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Posted
  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
Posted

During the last week of September 1895, there was a remarkable heatwave with maxima getting into the high 20s.

These are the record maxima for these dates in September, of which 6 happened in 1895

24 30.0 1895

25 30.6 1895

26 29.4 1895

27 30.6 1895

28 29.4 1895

29 27.8 1895

All thanks to a southerly airflow

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The CET mean for the period 24th-30th September 1895 was a remarkable 18.0C

Posted
  • Location: Evesham, Worcs, Albion
  • Location: Evesham, Worcs, Albion
Posted

Just goes to prove today's temps are down to global warming :D:D

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Posted
  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
Posted

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From the copy of the 28th September 1895 edition of the Times that I have of

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Some other reports

Addington: The max temp was 70F and upwards on 17 days, 80F and upwards on 6 days. The last 8 days having an average of 80F, 85.0F on 24th.

Abinger Hall: The temp reached or exceeded 80F on 5 days.

Tenterden: Mean max temp: 73.0F, 6 days above 80F

Lewes: The last 8 days were very hot, the max temp ranging from 76F to 82F

Windsor: Very hot with brilliant sunshine, max of 82F

Hedsor: Max of 79.0F on 27th

Diss: A month of magnificent, still and almost cloudless weather, intensely hot to the end.

Tavistock: The mean temp: 61.4F, maxima rose to or above 70F on 17 days

Ross-on-Wye: Temp rose above 80F on 4 days and above 70F on 19 days

Horncastle: The last fortnight was exceedingly hot and dry and on several days the sun shone from sunrise to sunset in an absolutely cloudless sky.

Norwich: The last week was abnormally warm

Weymouth: A warm month with many cloudless days. The last week of the month was the hottest in the year with an average of 66.2F. On ten days the temp rose to 70F and above

Torquay: 213.75 hrs of sunshine; 73.9F on 28th

Stroud: Max temp above 70F from 23rd to 30th inclusive. 79.0F on 9th

Leicester: Max mean temp: 73.8F; Mean min temp: 44.8F

Wakefield: For the week ending the 29th, the mean max. temp was 76.2, 17F above the average

Manchester: 84.0F on the 28th

Haverfordwest: The temp above 70F on 8 days, 7 of which occurred in the last week. 77.4F on the 28th

Cargen: On 10 days the max eceeded 70F; 79F on the 28th

Jedburgh: The temp on 12 days was above 70F, 84.0F on 9th and 13th

Aberdeen: a very warm month; 74.0F on 25th and 27th

Edinburgh: Phenomenally warm, mean temp 58.6F

Dublin: The heat was tempered by a sea breeze but sundhine was above the average.

Waringstown: Max: 81.0F on 27th

Omagh: During the last week, the maximum ranged between 70F to 75F on 5 days. Maximum: 75.0F on 29th

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Posted
  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
Posted

This was pretty exceptional for late September and the longevity of it makes it even more remarkable. 7 consecutive days of above 25C for some locations for the last week of September is astonishing.

When 1895 is ever mentioned this heatwave is totally forgotten and the freezing February is always remembered. A year certainly for the weather annals with a string of record minima in February and a string of record maxima at the end of September.

Posted
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
Posted

It certainly was exceptional. Buxton had a max' of 26.3c on the 24th that month, the highest value for the last week in September on the entire record.

The nearest approach to such late September heat in recent times was the max' of 25.5c on Sept' 21st 2006 (25.0c here) but that was a one day only offer.

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Posted
  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
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Newspaper reports from the time

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Posted
  • Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire
  • Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire
Posted

84F in Manchester on the 28th- that's incredible. I can't find too many examples in the records of 29C in Manchester in September at all, let alone in the last few days of the month.

That said, the figure clearly wasn't recorded at the airport which didn't exist at the time- could well have been in a more built-up area.

