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Harry233

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  1. Sunshineandshowers84 spring 2009 was a good season. Enjoyed it very much sunnier than average in all months and it was mild without any significant heat until the end of May.
  2. MP-R I was quite lucky then. May 2007 was a very average month for me, certainly don’t recall much heavy rain until the late may bank holiday. I don’t remember much sunshine or warmth but I’ve had worse May’s
  3. Actually forgot to add Easter 2007 onto good memories
  4. Good memories 2021 was very pleasant here, beautiful sunshine but not very warm think it only reached 12/13.C but both dawned with very frosty mornings like the whole of April pretty much. 2019 I remember being absolutely glorious, Easter Sunday reached 21.8.C here and then Easter Monday was 20.6.C. The Saturday prior to that was even warmer. Absolutely amazing spell of weather. 2017, 2015 and 2009 were warm and sunny ones. 2011 I want to say was also warm and sunny but I don’t remember what the weather was like that year. 2008 we had the heaviest snow of the winter during Easter 2008 Bad memories 2018 We were down visiting family in London and Kent during Easter 2018 and it’s the first time I’ve ever felt truly cold down south in the spring. Good Friday and the Saturday was also very wet. Easter Sunday was dull and dry but very windy and the easterly wind made it feel raw. 2016 it was cold and wet 2013 it was dry and sunny but the easterly winds made it feel like winter Other Easter’s I just remember being typical April days.
  5. SummerShower SummerShower I actually recorded slightly above rainfall during August but it mainly fell in heavy showers or thunderstorms the only cool, wet day I can remember was the 15th just after that very warm spell. Didn’t at all make the month feel like a bad month whatsoever.
  6. Sunshineandshowers84 I agree about May 2007. It wasn’t a bad month for me at all, it had lower maxima than April but it was generally fine and settled except for the months end where it got noticeably cold.
  7. An excellent month, some absolutely cracking weather particularly in the second week with many days in the mid to high 20’s, coming off the back of a very good July it rounded off a excellent summer, summer 2022 for me was actually warmer than 2006. Even though I recorded slightly above rainfall it didn’t put a damper on the month at all as most the rain was in brief heavy showers. August 2022 was probably the only excellent August I have had since 2003. Goes to show you how unlucky most of us were with August weather. I would say summer 2022 was one of the best summers on record. Probably just as good as 2018 which I didn’t think it could beat. Summer 2021 and 2022 were both brilliant summers.
  8. Summerlover2006 Overall it was a poor summer but like you say it did improve somewhat after the end of July. As I’ve said in other topics, June 2007 was by far my dullest June I’ve recorded with just 74 hours of sunshine, even the next dullest June which was 2012 managed 102 hours of sunshine. It was very wet but 2002 and 2017 were both wetter. The start of June was quite warm and humid but still mostly cloudy and the highest maximum was only 21.9.C on the 9th. After that it was very wet, cool and remained extremely dull with maxima barely getting into the mid teens. July 2007 was another cool and wet month but sunshine was average. There was a few nice days thrown in during the month but there was quite a lot of cool, dull weather thrown in as well as a few thundery days. I do recall quite a pleasant spell during midmonth where it was warm and sunny. Around the 20th where England had the massive floods I just recall heavy rain and I don’t think there was any significant flooding at all round my area. Maybe the odd road closure and that was it. After that I think the last week was generally pretty settled and warmer think I reached 24.C on the 27th but that’s pretty low for July. August 2007 was a pretty average month I think, there was a lot more pleasant weather than the previous months but overall I wouldn’t say it was a good month as it was still quite cool. There was average sunshine but rainfall was slightly below average. The hottest day was the 24th with a high of 24.8.C which was the highest temperature of 2007. In fact 2007 holds the record of the lowest highest maximum temperature I’ve recorded. Not a bad month overall but could’ve been better. 2007 is definitely in the top three of worst summers I’ve had, but looking back at my records summer 2012 was a lot wetter and duller.
  9. Don summer 2008 had probably the worst August for me until 2020. Horrible month, don’t recall much else from that summer though, only things I can really remember is a warm spell in the last week in July and June being noticeably windy.
  10. damianslaw 2010 was a pretty reasonable summer for me too. A very pleasant and warm June and believe it or not I had quite a dry and sunny August it was just cool. July was disappointing that year though.
