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Max of 17 after a low of 11, generally cloudy.

Yes, this has been a month of dull and boring consistent mediocrity, in my location and most others the max temp has never been more than 3-4 degrees above the average max. Even in an average month there are usually a period of 4-5 days at 4-8 degrees above the average max. Even in the below average June just gone places got into the 30's compared with the long term (30-yr) avg. max of 18-20°C (albeit on one day). July was just dull and boring. UK weather at its most tedious. And there were plenty of considerably cold days at least here. I don't call a high of 13°C (on 18th) mild, let alone warm. It's down right cold. Oh well, roll on August. It will be the warmest month of the summer and even see some southerly winds which could give spells of temperatures of 25-35°C.

Oh? You mean my head aches when it's cold? Yes it does. But my hat helps to take care of that, so it's not like I have a headache all the time.

Totally overcast and not even reached 15°C here so the hat and coat have come out today again. Nothing more ridiculous than needing that in summer but there we are, when it's cold it's cold.

It is not too much to expect one summer month with above average sun and temperatures and below average rainfall, after at least 8 July and Augusts with all the opposite.

Sometimes, the truth is funny.

Correction. I actually had 11.6 hours of sun.

A mild and pleasant day. Low of 9°C at 05:36 High of 22°C at 13:41 No rain, and no sign of this rain supposedly happening tonight either. 10 hours of the shiny stuff.

It's the coolest since 2007 here, and also wet as the last 4 have been thanks to a dreadful 3 inch soaker mid month. Not as cloudy as last year, but not as warm either. No warm spells as 2008, 2009 and 2010 all achieved.

Up to 22 degrees here, could see 24 today I think.

20°C after a low of 9°C, probably will reach 24 or so today.

A much above average 104mm of rain here, some 4.1", the fifth wet July in a row.

It'll all turn out alright in the end. Just have faith! In my forecast for a warmer August, that is. It doesn't all have to be glaringly obvious that warmth is coming this soon. But it will surely develop into the 2nd week of August.

^^Blimey, apart from that old one on the left, they sure do like ugly buildings in Liverpool.

Today's stats: Low, 12°C, 05:47 High, 18°C, 13:49 No rain, 1.75 hours sunshine.

A below-average 17°C and cloudy after a low of 12°C last night. More cloud than I was led to believe, today.

I may revise my guess upwards around July 31st - seeing how the picture progresses, I am onto more of an idea of a warm August.

I missed three consecutive days of heavy convective storms in England when I jetted off to Rome for the week in 2007. At least I got some heat though. I missed a really good thunderstorm in Lincoln when I went to France for a week in early August 2008. I moved from Berkshire to Peak District in the spring of the year of the 100 degree heatwave in August 2003 in SE England - so the highest I got to experience was a mere 31c here.

A S u m m a r y of the w e a ther Low last night: 10°C @ 02:29 High today: 20°C, @ 15:39 There was a shower at 07:55 which gave half a mill of rain. Otherwise, a mostly sunny day, with about 6-8 hours of the shiny stuff.

I lived in Berkshire back in those days. In early June 2007 the easterly period brought nothing but sunshine and heat in Lincoln, places further north might well have been stuck under the low cloud but we weren't.

I certainly remember the days in Lincoln when we got north sea cloud, but it was usually in March - April and by my weather records I enjoyed avg. maxes circa 21°C and 50% more sunshine than my current location. North sea cloud rarely seemed to affect that area much in summer. I'd say this summer has had a lot more NE winds than usual.

I used to live in Lincoln (not far from "Donny" is it?) and that side of the country has 300hrs more annual sunshine and half the rainfall than we do, and 3°C high temps in summer, so what that you get one worse day than us, hardly the complete picture is it duh... And anyway I'm not complaining today, I'm rather enjoying seeing sunshine and 20°C, long may it continue!!

16th - 22nd was extremely whinable here. Weather on those dates: Max temp °C - Rainfall (mm) - Sunshine (hours) 16 - 13mm - 2hrs 15 - 35mm - 0hrs 13 - 32mm - 0 hrs 14 - 4mm - 0hrs 15 - 1mm - 0hrs 17 - TR - 4hrs 16 - 4mm - 2hrs Average/Total 15.1°C - 89mm - 9hrs Only someone who has had a lobotomy or is in other way somehow mental incapacitated would not whine about that in July. We had our July average monthly rainfall in two days for f'u'j's sake. But of course that was last week, now the weather has improved I am not whining, see?

Now 20°C here. Sun out in full force.

Now approaching 20 degrees here, could be the warmest day since 15th.