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Posted
  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
Posted

Some more data from this spell

Cambridge

23rd: 78°F

24th: 84°F

25th: 83°F

26th: 82°F

27th: 82°F

28th: 81°F

 

Coventry

24th: 78°F

25th: 82°F

26th: 80°F

27th: 81°F

28th: 82°F

29th: 82°F

30th: 77°F

 

Jersey

23rd: 77°F

24th: 82°F

25th: 72°F

26th: 81°F

27th: 85°F

28th: 84°F

29th: 76°F

 

Loughborough

28th: 85°F

 

Manchester

24th 81.2°F

25th: 79.4°F

26th: 78.5°F

27th: 81.5°F

28th: 83.9°F

29th: 81.4°F

30th: 76.9°F
 

Paris

23rd: 87°F

24th: 89°F

25th: 88°F

26th: 88°F

27th: 89°F

28th: 86°F

29th: 84°F

 

Southampton

24th: 79.6°F

25th: 80.5°F

26th: 83.0°F

27th: 81.2°F

28th: 82.4°F

29th: 79.1°F

30th: 78.7°F

 

Stamford

23rd: 80°F

24th: 85°F

25th: 84°F

26th: 82°F

27th: 84°F

28th: 82°F

 

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Found of a list of occasions when Edinburgh recorded a temperature of at least 75°F during September (1841-1895)

(°F)

1841 

12th: 77

13th: 76

1844

1st: 77

1846

11th: 78

12th: 78

14th: 78

1848

23rd: 76

1857

5th: 78

6th: 77.9

1868

6th: 81.7

7th: 77

1873

27th: 76.2

1890

8th: 76

9th: 75.1

1891

10th: 77

12th: 79.8

1895

25th: 78.3

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The mean temperature recorded at a Paris Observatory for September 1895 was reported as 65.6°F

11 days recorded a maxima of 86°F + and a maximum of 95.9°F was recorded

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Brussels recorded a mean of 64.2°F, 15 days recorded a maximum of 77°F+

Described as the most beautiful, warmest and driest for two centuries

 

 

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Posted
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
Posted

A much stronger heatwave than what we had last week considering it was at the end of the month.

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Posted
  • Location: Hessle
  • Weather Preferences: Cold Snowy Winters, Hot Thundery Summers
  • Location: Hessle
Posted (edited)
38 minutes ago, The PIT said:

A much stronger heatwave than what we had last week considering it was at the end of the month.

I disagree, the CET for the 4th to 10th this year was 21.6C, which is a whopping 3.6C above the last 7 days of that September. Yes you'd expect the end of September to be cooler then the 1st/2nd week but not that much.

Absolute maxima was typically 2-5C cooler then the maximums we got this year.

Here is the CET data:

                         early/mid 2023   late 1895
Mean temp:    21.6C                    18.0C
Mean max       28.2C                    24.4C
Mean min       15.1C                     11.8C

I don't know how you can conclude the heatwave of 1895 was 'much stronger'?

Just for additional context, the 91-20 average CET for Sept 4th-10th is 15.0.

Whilst the average for Sept 24th-30th is 13.2C

Therefore the anomalies are as follows:

4th-10th Sept 2023 = 6.6C
24th-30th Sept 1895 = 4.8C

Boom

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Posted
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow Nov - Feb. Thunderstorms, 20-29°C and sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
Posted (edited)

Incredible heatwave for sure, the max temps for the warmest places during that comparable to what Coventry had last week with the 29C to 30C!

Just goes to show there is still a lot of residual warmth to our south around a century ago well into autumn, and even more so in today's climate! Similarily the case with mid September 1926 or early Octobers of 1908 / 1921 and more recent ones of 1985 and 2011.

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Posted
  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Seasonal with some variety
  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Posted (edited)

Incredible temps for so late in September. Particularly considering that it's over 100 years ago.

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Posted
  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)

The overall stats for the whole month are even more impressive.

