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  1. Weather-history Only 1980, 1987 and 2012 score lower on the summer index here than 2020 in the last 44 years. It was an atrocious summer in this area. All three summer months were duller and wetter than average. July was particularly bad with 49% of normal sunshine, 1.0C below average and 120% of normal rainfall. It is the only month ever to record below 100 hours of sunshine in summer. August had just 132 hours so only 229 hours of sunshine between them. The summer as a whole had just 411 hours of sunshine, beating out 1987 for the dullest on record by 2 hours.
  2. Daniel* It might surprise you, but the 1991-2000 summers average 637.5 hours - just 9 hours more than the 1991-2020 figure at Heathrow. The 90s had good summers but a few which will drop off were sub-600 hours (1991, 1992, 1997 and 2000) Essentially, as long as 2021-2030 average more than 637.5 hours it will rise on the next 30 year mean.
  3. In Absence of True Seasons Yes, I should note that although I don't like the heat at all for the reasons mentioned above, I do like the sunshine. If every summer month could be 300+ hours but only have a 20-22C average max then I would love that.
  4. Daniel* It'll be much higher for sure. In my own figures 1991-2020 is 1599 hours and 1994-2023 is already 1629 hours. The remaining years 1994-2000 which will drop off only average 1542 hours. So unless the next 7 years average 57 hours below the current average then the 2001-2030 value will be even higher.
  5. Weather-history Those figures have to be suspect? Durham only had 1456.9 hours in 1895.
  6. B87 I find that 2021 figure astounding, as we had 1612 hours here that year. It probably explains why people in the south-east region hated 2021 so much. Our dullest years were 1993 and 1998 with 1328 and 1334 hours. We haven't had a year with less than 1541 hours since 2002 now, so it shows how we're definitely getting sunnier over time up here.
  7. baddie 2006 had 97 hours (95%) and 2023 had 119 hours (97%). Both were pretty average months for sunshine here.
  8. 25.3 hours here in the first 16 days. The 10 dullest Marches here since 1980: 1996: 46hrs 1984: 49hrs 2005: 63hrs 1981: 66hrs 1991: 69hrs 2013: 77hrs 1998: 82hrs 2018: 83hrs 1980: 86hrs 1983: 87hrs 4.1 hours per day required to not end up in this list. What's also noteworthy is there are quite a few decent summers in these years.
  9. I'm the total opposite. I tend to get ill from April to October for the most part and get very little in the winter half. The last two times Ive had the flu was in June 2017 and September 2022. I haven't had so much as a sniffle since early October, but had three colds and a vomiting bug in the 6 months before. I suffer from chronic migraines and find them much worse in summer (up to 10-15 per month) as I really struggle with the heat. Winter is easier, I sleep better and so generally only get maybe 3-6 per month. I do supplement with vitamin D due to working nights and exercise all year around, finding it easier in the winter half.
  10. Nice this morning but as expected it clouded over by midday. Apart from mid-January I don't think we've had a fully clear day since September.
  11. It could be another close to record-breaking month that almost doesn't feel worthy - much like February. No exceptional warm (by day) or settled periods, just persistently mild, especially overnight with little cold to even start to balance it out.
  12. Weather-history We had 65.2 hours in February, so just 82.4 hours since 1st February. The last 10 days of January only had 17.3 hours aswell, so its just 99.7 hours in the last 43 days! The 1991-2020 average for that period is about 162 hours, so just under 62% of normal.
  13. WYorksWeather I remember these charts last month. They were suggesting a warm, dry and sunny April, but now seem to have flipped to more of the same in April. It doesn't inspire much confidence in the May forecast as March also flipped in a similar way closer to the time!
  14. Just 17.2 hours here in the first 14 days of the month. Today has been a bit better, but it'll be a bit short of the 6.2 hours a day now required to just reach the 1991-2020 average of 123 hours. Tomorrow was supposed to finally be a sunny day until the evening, but yet again the forecasts have gradually shifted so it looks like it'll be cloudy just after midday now. Just what will it take to get a clear day from dawn until dusk?
  15. danm It continued into the Autumn and December aswell. Spring 2020 had 683 hours of sunshine but June-December had 736 hours! Look at this run: July: 97 hours (49%) August: 132 hours (72%) September: 147 hours (101%) October: 74 hours (69%) November: 67 hours (97%) December 37 hours (71%) I suppose it shows that long dull periods aren't uncommon. Not that it makes just 16 hours of sun in the first 14 days of March less annoying.
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