cheeky_monkey

i think you mean 30c..neither 1985,86,87,88 or 91 got above 32c

Summer8906 not sure how you move it to the historic section

Summer8906 i did a guess the year thread a while back in the lounge i think..but no replies

LetItSnow! one thing i remember about summer 2001 ..the last week of August was my son's 4th Birthday and bought him a bike the weather was hot and sunny and behold the stats prove my memory to be right.

I'm a little perplexed as to why 1989 is considered an underrated summer..rating my top 5 summers of my lifetime before i moved to Canada would look like this: 1. 1995 - Stats wise there is little to choose between 95 & 76 but 95 was different gravy and gets my number 1 by a country mile over anything else 2. 1976 - Although i just about remember 76 i do remember the heat and the endless drought ..what makes it really stand out was the garbage summers that followed. 3. 1983 - Probably the best July of my lifetime extremely sunny and dry ..August was none too shabby either 4. 1989 - Similar to 1983 although more thundery esp. Mid June to Mid July ...heat was more oppressive than 1983 why it comes lower. 5. 1990 - This was a tough one you could easily go for 94, 03 or 06 here but I'm going for 1990 due to what was going on in my life at that time.

2 days of gales and heavy rain coming up here..also the possibility of a record low pressure reading for the time of year ..going to go out and purchase some waterproof trousers

*Stormforce~beka* i have full air-conditioning built in throughout my house

Summerlover2006 as i no longer live in the UK i thinks the effects of La Nina on the summer are less pronounced than they are here where i am

Don i would say we are 6 weeks ahead in moving into La Nina than we were in 1998

with the transition from strong El Nino into La Nina we may see a summer similar to 1998

miserable day again today snowing again this morning..generally damp and cold all round.

Addicks Fan 1981 looks like all members as of yesterday are forecasting a La Nina of some sort.

danm pretty much ..eating into my "summer"

SollyOlly i couldn't live in a house without AC now

heavy snow right now in Edmonton...May 1st tomorrow

MattStoke i dont mind the heat here i prefer it too the cold..plus its mostly a dry heat and i have the added benefit of having full air conditioning in my house

snow is back in the forecast overnight and tomorrow it wont be too bad here but think of those poor lot down in the Calgary area who could get up to 40cm in the next few days...

1978 was also similar slightly cooler at overall 14.4c don't remember how wet it was though. interestingly the period 1902-1922 had 7 summers that sit in the top 30 coldest summers in the records obviously 1913 doesn't make it Addicks Fan 1981 1993 sits at 112 coldest..in my lifetime the top 3 coldest summers are 1972 (too young to remember) at 23 on the list and 1977 at 38 and 1978 at 41.

noticed it was still light here when i went to bed at 9.30pm last night

SqueakheartLW looking at previous La Nina and how they developed from an El Nino im 90% sure we are heading into a La Nina..the set up and the cooling is very similar to previous transitions

sundog calling BS on the statement on sea surface temps hitting "shocking new high" average global sea surface temperatures are exactly the same as they were a year ago in April 2023 as they are now at 21.1c in 2016 they were 21.0c (last el nino).

MP-R August 1995 i would describe as very much in the vein of a typical July/August i get here on the Canadian prairies..dry warm/hot with low humidity and enough of a breeze to make it almost perfection in terms of summer weather

getting light on my early morning walks now..dawn is just breaking on the horizon when i leave the house and its almost fully light by the time i get home..this time next week i pass the point of sunrise before i get back.

i wasn't in the uk In those years ..but sounds like a similar which was better May 1989 or May 1990 both were a couple of bobby dazzlers

MP-R IMO 1995 was better than 1976 ..im just old enough to remember 1976 but 1995 was the best summer of my lifetime