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EaasmanG

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  1. On the PWS at my house, I have recorded 94.6mm of rain this month, with the latest 3mm today. 60mm fell in the 24-hour period 13:00-13:00 17th-18th.

    At the Harpur Hill Weather Station they are up to 99.0mm for the month. The annual rainfall now stands at 548mm.

  2. You're going back to July 2006 for the last one that managed all three - and what a fantastic month it was! Absolutely perfect - the *lowest* maximum I got all month was 22c. And here we are thinking it's a good day if we make 21c...

    July 2006 (my readings):

    Average temperature: +22.3 °C

    Average maximum temperature: +27.8 °C

    Average minimum temperature: +16.8 °C

    This month so far...

    Average temperature: +17.9 °C

    Average maximum temperature: +22.5 °C

    Average minimum temperature: +13.4 °C

    So far though identical rainfall - 35mm for both (so far).

    Nottingham is currently running at 20.6°C average maximum, slightly below average (0.2°C or so) with an average low of 11.4°C. This about makes sense compared with my averages, located 1,000ft up (avg max 17.9°C so far).

    http://www.met.readi...rugge/CURR.html

    Station 03354 - Nottingham Weather Centre.

    For comparison purposes London Heathrow is running at an avg max of 22.0°C, some 1.6 degrees below average, but joint warmest in the country along side Gravesend.

    Over here, July 2006 was also the latest July or August to meet my three criteria. But the last summer month to do so was June 2010 which was sunnier, dryer and warmer than average.

  3. I am trying to remember when there was last July or August which included ALL these things:

    -below average rainfall AND

    -above average temperatures AND

    -above average sunshine

    How hard can it be to get ONE July/August that meets this criteria.

    Every of the last 8 July or Augusts has either been wetter than average, cooler than average, cloudier than average or all three.

    This is how it works out for my location, based on my records and the averages:

    July 2007 - cooler, cloudier, wetter than average.

    August 2007 - cooler, cloudier than average

    July 2008 - wetter than average, cloudier than average

    August 2008 - cloudier, wetter than average

    July 2009 - cloudier, wetter than average

    August 2009 - cloudier than average, wetter than average

    July 2010 - cloudier, wetter than average

    August 2010 - cloudier, wetter, cooler than average

    July 2011 - cloudier, wetter, cooler than average

    PFFFT.

    So. July/August 2XXX - sunnier, dryer, warmer than average ??????????????????????????????????????????

  4. I had a feeling that this would happen- as soon as many of us get a spell of generally dull wet windy weather, instead of it giving people a reality check re. what's gone before, the rest of the summer gets tarred with the same brush as the current weather!

    Yeah what went before was the coolest June since 1991 and with a mean max of a summery, bakeriffic 16°C and two warm days.

    The mean minimum temp also been consistently below average this summer, and now my mean max has gone below average, and provisionally could end up below 17°C (over 1.5 degrees below average) if the latest forecast verifies. And now July has once again become the wettest month of the year.

    I've been collating weather records for years and the "reality" is that this is the crappest summer since 2007. None of 2008, 2009 or 2010 were as bad as this, in my records, taking into account sunshine, rainfall, temperatures. End of.

  5. My max today is 11.9°C which would be the coldest summer max since August 26th last year when it reached only 11.6°C. This July is now on a par with 2007 in my location (given the recent rainfall) and could end up worse with the current forecast.

  6. Now up to 34mm of rain here today (and of course no thunder to be heard) . I am set about building my Ark. She'll be ready by tomorrow afternoon.

    Some month this is. With the current forecast, we'll be looking at the crappest July since 2007 here (although not in Llanwnnen, Lampeter where it's the best summer since 2006). Highest temperature of the month, a crummy room-temperature 22°C.

    LOL.

  7. Yeah we know what you think, and that you find the temperatures in your location too cold (even when average or above) no need to constantly remind us, thanks.:whistling:

    Nobody's forcing you to read these posts. This is the whining thread. If you don't like whining, it begs the question why you read/ post in this thread. Maybe just to antagonise?

    So you think this is the best summer since 2006. Despite the coolest June since 1991 and unusually cool nights and now the coolest wettest weather since 2007. Good for you.

    Watching rain total up all day on my wx station and pour down from the sky all day with 12°C temps by noon and full cloud cover makes a good summer not.

    Read stuff you actually want to read on the forum and let the whiners whine, in the thread created for them. Or pick on somebody else's posts, since I'm hardly the only contributer to this thread. Thanks. Be on your way then.

  8. In any case I should consider emigration if you want mean maxima of 27c, you will continue to feel persistantly disillusioned living not only in the Peaks, but in the UK full stop!

    Summers in the SE were acceptable. London Heathrow Airport (the nearest to my former home) has a 1981-2010 average July maximum of 23.6°C. Given the cost of property there I am damned to remain somewhere more northerly until I can afford to move there.

  9. An average max of 27°C is warm, not 17°C. Just because the latter is average here doesn't mean I find it warm. In SE England the avg max for July is nearly 24°C around London, so it's not surprising I find the average summer here cold.

    I find 18°C the bare minimum for summer warmth, provided that there is no wind, it's humid and 100% sunshine. Any less in all departments and it feels more like winter, to me.

  10. You will change your tune this weekend and beyond, if anything the upcoming spell of weather looks a hell of a lot cooler than recent July's, most of them were still warmer than average, even when it was unsettled.

    We already had more than last July's sunshine in half of this July!

    Last July was slightly above average here, thanks to higher minimum temperatures.

    2007+2008+2009 were below average, in my records. Last time we had one notably above average was 2006.

    I would much rather have a July or August 4 degrees warmer than average than APRIL, which, when warm, is usually followed by a poor summer.

  11. At least we are getting normal sunshine this July, unlike last year where there was a total of 81 hours sun ALL MONTH :shok: :shok: :shok:

    Today was a bonus good day, managing to be sunny most the day and reaching 20 degrees. What is summer without the sunshine?

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