Weather-history

Manchester's Heaton Park is supposed to have recorded 91°F on the 6th June 1933 and 90°F the previous day.

Manchester 1947 31st May: 85°F 1st Jun: 81°F 2nd Jun 88°F 3rd Jun: 84°F 4th Jun: 74°F June 1933 3rd: 80°F 4th: 84°F 5th: 85°F 6th: 86°F 7th: 85°F 8th: 77°F

6th June 1933

Early June 1933 Edgbaston 4th: 77F 5th: 82F 6th: 83F 7th: 82F 8th: 83F 9th: 81F Coincided with the Whitsun holiday London has 6 days into the 80Fs and 108hrs of sunshine by the 8th of June

June 1957 was an exceptionally sunny, warm month which ended with a significant heatwave 35.6°C on the 29th June 1957 at Camden Square. 35.0°C was also recorded at Northolt . For England and Wales, June 1957 is the sunniest June ever recorded with 284.6hrs but there was a spectacular crash during July and August with sunshine well below the average so much so that the combined sunshine total for both months was less than that of June's. Some sunshine totals (hrs) 346: Shanklin 340: Ilfracombe 339: Littlehampton 328: Torquay 326: Pembroke 320: Worthing 318: Scarborough 303: Broadstairs 296: Ramsgate 294: Keele Uni 293: Margate 291: Kew 292: Bristol 290: Huddersfield 285: Manchester 283: Edgbaston 282: Waddington 274: Coventry

We've lost two enigmas within a year. The other was no December with a CET of 5.9°C

Manchester Summer Index is currently 264

Did anyone between the far east of Greater Manchester to Merseyside corridor miss out on storms during Saturday-Monday just gone? Struck me, that on Saturday, Merseyside up to M6 area did best, rest got nothing. On Sunday, eastern parts of Greater Manchester did best and the rest virtually got nothing On Monday, the areas in between did the best.

Cool this morning 8.1°C Met Office forecast mentions the chance of thunderstorms this morning

Oh well....its gone

31.3°C at Rostherne, yesterday

My regular timelapse looking NW. The way rain shafts suddenly drop reminds me of mini microbursts Took a couple of videos of the storm

Magnificent, a tremendous thunderstorm. One of the best I can recall for years. Continuous thunder, CG lightning. The development of it was something else and thankfully I placed one of my timelapse cameras in the right place

That was an amazing thunderstorm and captured the development of it

Still the odd lightning flash and distant thunder here to my west

A truely magnificent thunderstorm, one of the best for years

Really dark to my east and the wind has really got up

Huge cells going up to my east, they will be on my timelapse

Still hearing thunder from it

Radar confirms it, a couple of rumbles of thunder from it.

Very large convective drops falling. looks like it really tipping down just to my west

Heavy drops of rain falling, a few rumbles of thunder

Heard the thunder here. Still dry here

I think it is this time. I can't see the date record surviving.

Lol that means nothing here. Infuriating brief shower on Saturday evening broke the dry days run here. I rather continue the consecutive dry day run if there wasn't going to be a thunderstorm. That brief shower did nothing more than dampen the ground. Any plant growth coming out of pavements, tarmac etc has been parched into straw and you can see who waters lawn and who doesn't around here by the different shades.