Weather-history

9th September

8th September

IMO, Jo this is a bad idea. Unfortunately, I can only see the tabloid media exploiting this with more histrionic headlines and with humorous overtones such as Windy Wendy to give UK a good blow or Bertie is going to let rip.

The early evenings don't seem to last that long to me compared to the late mornings. I'm sure that is just an illusion but it seems to take ages for the mornings to start get lighter and lighter earlier.

Not impressed. Notable storms can be named after the year, month, special occasion or the town or area that was hit worst. Oct 87 storm, Burns Day 90 storm, Christmas Eve 97 storm, Boxing Day 98 storm, Jan 76 storm etc,

Took a time-lapse last night of the waxing and waning of autumnal mists. Some interesting lighting effects as headlights from vehicles on the M62 catch the mists

Nice early autumn day

Funny enough, I have never heard thunder on the day itself. Not had a wet Christmas Day for some years either.

6th September

Nice early autumn day

Is it me or is that absolute garbage?How can be it cold and dry for Wales and Midlands, too mild for North but snow for Scotland? That smacks of computer generated twaddle.

This makes depressing stats for warm summer fans. Summer months below 1971-2000 CET averages since 2001. If we divide into decadal periods, 2001-10 and 2011-2020, then we have already had more below average summer months since 2011-to now than were in the period 2001-10 Aug 2015: 15.9 (-0.3) Jul 2015: 15.9 (-0.6) Jun 2015: 14.0 (-0.1) Aug 2014: 14.9 (-1.3) Jun 2013: 13.6 (-0.5) Jul 2012: 15.5 (-1.0) Jun 2012: 13.5 (-0.6) Aug 2011: 15.4 (-0.8] July 2011: 15.2 (-1.3) June 2011: 13.8 (-0.3) Aug 2010: 15.3 (-0.9) Jul 2009: 16.1 (-0.4) Jul 2008: 16.2 (-0.3) Jun 2008: 13.9 (-0.2) Aug 2007: 15.4 (-0.8] July 2007: 15.2 (-1.3) Aug 2006: 16.1 (-0.1) July 2004: 15.8 (-0.7) Jul 2002: 16.0 (-0.5)

4th September

It's not a classic northerly anyway. It's just the wind flow between the low in the North Sea and the high to the west of Ireland. It wouldn't have been a brilliant northerly in winter, it's not a deep northerly.

The Manchester Summer Indices of the 1960s 1960 217 1961 203 1962 197 1963 194 1964 197 1965 189 1966 192 1967 223 1968 215 1969 234 In the last 8 years, they were three worst summers than this: 2007, 2008 and 2012. Interestingly Junes of 2012 and 2013 were cooler than any of the Junes of the 1960s for the CET. The Junes of the 1960s were not cool infact they were on the warmer than average side as a whole. It's the other two months that tended to let those summers down. Another thing to note is that the summers of 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967 and 1969 were on the whole drier than average for England and Wales.

Not quite as good as yesterday but still some good convection

Did a time-lapse of the cells development even caught the lightning flash

I think they have just produced a lightning flash,

Fantastic watching cells develop near the Southport area against a twilight backdrop. They have really developed in the last half hour.

It's all to do with the power of the sun. Enough heating to get the convection going. In midwinter, it just isn't there the power of the sun, it can be at the back end of winter.

A superb convectively active day

Last occasion two consecutive months had the same value I think were July and August 2008

Well there is a neutral approach. Just report what is happening and give honest assessment without a hint of bias.

A poor Bank Holiday