My mother tells me that it says in her newspaper (and I use the term
loosely, it's The Sun) that the hottest place in the UK yesterday was
Glenlivet, at 29.8C, which it also says is the second highest
temperature recorded in Scotland since records began, 45 years ago.

It all sounds highly suspect to me - any comments?
--
Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
Weather and webcam: http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:44:48 GMT, Steve Loft
wrote:

It all sounds highly suspect to me - any comments?

It all sounds highly suspect :-)

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam and weather:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co....her/kabcam.htm
Some walks and treks:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks/index.html

Alan White wrote:

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:44:48 GMT, Steve Loft
wrote:


It all sounds highly suspect to me - any comments?


It all sounds highly suspect :-)


I've found it on their web site:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...20109,,00.html

I feel rather grubby now.

Have they just made the entire thing up, or are there any grains of
truth anywhere in the whole story?
--
Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
Weather and webcam: http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:02:17 GMT, Steve Loft
wrote:

I feel rather grubby now.

Don't chastise yourself, Steve, it's only 'The Sun'.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam and weather:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co....her/kabcam.htm
Some walks and treks:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks/index.html

"Steve Loft" wrote in message
...
My mother tells me that it says in her newspaper (and I use the term
loosely, it's The Sun) that the hottest place in the UK yesterday was
Glenlivet, at 29.8C, which it also says is the second highest temperature
recorded in Scotland since records began, 45 years ago.

It all sounds highly suspect to me - any comments?
--
Yes and no. Glenlivet's highest reading yesterday was 30.0°C
which may well be a new station record, beating 29.9°C in
June 1976. The reported 29.8°C was, I suspect, the highest
hourly or 3-hourly reading. It was, though, no hotter than
Hurn airport (Bournemouth) which also had 30.0°C.

No reason to disbelieve it: Aviemore which is at a slightly greater
altitude had 29.0°C.

Glenlivet was always a privately run station, although that
may have changed in recent times. It dates back to 1965.

Philip Eden

Philip Eden wrote:

Yes and no. Glenlivet's highest reading yesterday was 30.0°C
which may well be a new station record, beating 29.9°C in
June 1976. The reported 29.8°C was, I suspect, the highest
hourly or 3-hourly reading. It was, though, no hotter than
Hurn airport (Bournemouth) which also had 30.0°C.

And would this really be the second highest recorded temperature in
Scotland? The current record holder appears to be Greycrook with 32.9C,
and wasn't the previous record held by Dumfries, also over 30C?

No reason to disbelieve it: Aviemore which is at a slightly greater
altitude had 29.0°C.

Glenlivet was always a privately run station, although that
may have changed in recent times. It dates back to 1965.

Ah. I have good reason to be interested in Glenlivet, as I should be
living there this time next month.
--
Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
Weather and webcam: http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/

Steve

It says Bolton was the warmest in my paper 30c !

Hopefully someone online may know the local observer for Glenlivet - my
enquires have drawn a blank but still waiting for someone to return from
leave

Paul
Brampton

"Paul Crabtree" (removespam) wrote in message
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Steve

It says Bolton was the warmest in my paper 30c !

It said this on Ceefax and on NW tonight this evening.
I recorded a max of 29.5C yesterday.

According to Philip Eden this site is an AWS, part of a
network known as the Campbell Data Logger (CDL).possibly
in not the best location either, leading to over-reading in strong
sunshine. Apparently 30.6C was recorded there yesterday.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Col" wrote in message
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"Paul Crabtree" (removespam) wrote in
message
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Steve

It says Bolton was the warmest in my paper 30c !

It said this on Ceefax and on NW tonight this evening.
I recorded a max of 29.5C yesterday.

According to Philip Eden this site is an AWS, part of a
network known as the Campbell Data Logger (CDL).possibly
in not the best location either, leading to over-reading in strong
sunshine. Apparently 30.6C was recorded there yesterday.

Col

Or even a climate data logger :-)
http://www.campbellsci.co.uk/index.cfm?id=102
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/surface/ukmo_guide.html see 2.3

I'm still not sure about the source of the Bolton data, (see my other post)
will hopefully get an answer soon.

Jon.

Steve Loft wrote:

Philip Eden wrote:

Yes and no. Glenlivet's highest reading yesterday was 30.0°C
which may well be a new station record, beating 29.9°C in
June 1976. The reported 29.8°C was, I suspect, the highest
hourly or 3-hourly reading. It was, though, no hotter than
Hurn airport (Bournemouth) which also had 30.0°C.

And would this really be the second highest recorded temperature in
Scotland? The current record holder appears to be Greycrook with 32.9C,
and wasn't the previous record held by Dumfries, also over 30C?

No reason to disbelieve it: Aviemore which is at a slightly greater
altitude had 29.0°C.

Glenlivet was always a privately run station, although that
may have changed in recent times. It dates back to 1965.

Ah. I have good reason to be interested in Glenlivet, as I should be
living there this time next month.

I took another meaning into "I have good reason to be interested in
Glenlivet"...

NOAA APT showed temps of 31.5 in various parts of the NW Highlands.

I don't know how accurate the readings are, but hovering the mouse over
my location produced a reading that agreed with my thermometer.

--

Peter