1860

[Weather-history]

Since it looks as though we're having the wettest May-June period for England and Wales since 1860, here's a look back at that year

Jan: 3.5

Feb: 1.7

Mar: 4.7

Apr: 5.9

May: 11.5

Jun: 12.3

Jul: 14.5

Aug: 13.6

Sep: 11.2

Oct: 9.8

Nov: 4.5

Dec 1.5

Annual CET: 7.89

Joint 12th coldest year in the CET records

4th coldest summer with 13.5

Wettest May-June period on record with 250.1mm

Wettest June on record with 157.1mm

10th wettest August on record with 148.5mm

4th wettest summer on record with 370.8mm

[cheeky_monkey]

Since it looks as though we're having the wettest May-June period for England and Wales since 1860, here's a look back at that year

Jan: 3.5

Feb: 1.7

Mar: 4.7

Apr: 5.9

May: 11.5

Jun: 12.3

Jul: 14.5

Aug: 13.6

Sep: 11.2

Oct: 9.8

Nov: 4.5

Dec 1.5

Annual CET: 7.89

Joint 12th coldest year in the CET records

4th coldest summer with 13.5

Wettest May-June period on record with 250.1mm

Wettest June on record with 157.1mm

10th wettest August on record with 148.5mm

4th wettest summer on record with 370.8mm

every month below the 61-90 ave let alone 71-00...doubt that will happen again!!

[Weather-history]

Highest maximum recorded for 1860 at the Royal Greenwich Observatory was a mere 24.7C on the 23rd of May. Camden Square recorded a maximum of just 24.5C on that same date. They were the highest temperatures recorded that year for those stations.

Shows the lack of warmth during 1860!

Highest Maximum and Lowest Minimum recorded for each month at the Royal Greenwich Observatory for 1860

January

Max: 13.1C (3rd)

Min: -2.5C (28th)

February

Max: 11.9C (28th)

Min: -4.8C (11th)

March

Max: 15.3C (28th)

Min: -4.7C (10th)

April

Max: 18.3C (30th)

Min: -2.1C (11th)

May

Max: 24.7C (23rd)

Min: 0.3C (7th)

June

Max: 23.3C (24th)

Min: 6.4C (6th)

July

Max: 23.9C (17th)

Min: 5.3C (5th)

August

Max: 21.6C (4th,18th)

Min: 7.5C (7th)

September

Max: 20.9C (7th,8th)

Min: 2.1C (12th)

October

Max: 20.3C (28th)

Min: 0.2C (12th)

November

Max: 12.9C (1st)

Min: -1.9C (3rd)

December

Max: 12.2C (6th)

Min: -13.3C (25th)

Camden Square rainfall totals and rain days

Jan: 1.91" 27 days

Feb: 1.25" 25 days

Mar: 1.87" 17 days

Apr: 1.40" 16 days

May: 3.57" 18 days

Jun: 5.47" 25 days

Jul: 2.26" 12 days

Aug: 4.48" 26 days

Sep: 2.92" 14 days

Oct: 1.77" 12 days

Nov: 2.72" 13 days

Dec: 2.51" 18 days

Total: 32.1" 223 days

The number of occasions 80F or more recorded at Greenwich for the following years

1857: 35

1858: 26

1859: 34

1860: 0

[damianslaw]

When you look at statistics like this is certainly puts any grumbles we may have now of slightly below average temp CET's out the window. Remarkable how cold a year that was. If we had a year comparable to 1860 again some would probably start saying the new age is on the way. Still we can still get the hefty rain totals on a par with with what the past delivered.

[acbrixton]

Kevin, almost as striking is the frequency of daily maxima above 80f in the preceding three years. Assuming that those temperatures were recorded from, say, mid May to mid September (about 120 days), that means approximately 22-29% of days recorded maxima of 80f or more!

regards

ACB

[kippure]

Since it looks as though we're having the wettest May-June period for England and Wales since 1860, here's a look back at that year

Jan: 3.5

Feb: 1.7

Mar: 4.7

Apr: 5.9

May: 11.5

Jun: 12.3

Jul: 14.5

Aug: 13.6

Sep: 11.2

Oct: 9.8

Nov: 4.5

Dec 1.5

Annual CET: 7.89

Joint 12th coldest year in the CET records

4th coldest summer with 13.5

Wettest May-June period on record with 250.1mm

Wettest June on record with 157.1mm

10th wettest August on record with 148.5mm

4th wettest summer on record with 370.8mm

Did something globally happen to cause this, ie volcanic eurption?