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  1. Relativistic
    Confirmed as 12.5C in v2.0.1.0: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/meantemp_monthly_totals.txt https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/meantemp_ranked_monthly.txt
  2. Relativistic
    The colour palette is likely fixed year-round, meaning an absolute scale is used and not one which looks at deviations from the mean. The mean annual temperature depending on locality is something like 8-12°C, so these sorts of temperatures will apear most neutral when coloured.
  3. Relativistic
    Hot sunshine here in Edinburgh after many hours of murk.
  4. Relativistic
    The Lakes are stunning during spells like these. Went a couple of years ago in scorching June sunshine. Climbed up to Stickle tarn to cool off, then came had a pint at the bottom of the hill on the way back, all in glorious sunshine.
  5. Relativistic
    Stayed in a cabin next to Loch Tay last June for four night and came back with perhaps around a thousand visible midge bites. Luckily for me my skin doesn't swell up or react to them too badly (usually just small red spots). Am going again in two weeks..
  6. Relativistic
    When it's 24C no doubt people will be complaining about how cold it is.
  7. Relativistic
    Not sure this is entirely true; the north-west is often settled at this time of year. I think the bolded bit applies more as we head into high Summer. That Ireland and Scotland will be warmer than parts of Iberia is surprising though.
  8. Relativistic
    The Met's cloudcover forecasts have been all over the place recently. Is today going to be sunny or cloudy in Edinburgh? I have no idea; the forecast has changed several times in the last two days (including this morning).
  9. Relativistic
    Worth noting that winter months experience the most variability. IIRC, in terms of standard deviations from the mean May 1833 is a larger anomaly relative to the series mean.
  10. Relativistic
    Foggy all day here today.
  11. Relativistic
    Famously the May that Piers Corbyn predicted would be one of the coldest of the previous century. For a good while it seemed like it might be. Then the final third was one of the hottest ever recorded.
  12. Relativistic
    B87 would have you believe the mean max in May is 35°C.
  13. Relativistic
    Yup. Here sometimes the sun pokes its head out mid-afternoon but by half 5 the haar's rolled in and the temperature's dropped significantly. Agree re cloud burn-off. The Met Office forecast for yesterday and today has been poor. Last night the cloud never burnt off despite the forecast suggesting it would so in an hour's time for five consecutive hours. Today they suggested the cloud would burn off early afternoon, but in reality it's been clear for hours.
  14. Relativistic
    It's a stunner here today. Spring proper has arrived.
  15. Relativistic
    Not the north-west but summer 2021 was very good here. I say that as someone who grew up with reliable Essex summers.
  16. Relativistic
    Not a well-known fact but the final third of May 2012 was one of the hottest on record.
  17. Relativistic
    I.e. Spring weather.
  18. Relativistic
    Yes. On the difference in amplitude, May 1833 is more extreme by standard deviations from the mean than December 2015 is, despite their respective differences from second place being 1.2°C and 1.6°C (on legacy; not sure what's going on with current at the moment).
  19. Relativistic
    Indeed. Mean wind chill might be a good way to measure how cold we perceived April to be, since a number of people have mentioned it. Anyone got any statistics for mean wind speeds and/or wind chill?
  20. Relativistic
    Can't remember 2008, but we were well into May during chilly 2013 before things leafed out down in Essex. Want to say the oaks struggled into June.
  21. Relativistic
    The current record is already a December 2015 though. Even in a warming world May 1833 will be difficult (not impossible) to beat.
  22. Relativistic
    This was the original quote though. Qs is right. The deviation from the mean in all cases doesn't look awful. I suspect the reason it's felt poor for so many is due to the lack of variation. Almost no days have hit 20°C anywhere in the UK -- and you can tell. I travelled the length of England on Friday and most trees were bare the whole way down. I'm making the return journey today and I suspect the situation will be no different. A week of sunny, warm weather would really get things going.
  23. Relativistic
    Interesting. Know what the date was in 1986? Surprised 2013 had managed it by now, though I recall some warmer weather in mid-April.
  24. Relativistic
    As damianslaw's pointed out, this is due to the Foehn effect. It's not as uncommon as you might think for the highlands to record some of the warmest/hottest temperatures in Spring (often Winter too). Many date records for high temperatures in the first half of the calendar year were set at Scottish stations.
  25. Relativistic
    Had some unexpected haar this morning but I think we're in the clear now. People forget that April's in the colder half of the year. How often is April truly warm? Same situation here. The leaves are just starting to come out. The hardy gorse has been flowering for a while now -- even saw some flowering in late January, though I suspect that was due to an abundance of sunshine (70% above average).
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