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

[B87]

Originally Posted by AJ1013

Almost exactly average for the mean? Or is that figure for max temps only?

For the max temp.

The mean is 0.5c above normal, due to the extreme cloudiness increasing the lows.

It has felt a lot cooler than a normal May due to the lack of sun.

[B87]

26c at Heathrow at the moment (so could be anything between 25.5-26.4).

Not sure if another station has recorded higher yet.

[Razza94]

That's painfully close. Even if it misses out today, you will 100% break the barrier by the end of the week.

[B87]

Originally Posted by Razza94

That's painfully close. Even if it misses out today, you will 100% break the barrier by the end of the week.

Temps haven't stopped climbing yet, so we should know by 6pm what the exact high was.

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by B87

Temps haven't stopped climbing yet, so we should know by 6pm what the exact high was.

Still climbing? Then today's the day.

[Razza94]

If this thread's proved anything, it's how lousy the long-term forecasting is.

[B87]

Originally Posted by Razza94

Still climbing? Then today's the day.

Our highs are usually recorded between 3-6pm.

[dhdh]

Rofl @ the UK newspapers articles on weather. They're beyond ridiculous

I've seen headlines this winter that have left me mentally scarred with their stupidity.

Stuff like
Prepare to ROAST in a mid-winter HEATWAVE that will turn London into a FURNACE hotter than TENERIFE* with BLAZING 14°C temperatures on Saturday!


*Yeah, London is warmer than Tenerife in winter, when we get maybe an exceptionally mild high warmer than a noticeably cool low there
(or unless they're comparing to the Teide plateau, in that case fair enough )

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by dhdh

Rofl @ the UK newspapers articles on weather. They're beyond ridiculous

I've seen headlines this winter that have left me mentally scarred with their stupidity.

Stuff like
Prepare to ROAST in a mid-winter HEATWAVE that will turn London into a FURNACE hotter than TENERIFE* with BLAZING 14°C temperatures on Saturday!


*Yeah, London is warmer than Tenerife in winter, when we get maybe an exceptionally mild high warmer than a noticeably cool low there
(or unless they're comparing to the Teide plateau, in that case fair enough )

It makes me cringe, although it is normally the trashy sensationalist papers that write that kind of crap.

[B87]

Anyone who is even remotely knowledgeable on weather will ignore anything written in the papers. You'd think we had the climate of Chicago when ever winter is Arctic death and every summer is the next 1976.

Nobody I know would call 14c a heatwave, or even warm.