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John, Please be advised that I have been recording minimum and maximum temperatures in Chelmsford, Essex for the last four years and can now confirm that the average July temperatures are set to be the highest yet... Day time Average Temp July 2006 (excluding tomorrow of course) = 27.20C (July '05 = 22.3C, July '04 = 21C, July '03 = 23.1C, July '02 = 20.6C) Night time Average Temp July 2006 = 16.33C (July '05 = 13.8C, July '04 = 12.8C, July '03 = 14.3C, July '02 = 12.4C) So despite the coldest January - March period since 2002 for this area (and the driest), the last few months have been warmer or significantly warmer than previous years. Let's just hope the rest of the year proves as interesting, for one reason or another. SJPD

City of London 3C - Overcast, grey, heavy sleet/snow pellets falling in gentle easterly breeze. Similar conditions in Chelmsford Essex this morning, fine grains settling only on the wipers of cars, nothing significant.

Clouding over in Chelmsford, temperature 3.5C and falling. Radar shows intensifying shower activity running down east coast into East Anglia, fast approaching London area.

Out of nowhere - we're having very light snow now in Central London. No idea what temp it is outside!

Snow in Central London from 1 - 2pm, now snowing heavily in Chelmsford Essex and across East Anglia

:lol: --> QUOTE(Matt B @ 7 Jan 2006, 12:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Post your weather reports here please :lol: Chelmsford at 6am - Snow turned to sleet. Overnight low of 0C rose to 2C Chelmsford now (8am) - Sleet attempting to turn back to snow, temp holding at 2C.

Chelmsford, Essex. Overnight low 1C, rose to 2c by dawn Precipitation - Light drizzle Wind - Light easterly No ice.

Just wondered if anyone out there has noticed the cold pool of surface sea temperatures between Iceland and Norway to the north of the UK? While there is a large area of warm ocean nearer the eastern US seaboard, we could be in for some interesting weather in the coming months if any systems come in from the NNW / Northerly directions! http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst_anom.html

London Docklands at 3pm - Sunny start in the morning, now hazy with orange hue to cloud cover over South London across the Thames. Menacing thunderclouds to the south gathering...

Chelmsford (Essex) Weather Statistics for Winter 2004 / 05 December 2004 Daytime Av Temp - 6.8 C Nightime Av Temp - 2.3C General Synopsis - A generally dull month with intermittent spells of sunny weather and cold snaps, especially around Christmas. Despite Metcheck prediction of 80% chance of snow in Essex, we missed a single flake on the day it was just 2C! It would be another month before snow fell here... January 2005 Daytime Av Temp - 7.9C Nightime Av Temp - 3.4C General Synopsis - A very stormy beginning to the New Year with two major Low Pressure storm systems smashing 103mph recorded gusts into Scotland, N Ireland and parts of N England with relatively mild temperatures. Conditions cooled and calmed down towards the latter half of the month with the first snow of 2005 recorded in Essex on the night of the 23rd and into the 24th January. February 2005 Daytime Av Temp - 6.5C Nightime Av Temp - 1.7C General Synopsis - A dull, mild and damp start to the month gave way to NE'ly winds and snow showers across most of the country by the last third of the month. With snow recorded on 19th and then from 21st - 28th February, the cold spell lasted until 11th March by which time temperatures finally crept into double figures. Despite the cold spell, only 1 inch of snow persisted at any one time as snow usually melted during the day time as temperatures ranged from 2C - 5C. Regards, Snowy

Currently getting warmer and blue skies over the Docklands. However from my office window looking west, there is a disgusting light brown haze of smog over the City of London which doesn't look like burning off for at least a few hours yet. A bad day for people with asthma.

Docklands at 12:20pm... Heavy showers over the City and Docklands, sunny spells but highly convective clouds forming over West London drifting ENE wards, possible thunderstorms expected.