July/August 1990

[summer blizzard]

Okay, so i was going through some analogues and 1990 stuck out at me so whilst it certainly won't last i thought i'd take a look at that wonderful summer since i was only 1 at the time.

Supposedly parts of the UK went around a month without any rainfall in the south east and it culminated in 37C at Cheltnam..

Several charts which stick out at me are...

[Aaron]

The temperature reached 34.4C at Leeds Weather Centre on the 2nd, 33.2C on the 3rd, with an overnight low of 19.4C. I'd like to see a repeat, purely from a meteorological interest point of view, as opposed to actually enjoying such temperatures.

[summer blizzard]

I'd hate that minima but i'd be happy with that maxima if i could just lounge about.

I have to say that the 3rd August chart is probably the most synoptically perfect chart i've seen.