Hi, All,
The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun this
July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his book, The
English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb version),
describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well. I wish I had my copy still.
Has anyone got one or can point me to one, or even the correct title? Even
better, any chance of a quick resume of the Durham climate paragraph? I
would be really appreciative. It begins, "Climatically, Durham shows its
proximity to Scotland....."

Anyway, this is the least sunny month here since February!
March 164.4hr
April 229.7hr
May 197.1hr
June 177.5hr
July 124.3hr so far, dull week in prospect.

Current 1020Z, Wind NE 1KT(F1), vis 10 miles, overcast, temp 14C dew 11C,
1022mb steady.
09Z-09Z 27th July 2011
Copley Lead Mill 218m
Max 16.1C min 11.2C
Copley Met O 253m
Max 15.5C min 10.7C grass 10.7C rain 0.1mm, sun 26th 0.0hr

July 2011 so far, Met O site 17.7C / 9.0C / 13.3C(-1.0C) Rain 79.5mm(133%)
Sun 124.3hr(71%) Wind NNW 5.8KT(-0.9KT)
Lead Mill 18.2C / 7.9C / 13.1C

Ken
Copley, nr Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham
http://copley.website.orange.co.uk
http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/D5933?lang=en
http://www.wunderground.com/weathers....asp?ID=MD5933
http://www.farsondigital.co.uk/barnard_castle/live.php

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:48:30 +0100, Ken Cook wrote:

The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun
this July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his
book, The English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb
version), describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well. I wish I had
my copy still. Has anyone got one or can point me to one, or even the
correct title? Even better, any chance of a quick resume of the Durham
climate paragraph? I would be really appreciative. It begins,
"Climatically, Durham shows its proximity to Scotland....."

You've got the right title. I have the 1954 edition and I'll try to find
what you're wanting but it may take a while as the index is somewhat
limited; Durham doesn't get a mention - Daily weather map, Depressions,
Dog days, and Droughts are the only entries under "D".



--
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Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, All,
The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun
this July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his
book, The English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb
version), describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well. I wish I had
my copy still. Has anyone got one or can point me to one, or even the
correct title? Even better, any chance of a quick resume of the Durham
climate paragraph? I would be really appreciative. It begins,
"Climatically, Durham shows its proximity to Scotland....."

Anyway, this is the least sunny month here since February!
March 164.4hr
April 229.7hr
May 197.1hr
June 177.5hr
July 124.3hr so far, dull week in prospect.

Current 1020Z, Wind NE 1KT(F1), vis 10 miles, overcast, temp 14C dew
11C, 1022mb steady.
09Z-09Z 27th July 2011
Copley Lead Mill 218m
Max 16.1C min 11.2C
Copley Met O 253m
Max 15.5C min 10.7C grass 10.7C rain 0.1mm, sun 26th 0.0hr

July 2011 so far, Met O site 17.7C / 9.0C / 13.3C(-1.0C) Rain
79.5mm(133%) Sun 124.3hr(71%) Wind NNW 5.8KT(-0.9KT)
Lead Mill 18.2C / 7.9C / 13.1C

Ken
Copley, nr Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham
http://copley.website.orange.co.uk
http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/D5933?lang=en
http://www.wunderground.com/weathers....asp?ID=MD5933
http://www.farsondigital.co.uk/barnard_castle/live.php
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Hello Ken, certainly not much different here! I don't have this book but
I see it can be got here for a tenner:-
http://www.hawkmoorbooks.co.uk/site/...NGLISH_CLIMATE

Also seems available second hand on Amazon for a similar price.
Dave

Ken Cook wrote:

Hi, All,
The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun this
July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his book, The
English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb version),
describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well. I wish I had my copy still.
Has anyone got one or can point me to one, or even the correct title? Even
better, any chance of a quick resume of the Durham climate paragraph? I
would be really appreciative. It begins, "Climatically, Durham shows its
proximity to Scotland....."

