max temps in all areas
Paul Er ... Paul, would you care to review this phrase? It doesn't seem to make sense to me. Anne |
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On Sep 9, 9:06*am, "Anne Burgess"
wrote: Min temps were higher than max temps in all areas Paul Er ... Paul, would you care to review this phrase? It doesn't seem to make sense to me. Anne Sorry Anne. Completely nonsensical! Try reading "min temps were above average, whereas max temps were below, in most areas!". Oh for an editing button! Paul |
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![]() "Dawlish" wrote in message ... Here are the final figures for the summer, from the MetO. Snipped Sunshine has been the killer, having been below average in all areas except the far North of Scotland. If you could see the map, of course! I feel it's been a little cooler in the daytime and definitely wetter in the SW and the figures would back that up, but the lack of a warm, dry and sunny spell has left me feeling disappointed. I've only got 10 summers to base that on though! Paul Personally I think that the summer was probably average. The main problem for me was that the Sunny warm days were invariably Monday -Friday when most of us were at work. Strangely, the weekends were all diabolical weatherwise. Maybe thats why we perceived it as a "bad" summer. Anybody agree/disagree with this? (BTW I am near Blackpool, the weather here is a climate of its own. Can be Sunny in Blackpool and raining in Preston!) Roy |
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"Dawlish" wrote in message
... Michael Fish apparently said "I've been forecasting for 40 years and this UK summer was about as average as you can get". I wouldn't dare to argue with Michael Fish; all I can say is that here in Carmarthenshire, several agricultural shows were cancelled for the first time in many years; some local farmers haven't had enough days of settled weather to cut hay, and on my own damp smallholding (which fortunately is more of a hobby than a livelihood), I haven't a hope of getting my tractor on the fields to keep the grass down, and haven't been able to for at least a month. Even the quad bike is leaving ruts in places! Incidentally, I can't remember having a single day in recent months of wall-to-wall sunshine. Can anyone who keeps records in this part of Wales or perhaps in the Southwest of England tell me when they last recorded such a day? -- Hungerdunger To reply by email, remove the MARX from my address |
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![]() "Lurking Observer" wrote in message ... .. Maybe thats why we perceived it as a "bad" summer. Roy No perception about it - it WAS a bad summer and still is don't let this lot tell you otherwise. They'll send you crazy. -- Dave R. [west London] |
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![]() "hungerdunger" wrote in message news:031e4535$0$4180 Michael Fish apparently said "I've been forecasting for 40 years and this UK summer was about as average as you can get". I wouldn't dare to argue with Michael Fish Hungerdunger I would - he's lost the plot and not for the first time either! Whats so amazing about all this is that several millions of people's ideas of this summer are completely rubbished on the side of some statistical know alls on uk.sci.weather and that use of the over familiarised word "average". And the other thing is there's nothing anyone can do about the weather. -- Dave R. [west London] |
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