May CET

[Lettucing Gutted]

Will May 2007 be the warmest since May 1833? or the coldest since 1902?

I predict that this May will be the warmest on record 15.5C C.E.T (Global Warming in Britain now at stage 4...)

Make your punts for May 2007 here.

[The PIT]

I'll go for 13C. 1.7C above normal.

[Vince]

being as im pretty good at this gag i will go for

14.5

and 32 degrees being achieved by the 27/5

[Cymru]

I'll go for a round number, 14C.

[Calrissian]

Can someone clarify, what is the current average CET for May ?

I never try these guessing games at the monthly, but

*PLease, a link for a site/page which lists the average CET which you people tend to refer to?

Calrissian: DeJa Vu, weird movie.

[Snowly does it]

Can someone clarify, what is the current average CET for May ?

I never try these guessing games at the monthly, but

*PLease, a link for a site/page which lists the average CET which you people tend to refer to?

Calrissian: DeJa Vu, weird movie.

C, go to the temperature tracker page in the free datacentre, it has all the 71-00 averages for theCET zone - May is 11.3

For reference the last 10 years average 12.1

Edited April 18, 2007 by snowmaiden

[SP1986]

why not do it now, a big guess, heres goes,

I think: 13.9°C

I mostly unsettled start to the month with quite warm daytime maxes, and quite mild night time mins.

Second half, drying up, some pretty decent daytime temperatures but some low night time mins.

[Don]

13.7C. Continuing the recent trend!

[Bobby]

I'll go for 12.8c.

[HighPressure]

I am going for 14.0oC as we appear to be running about a month in advance so I will post the normal June avg for May

[SteveB]

12.8c for me.

[Weather-history]

I'm going for 12.5

The last time May had...

...had a CET greater than 14C

1833 15.1

...had a CET greater than 13C

1998 13.1

...had a CET less than 10C

1996 9.1

...had a CET less than 9C

1902 8.9

...was warmer than June

1833 May 15.1 June 14.6

...was colder than April

1987 Apr 10.3 May 10.1

...was warmer than September

1992 May 13.6 Sept 13.4

There have been 4 instances of 2 consecutive Mays having a CET of 13 and greater

1726 13.4; 1727 13.6

1808 13.7; 1809 13.1

1833 15.1; 1834 13.0

1918 13.0; 1919 13.5

The longest run of sub 10 CET Mays is 4 from 1692 to 1695

The longest interval between sub 10 CET Mays is 31 years+ from 1659 to 1690

The shortest interval between sub 9 CET Mays is 6 years from 1879 to 1885

Edited April 19, 2007 by Mr_Data

[eddie]

I'm going for 11.5 with lots of rain.

[Optimus Prime]

We might not be at the glorified "stage 4" (which sounds like something out of a video game) of global warming.

So i'm going for 12.6c.

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

I'm going for 11.3C. Generally cool, windy and fairly wet first 2 weeks [southery jet] with and more settled latter part.

BFTP

[Bottesford]

Think I'll wait till nearer May to make a prediction! It's only just past the middle of April...

[fishdude]

12C

[summer blizzard]

I'm going for 10.8C at the moment, though i may up that if my alternate method disagrees and also because of latent surface anomolies.

[Gray-Wolf]

I think I'll go for 2.7*C above the 71-2000 figure (as that seems to be the trend) and go for 14*C. if it's any higher

I will have to start feeling concerned about July/Aug this year!

[kold weather]

I'll go for 12.1C, a very easterly month in all, a fairly changable month because of possible Lp's skirting away to our south and far far NW which will give fronts possibly to N. part of the UK.

Going to take something very warm to break the record of 15.1C, which is a massive standalone compared to the other May's.

when we break that record, then I'm worried!

[parmenides3]

Hadley average anomaly this year is 2.25C to April 8th. NOAA NH anomaly Jan-Mar (land), 1.53C. SSTA regionally and along GS corridor 1-2C.

Making absoluteyly sure I don't get a late penalty for the third month in a row, 13.7C

:)P

[Snowyowl9]

12.9c for me.

Here`s a couple of contrasting days

With just a max of 4c here makes today seem very warm at 18c

To exactly 1 year later 23c.

[Roger J Smith]

Hey Mr Data, I'm working on a forecast, and I need this one important variable:

what forecast will make you spill your coffee this month?

I plan to go 1.0 under that.

[Weather-history]

Hey Mr Data, I'm working on a forecast, and I need this one important variable:

what forecast will make you spill your coffee this month?

I plan to go 1.0 under that.

Craig's 15.5 for May! :

May 1833 was a freakish month, it is 1.2C ahead of the next highest May. If May 2007 beats May 1833, I would be very worried!

May has been colder than April, 6 times

1755, 1814, 1821, 1869, 1894, 1987

Edited April 21, 2007 by Mr_Data

[Mark Bayley]

13.0c for me. however might change later