Weather and Climate

The provisional maximum temperature for Central England on Sunday (25 August) failed to break the

The finalised figures just published by the Met Office reveal that the provisional maximum for

Basically the cold start to the month was cancelled out by a warm flourish at the end. The mean

Any idea what happened to Philip's [undoubtedly] huge archive? A good question - readers of the

Thanks Bruce. Quite rare that we get a cold date record these days, in Central England, or anywhere

Great graph. Would love to see how this summer is shaping up. It's interesting how the 61-90

The astronomical spring of 2018 was the third warmest by mean temperature since 1772, and much warmer

To get an idea of just how sparse Met Office data is prior to 1910, you can download daily UK

I can see what you mean - excuse the contouring of the anomalies. I did post the other day that it

It is interesting the most of the highest mean figures are in the 18th and 19th centuries. Yet the

Provisionally, spring 2018 looks like it will be the 32nd warmest since 1659, despite the cold spells

Yes. 28.5C here in S.Essex. Wouldn't be surprised if that date record applies here as well!

2011 the warmest April in Central England <link>

Hiya Bruce, Many thanks for the explanation. Cheers T

It's good to see a cold date record rather almost broken for once rather than high date records

Yes I did that to differentiate the monthly series from the daily series. I need to increase the size

Thanks Bruce. I was wondering this morning about a UK winter first - when will be the first year we

On Wednesday, 1 November 2017 18:21:08 UTC, Trevor Harley wrote: Of course really we need the

Trevor :It was the latest date I have recorded such a low temperature (10.5C near Dundee). Are you

Was also my warmest spring on record, data since 1978: Mean temperatures at Eastwood/Southend-on-Sea:

.... Obviously a long way to go this year, but the current CET anomaly is doing its best to poke out

I made yesterday the 11th lowest maximum since 1878 in the daily CET series. Here are the maximum [06

The Central England Temperatures [CET] for October 2016 ended up with a bit of a flourish, and what

Thanks. I knew that there had been some notably mild autumns and winters in the 1730s, but that

Paul I've always looked on September as the fourth month of Summer. Many deciduous trees keep

The mean Central England Temperature [CET] up to the 21st is still tracking high in the warmest

Thanks, Bruce. Yes, I'd noticed the difference in where 1976 ranks depending on which definition

Yes highest usually does make headlines. September 2016 has now jumped to #4 warmest on 14 days worth