Southampton: mean max 23.6

Mean min 11.5

Rain 7.2 

Sun 243.1

Blows anything in the last 40-50 years out of the water. If we got a July with those stats, it would be perceived as a very good month. I'd guess London was even warmer, maybe 24.5 mean max?

Imagine if we got an 1895 nowadays, could London achieve a mean max of above 25 for the month?

And the sunshine was even more exceptional. Looking at Heathrow and Southampton, the only Septembers in recent times (1960+) which topped even 200 appear to have been Sep 1964 in both, Sep 1971 in Southampton and Sep 2003 at Heathrow (though note Southampton stopped recording sunshine in 1992).

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Posted
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
Posted (edited)

 Summer8906 It appears there were some remarkable diurnal ranges in this spell and I believe it's why the month wasn't warmer overall.

From the Oxford station.

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Appears I wrote a thread on this back in 2021. My older threads look so crap lmao.

 

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Posted
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow Nov - Feb. Thunderstorms, 20-29°C and sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
Posted
2 hours ago, Summer8906 said:

Blows anything in the last 40-50 years out of the water. If we got a July with those stats, it would be perceived as a very good month. I'd guess London was even warmer, maybe 24.5 mean max?

Imagine if we got an 1895 nowadays, could London achieve a mean max of above 25 for the month

Sept 2023 still has the warmest mean max. For the CET it's 0.6C above 2006 and 1895.

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Heathrow & St James Park: 24.4C

Northolt: 24.0C

Posted
  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)

 Metwatch I'd guess Sep 1895 achieved a higher mean max in London, given that in warm and sunny weather, London is usually 1-2C warmer than Southampton. I would guess it was higher than 24.5.

What Sep 1895 also had though was the truly extraordinary sunshine total, and extreme dryness. Sep 2023 and 2006 were nothing like as sunny or as dry - it appears 1895 really was in a class of its own.

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Posted
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
Posted

 Summer8906 September 2023 was exceedingly crap to me. Not because it was hot (I may have a reputation for hating hot weather but I am actually fine with up to about 33C as long as it doesn't last too long), but that heatwave was just so out of place after a crap summer, then the second half I remember being unsettled frequently but with a lot of residual warmth. So I would not say it was a classic September. It reminded me too much of August 2020 (it was sunnier than that month relative to average I think, but still).

Also I do think mid-30s into September is just like... okay, heat, you've had your time. Bog off.

September 1895 was very dry and extremely sunny so even if not as anomalous, it beats September 2023 and September 2006 out the park. The best Septembers don't usually rank the hottest because anticyclonic weather is more likely to breed cold nights and bring the C.E.T. down from record levels - think Septembers of 1959, 2003 etc.

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  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)

 LetItSnow Indeed, I would agree that Sep 2023 is overrated. Not because of the heat, but because it was mostly cloudy from around the 10th and unsettled after mid-month.

As September is a summer-half-year month, you tend to think that warm Septembers are also sunny, perhaps.

This was always formerly the case: in the 80s and 90s most of the warmest Septembers were also sunny and dry, and the wettest Septembers were average or cool.

However of late there seems to have been an increasing trend towards warm and unsettled Septembers. 2006 and 2023 were part-unsettled (2006 was much better than 2023 though as it stayed fairly sunny until late in the month) and 2016 was distinctly unsettled. I'd go as far as to say that Sep 2016 was the poorest month of the entire second half of that year. I was out of the country for part of it but my main experience was dull and damp with some very warm nights.

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Posted
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
Posted

 Summer8906 The interesting inverse is taking place of the 19th century in the 21st century - cool months that were quite good are now being replaced by warm months that are poor. With stronger heights to our south, more moisture in the air and a still westerly flow, warm but cloudy will often be name of the game. Whether this is a teething period to drier and sunnier times in 20-30 years or the new norm... who knows. But I won't make the thread about that

Memories of September 2016 are flickers. I remember the 3rd being a very wet and grey day with low light levels. Don't remember the build up to the heatwave but I remember the day itself. Oddly I don't remember it being a sweltering heat but it was very hazy in the sky IIRC. Then quite unsettled but often warm. The 1st of October lined up with a change in airmass which was a cold feeling day with heavy showers and I remember it feeling like a shock.

