Weather-history

Summer 1852 was a strange summer with a very hot July with a CET of 18.7°C sandwiched between two very wet months. Some data from this month Leicester Mean: 68.8°F Highest Max: 87°F on 5th and 6th Rain on 6 days: 0.66 inches in total -------------- Manchester (°F) 1. 65 2. 66 3. 73 4. 83 5. 80 6. 78 7. 76 8. 75 9. 82 10. 70 11. 74 12. 73 13. 74 14. 78 15. 76 16. 76 17. 74 18. 72 19. 73 20. 73 21. 68 22. 66 23. 68 24. 72 25. 72 26. 67 27. 72 28. 73 29. 71 30. 72 31. 70 ---------------- Hitchin (°F) 1. 67 2. 68 3. 72 4. 78 5. 84 6. 82 7. 78 8. 78 9. 83 10. 73 11. 73 12 75 13. 78 14. 77 15. 79 16. 80 17. 74 18. 78 19. 73 20. 72 21. 71 22. 71 23. 73 24. 75 25. 72 26. 74 27. 74 28. 70 29. 68 30. 69 31. 72 ----------------- Stirling (°F) 1. 62 2. 64 3. 65 4. 72 5. 75 6. 76 7. 74 8. 75 9. 72 10. 70 11. 69 12. 73. 13. 70 . 14. 70 15. 71 16. 70 17. 67 18. 73 19. 68 20. 65 21. 68 22. 69 23. 70 24. 68 25. 67 26. 66 27. 74 28. 74 29. 75 30. 75 31. 72 -------------------- Glasgow (°F) 1. 62 2. 61 3. 61 4. 67 5. 77 6. 76 7. 74 8. 71 9. 74 10. 74 11. 65 12. 72 13. 76 14. 72 15. 78 16. 70 17. 75 18. 71 19. 72 20. 70 21. 70 22. 74 23. 66 24. 69 25. 73 26. 68 27. 65 28. 73 29. 74 30. 71 31. 74 ------------------- Dunmow Mean temp: 67.3°F , rain on 4 days ------------------ Gosport Mean temp: 68.0°F 86°F on 6th ------------------ Thwaite (°F) 3. 79 4. 85 5. 88.5 6. 87 7. 81 8. 85 9. 89 10. 84.5 11. 76 12. 75 13. 79

I think he was.....his avatar is distinctive I made a post in the Australian weather thread when his avatar caught my eye and I thought they haven't posted for awhile and got me wondering. .......not sure if raul_sbd is more winter orientated? That is the disconcerting part, the fact they were posting regularly then all of a sudden, nothing.

2018 2013 2022 2014, 2021 2015 2019 2016, 2017 2020 The best and the worst were obvious to me but the rest were not as clear cut especially those near the bottom. I didn’t rate last summer that highly. It didn’t stand out for me as 2018 did.

What's happened to Frost Hollow?

8 years ago this evening

The problem with the UK is that it is longer (north/south) than it is wide (east/west) and it is on a section of the earth where the curve does make more of a difference than it would have if the UK was further south. Its down to our geographical position on the Earth. Also you can't really compare northern France nor Belgium to the north of the UK. Belgium is a small country any case, makes little difference and as I mentioned before because where France is, the effect is less pronounce as it with the UK from south to north Length of daylight at winter solstice Nice: 8hrs 55mins Boulogne: 8hrs 15mins Penzance: 8hrs 3mins Aberdeen: 6hrs 40mins Arguments have been made for Scotland to have a different time zone to the rest of the UK but what about the far north of England, counties like Cumbria and Northumberland?

Rainfall wise, pretty unremarkable. Dry records are very hard to beat.

That's chilly for Alice Springs, hasn't got into double figures for at least 24 hours http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD60801/IDD60801.94326.shtml

After a very poor June, July 1971 was a pretty respectable summer month. For England and Wales, it was the driest July since 1955 with 44.4mm and the warmest for the CET since 1959 with 16.9°C For Scotland and Northern Ireland, it was the sunniest July since 1955 for these countries. Some data from this month Coventry: 226hrs of sunshine, 6 days with rainfall Edgbaston: 225.7hrs of sunshine, mean max temp: 17.6°C, highest temp: 27.7°C (11th), 35.6mm of rainfall Huddersfield: 205.2hrs of sunshine, mean temp of 16.8°C, rain on 9 days Watnall: 214.8 hrs of sunshine, mean temp of 17.1°C, rainfall: 64.1mm (35.5mm falling on one day) Bristol: 268.2hrs of sunshine, rainfall: 37.4mm of rainfall Keele Uni: mean temp of 16.2°C, 25.6mm of rainfall Liverpool: sunshine: 235.8hrs, rain on 9 days with 21.5mm of rainfall Birmingham Standard Notts

