Spring 2018 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[Sunny76]

Yeah, but we’ve had late October warm spells before, which have been followed by long chilly winters which last until mid or late March and even April ends up being chilly. 1995 was a prime example. 

[B87]

September 2017 was cooler than average in London, with slightly above average rainfall and below average sunshine.

October was warm, very dry and very cloudy.

On average our first 20c is in mid April and our last is mid October.

Edited April 16, 2018 by B87

[daz_4]

Disastrous outlook for Central Europe. Dry winter followed by dry spring. Daily averages already at summer levels on some days and dry as hell. Half the country heading to extreme drought and it's only April. Fun! 

[DAVID SNOW]

Adding to damianslaws posts in the MOD thread, we have had many a heat wave in December too...

[markyo]

First shorts day at work.....the misery of summer begins then

[Sunny76]

People need to be less dramatic about this warm spell, the first one for many months I might add. Let’s just enjoy it!

Beats weeks of dull cloudy cool weather, which is frankly quite depressing.

 

[weatherguru14]

The met office and some maps are showing another warmish spell  in  10 days or so time. I would settle for warm bursts of weather now and then. I would even settle for a cold May if we end up with a warmer than average June:)

[Summer Sun]

Gravesend has hit 22.6c making it the warmest day of the year so far

[cheese]

It's still disappointingly cloudy here - I think we'll have to wait until tomorrow for clear skies as it doesn't look like they'll be arriving today.

[weatherguru14]

am in leeds and its  lovely partly cloud day and  lovely and warm

[Summer Sun]

Lawn mowers on the go smell of freshly cut grass in the air and plenty of sunshine lovely stuff

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[markyo]

12 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Lawn mowers on the go smell of freshly cut grass in the air and plenty of sunshine lovely stuff

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One word describes best...........Achoo! Time to hibernate

[Yarmy]

Just been for a run. Beautiful. This would do nicely for the next 6 months.

[Summer Sun]

  Gravesend and St James Park, London have both recorded 25c making it the warmest day of the year so far

[cheese]

Well it did clear in the end - currently 22C. Very nice.

Edited April 18, 2018 by cheese

[reef]

We seem to be able to get close to or beat records at a canter at the moment. Today's maximum of 23.2C is the 2nd warmest here in 38 years and the minimum of 12.6C was the 3rd warmest in the same period.

Its even more remarkable when you consider we're only a mid-month and have just come out of a long spell of below average temperatures.

There's a moderate chance of the record of 24.0C set in 2011 going tomorrow too, just two days into the warm spell.

Edited April 18, 2018 by reef
Suddenly got warmer! (Again)

[Relativistic]

33 minutes ago, reef said:

We seem to be able to get close to or beat records at a canter at the moment. Today's maximum of 22.6C 22.8C was the 4th 3rd warmest here in 38 years and the minimum of 12.6C was the 3rd warmest in the same period.

Its even more remarkable when you consider we're only a mid-month and have just come out of a long spell of below average temperatures.

There's a moderate chance of the record of 24.0C set in 2011 going tomorrow too, just two days into the warm spell.

There's a bit of a weird historical anomaly for temperature records at this time of year. With the exception of the 18th, 19th, and 22nd, all dates from the 16th* April to the 25th April have recorded 27C or higher (the 22nd has reached 26.9C), but all dates from the 26th to the 30th have failed to do so. In fact, only the 30th has scraped 26C.

Probably a coincidence, but I find this interesting because the last two Aprils featured cold snaps in the final few days, while this April has a hot spell centred nicely in that 16th-25th period.

Incidentally, the high-temperature records pick up again in May, where all daily records are higher than 27C.

 

* The record for the 16th is 29.4C!

Edited April 18, 2018 by Relativistic

[reef]

35 minutes ago, Relativistic said:

There's a bit of a weird historical anomaly for temperature records at this time of year. With the exception of the 18th, 19th, and 22nd, all dates from the 16th* April to the 25th April have recorded 27C or higher (the 22nd has reached 26.9C), but all dates from the 26th to the 30th have failed to do so. In fact, only the 30th has scraped 26C.

Probably a coincidence, but I find this interesting because the last two Aprils featured cold snaps in the final few days, while this April has a hot spell centred nicely in that 16th-25th period.

Incidentally, the high-temperature records pick up again in May, where all daily records are higher than 27C.

 

* The record for the 16th is 29.4C!

Indeed, it's a strange anomaly, even more so when you consider that to find the next day to beat that 16th April record of 29.4C you have to go all the way to 16th May!

My post above has been amended as we've now hit 23.2C, making it the second warmest and only 0.8C from the record. Quite a warm day, being its 11.2C above average for this point in the month!

[weatherguru14]

such a lovely feeling day.. I hope we see plenty of days like this over the coming months. More than likely it will be weeks  though after the weekend.

[Sunny76]

8 hours ago, weatherguru14 said:

The met office and some maps are showing another warmish spell  in  10 days or so time. I would settle for warm bursts of weather now and then. I would even settle for a cold May if we end up with a warmer than average June:)

Sounds like April and May 1980. 

[Summer Sun]

Lovely pleasant spring evening even at this time of night

[Matthew.]

Very tempted to move to an alpine climate when you get today’s weather most of spring and summer. What a nuisance that jet stream is!

Edited April 19, 2018 by Matthew.

[Summer Sun]

5C warmer in Kenley than it was this time yesterday

20c already hit in the London area

 

[reef]

Already up to 21.3C here and there's next to no wind meaning we have a good shot at record warmest April day.

[Summer Sun]

27.5C at Heathrow Airport making it the warmest day of the year so far