London's first 27c/80f high in 2015 (snow, hottest, temperature, city)

[Botev1912]

London is slightly warmer than Stockholm in the summer. That's the reality. The better question would be WILL London reach 27C this summer and if yes how many times - 2, 3 or 5.

[kronan123]

i sense an impending flamewar...

[dunno what to put here]

People can't accept that London isn't a cold and rainy place. That's why arguments always break out.

[Dean York]

B87 is gonna erupt like Vesuvius when he see's some of these post's. There'll be facts thrown around on a level the weather forum has never seen.

Popcorn at the ready.

[ben86]

So many London threads on here and we haven't managed one yet that hasn't ended up in bickering and/or really pedantic arguments about averages... though at least nobody has mentioned the hill behind Owen's house yet like in most of the other threads

Originally Posted by MeteoFlan

The average date of the first 27°C in this time was June 17th, so far later than the late May that some posters were suggesting.
The average date of the first 27°C between 1981-2010 was June 16th, very much the same.

Thanks for working that out actually, I thought late May either seemed a bit optimistic or skewed by too many warmer recent years, but I just couldn't be bothered working it out myself or arguing about it.

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

People can't accept that London isn't a cold and rainy place. That's why arguments always break out.

not rainy, but cool and cloudy

[B87]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

London is slightly warmer than Stockholm in the summer. That's the reality. The better question would be WILL London reach 27C this summer and if yes how many times - 2, 3 or 5.

Bull****, London averages around 13 days above 27c per summer. It's a question of when, not if.

[MeteoFlan]

WILL London reach 27 is a stupid question merely because, as I already pointed out, the chance of it not happening is only 7%. It isn't like it's 50/50. People who show total disregard for presented figures have no credibility in this debate.

[B87]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

Of course not. London doesn't even always reach 86F/30C every summer

The average warmest day of the year at Heathrow is 32.5, so yes, it does. You have to go back to 1993 to find a summer that didn't reach 30c, even the rubbish of 07 and 08 reached 30c. Botev lives in Seattle, which is barely warmer than London in summer, by 0.05c, and has never even visited, so he's talking pure, grade A ****.

[Rams_Lord]

I think will London reach 30C is better actually than 27C. 27C is bound to happen here, let alone London.

I think most cities in Europe have a 7C maximum anomaly at least once each summer.