Summer Index 2019

[xmetman]

Summer 2019 didn't stand out in any particular regard in this years summer index calculations.

The summer index uses mean temperature, total sunshine and total rainfall values to calculate an index of just how good or bad a summer has been.

The highest possible index is 48, and that has happened only once in the UK in the summer of 1976, and the lowest is -48, and that again has happened only once in the UK back in the summer of 1954. Summer 2019 came in with an index of +15 for the UK, which placed it in #17 position in a series that started in 1929.

Before anyone asks SE England does look a bit odd with a Q4 for mean temperature in August but their mean anomaly is the lowest of all regions - it's probably borderline.