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Weather: It's been a warm day with sunny spells and scattered clouds. Temperature: 21.6c Wind: W 13mph Pressure: 1021mB, falling Relative Humidity: 68% Sunset: 19:50

Weather: Overcast and very windy. No rain yet in Maidstone which is a suprise - perhaps it may come in the night. Temperature: 17.8c Wind Speed: S 18mph Wind Gust: 29mph Relative Humidity: 71% Pressure (mB): 1009, falling Sunset: 20:19

Weather: Mostly cloudy with a few "blue patches" here and there in the sky. Limited if no sunshine. Temperature: 17.8c Wind: SW 9mph Relative Humidity: 62% Pressure (mB): 1017, Rising Sunset: 20:21

29.2c - Today

I'm not too fussed that we are getting excited about the 30c mark being surpassed. It's nice to have these sort of temperatures once a year maybe, but if it goes on all summer like 2006 it does start to get ridiculous. It didnt reach 30c where I lived I don't think, however it did get to 29.2c in Gravesend today, I tend to use Gravesend values for my area because there is no proper data for Maidstone. I'm sure 30c must have briefly being broken in central London surely?

Weather: Hot and sunny, with a noticable breeze. Cloudless blue skies. Temperature: 26.1c Wind: SSW 13mph Relative Humidity: 48% Pressure: 1020mB Sunset: 20:45

It says it was 0.3c below the 1961-1990 average. Although it is talking about the England Mean Temperature Series rather than CET.

The BBC are confusing. They have the July CET at 15.2c, as does Phillip Eden. Yet the BBC reckon it was 0.3c below the average (England 61-90) when Eden has it as 1.2c below. Is Eden comparing the average to 71-2000 because it doesnt make sense!

I wouldn't say a warm September would "kill the chances" of having a proper autumn. Remember September is only one of three autumn months, and I class the beggining as late summer anyway. Plus a period of dryness and cool mornings in early autumn can brighten the colour of the leaves. Autumns such as 2001, 2003 and 2006 had great leaf colour from my memory. I personally wouldn't mind if it didnt reach 30c anyway in this country over the summer. I'm quite enjoying the temperatures my location has had the last couple of days - 21/22c sunny with a light breeze - perfect.

Just three hours before the deadline, and i'm going for 16.9c

There is no evidence that life does exist on other planets - thats true. But there is also no evidence that there isn't other form of life out there in the universe. So therefore I don't think it's logical to think that there is or isn't - because we know too little about what is out there.

It is a bit arrogant to suggest that extraterrestrial life doesn't exist - based merely on the fact that humans have never come across them. The sheer size of the universe and it's time scale is the main factor in the likeliness of extraterrestrial life. And I say like likeliness, because it's also arrogant to assume that there is definatly life out there as well. Because we know so little of the universe - it's impossible to assume both ways. The sheer size of the universe and it's time scale will have to beat the incredible odds at which life can form - for there to actually be life at all. Also, the sheer size of the universe and it's time scale may also suggest why we have never encountered such life - maybe we are just too far away and remote. Again I think there is a slight tinge of arrogance to "Fermi's paradox". Why exactly would extraterrestrial life want to visit us anyway, should they exist?!?

Weather: Heavy rain on and off - sunny spells filling the brief "gaps". Temperature: 18.0c (64f) Wind: SW 10mph Relative humidity: 68% Pressure: 1013, falling Sunset: 21:05

I think we will get a warm, dry settled September. There is no scientific reason why I predict this, I just am!

Weather: It's been a warm, sticky day today. Cloud has also been building up for roughly the last hour so there is now a real gloom amongst the "closeness". Temperature: 20.8c Wind: SE 3mph Relative humidity: 75% Pressure: 1008mB Sunset: 21:11

I was 0.2c out so not bad, not bad. :ph34r: I'm not sure the fact that this June was 1.3c above the average is particulary significient. It is to be expected when there is a lot of cloud cover keeping the minima up, and for about the first two thirds of the month the airflow was more or less from a warm direction.

Weather: Warm sunny with a refreshing E'ly breeze. Temperature: 22c (72f) Wind: E'ly 6mph Pressure: 1016 falling Relative Humidity: 61% Sunset: 21:13

Although there have been some months that have been ridiculously above average this year, I dont think people should get too despondent about it. March and May were not that much above the CET and anyway, I would rather have an average or below average month during the end of the year. The fact is, things are warming up considerable whether we like it or not. CET is merely proving this not causing it!

I'm not copying Reef but I am going for 15.6c as well. That was my guess before I saw Reef's prediction! ... honest.

Well done Wibs

I'm pretty sure I did!

Potsy 1 - You can't beat a good picture of bluebells under a canopy of ltrees!

Weather: Cold, overcast, damp and brisk. A taste of winter in late May! Temperature: 9c (48f) Wind: NE 7mph Pressure: 994, Falling Relative Humidity: 94%

Weather: Beautiful warm sunny evening Temperature: 20c (68f) Wind: W'ly 8mph Relative humidity: 35% Pressure: 1021 Sunset: 20:52

Weather: Largely clear after a mostly damp overcast day. Chilly. Temperature: 9.8c Wind: NNW 8mph Relative humidity: 85% Pressure: 1012 rising Sunset: 20:40