August CET Watch

[damianslaw]

So a just above average CET looks likely, a preety non-descript month temp wise with mild minima cancelling out the rather average maxima - though some places did get above 30 degrees.

Could someone post the monthly CET values for 2012 so far, I think we are 4 above (Jan, Mar, May, Aug) and 4 below (Feb, Apr, Jun and Jul), however, only March has been appreciably above the average with Aug and May very near average.

[summer blizzard]

So a just above average CET looks likely, a preety non-descript month temp wise with mild minima cancelling out the rather average maxima - though some places did get above 30 degrees.

Could someone post the monthly CET values for 2012 so far, I think we are 4 above (Jan, Mar, May, Aug) and 4 below (Feb, Apr, Jun and Jul), however, only March has been appreciably above the average with Aug and May very near average.

May was bang on the 1981-2010 average.

[Lettucing Gutted]

May was bang on the 1981-2010 average.

It's funny you should mention May. This August has behaved like May 2012 but in reverse with a slightly above CET masking a consistently warm and at times very warm first 3/4 in contrast to a much cooler last 1/4. On the other hand May 2012s near average CET masked a consistently cool and temporarily very cool first 2/3 offset by the warmest last 1/3 on record. Edited September 1, 2012 by Craig Evans

[Kentish Man]

Climate UK (Manley) have released their closing monthly stats

CET: (Aug 1-31): 16.66°C (+0.16 degC)

E&W Rain: (Aug 1-31): 93.5mm (124 per cent)

E&W Sun: (Aug 1-31): 167.6hr ( 87 per cent)

© Philip Eden

I suspect these figures reflect significant regional variations but here in Kent we had a pleasant month in that it was essentially warm and fairly sunny with not too many persistent rain days to spoil things. Only complaint was the high humidity at times especially at night.

[The PIT]

We dropped in at 16.1C with the last few days putting a big dint in the figures. Just outside the CET area but shows a good varition across it.

[Weather-history]

I notice August 2012 is down as 16.6C in the rankings.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/mly_cet_mean_sort.txt

Edited September 1, 2012 by Weather-history

[BornFromTheVoid]

Yep, 16.6C in the finalised data too

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_mean_2012

August 31st came in at 10.9C. You have to go back to June 3rd to find a cooler day. The minimum was 4.9C, lowest since May 17th.

That final day took 0.2C off the overall monthly value.

[DeepSnow]

Damn, so close yet so far with only 0.2C off! One day might get it right!

[TonyH]

Anything within 1 degree is a good shot.

[damianslaw]

I did preety well with my estimate this month, I think I went 16.4 degrees but can't remember. I've been way off for much of the year...

[J10]

Scores now in.

Well done this month to Kentish Man for getting it spot on.

The summer 1-2-3 was Kentish Man, virtualsphere and DR Hosking

The Overall 1-2-3 is reef, DR Hosking and Kentish Man

August 2012 CET.xls

August 2012 CET.pdf

Any issues please PM me.

[March Blizzard]

Ouch, out by just 0.1C second month running. I'll happilly settle for 8th place (seasonal) although I would have got silver if I had bothered to enter on time...my own dumb fault!

[Kentish Man]

Thanks once again to Jackone for compiling the scores. It's quite nice to have won the seasonal competition although I'm not sure the luck will stay with me in order to win the full year's gong!

[Lettucing Gutted]

Yep, 16.6C in the finalised data too

http://www.metoffice...t/cet_mean_2012

August 31st came in at 10.9C. You have to go back to June 3rd to find a cooler day. The minimum was 4.9C, lowest since May 17th.

That final day took 0.2C off the overall monthly value.

August 2012 was the first August to achieve a Mean Daily CET below 11C in August since August 1978. http://www.metoffice...cetdl1772on.dat

If we get locked into warm zonality or/and Indian Summer synoptic patterns it could be well into the autumn before we plunge this low again.

Edited September 2, 2012 by Craig Evans

[DR Hosking]

blimey, 2nd overal and 3rd for the month! Just goes to show you, totally uneducated guesses can do well!!

[stewfox]

blimey, 2nd overal and 3rd for the month! Just goes to show you, totally uneducated guesses can do well!!

When you get it right 12 months in a row and want to sell your book 'How to read the weather using Tea Leafs' you will regret that comment.

[Methuselah]

blimey, 2nd overal and 3rd for the month! Just goes to show you, totally uneducated guesses can do well!!

A fair bit better than Piers Corbyn?

[BornFromTheVoid]

Can a mod send the above post to the September CET thread please

[damianslaw]

Just realised I was further out than I thought - but 0.6 degrees isn't bad compared to the 1.7 degree difference in June and July - I'm doing poorly this year a far cry from 2010 when I was in the tiop 10 each month - nevermind, the very cool april-july period combined with the very mild March has really caught me out.