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Summerlover2006 because no one is a live to have experienced and comment on this summer to give it some context.

sundog its because of previous articles about ice free arctic this just one example from 2012 from the guardian Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years | Climate crisis | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM As sea ice shrinks to record lows, Prof Peter Wadhams warns a 'global disaster' is now unfolding in northern latitudes

Weather Enthusiast91 how can as you say a horrific summer be underrated??

B87 Euro 96 that June plus i got married at the end of the summer..so i tend to remember 1996 better than say 2005

have a nice sunny +8 to +12c week to 10 days coming up..so the spring melt is now on..gets colder thereafter but who cares

clocks went forward yesterday ..so still light at 8pm and still dark at 8am

models are calling summers over ..better luck next year ..see you all June 2025

1996 is overrated IMO if you like hot weather..90, 94,95 & 97 were better ..for pleasant warm weather that wasn't particularly wet you cant really go wrong with 1996

clocks go forward here on Sunday morning at 2am

HurricaneSteve that would be me in mid June here in Edmonton

i don't remember 1980 summer being very wet..cool yes but IMO summers of 77-79 and 85-88 were worse.

LetItSnow! my Dad was born in June 1933 ..i will ask him how those summers were

here the first 20c/25c are close together ..on average the first 20c is around 20-25th April first 25c is 1-5th May.

Cold finally loosens its grip today as it gets above freezing..this after 2 weeks of -20s and -30s and lots of snow.

John S2 i dont think 1984 is underrated though..very warm and relatively thundery summer esp down south..counting all the summers after 1976 and before 2003 you would be hard pushed not to find 1984 in the top 5 IMO

Midlands Ice Age as of 2023 China alone accounts for 30% of global emissions..the UK accounts for 0.79%..our citizens are being beaten round the head with a big stick and being financially punished for something that is totally out of our control..soon enough more and more people will start to push back when they realize all their sacrifices and all the financial penalties have resulted in nothing as emissions keep on increasing at least until 2030 and probably way beyond as China and India etc. just do their own thing ..honestly IMO the Chinese dont give a sheet about climate change they are more concerned with global dominance by the end of the century.

Weather-history Italia '90 makes this summer special ..probably why a lot of people remember this as being a good summer.

In Absence of True Seasons i would be happy with a repeat of spring 2023 here ..May 2023 was beautifully warm sunny and dry and was the warmest month of the year for daytime highs got above 31c on 3 of the first 4 days of the month..April was also relatively warm and sunny

-36c this morning -43c with the wind-chill..not to worry though +12c by Saturday

waiting for the geese to return and the be-boo bird then i know spring has arrived.

SunnyG obviously its not -30c all the time in winter..in fact -30c is about as common as +30c in summer..happens on average 6-8 times a year

September is usually good for these in Edmonton ..most recent example i could find in the last 10 years only was Sept 7, 2017 went from 1.2c in the morning to 32.6c in the afternoon range of 31.4c

TwisterGirl81 not really i spent all of my life apart from the last 10 years or so living in Chelmsford and Exeter so i know its a different kind of cold.

ANYWEATHER coldest March temp i have experienced in Edmonton was -42c in 2011 TwisterGirl81 Spring is very short as winter tends to hang on into April and summer kicks in Mid May..summers are great often sunny and dry with no humidity temps often 22-30c from Mid May to Mid August thereafter it tends to start to cool off.

Metwatch you couldn't get a more classic El Nino North American pressure anomaly for winter if you tried