Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Paul Hyett wrote:
Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

If it beat that 1729 figure, it would be warmer than August wouldn't
it? Has that ever happened?

FWIW it's currently grey, misty and very humid here after a rainy night
(no thunder though).

Edmund

In article .com,
Edmund Lewis writes:

Paul Hyett wrote:
Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.

If it beat that 1729 figure, it would be warmer than August wouldn't
it? Has that ever happened?

It's rare but not unknown. It happened in 1729 itself. Aug 15.7, Sep
16.6. (And July 16.8, to forestall the next question.)

In 1737 Aug 13.8, Sep 14.2. This must have been a strange summer, with
that decidedly chilly August preceded by a warm July of 17.4.

1750: Aug 15.0, Sep 15.2. (July 17.2.)

1784, one of the coldest calendar years on record, had Aug 14.0, Sep
14.8. (Jul 15.2.)

1865: Aug 15.1, Sep 16.3. (Jul 16.6.)

1890 is unique in the CET record, in having September as the warmest
month of the whole year: Jun 13.5, Jul 14.5, Aug 14.1, Sep 14.6.

1891: Aug 14.1, Sep 14.2. (Jul 15.1.)

1956: Aug 13.5, Sep 14.3. (Jul 15.8.)

1985 saw a dead heat, with Aug and Sep both 14.6. (Jul 16.2.)
--
John Hall

You can divide people into two categories:
those who divide people into two categories and those who don't

On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 06:42:04 +0100, Paul Hyett
inspired by Deep Thought wrote:

Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.

Well if it does pan out as forecast, it will bear out my forecast earlier on
this year of a warm September & October - just like we had in 1978! Let's just
hope we don't get a similar winter to 1978/1979!! In Solihull, we had snow lying
on the ground for nearly two weeks before and during Christmas & New Year, and
again for TEN WEEKS from 20th-ish of January 1979 right through to nearly the
last day of March!

Nigel.

Aagh! Every time I learn something new... it pushes something old out of my brain!

I thought there was a "cold" high moving in at the weekend, with
possibility of frosts?

Nick

In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 01:52:16, Edmund Lewis wrote :

Paul Hyett wrote:
Very early days yet, I know - but given the way the month has started,
and that the LRF's have us staying in the warm sector for the
foreseeable future...

Old CET record looks to be 16.6C in 1729, and in the past 60 years,
16.3C in 1949.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

If it beat that 1729 figure, it would be warmer than August wouldn't
it? Has that ever happened?

BTW, in the 22 years from 1983-2004, I recorded a grand total of just 3
days over 25.5C - now the last 3 days have all been above that level!
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 08:48:35, wrote :

I thought there was a "cold" high moving in at the weekend, with
possibility of frosts?

Dunno about that, but with Friday's forecast, there might not be much
play at the Oval...

Of course, if there is a cold high, our lack of rain will help produce
chilly nights, with the ground bone dry.

That's pretty much what happened in Sept.2003.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Felly sgrifennodd Paul Hyett :
In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 08:48:35, wrote :

I thought there was a "cold" high moving in at the weekend, with
possibility of frosts?

Dunno about that, but with Friday's forecast, there might not be much
play at the Oval...

Of course, if there is a cold high, our lack of rain will help produce
chilly nights, with the ground bone dry.

Hmm, "start delayed due to frozen wicket" - I wonder if that has ever happened
before?

Adrian

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Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

)

Hmm, "start delayed due to frozen wicket" - I wonder if that has ever happened
before?

Adrian

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

I doubt it, but snow interfered with play at Buxton on 1 or 2
June 1975, I seem to remember.

Tudor Hughes.

In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 20:43:57, Adrian D. Shaw wrote :
Felly sgrifennodd Paul Hyett :
In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 08:48:35, wrote :

I thought there was a "cold" high moving in at the weekend, with
possibility of frosts?

Dunno about that, but with Friday's forecast, there might not be much
play at the Oval...

Of course, if there is a cold high, our lack of rain will help produce
chilly nights, with the ground bone dry.

Hmm, "start delayed due to frozen wicket" - I wonder if that has ever happened
before?

Very possible in early April matches, I'd say - along with 'snow stopped
play'.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham