Re: This summer and 1960s summers

and when you play with the results


1959 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain #DIV/0!
Average of sun 136
1960 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain #DIV/0!
Average of sun 110
1961 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 52
Average of sun 116
1962 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 42
Average of sun 112
1963 Average of tmax 13
Average of tmin 6
Average of rain 47
Average of sun 104
1964 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 45
Average of sun 118
1965 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 6
Average of rain 54
Average of sun 106
1966 Average of tmax 13
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 61
Average of sun 103
1967 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 54
Average of sun 119
1968 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 62
Average of sun 100
1969 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 43
Average of sun 114
1970 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 52
Average of sun 120
1971 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 48
Average of sun 116
1972 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 36
Average of sun 113
1973 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 39
Average of sun 128
1974 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 58
Average of sun 122
1975 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 49
Average of sun 125
1976 Average of tmax 17
Average of tmin 9
Average of rain 39
Average of sun 136
1977 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 51
Average of sun 116
1978 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 50
Average of sun 110
1979 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 55
Average of sun 122
1980 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 45
Average of sun 124
1981 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 55
Average of sun 120
1982 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 54
Average of sun 135
1983 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 42
Average of sun 124
1984 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 47
Average of sun 125
1985 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 45
Average of sun 124
1986 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 6
Average of rain 50
Average of sun 124
1987 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 56
Average of sun 103
1988 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 48
Average of sun 111
1989 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 49
Average of sun 141
1990 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 37
Average of sun 141
1991 Average of tmax 14
Average of tmin 6
Average of rain 42
Average of sun 115
1992 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 55
Average of sun 112
1993 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 54
Average of sun 110
1994 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 51
Average of sun 126
1995 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 46
Average of sun 144
1996 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 7
Average of rain 36
Average of sun 126
1997 Average of tmax 18
Average of tmin 9
Average of rain 41
Average of sun 145
1998 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 49
Average of sun 114
1999 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 48
Average of sun 135
2000 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 65
Average of sun 109
2001 Average of tmax 15
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 56
Average of sun 120
2002 Average of tmax 16
Average of tmin 9
Average of rain 60
Average of sun 108
2003 Average of tmax 17
Average of tmin 8
Average of rain 35
Average of sun 152
2004 Average of tmax 17
Average of tmin 9
Average of rain 51
Average of sun 116
Total Average of tmax 15
Total Average of tmin 7
Total Average of rain 49
Total Average of sun 120

Interesting that overall the tmax and tmin are now 2 over overall average
rain is 2 less and the hours of sun is 4 less. The sun is an odd one

M



"Nick G" <nicholasgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dcl3j2$3jd$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>if the GFS is anything to go by; could this month be the first
July/August
> >>since July 1988 where a mean max of 21C in Greenwich is not reached?
>
> I've given up trusting the GFS model for anything more than a couple of
days
> ahead. In fact for the last few weeks, all the models have been telling
> different stories and each changing their own everyday. I haven't a clue
how
> this August is going to turn out but with the Azores High back in charge
it
> could turn settled once again, we'll see.
>
> It wasn't just the summers of the 1960's which were colder than normal,
all
> the seasons seemed to have been below par.
> ________________
> Nick G
> Exe Valley, Devon
> 50 m amsl
>
> <nick150971@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1122897554.757262.325710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > It's interesting to look at the Greenwich year-by-year maximum
> > temperatures at
> >
> > http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/stationdata/greenwichdata.txt
> >
> > They reveal that the 1960s had a large number of summers that can only
> > be described as appalling by modern standards. I pity anyone who had to
> > experience the summers of 1960, 1962 , 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1968, for
> > example, all of which had very suppressed maximum temperatures. I'd
> > imagine that the myth of bad north-west European summers being the norm
> > was born in the 1960s. The prolonged spell of winds from a cold
> > direction we seem to be experiencing at the moment appears to echo
> > those summers; we appear to be heading for the most disappointing
> > mid/late summer spell since 1986, if the GFS is anything to go by;
> > could this month be the first July/August since July 1988 where a mean
> > max of 21C in Greenwich is not reached? It's interesting to note that
> > when maximum temperatures are considered, recent summers which have
> > seemed disappointing, e.g. 1992, 93, 98, and particularly 02 and 04
> > pale into insignificance compared to those summers of the 60s.
> >
> >>From a weather-pattern point of view, is the current pattern of
> > persistent lows to the east similar to that of the aforementioned 60s
> > summers?
> >
> > Nick
> >
>
>


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