  11. Another summer topic, and another one that seemed very different area to area. It gets quite a bad rep summer 2009 but I have quite a lot of good memories from it. June started very warm and sunny coming off the back of a very warm end to May. It didn’t last long though and by the 5th the weather had drastically changed to a cold and wet pattern. From about the 11th the weather did improve again but it remained quite unsettled until the 22nd however unlike other unsettled Junes there wasn’t much rainfall. The final week of June brought some very warm, dry and sunny weather again and this lasted well until the first week in July, from the 22nd-5th the temperature exceeded 22.C every day. The highest temperature was on the 30th with a maximum of 27.3.C bringing the warmest June day since 2003. The month ended up being slightly warmer, drier and sunnier. July began exactly the same as June started and finished with a peak of the heat arriving on the 2nd with a maximum of 29.4.C this made it the highest temperature of 2009, also the hottest July day since 2006 and there wasn’t a higher temperature until July 2013. It remained warm and sunny until the 5th and then the weather turned more unsettled and rainy. However I still have very good memories of July 2009 despite the rainfall and thunderstorms. The difference being unlike other wet summer months where the rain has been light and the weather has generally been dull and cool. July 2009 was still pretty sunny and wasn’t cool on many days I recorded a very respectable maxima of 20.5.C and sunshine was slightly above average. I remember many days starting very sunny and dry, followed by a late afternoon thunderstorm or downpour that lasted an hour before the weather cleared up leaving a warm and sunny evening. There was a brief spell from the 15th-20th where it was cool, dull and wet. July 2009 was actually the third sunniest July of the 2000’s for me and the Julys of 2002, 2007 and 2008 were significantly wetter. August followed by being quite a disappointing month but it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as 2008. The month started quite cool and unsettled before turning more settled and sunny with some warm days. The second half turned more unsettled but still quite warm before it turned cool again. The final days saw a marked improvement and the September that followed was quite a pleasant month. Looking at met office stats I believe summer 2009 was a absolute abysmal summer in the west, particularly for Wales, north west England and south west Scotland but across the south east it looks to be slightly drier and sunnier than average and across northern Scotland while still being wet it looks to be one of the sunniest summers there on record. Whats your memories on that season?
  12. Sun Chaser I think summer 2017 was a rather poor summer overall. June was dreadful we missed out on the heatwave the best I could do was three days off warm sunshine and dry weather and even then the maximum temperature never rose above 25.C. Either side of that the weather was cold, wet and windy. In fact June 2017 is my wettest June on record for nearly 30 years and in Edinburgh it was the wettest June in over 100 years. July wasn’t overly bad but it was generally cool, strangely though we had most the bad weather in the first half whereas the second half was actually quite pleasant with a few warm days. August was dire the highest maximum I recorded was only 22.4.C and it was generally dull and wet although nowhere near as bad as June. Even the September that followed was also poor.
  13. It was a cracking spell of weather and did make lockdown slightly bearable. I don’t recall much in March 2020 though, it was pretty average I think there was a spell of mild, sunny weather literally just before lockdown but other than that it was a typical March. April 2020 was a brilliant month, warm, sunny and dry with only the odd showery and cooler day. It was the sunniest April on record locally for me but then that was beat by April 2021. While April 2020 was warm there wasn’t any exceptionally or prolonged heat for me, I didn’t even hit 20.C but most days were around 17-18.C so it was glorious. May 2020 was another fantastic month although I do think May 2018 was slightly better, there was a good warm spell in the first week but there was a northerly blast just after which did bring some notably cold weather for a few days, after the 18th though the weather was generally very warm, dry and sunny with many days getting into the low 20’s, reaching 25.C on a few days towards then end of the month. Definitely the best spring I can remember, will probably not see another one like it for some time.
  14. Billy Hicks I rate 2010 as a pretty decent summer as well. The June was was brilliant, July while wet wasn’t dull nor was it cold it was just unsettled. Scotland actually had a pretty decent August in 2010 too. It was sunny and mostly dry but cool, very cool nights at times. August 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2020 was by far a lot worse.
  15. Weather Enthusiast91 Further south did seem to have a reasonable second half of July and August in 2012 to make the summer less poor. We missed out on the heatwave in July and while August was a vast improvement it was still quite wet and not overly warm or sunny.
  16. B87 how do you make a climate graph like that?
  17. What is everyone’s memories on this topsy turvy season? The March of 2012 was absolutely glorious, very warm, dry and sunny. The mean maximum of 13.3.C was especially high around 4.C above average. The month was also very dry only 18% of average rainfall and sunny although 2022 was much sunnier. A glorious month throughout, even before the March heatwave it was often very mild, dry and sunny with high maxima, many days reached the mid teens, and with very crisp and sunny mornings it was perfect early spring weather. The only spell I can remember where it was unsettled was just before the heatwave, come the 24th the weather changed drastically to becoming unseasonably warm, reaching a new March record for me of 21.7.C on the 27th. From the 25th-30th the maximum temperature exceeded 20.C and was probably the first time on record that my area exceeded 20.C during March. 10/10 month for the weather. April 2012 completely flipped the script with it being unseasonably cool (maximum of just 10.1.C, 3.2.C colder than March) and wet. It was the wettest April recorded for me although 1998 and 2000 did come close. The highest it reached all month was just 16.2.C and that was on the 1st. Come the 4th there was 7cm of snow and a maximum of just 2.9.C. After such a warm month this was a massive shock and change, the month never recovered after the snowfall with it being often cool and wet with the odd brighter interlude, the highest temperature after the 4th was just 14.8.C on the 8th. The only saving grace about April was it wasn’t overly dull but it was still the dullest April since 2004. The east coast of Scotland had one of its dullest April’s on record I think. The only settled weather came towards the months close. May 2012 was a turbulent month to say the least, the opening days did provide a little bit of respite with a couple of days reaching the high teens with some sunshine but after the 5th it collapsed and it was back to where April was but this time it was almost consistently wet and dull with temperatures failing to reach even 10.C on a few days, on the 11th the maximum of just 7.4.C and the 13th it was only 9.1.C. It was an awful spell of weather, reminded me a bit of May 2021 and had it not been for the heatwave it would’ve probably ended up worse. The saving grace was a glorious spell of weather that started on the 20th. From the 22nd-28th for me the temperature exceeded 22.C everyday peaking at a high of 26.2.C on the 26th. However it still remained foggy and cold on the east coast which I thankfully just missed but it was noticeably colder just 10 miles further east. The month ended again rather cool and unsettled. Overall spring 2012 ended up pretty much bang average for rainfall, temperature and sunshine but with some massive contracts of weather throughout. share your memories and stats
  18. SummerShower I agree with you about 2013. It was my driest summer on record but in terms of sunshine it was pretty much bang average. July was very sunny but 2006, 2014, 2018, 2021 and 2022 were all sunnier for me. June was average but August was quite dull. June actually had my lowest minima since 1999 and there hasn’t been a June with cooler minima since. Nonetheless it was still a very good summer. June was quite pleasant with most days being partly cloudy and even August despite being dull was often quite warm and rarely rained. Had it not been for that spell in July I would say it would’ve been a bang average summer. I think East Anglia even in July was still quite cool sometimes.
  19. Summer8906 July 2000 was one of the driest Julys on record in Scotland. I think western Scotland fared very well with sunshine as well. It was slightly duller than average for me but until July 2005 it was the driest July since probably the 70’s.
  20. SummerShower I remember the second half of July 2000 being very pleasant and at times very warm particularly in the last week. The first half was very cool and dull but at least for Scotland it was very dry. I think western Scotland fared very well during July 2000 as I believe it was one of the sunniest Julys on record in Glasgow, similar to July 2011 where western Scotland had one of its sunniest Julys.
  21. LetItSnow! Yeah you are right. August 2020 for me had lower than average maximum temperatures (18.7.C compared to a usual of 19.5.C). The only heat we had all the summer was the first two days of June, about five days towards the end of the June, one day in July and then a week in August. Even by Scottish standards that is really bad. The June heatwave had a maximum of 25.8.C on the 27th. July 31st reached 26.0.C and August 12th reached 26.7.C. Even on July 31st the weather was quite cloudy and it was a very windy day so it didn’t even feel very warm. Definitely a very poor summer for Scotland 2020. That second half of August is probably the worst spell of summer weather I can ever remember.
  22. Sun Chaser Intresting to know Plymouth had a poor summer that year as well.
  23. Addicks Fan 1981 I remember it being a pleasant month but without the heat it kind of reminded me of late spring. I think it was only northern Scotland where it was a really poor month. It turned into one of the best autumns I’ve ever had as well, both September and October 2007 were both very dry and sunny with pleasantly mild days. 2007 actually wasn’t a too bad year weather wise. I think the highest I reached that month was 24.7.C on the 24th which was the highest temperature of the year. 2007 actually does hold the lowest maximum temperature I’ve recorded although 2008 was close as well.
  24. Billy Hicks I do believe that 2007 was definitely worse in the south and that 2012 was worse in the north. 2007 for me at least for me I had a July that wasn’t exceptionally dull or wet and the August that year was pretty good but on the cool side. 2012 however was just awful, we missed out on the heat of the end of July and even August while it wasn’t a write off of a month it was just bang average. 2012 did have like you say the March heatwave and also a good week in May where it was warm and sunny and the September that followed while cool was often sunny and dry.
  25. Metwatch Metwatch 2021 was definitely a brilliant summer in the north. It never broke any records for heat for me, nor was it exceptionally dry or sunny. I feel like it was just a consistently good summer. We had a very pleasant June (plenty of 20-22.C days with lots of sunshine and little rain). No extreme heat, the highest maximum was only 24.6.C but yet the lowest maximum was 16.1.C which was very high for me. July had an excellent first three weeks but again like June there wasn’t any prolonged heat until midmonth, the warmest July reached was 27.3.C which is slightly above average but again the lowest maximum was 17.6.C which is also very high for July. (We usually have a few days where it’ll fail to reach 15.C). August turned a little bit more unsettled particularly in the first half but after the 17th. The weather here was absolutely glorious and from the 22nd-29th it was pretty much unbroken sunshine once early morning mist and fog burned off. Again for August the highest maximum was 26.2.C but the lowest maximum was 16.8.C. So again nothing below 15.C. 2021 was consistently settled and warm aside from the last week of July and first half of August. It was similar to 2022 in terms of stats but summer 2022 had hotter spells of weather and also had a few more cooler and unsettled periods in July.
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