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The huge spike in record highs from February to March. From 12C to 27C. All of our other monthly record highs increase and then decrease quite progressively. But from February to March is a huge jump from summerlike weather being totally out of the question in one month to a definite possibility every couple of years just two or three weeks later.
Other stations in the area reported higher temperature readings of 29C, 19.5C is about 5C above average for April! The average low was also above average although only slightly, as the shorter daylight with the clear skies at that time of year doesn't allow us to have high minima.
Does Ensoleillement mean sunshine in French... Cus if so, 13 days of almost full sunshine, and an April total of 218 (something one would expect in like July) is pretty impressive for London as to...
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Originally Posted by irlinit
Probably also notable is the record max for April of 29.4C because it was recorded mid month in 1949 (I think). If the same set up would have happened 2 weeks later we would have broken 30C in April and maybe even hit 31C-32C
Yea, potential is there...
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July 2006 is another obvious one, August 2003 and September, October 2006 too for sustained warmth.
In terms of cold, January 1963 and December 2010 stand out. Our rainfall records are pretty unworthy when compared to most locations on here, although we have gone 76 days without rainfall before.
Other impressive UK weather:
1st of October 2011 reached an air temp of 30C.
Halloween record this year - 23.6C (3.6C above previous Halloween record high)
Heatwave of 1976 (something parents/grandparents seem to remember well) 15 consecutive days of temps above 32.2C (90F) in London - 16 days above 30C (86F), the whole summer was very dry (except Scotland) and 30C (86F) was broken right across May to August somewhere in the UK at some point during those months.
Summer 1995 - drier than 1976, though not nearly as hot.
Summer of 1911 - Hot spell as long as 1976, possible records of 38C (though not official), Eastbourne had the most sunshine hour record for any month recorded in July - around 384, and the rest of the south coast feared not far behind that.
Winter 1962/63 - lots of snow recorded in the UK, in some areas to the south around 2 meters fell, so bad that for the first time since WW2 the BBC had to stop TV transmissions!
Summer 2012 - Wettest, coolest and dullest on record
Winter 2013/14 - Wettest on record - with above average sunshine and mild
Pree 20th century ones: London tornado of 1091, Great Heatwave of 1540 (believed to be longer than 1976 and hotter than 2003), The Great hot summer of 1666 (Believed to be longer than 1976 and helped start the Great Fire of London), Little Ice Age, Year Without a Summer (1816).
Does Ensoleillement mean sunshine in French... Cus if so, 13 days of almost full sunshine, and an April total of 218 (something one would expect in like July) is pretty impressive for London as to...
The second anomaly I could mention is July 1994. 442 hours of sun here in Turku. Not much overcast then.
Cheers
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BS on all three counts.
OK then, it was the wettest in a 100 years, and both very dull and cold!: Summer 2012 was the wettest in 100 years - Met Office
But your right, I'm wrong on all accounts, and I'm sure 1816 might be a good contender for all three to be honest...
Ohhhh. Wow that really sucks, I hope nothing like that happens anytime soon.
Well, people aren't dependent on agriculture now, so it wouldn't matter. And we've had one summer freeze in the last 30 years, in June 2009, so it's not anything common. This July we didn't even go below 50F.
It was a cold epoch back then.
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- But apparently the rest of the summer was pretty warm and sunny.
Not much overcast then.
