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I thought it would be interesting for those of us in cool summer climates to run a little competition to see who is the last C-D regular to reach 20C for the first time this year.
The highest we've had so far was 17.1C on 29th April, and we look like staying in the competition for at least a week longer. Last year we hit 20C for the first time on 7th May, which was unusually early considering how cold spring 2013 was. I don't have any data but I would guess our average first 20C is around 20th May. The worst year was probably 1991 when we had to wait until 4th July.
My money would be on Jakobsli in Trondheim to win this one, but I know large parts of Scandinavia have had really warm weather in April. Buxton or NW Northern Ireland maybe, if the run of above-average months we've had flips just in time for summer?
What if someone never sees that? How does it count?
If somebody doesn't get 20C at all this year then they win all our sympathy as well as the competition. Which forum regular is realistically not going to see 20C though, or do I need to specify that the competition is only open to those resident on Earth?
If somebody doesn't get 20C at all this year then they win all our sympathy as well as the competition. Which forum regular is realistically not going to see 20C though, or do I need to specify that the competition is only open to those resident on Earth?
Maybe Icelanders. In 2013, the maximum temperature in Reykjavik was only 18 degrees while 2010 & 2011's maximums were just 20. Average July high is about 14-15 degrees.
If somebody doesn't get 20C at all this year then they win all our sympathy as well as the competition. Which forum regular is realistically not going to see 20C though, or do I need to specify that the competition is only open to those resident on Earth?
Subpolar oceanic climates like Reykjavik, Torshavn, Ushuaia and Aleutian Islands don't see that regularly. I don't know if someone is from there.
In some years it can even be May until we see our first 20°C degree day here.
But not so this year, we had our first 20°C reading already on March 9th.
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