Manchester Summer Indices Summers in order with the best at the top and the worst at the bottom 1976 301 1995 298 1983 278 1955 277 1911 274 2018 272 1984 271 2023 271 (up to 27th June) 1959 269 1975 268 1949 267 1989 262 2022 261 1947 255 1933 251 1901 249 1921 249 2003 247 2013 247 1925 246 2006 246 1996 245 1935 243 1994 240 1934 238 1940 238 2021 238 1941 236 2014 236 1970 235 1969 234 1973 234 1999 234 1997 232 1990 229 1917 228 1926 227 2005 224 1905 223 1932 223 1945 223 1967 223 1977 223 1914 222 1992 222 1908 220 1960 217 1950 216 1957 216 1968 215 1906 214 1942 214 1937 213 1939 213 1904 212 1929 211 2001 211 1903 209 1943 209 1991 207 1913 205 1971 205 1919 203 1961 203 1982 203 1951 201 1918 200 1944 200 2002 200 1930 199 1974 199 1979 199 2019 199 1952 198 2000 198 1928 197 1962 197 1964 197 2004 197 1915 196 1981 196 1902 195 1963 194 1993 194 2009 194 1953 193 1966 192 1998 192 2015 192 2017 192 1988 191 2010 191 1910 190 1936 190 2016 189 1965 189 1986 189 1916 188 1972 185 1958 184 2020 182 1985 180 2011 179 1922 178 1938 177 1948 176 1927 175 1920 174 1923 174 2007 174 1931 173 1978 173 1980 173 1909 171 1946 170 1987 169 2008 168 2012 164 1924 158 1912 156 1956 155 1907 147 1954 143

Grotesque

A collection of newspaper reports on the Tunguska twilight of early July 1908. One of those events I wish I was alive to witness, it must have been remarkable. Ealing Hull Huddersfield Staffordshire Kent Essex Notts Yeovil Durham Somerset London Gloucs Birmingham Liverpool Manchester Perth Editorial

Manchester Summer Index is up 274 (24th June)

Manchester maxima (°F) June 1st: 70 2nd: 77 3rd: 76 4th: 74 5th: 71 6th: 70 7th: 73 8th: 81 9th: 83 10th: 72 11th: 78 12th: 70 13th: 82 14th: 84 15th: 85 16th: 71 17th: 61 18th: 64 19th: 71 20th: 72 21st: 75 22nd: 73 23rd: 74 24th: 68 25th: 67 26th: 63 27th: 62 28th: 62 29th: 62 30th: 62 July 1st: 61 2nd: 61 3rd: 64 4th: 63 5th: 64 6th: 61 7th: 61 8th: 63 9th: 62 10th: 72 11th: 71 12th: 72 13th: 71 14th: 71 15th: 77 16th: 76 17th: 75 18th: 71 19th: 74 20th: 74 21st: 67 23rd: 74 24th: 76 25th: 62 26th: 65 27th: 68 28th: 70 29th: 69 30th: 69 31st: 70 August 1st: 77 2nd: 78 3rd: 73 4th: 72 5th: 67 6th: 66 7th: 67 8th: 78 9th: 76 10th: 79 11th: 82 12th: 70 13th: 70 14th: 64 15th: 72 16th: 70 17th: 69 18th: 72 19th: 68 20th: 63 21st: 64 22nd: 66 23rd: 75 24th: 71 25th: 63 26th: 62 27th: 60 28th: 63 29th: 62 30th: 57 31st: 58

A lot of Ireland/Northern Ireland look like they have a very thundery June.

It looks some parts of the south west of the region have done better for thunder than supposedly more favourable parts over the Pennines and to the east.

Loud crack of thunder

Went through here about 10 minutes ago. Very gusty.

Just heard distant thunder.

Wind has really got up.

Get the feeling I'm going to go through the disconnect in the first band unless it fills in

Met Office forecast is out Supposed to be this at 2pm

The latest Met Office forecast looks out. Screenshot for 2pm

Altocumulus castellanus bank just passing to my west