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August 1997 is another hot summer month that isn't mentioned as much as well.

June 2006 stats for Birmingham Average temp: 16.2ºC Average Max: 21.2ºC Average Min: 11.1ºC Highest Max: 28ºC (10th) Highest Min: 16ºC (11th & 12th) Lowest Max: 16ºC (14th, 22nd, 26th) Lowest Min: 4ºC (1st) Average Dewpoint: 10.0ºC Highest Dewpoint: 19ºC (12th) Lowest Dewpoint: -4ºC (3rd) Average Humidity: 67.7% Highest: 100% (8th, 9th, 29th) Lowest: 25% (3rd) Average Pressure: 1019.6hPa Highest: 1031hPa (2nd) Lowest: 1005hPa (23rd) Total Rainfall: 15.9mm Wettest day: 12th (7.1mm) Days without rain: 21 June_2006_Stats.xls

I would say a CET of 10.00

July and September 1980 both had a CET of 14.7ºC, is that the closest September came to being warmer than July in the 20th century, and was September actually warmer in some places. It would be interesting to see the comparision between the 2 months.

From my weather stats September 1999: 14.7ºC September 2005: 15.3ºC June 1991: 12.1ºC September 1991: 14.7ºC First 4 months of 2001 January: 2.7ºC (1.4ºC below average) February: 4.1ºC (0.1ºC below average) March: 4.6ºC (2.0ºC below average) April: 6.9ºC (1.3ºC below average)

You could also count June 2003 as well

I remember that day well, it reached 27ºC in Birmingham that day.

I will go for a cool June with many places failing to reach 25ºC during the month, CET 13.3.

You could also include these months, as they were all quite cool August 1992 July 1993 August 1993 June 1997 (2nd half) July 1998 July 2000 Mid June - Mid July 2004

I was thinking of going on Thursday, that doesn't seem such a good idea now Any idea how the weather will be for the last day next Monday.

Is the difference between June 1991's CET of 12.1 and July 1991's CET of 17.3 a record for any summer month.

Summer 1984 wasn't that bad here, here are the averages for Birmingham for summer 1984 (from weather online) June: 14.6 July: 16.8 August: 17.6 There were 24 days with a max of 25ºC or above during that summer, the 4 summers were followed were really abysmal, especially August 1986 & July 1988.

Maybe a very warm start to early September to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 heatwave

Another thing to remember, a warm May does not always mean a warm summer, look at 1992 and 1998.

What is the hottest ever May Day temperature, does anyone know?

I was 4 months old at the time, and April 26th was the day of my christening, my parents decided to go ahead with it despite the snow, and all the guests arrived on time. Was it as good as the December 8th 1990 snowfall in the midlands.

I'll go for 11.9C

Summer 1991 & Summer 1992 are the mirror image of each other, 1991 started cool and ended up hot, and 1992 started hot and ended up cool. 1991 May: Dull and very dry (CET 10. June: Cold, dull and wet (CET 12.1) July: Changeable and warm (CET 17.3) August: Sunny, warm and very dry (CET 17.1) September: Very warm and sunny (CET 14.7) 1992 May: The warmest of the century, with violent thunderstorms at the end (CET 13.6) June: One of the warmest of the century, mainly dry and sunny (CET 15.7) July: Cloudy and wet (CET 16.2) August: Very wet and windy (CET 15.3) September: Cloudy, cool and unsettled (CET 13.4) June & July 1991 is an amazing difference between very cool and very warm, the only time I can think of 2 completley different consecutive months is the difference between a very cold January and a very mild February in 1945, can anyone think of a more extreme difference between 2 consecutive months. Summer 1992 must have been a real disappointment in the end, especially after the way it started.

The average temperature at Birmingham Airport this month so far is 7.8ºC, which is just below average despite the fact that the highest temperature this month is only 14ºC (Which has been reached on 6 seperate days), so although this month will end up about average, it still feels like a cool month.

Imagine if that happens, the song will be "I'm dreaming of a 30C Christmas" :o

I have recently been collecting weather data for Birmingham and I have built up quite a good database, but I was looking at the temperatures for 1985, and I was amazed how bad the summer was. June Average temp: 12.5C Average max: 16.5C Highest max: 22C Lowest Max: 11C Days above 20C: 4 July Average temp: 16.1C Average max: 20.6C Highest max: 28C Lowest max: 15C Days above 20C: 16 August Average temp: 14.7C Average max: 18.4 Highest max: 23C Lowest max: 16C Days above 20C: 8 There were only 4 days above 25C during the whole summer (and one of them was in October), and the longest amount of consecutive days 20C and above was 8 (and that was from September 25th - October 2nd) September & October had more 20C+ days than June & August combined. I was only 4 at the time, so I don't have a good memory of the summer, but the only one I can think of that has been worse than this since I was born in terms of temperature was 1993, does anyone else have any memories of this summer. Also, does anyone have a link to historical rainfall data for Birmingham, it would help a lot, thanks.

I was reading this excellent site The British Weather, which gives monthly descriptions of the weather all the way back to 1900, and I noticed this from 1910, does anyone know how such an event can occur I find it hard to believe that Shetland reached 28C and nowhere else on that day reached 20C, surely if Shetland reached 28C, nearby places such as Orkney must have exceeded 20C. What is Shetland's record max temperature, I'm not sure that it is possible for Shetland to reach 28C.

I was in Lanzarote in the first part of April where temperatures were in the low 20's, and the next week back in England was nearly as warm. Wasn't 27.4C reached on Wednesday 16th, Good Friday (18th), was a few degrees cooler.

If that warm spell in April 2003 had happened just a few days later, we would have had the hottest easter since 1949. Good Friday (April 18th), was warm and sunny here with a temperature of 19C, but Easter Saturday only reached 8C :blush:

I can remember several April snowfalls, but I've never seen it settle.