In among all the Bertha fun (or lack of it) I thought I'd mention that
our pleasant summer weather continues. Today's figures so far (since
midnight) at Locks Heath:

Current air temperatu 20.6 C
Max: 21.1 C at 14:17 BST (33rd consecutive day over 21 deg C)
Min: 15.2 C at 01:13 BST
Rain: 8.2 mm so far (less than the previous night/morning)

Max wind gust: 21 mph so far, from the west (at 3m, walled garden)
Min pressu 993 hPa, now 1001 hPa, rising quickly.

Weather: occasional heavy showers, sunny intervals becoming sunny
periods. Breezy.

All in all, not a bad day considering the forecast. Patio doors wide
open as usual this summer.

--
Dave
Fareham (W)

Dave Ludlow wrote:
In among all the Bertha fun (or lack of it) I thought I'd mention that
our pleasant summer weather continues. Today's figures so far (since
midnight) at Locks Heath:

Current air temperatu 20.6 C
Max: 21.1 C at 14:17 BST (33rd consecutive day over 21 deg C)
Min: 15.2 C at 01:13 BST
Rain: 8.2 mm so far (less than the previous night/morning)

Max wind gust: 21 mph so far, from the west (at 3m, walled garden)
Min pressu 993 hPa, now 1001 hPa, rising quickly.

Weather: occasional heavy showers, sunny intervals becoming sunny
periods. Breezy.

All in all, not a bad day considering the forecast. Patio doors wide
open as usual this summer.

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Funnily enough I was just looking at same and you have more days but I
have just had 30 consecutive days with maxima above 22C, broken today by
a max of 21.3C. A measure of how sunny and bright it has been I was
amazed by the darkness in our living room at 9.30am this morning. I'd
forgotten what thick cloud could do!
Dave, S.Essex

On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:39:03 +0100, Dave Cornwell
wrote:

Dave Ludlow wrote:

Current air temperatu 20.6 C
Max: 21.1 C at 14:17 BST (33rd consecutive day over 21 deg C)

Funnily enough I was just looking at same and you have more days but I
have just had 30 consecutive days with maxima above 22C, broken today by
a max of 21.3C. A measure of how sunny and bright it has been I was
amazed by the darkness in our living room at 9.30am this morning. I'd
forgotten what thick cloud could do!

Yes indeed, but I've just realised that I will have to wrestle with my
conscience as to whether I record 33 consecutive days of 70 deg F or
more. 21.1C was the final max, and that's 69.98 deg F!

I only had 18 consec. days over 22C though, ended on August 1st, quite
a difference.

--
Dave
Fareham (W)

On 10/08/2014 19:39, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Funnily enough I was just looking at same and you have more days but I
have just had 30 consecutive days with maxima above 22C, broken today by
a max of 21.3C. A measure of how sunny and bright it has been I was
amazed by the darkness in our living room at 9.30am this morning. I'd
forgotten what thick cloud could do!

This spring/summer I've got so used to getting up in the morning with
the warm, dazzling sunlight streaming in through the windows that last
week there was one morning when this didn't happen and it was cloudy and
dull. It came as a shock, everything seemed so dark and miserable.

Reminded me of those few weeks from early December to the middle of
January when the sun is only just rising (around 08:10) when I have to
get up in the morning for work and that's quite depressing. Thankfully
by early February the sun is up before I am!

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 10/08/2014 20:40, Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:39:03 +0100, Dave Cornwell
wrote:

Dave Ludlow wrote:

Current air temperatu 20.6 C
Max: 21.1 C at 14:17 BST (33rd consecutive day over 21 deg C)

Funnily enough I was just looking at same and you have more days but I
have just had 30 consecutive days with maxima above 22C, broken today by
a max of 21.3C. A measure of how sunny and bright it has been I was
amazed by the darkness in our living room at 9.30am this morning. I'd
forgotten what thick cloud could do!

Yes indeed, but I've just realised that I will have to wrestle with my
conscience as to whether I record 33 consecutive days of 70 deg F or
more. 21.1C was the final max, and that's 69.98 deg F!

I only had 18 consec. days over 22C though, ended on August 1st, quite
a difference.


Today was my first since 8th July below 20C.

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham