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1 hour ago, richie3846 said:
In addition to a summer drought, it's also a longer term drought affecting groundwater levels, therefore river flows in much of the south. It's a complex balance, that requires decent winter rain and saturated soils, in order to recharge the groundwater which gives base flows for many rivers.
One of the problems of a dry summer is it can delay the groundwater recharge in the winter, as it takes longer to wet the soils up in the autumn.
Even though 2018 was even drier in the summer, there was no chance of water restrictions in the south because of high groundwater after the beast from east. This year is different, because the winter was lacking in recharge, and this is why rivers such as the Thames are running at very low flows. If August was hot, we can expect water restrictions to help preserve the base flow of the rivers.
In the North East, Kielder Water ensures we don’t have water restrictions.
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2 minutes ago, Weather Enthusiast91 said:
I know it's pure coincidence, but the weather does seem to have a way at balancing things out.
Perhaps a wet autumn is on the cards?
But yes, farmers and gardeners need some rain now for crops and plants. Over the last couple of years, long dry periods with interspersed very unsettled ones have been all too common. Would be nice if the weather was more mixed.
I think you’re right. There’s always a compensation. Look at Autumn 1976 after the hot summer - wettest on record.
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Just received an email from Tim Burt to say that the official max from Durham Uni Observatory for 19th July 2022 was 36.9 degC, beating the old record (32.9, 25/7/2019) by an astonishing 4.0 degC.
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2 minutes ago, ShinyDave said:
They did, and the 39.1 at Charlwood was pre-noon (!).
So many stations reporting a figure that rounds to 40 that you'd figure there's at least one even higher spot somewhere. Maybe tomorrow, when we hear from stations with manual daily reporting (?), we find that spot. Certainly it sounds like that could be where we turn to for the Scottish record.
Some climatic stations only report daily, so we won’t know until tomorrow.
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18 minutes ago, Typhoon John said:
Where is the Geography Dept? I just walked past the Potter's Bank site last week.
I believe it’s on the Science site, off South Road.
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4 minutes ago, Typhoon John said:
Durham Uni station just shy of 100F at 37.6C. If that is confirmed it's 4.7C higher than the previous record.
That reading is from a different site to the Durham Uni Observatory at Potters Bank. The AWS readings you quote are from the Geography Dept AWS. However, once the official max is in tomorrow we’ll know for sure. I expect 35-36 degC
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2 minutes ago, SunnyPlease said:
If you think the UK is going to turn into Italy with multiple months of warm/hot weather and dry as bone nearly every summer, you're mistaken. Average temps will of course rise, but it won't suddenly turn the UK into the Costa Del Sol in terms of longevity of summers. The UK is an unstable climate where long and settled summers like 1976 and 2018 are very rare. I don't think that will change. Just the average max temps will.
That’s the whole difficulty with Climate Change. Normal climates are replaced with new normals. Places that had unstable climates may find they now have more stable ones.
Climate zones appear to be migrating poleward. That brings the climate of France to the UK.
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1 minute ago, PaulWK1972 said:
Durham AWS now sitting at 36.0c.
We'll see how the official obvs compare to that tomorrow,
But as Durham Weather said already, the record has been obliterated. It's been smashed out of sight.
Gilesgate, Durham at 13:32
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2 minutes ago, PaulWK1972 said:
Yeah the AWS high was 32.4 so pretty close to each other.
Pretty sure Durham has had a 32.5 in 1990, and a 32 (maybe in 2020) as well as the 32.9 high, though I'm probably wrong.
No, you’re right.
32.9 July 25th 2019
32.5 August 3rd 1990
31.9 August 2nd 1990
31.3 July 16th 1876
31.0 July 1st 2015
19th July 2022 ???
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5 minutes ago, PaulWK1972 said:
35.2c in Durham at 12.57...
That's nearly 3 degrees higher than the max at the same location yesterday, and still feasibly a couple of hours warming to go.
The official high at Durham Uni Observatory yesterday was 32.0 degC, making it the 2nd warmest on record. Today will obliterate that.
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56 minutes ago, PaulWK1972 said:
31.2c in Durham.
According to the Durham County road weather cams the temperature at 10.40am at Lanehead, 1,500ft asl was 30.1c, and at Forest In Teesdale, 1200ft asl it was 30.4c
29.9 degC in Gilesgate, Durham at 11:45am.
32.6 degC on the Durham Geog Dept Roof AWS at 11:42am
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30.9 degC in Durham at 1338hrs. Sitting with my feet in a bowl of cold water.
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I had a low of 20.3 degC in Gilesgate, Durham. Our first ‘Tropical Night’. Goodness knows what the max will be.
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A few spots of rain in Durham this morning, but not enough to wet surfaces or pavements.
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Last night (11th/12th) was actually the 2nd warmest minimum recorded in Durham City in July. The official figure was 18.4 degC.
The warmest remains the 18.9 degC from 20th July 2016.
These figures may be challenged again if the forecast for Sun/Mon verifies.
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I think disappointingly, it won’t reach 40 degC, so i’m going for 39.7 degC somewhere in Kent on 17th
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8 minutes ago, danm said:
Average summer maximum of 28°c? The average for London in July is 24°c. In County Durham it’s like to be about 20/21°c.
I think you misunderstand. Each year has a maximum temperature. If it reached 28 degC in 2020, 30 degC in 2021 and 29 degC in 2022, then the average summer maximum would be 29 degC.
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Delightful Durham at 15.4C (+1.8) to 30th
Rainfall 32mm (-29mm)
(Deviations are from 1991-2020 means)
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I’ve just received my copy of ‘Durham Weather and Climate Since 1841’, which has been compiled by Tim Burt and Stephen Burt.
It’s a fascinating book for anyone into weather in North East England. It’s published by Oxford University Press and is priced at £35.
You can get it at Amazon.
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Delightful Durham now up to 14.8C to the 21st, which is +1.2C on the 91-20 average.
Rainfall total is 14.8mm (current dry spell of 14 days)
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6.8C and 41mm for me please
Dave
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6 minutes ago, Ross90 said:
Roof damage as in lost tiles or sheets as some houses on this street still have metal roofs. I didn't see any houses that had been left exposed because of roof damage.
We don’t have metal roofs mate, just on cowsheds.
There were several houses had their roofs completely blown off in the last storm a few weeks back.
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2 minutes ago, Ross90 said:
It was during the sting jet associated with the Jan 3rd 2012 storm. I didn't measure it but local stations were into the 90s, a couple into the 100s. It's one of only 2 red wind warnings I can remember in this area. A fair bit of roof damage but actual structural damage was minimal.
I'm pretty sure mainland houses are all built to the same standard. I'm in the greater Glasgow area so not away up in the highlands...
A roof is part of a structure, is it not?
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Does the possibility of a cold winter this year worry you?
in Spring Weather Discussion
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Can we not just have a boring, average and non-extreme winter for once? It seems like every month at the moment needs to break records. Just my thoughts.