Mid August 1973: hot

[Weather-history]

Overall, summer 1973 wasn't too bad (Manchester Summer Index of 234).  There was a short hot spell mid month where Southampton recorded 32.1°C

 

 

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[LetItSnow!]

August 1973 was the hottest month (or August, can’t remember) for 14 years despite a rather modest CET in the 16s

Edited August 9, 2023 by LetItSnow!

[Methuselah]

You wouldn't get a headline like that these days! 

[Sunny76]

6 hours ago, Methuselah said:

You wouldn't get a headline like that these days! 

No. It doesn’t get a headline now unless it’s 30c at the very least. 

[sundog]

1 hour ago, Sunny76 said:

No. It doesn’t get a headline now unless it’s 30c at the very least. 

If they were told that one day 40c would be recorded in England I'm sure they wouldn't have believed it.

[Sunny76]

1 minute ago, sundog said:

If they were told that one day 40c would be recorded in England I'm sure they wouldn't have believed it.

Nobody believed it back in 2013.

[sundog]

Didn't believe it myself until a few days before it happened lol 

[Harry's House]

14 hours ago, Weather-history said:

Overall, summer 1973 wasn't too bad (Manchester Summer Index of 234).  There was a short hot spell mid month where Southampton recorded 32.1°C

 

 

Evening Standard

      

 

Mirror

 

Liverpool Daily Post

Daily Telegraph

           

 

Derby

Birmingham

    

Cambridge

1973 was my first summer working in the Met Office, at Stansted Airport. It may well be the best summer between 1959 and 1976.