When do you predict the first 20°C and 25°C of 2024 will be?

[damianslaw]

In an average year we usually have to wait until May before seeing our first 20 degrees, but in recent years often April has produced it, sometimes March. Looking at the trend for the remainder of April, it looks like it won't occur this month.

25 degrees can be hard to achieve in depths of summer in some years! Last July a case in point, not once.. but usually June will bring our first 25 degrees. In a number of years May delivers the goods, if high pressure sits overhead for a number of days. 25 degrees is the barometer of a very good summers day here, typically high 20s are not easy to achieve, but recently becoming easier and easier. 

Edited April 17 by damianslaw

[midlandsun]

Can't see us hitting 25 degrees this year.

[quest4peace]

I remember as a kid growing up, that the March Winds,April Showers bring forth the may flowers saying was true Granted these days its seems all over the place, but May was always the first month for any decent "Heatwave" In fact i remember hearing people saying how amazing it was to get temps in the 20's in May Then from june till the end of the school holidays or so it was quite often water fights and such in long warm sunny spells Who knows this year hey :D

[B87]

Probably July at this rate.

[Don]

5 hours ago, midlandsun said:

Can't see us hitting 25 degrees this year.

I'll be absolutely staggered if we don't!

I think we will hit 25C during the 2nd half of May.

Edited April 18 by Don

[Addicks Fan 1981]

Would like for this thread to be locked please mods as it's pointless in my books.    

[B87]

 Addicks Fan 1981 Or change the title to 2025

[reef]

 Addicks Fan 1981 I disagree. If people want to discuss when we might (or if) hit 20/25/30C then its fine. We have such a thread every year.

[Don]

 Addicks Fan 1981 Why?!

[raz.org.rain]

 midlandsun for context, the max temperature recorded during 1816, the infamous "year without a summer", was 27.2°c.

Edited April 18 by raz.org.rain

[Don]

 raz.org.rain There you go, just shows how unlikely it would be (particularly in this day and age) not to reach 25C during summer, in fact I would go as far to say it would be virtually impossible now?!

Edited April 18 by Don

[raz.org.rain]

 Don looks like only a handful of years have failed to reach at least 30°c since 1900. Lowest max seems to be 27.8°c in 1962.

Hottest day of each year from 1900

WWW.TREVORHARLEY.COM

 

[raz.org.rain]

I did some digging to see if there's any records that go back further than 1900 and found one that goes back to 1875, lowest recorded maximum was 26.8°c in 1879. I think it's fair to say that not achieving 25°c would be an astonishingly extreme situation.

[Azazel]

I’m gonna go for 24th May which is depressing. 

[Frigid]

 Don Not countrywide but in 1998, the warmest temperature here was 25C. That would be inconceivable in today's climate.