Anyway, this is the least sunny month here since February!
March 164.4hr
April 229.7hr
May 197.1hr
June 177.5hr
July 124.3hr so far, dull week in prospect.

Current 1020Z, Wind NE 1KT(F1), vis 10 miles, overcast, temp 14C dew 11C,
1022mb steady.
09Z-09Z 27th July 2011
Copley Lead Mill 218m
Max 16.1C min 11.2C
Copley Met O 253m
Max 15.5C min 10.7C grass 10.7C rain 0.1mm, sun 26th 0.0hr

July 2011 so far, Met O site 17.7C / 9.0C / 13.3C(-1.0C) Rain 79.5mm(133%)
Sun 124.3hr(71%) Wind NNW 5.8KT(-0.9KT)
Lead Mill 18.2C / 7.9C / 13.1C

Ken
Copley, nr Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham
http://copley.website.orange.co.uk
http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/D5933?lang=en
http://www.wunderground.com/weathers....asp?ID=MD5933
http://www.farsondigital.co.uk/barnard_castle/live.php

The book is on sale here for £1 + £2.50 postage
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Se...nglish+climate
--
MCC

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:53:29 +0100, Dave Cornwell wrote:

Also seems available second hand on Amazon for a similar price. Dave

Didn't see that but there is a paperback version on Amazon for £76.46!
Plus £2.80 delivery. Gulp!


--
Graham Davis, Bracknell
Whilst it's true that money can't buy you happiness, at least you can
be miserable in comfort.
Newsreader for Windows, Mac, Unix family: http://pan.rebelbase.com/

"Graham P Davis" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:48:30 +0100, Ken Cook wrote:

The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun
this July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his
book, The English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb
version), describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well. I wish I had
my copy still. Has anyone got one or can point me to one, or even the
correct title? Even better, any chance of a quick resume of the Durham
climate paragraph? I would be really appreciative. It begins,
"Climatically, Durham shows its proximity to Scotland....."

You've got the right title. I have the 1954 edition and I'll try to find
what you're wanting but it may take a while as the index is somewhat
limited; Durham doesn't get a mention - Daily weather map, Depressions,
Dog days, and Droughts are the only entries under "D".

Hi, Graham and Dave,
Thanks for the replies.
Graham, now you have me thinking, have I got the right book and author!!
Bilham's "The Climate of the British Isles" is now ringing a bell.
Sorry to be so vague - it's a long time ago since I read it.
Ken

On Jul 27, 10:48*pm, "Ken Cook" wrote:

Hi, All,
The North Sea influence has really set in now. Currently 124.3hr sun this
July. Will we beat last year's dismal 126.5hr? CEP Brooks in his book, The
English Climate (I think that is the title, but not the Lamb version),
describes the cloudy, humid Durham summer well.

Anyway, this is the least sunny month here since February!
March 164.4hr
April 229.7hr
May 197.1hr
June 177.5hr
July 124.3hr so far, dull week in prospect.
Ken


Your website ("orange") shows mean sunshine at Copley as 1480 hrs. Not
too bad for that latitude surely - and better than Durham's 1375 hrs
(1971-2000). But your July total is looking pretty lousy.

"Rupert Wood" wrote in message
...

Your website ("orange") shows mean sunshine at Copley as 1480 hrs. Not
too bad for that latitude surely - and better than Durham's 1375 hrs
(1971-2000). But your July total is looking pretty lousy.

Hi, Rupert,
Annual sunshine total is good here for altitude and latitude. The Durham
recorder is not too well exposed imho and anyway is shrouded in lowland mist
and North Sea stratus more than we are. We are also often above the winter
inversions. Our dullest season, percentage of possible-wise, is summer
unfortunately. The other seasons are good. We do especially well with
airflows from south-west clockwise to north west because of the shelter of
the high Pennines and Lake District fells.
Best wishes,
Ken