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Old 07-12-2012, 04:39 PM
Seadog Seadog is offline
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Originally Posted by Glider View Post
If you had experienced an english summer you would know what I am talking about.
Yeah, summer in England is typically a "standard day"...

These are the mean highs and lows for July - Oct 1940 for Lowestoft:

yyyy mm tmax tmin af rain sun

1940 7 20.2 11.0 0 157.6 211.3
1940 8 20.5 10.8 0 19.1 ---
1940 9 18.2 9.0 0 27.7 170.1
1940 10 13.9 7.6 0 37.8 ---

As you can see the mean temp for July-Aug is about 15.5c, Sept about 13.6c and 10.75c for Oct.
Southhampton:
1940 7 20.2 11.7 0 98.3 208.0 (mean = 15.9)
1940 8 22.1 12.1 0 0.0 238.1 ( Mean = 17.1)
1940 9 19.4 9.3 0 41.4 193.1 (Mean = 13.35)
1940 10 14.1 7.6 0 115.8 112.9 (Mean = 10.9)


And for Oxford:
1940 7 20.5 11.1 0 61.0 165.1
1940 8 22.1 11.1 0 1.8 199.5
1940 9 19.2 8.6 0 24.1 179.5
1940 10 13.9 6.0 1 67.1 95.5

Ross on Wye:
1940 7 19.7 10.5 0 72.8 166.8
1940 8 21.1 10.3 0 6.6 207.1
1940 9 18.6 7.3 0 18.0 183.6
1940 10 13.2 5.8 2 107.0 65.4

data from:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/

But only a limited number of stations have data for 1940.
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