Hottest Heatwave of All Time Championship: SEASON TWO

[CryoraptorA303]

Allow us to welcome newcomers July 1994, June 2005 and June/July 2009, and the return of June 2017 and July 2021! June 2017 actually managed 9th place last time; will it see the same success? July 1994 and June 2005 have the potential to be dark horses - How far will they go?

 

List of contestants (chronological, previous trophy-winners coloured, previous top-10 in italics):

July/August 2024 (SummerShower)
September 2023 (catherine91)
August 2022 (WYorksWeather)
July 2021 (sunny_vale)
June 2017 (sunny_vale)
July 2013 (Catbrainz)
September/October 2011 (catherine91)
June/July 2009 (sunny_vale)
July 2006 (SummerShower)
June 2005 (Sumerlover2006)
August 2003 (catherine91)
August 1997 (Catbrainz)
August 1995 (B87)
July 1994 (Summerlover2006)
July 1989 (Catbrainz)
August 1984 (WYorksWeather)
July 1983 (Harry's House)
June/July 1976 (Methuselah)
August 1975 (SummerShower)
July 1959 (Harry's House)
July 1955 (Summerlover2006)
August 1947 (Harry's House)
July 1933 (WYorksWeather)

Methuselah and B87 both have two nominations remaining.

[lassie23]

surely it's when the sun blew up in 1477

[CryoraptorA303]

@Summerlover2006 As it turns out, there are three separate heatwaves in July 1994.

The first is a brief three-day affair in the first three days of the month that doesn't reach 30°C. The second is from the 10th to the 12th and in this brief heatwave, the maximum temperature of July 1994 is reached. The third one is twice as long, spanning the 20th thru the 25th and reaches 30°C on most days.

Which one should be nominated?

After Summerlover2006 has decided, the other two may be nominated as separate heatwaves if anyone wishes to do so. This applies to all years and months that had separate heatwaves - All heatwaves must be nominated separately: For instance, June/July 2018, mid July 2018 (which is a three-day affair so I doubt anyone wants to nominate this), late July 2018 and August 2018 are all eligible.

Edited September 17 by CryoraptorA303

[Summerlover2006]

 CryoraptorA303 the third one please.

[cheeky_monkey]

CBA as its too much like hard work plus August 1995 should win every time no matter how you try to rig it..case closed ..if you disagree im handing out free ar*e whoopings 

[CryoraptorA303]

Late July 1994 joins the competition!

 

List of contestants (chronological, previous trophy-winners coloured, previous top-10 in italics):

July/August 2024 (SummerShower)
September 2023 (catherine91)
August 2022 (WYorksWeather)
July 2021 (sunny_vale)
June 2017 (sunny_vale)
July 2013 (Catbrainz)
September/October 2011 (catherine91)
June/July 2009 (sunny_vale)
July 2006 (SummerShower)
June 2005 (Sumerlover2006)
August 2003 (catherine91)
August 1997 (Catbrainz)
August 1995 (B87)
Late July 1994 (Summerlover2006)
July 1989 (Catbrainz)
August 1984 (WYorksWeather)
July 1983 (Harry's House)
June/July 1976 (Methuselah)
August 1975 (SummerShower)
July 1959 (Harry's House)
July 1955 (Summerlover2006)
August 1947 (Harry's House)
July 1933 (WYorksWeather)

Methuselah and B87 both have two nominations remaining.

7 hours ago, lassie23 said:

surely it's when the sun blew up in 1477

Sadly I have no data from 1477 Would be fun to have modern-standard data going back 1000+ years though.

1 hour ago, cheeky_monkey said:

CBA as its too much like hard work plus August 1995 should win every time no matter how you try to rig it..case closed ..if you disagree im handing out free ar*e whoopings 

If we're talking about months as a whole, technically August 1995 was defeated by July 2006 nationally and again by July 2018 in England and worked out as below July 1983 anyway. In Scotland August 1995 is only joint-fourth with August 1997 and below Julys 2006 and 2013. Even August 1947 is still above 1995 in Scotland. In NI it was tied by July 2013. Sure August 1995 is a powerful heatwave but it's not undefeatable, it didn't even defeat July 1983 in England and the CET at the time.

In any case, we're not looking at the whole month here, only the heatwaves, which is why temporally distinct heatwaves that occurred in the same month must be nominated separately, and why something like June/July 1976 is nominated as one.

[Metwatch]

18 hours ago, cheeky_monkey said:

August 1995 should win every time no matter how you try to rig it

For those who want a month as dry as possible and as sunny as possible, August 1995 is defintely one of the best agreed, but for those who want it as hot as possible and for as long as possible (more the point of this thread), there are better candidates imo. July 2022/2006, August 2020/2003/1990, June-July 1976 one of the most notables ones. But a lot of those examples when compared to the rest of month, weren't as dry or sunny overall as Aug 1995 throughout, so I can imagine that's what makes 1995 one of the best for experience.

Edited September 18 by Metwatch

[WYorksWeather]

On 17/09/2024 at 20:16, CryoraptorA303 said:

Would be fun to have modern-standard data going back 1000+ years though.

I'd love to enter 1683-84 into a coldest cold-wave of all time competition!

[Summer8906]

 CryoraptorA303 I certainly think August 2020 shouldn't win anything! Too short and transient with unsettled weather either side.

Anyway, no-one's gone for August 1990 so far, so I'll enter that one. All the others I can remember seem to have gone, so for the other two I'll go with July 1911 and July 1921, both of which, at Southampton, had a mean max of above 25C.

Edited September 21 by Summer8906