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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
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I would say a CET of 10.00
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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.
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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)
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However, it doesn't always work that way; the Junes of 1933, 1949, 1959, 1975, 1976 and 1989 being good examples of Junes that were sunny and warm, and the rest of the summers were likewise.
You could also count June 2003 as well
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I remember that day well, it reached 27ºC in Birmingham that day.
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I will go for a cool June with many places failing to reach 25ºC during the month, CET 13.3.
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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
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The weather for Edgbaston is looking ropey, coud be a washout day here, unfortnately.
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.
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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.
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I was only nearly a one year old in the summer 1976, so my first recollection of a hot summer was 1983. July 1983 had a whopping CET of 19.5C the hottest of the century, certainly remembered many visits to the beach at weekends and in the school holidays that summer. The next five summers were pretty abissmal though.
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.
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Very interesting Mr data. It will be interesting to see how this develops, my summer LRF using my method suggests the same re August and also a very warm September notably so at beginning and the end going into October....where records will be under threat for that time of year.
BFTP
Maybe a very warm start to early September to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 heatwave
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Another thing to remember, a warm May does not always mean a warm summer, look at 1992 and 1998.
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What is the hottest ever May Day temperature, does anyone know?
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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.
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I'll go for 11.9C
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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.
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As I said in the other thread, although next to impossible, if every day was 14°C and every night 6°C, there would be many complaints about a cool month, despite the fact that the month would have a CET of 10°C.
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.
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The other consequnces of the shifting of the equinoxes and solstices is that we will be some time in the future celebrating Christmas during the summer, Easter during the Autumn and mid winter will be in July! :blush: :blush:
Imagine if that happens, the song will be "I'm dreaming of a 30C Christmas" :o
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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.
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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
August 1910: On the 6th Shetland reached 28C - the highest temperature of the month anywhere in Britain. Very oddly, nowhere else in Britain exceeded 20CI 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.
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For June, that has got to be the weirdest weather I've ever heard of. I have witnessed something similar in April 2003
Thursday 10th - Snow flurries on and off all day with a maxima of only 2.5C
Friday 11th - Sunday 12th - Cold and cloudy with maxima between 6 and 9C
Monday 13th - Cloudy but quite mild at 13C
Tuesday 14th - Sunny and warm all day 19C
Good Friday then reached 27.4C only a week after the snow.
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.
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Was that in the lead up to Easter? Maundy Thursday 2003 I went to see my bro in Southampton and it was roasting in the city. Good Friday was warm and sunny. Then by Easter Saturday at football it had changed to a bitter E'ly wind :blush: .
(Disn't start keeping records until June 2003 so have nothing to fall back on!)
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:
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I can remember several April snowfalls, but I've never seen it settle.
July 1999
in Historic Weather
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August 1997 is another hot summer month that isn't mentioned as much as well.