Heatwave lives on in central England
The recent heatwave lives on in central England, not in the usual number of hot days, but in the number of warm nights that have become almost as much an issue across the country during August …
Month: August 2020
The glorious 12th – hottest day in central England
The 12th of August provisionally the warmest by day and by night The glorious 12th of August was provisionally the warmest for that day in the daily record that started in 1878, and beat the previous …
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Extreme months, seasons and years in central England
Not surprisingly in these days of galloping climate change only one extreme month has appeared in the top twenty ranked list of coldest months, seasons and years in the central England series. The reason I know …
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31 July 2020 breaks date record set in 1943
Friday the 31st of July 2020 set a new date record for central England that has stood since 1943. The maximum of 33.2°C with a massive anomaly of +12.95°C, broke the long standing 30.9°C record set …
July 2020 – coolest since 2012
July 2020 was the coolest July since 2012 in the central England series. The mean temperature for the month was 15.73°C, which was -0.32°C below the 1961-1990. It would have been a considerably colder month if …