AlexG595

Thank you for the article submission, much appreciated

Referencing your comparison between July 2019 and August 1932! We've already seen this happen already with both July 2006's hottest day record and the even more notable July 2015's record falling into obscurity from the moment they were beat. Honestly I'm glad as both of these records came from otherwise uneventful summers. 2019's late June and late August heatwave was pretty impressive but far from deserving of the national record over them

Absolutely in love with this thread. Though this is more "a month that got a record that *didn't* deserve it" I was absolutely distraught over June 2023 beating the old joint records of 1940 and 1976, especially 1976. To be fair. A lot of this just stems from my general dislike for modern climate change records but I used to love June 1976 for the exceptional maxima in the latter half of the month In contrast, I was very happy about September 2023 tying with September 2006 overall. I found September 2006 to be incredibly boring meteologically with only 1-2 days actually exceeding 30°C, despite this. Mainly due to warm minima, 2006 beat many famous Septembers like 1911 and 1906 in overall mean temperature. September 2023 was an incredible month due to it's beginning heatwave. 7 days over 30°C was absolutely uprecedented compared to previous Septembers. Nevermind all in a row! Though I remember at some point, a weather model even forecasted maxima as high as 36°C in parts of the south for 2 consecutive days. Even though I hate heatwaves, I still wish this had verified.

Another submission is June 3rd 1947, it bothers me so much that 34.5°C, June's 8th hottest day on record was so close to May Imagine if it had just happened 3 days prior! Not only would May 1947 have likely become the hottest on record, but it would've absolutely deserved it with the current May record of only 32.8°C being decimated

March 1947.. Just the entire first half of it is still incredible to me, the mean CET for the first half of the month was -0.3°C Something that also bothers me is that a min CET of -9.4°C was recorded on the 7th. If it was only that touch colder then it couldve been the only -10°C CET minima outside of Dec-Jan-Feb. Sadly the very mild second half ruined any chances of March 1947 becoming a record cold March, however I love to speculate some kind of March 1947 followed by a late March 2013 combination that would absolutely decimate previous March cold spells

April 1893. Somehow not the hottest on record thanks to a cold start in that year and the exceptionally high minima and more general persistance of warm weather seen in April 2011 Late April saw 8 consecutive days over 25°C Peaking at 29°C on the 18th. I made a chart showing the highest maxima seen during the April heatwave, though some of these may not be accurate as sources were hard to find.

August 2022, the July heatwave has seen a lot of attention but nobody has seemed to nominate (in my opinion) the even more credible August! The month saw several days between 32-35°C in a row with some especially oppressive nights. The length of this heatwave felt worse than the July heatwave, not to mention the more widespread hot temperatures as compared to 2020 which was mostly secluded to more southern areas of England

Would love an information summary or detailed accounts of the latter half of this month. Despite experiencing one of the coldest October nights on record according to the CET minima, I can't seem to find any information on this event. Any support would be massively appreciated.

October 1926! Though not against climatic grain.. the first half saw the warmest October day ever in parts of Ireland, the second half heralded the coldest 2nd half to October on record. Another extreme contender would be March 1947 with an exceptionally cold first half to the month followed by the infamous thaw and floods of the 2nd half Mar-Apr 1968 and Mar-Apr 2021 are also good candidates with both seeing exceptional warm spells followed by a deep and long lasting cold spell, in fact I saw snow twice during April 2021, by far the latest snowfall Id ever seen here in SE Cheshire

Storm Eunice was the only enjoyable thing of winter 2022-23. Me and my friends all stood outside during the peak of the gusts and we could barely keep our eyes open! March's sunny spell whiles initially unmemorable, I look back and realise just how impressively sunny that month was for the time of year I found this year's summer ondto almost be like a switch. The first half felt warm but relatively average during the June heatwave but the 2nd half after the 40c heatwave just felt like you just set the UK on fire. It quickly changed from a "normal" summer to a very "droughty" summer like that of 2018. It felt exceptionally hot by mid August with the daily 34c's across the UK and the whole attitude changed as a hosepipe ban was introduced. My local pond was exceptionally low by the beginning of September and made 2018's drought look like a picnic Does anyone have any comparisons with the second half of this summer's CET maxima compared to other notable summers?