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It all depends on perspective...In my opinion London has a crappy non-summer (as well as a lame winter) but that doesn't mean some people don't consider 59/75 (London's hottest month) a proper summer although I much prefer something like 65/85 in the hottest month.
It all depends on perspective...In my opinion London has a crappy non-summer (as well as a lame winter) but that doesn't mean some people don't consider 59/75 (London's hottest month) a proper summer although I much prefer something like 65/85 in the hottest month.
I don't think it does depend on perspective, but acclimatization. I work with people from places as warm as Thailand and Samoa.
They think it's pretty cold when they get here, but once they've been here a week or two, then they talking about the weather the same as everyone else. If they've spent a year here, then they fully understand the difference between the warm season and the cold season.
Warm simply means not cold or hot -it doesn't mean hot.
Actually I thought we were discussing Summer 2016, until you and chicagogeorge derailed it. This isn't the "does London have a summer" thread.
No other city gets discussed like London does.
irlinit brought up London not me.
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Originally Posted by irlinit
I'd say most of our warmer summer months have drought..
August 1995 had 0mm of precipitation
June 1976 6mm
July 1976 15mm
April 2007 5mm (averaged 19C/8C!)
April 2011 2mm (average 19.5C/9C - even more impressive!) March before recorded 14mm and May after 24mm
However drought does not necessarily mean it will be a hot month here, we are prone to drought any time of the year, though more usually between March-October
June last year had 12mm of rain but was just 1C above average
In fact, between 14th May and 20th June last year no day recorded above 2mm of rain yet May ended up below average
So London is a rainy city, eh?
^^
And I responded by saying no, I don't think London is rainy but it is chilly during the warm months.
And I responded by saying no, I don't think London is rainy but it is chilly during the warm months.
It was mostly AJ trying to stir up a reaction though, and then people always complain that London is always mentioned even though it's usually because of people trying to stir (like that nonsense with the 80f thread last summer - people saying that Kew isn't part of London).
It was mostly AJ trying to stir up a reaction though, and then people always complain that London is always mentioned even though it's usually because of people trying to stir (like that nonsense with the 80f thread last summer - people saying that Kew isn't part of London).
Well, I was obviously kidding in the beginning, however, in truth London is simply a mild climate. Dreary and cool in winter and bland and mild in the summer with no convective excitement to speak of. Not sunny by any definition of the word but it's not overly dark either. Not really rainy or dry either. All in all it's just boring, mild, nearly weatherless place in terms of climate.
It was mostly AJ trying to stir up a reaction though, and then people always complain that London is always mentioned even though it's usually because of people trying to stir (like that nonsense with the 80f thread last summer - people saying that Kew isn't part of London).
Really, that again!?, when your talking about a city you use the Official reporting station. It's totally ridiculous to cherry-pick the hottest or coldest station.
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