When will London see it's first 80f of the year? (towns, clouds)

[Botev1912]

Who knows what will happen. Our forecast for Tuesday was downgraded from 87 to 84. I don't even think it will reach 84. Tomorrow could be the first 80F of the year... or not.

[B87]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

Please no 90s when I go there in late August. 70-75 with no rain would be perfect.

Average conditions for the end of August will be 73f, partly cloudy and dry.

[Botev1912]

Only 20 Mays in the last 71 years haven't reached 80F here. The most recent ones are 2010 and 2011. The average date of 1st 80F since 1945 is May 21 and average day of last 80F is Sep 13. Average number of 80F in a calendar year is 30 (if we use the 1986-2017 averages).

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

Originally Posted by Razza94

Even a "normal" summer is nothing to write home about. Just move to the south coast if you want more sun, even an average summer in some of those places would probably be close to the all-time record in London.

good point razza

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

Originally Posted by B87

We will have a run of good summers eventually to even out the run of crap that we've had.

a run of bad summers wouldn't make good ones any more likely .

every year is a new leaf - weather doesn't have a memory

[dunno what to put here]

Originally Posted by Ariete

I looked at old data, and it seems that 15 May seems to be the absolutely earliest date for Turku to hit 80F. It has happened on the 15th at least 3 times!

Ours seems to be 4 May, but we have come close in April with a high of 26.1C in 2003.

Of course, data for here only goes back to the mid-1980s.

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Ours seems to be 4 May, but we have come close in April with a high of 26.1C in 2003.

Of course, data for here only goes back to the mid-1980s.

Are those Wiki stats for Leeds a fair representation? They're awful, even though I do like the winter lows.

[dunno what to put here]

No, those figures are for Bingley SAMOS. That weather station is not only incredibly unrepresentative of Leeds due to being significantly higher in elevation, isn't even representative of the town of Bingley itself.

I have no idea why they're using those figures on the Leeds wiki. The Church Fenton figures would be much closer to reality - though add a degree or two to the average lows.

For comparison's sake, the old Leeds Weather Centre was 44m asl, while Bingley SAMOS is 260m asl, and Bingley itself is 89m asl.

[GymFanatic]

My forecast is looking at 26c, next Saturday.

[chicagogeorge]

WO has a high of 28C for London next Sunday. So May 28th is likely when 80F will be breeched.