[May CET]

I believe it's 12.2ºC we need to get to beat 1893 and break the record for the warmest Spring.

How likely is it that we will break the record?

[Very Dry May Of 1991]

The following June was a real shocker though. It took until June 28th just to reach 20ºC here, with several days having sub 15ºC maximums.

May had more 20ºC+ maximums than June did that year.

[Summer 2011]

Not sure about the summer of 1921, that is really an example of a summer having a very warm spell in the middle with the rest of the summer not special.

Summer 1999 would be another example with a warm July sandwiched in between an average June and August.

[Snow Chaos Hits Birmingham Jan. 2004]

I remember the event, although I don't recall a significant amount of snow here.

[When Does It Get Dark Where You Are ?]

Sunset this evening here was at 8:13pm.

[Good Septembers Following Poor Augusts?]

What about 1980?

August. Cool, dull, and wet. northeasterly winds gave the southeast coast less than 10 hours of sunshine in total in the first 9 days of the month. 97 mm of rain fell in 45 minutes at Orra Beg, Antrim, on the 1st - one of the highest hourly rainfall rates on record. The downpour was very local.

September. Warm overall; at 14.7C CET, the warmest since 1961, and we would have to wait until 1998 for one warmer. There was a great deal of sunny, dry weather in the SE, although it was wet in the NW. There was a severe gale in the north on the 12th

[Good Septembers Following Poor Augusts?]

I was in Turkey for the first half of September 2006, so I'm not sure what it was like back here. I remember September 21st though, very hot with clear sunny skies (and I believe a date record of 29.0ºC was set somewhere)

August 2000 was sunny here, 2001 and 2002 were reasonable with a few hot days. 2003 was clearly the best August of the decade (34ºC here on the 9th). 2004 had a hot start before turning into a washout. 2005 was average overall, with 30ºC right at the end.

2006 was a huge letdown after the record breaking July, 2007 was cool and dry. 2008 was terrible with day after day of overcast skies. 2009 wasn't terrible here, but only one hot day on the 19th.

[How was your July weather?]

The nearby weather station at Coleshill has recorded 122.3 hours of sunshine up to the 29th. That's below the 139.6 hours that was recorded in March.

Quite dry though with just 22.2mm.

[Today's Weather]

It reached 27ºC here this afternoon. Looking at the records on the site below, it's the equal warmest May day at Birmingham airport since at least 1973 (with 31/5/03 and 27/5/05).

http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Birmingham_Airport/35340.htm

[Today's Weather]

Mainly overcast here, but feeling quite warm and humid.

Max was 17ºC, currently 16ºC.

[Annual CET - 2008]

It's only a guess, but here's how I think 2008 will turn out.

January: 6.4

February: 5.1

March: 6.8

April: 8.8

May: 12.7

June: 14.5

July: 16.3

August: 16.4

September: 14.0

October: 10.3

November: 6.1

December: 5.1

Yearly CET: 10.20

[October 2007 CET]

I'll go for an above average month at 11.5

[named locations regularly coldest max and min]

I've noticed that Edgbaston never seems to appear in any of the extremes, the west midlands must be the place in the UK least likely to get the most extreme weather.

[First Snow of the season!]

I can't ever remember seeing falling snow here in October, earliest snow that I can remember was in mid November 1988.

[2007: More 25C's outside summer than inside it? Unique?]

Just 2 days above 25ºC here (August 5th & 25th), yearly high was 27ºC which is the lowest here since 1998.

[Mean Snowiest Uk Date?]

Aren't the Isles of Scilly the least snowiest place in the UK?

[September CET!]

1890 is the only time September was the warmest month of the year (14.6)

1992 was the last time September (13.4) was cooler than May (13.6)

It could be warmer than July. That has only happened 6 times: 1795, 1902, 1821, 1875, 1890, 1895.

September 1980 came very close as well, and was warmer than July in the Manley CET series.

[August CET]

I'll go for a slightly above average month at 16.3

[Summer 1998 question]

I was wondering, was 30ºC reached at all during June and July 1998, and what were the highest recorded temperatures for each of those months?

[Your ideal weather year made up from past months]

Only counting months from when I was born (Dec 1980), this would be my favourite year

January 1985

February 1991

March 2003

April 2007

May 1992

June 2003

July 2006

August 1995

September 2006

October 1995

November 1985

December 1981

[June C.E.T]

I'll go for another warm month at 15.1

[The year off 1993]

Although summer 1993 was cool (Highest temperature only 25.5ºC), it was fairly dry here with almost half the summer rainfall occuring on just a few days (June 11th - 25.9mm, July 9th, 17.0mm, July 16th, 10.9mm and August 22nd - 21.1mm).

[Some Quirky Statistical Fun]

Is a yearly CET over 11ºC possible

[Some Quirky Statistical Fun]

September warmer than June is not that rare.

Looking at the CET list, September has been warmer than June in the following years since 1900 (27 times) It probably happened several more times before as well.

1903, 1907, 1909, 1916, 1926, 1929, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999.

[August CET]

17.4