September 2021 is another very warm one I don't remember being overly great. I was 5 in September 2006 so have no memories of whether that one was that good.

Posted
  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)

I've just checked and it appears September 1959 was equally exceptional (23.5C, 2.0mm, 246.5hrs in Southampton). Max temp ever so slightly lower but slightly sunnier and even more extremely dry.

Oddly, cooler at Heathrow and less sunny (22.7, 209.2) which is not what you'd expect. I presume Sep 1959 had a lot of NE-lies and London was affected by North Sea cloud to a greater extent.

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Posted
  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)
12 minutes ago, LetItSnow said:

Memories of September 2016 are flickers. I remember the 3rd being a very wet and grey day with low light levels. Don't remember the build up to the heatwave but I remember the day itself. Oddly I don't remember it being a sweltering heat but it was very hazy in the sky IIRC.Then quite unsettled but often warm. The 1st of October lined up with a change in airmass which was a cold feeling day with heavy showers and I remember it feeling like a shock.

I remember 1 October clearly, cooler and sunny with showers about which mostly kept clear of where I was but producing some nice skies. I remember the change of month producing a radical improvement in the weather, more a pleasant surprise than a shock I have to admit!

Oct 2016 was then extraordinarily good for more than two weeks, it became dull near the end but only after a prolonged sunny spell.

I actually missed the heatwave though it appears to have been intense but transient - which seems to be the modern way, sadly. Sat 10th was dull and miserable but very humid with a warm night; Sun 11th was sunny; Mon 12 was cloudy which was presumably the warm front.

12 minutes ago, LetItSnow said:

September 2021 is another very warm one I don't remember being overly great. I was 5 in September 2006 so have no memories of whether that one was that good.

Another one I mostly missed but I remember the initial days being warm and cloudy, and the final week or so being dull and unsettled. Apparently we had one week of very good weather (the week of the 6th) and it was then mostly warm but cloudy before the breakdown on around the 25th.

Sep 2014 was very dry but again, not spectacularly sunny. Sunny Septembers even of the 1997 or 2003 type (let alone 1895 or 1959) seem hard to come by these days.

 

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Posted
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
Posted

 Summer8906 The heat spike era was in full force... 😒 Apparently the heatwave had some remarkably intense storms but I missed them totally. I had also missed a very thundery spell on the 27th or 28th of August which impacted the north. 

Anyway to stear things back to 1895 TORRO says that it's the latest occurence of a national annual high on the remarkably late date of the 27th of September.

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  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow Nov - Feb. Thunderstorms, 20-29°C and sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
Posted
21 hours ago, Summer8906 said:

Indeed, I would agree that Sep 2023 is overrated. Not because of the heat, but because it was mostly cloudy from around the 10th and unsettled after mid-month.

I'd agree as well, too wet and unsettled after the heatwave, although at least there was some thundery interest. I much prefer drier and calm Septembers like 2020/2021. September 2020 pretty much had an identical mean temp to Sept 2024, but was so much better due to the dryness and higher sunshine amounts. Mean max was a little warmer in 2020 though.

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Posted
  • Location: Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm-by-day sunny thundery summers , short cold snowy winters.
  • Location: Hampshire
Posted (edited)

 Metwatch My favoured kind of September is the type which is settled and warmish without necessarily having any heat spikes. I always think of 1985, 1997, 2003 and 2009 as my go-to examples of Septembers I would consider unambiguously good.

These modern warm Septembers like 2016 and 2023 are just too unsettled, and cannot hold a candle to genuinely exceptional Septembers such as 1959 or 1895.

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