Tuesday 11 September 2012

August & Summer summary 2012

As the shadows grow longer and the daytime heat is hastily overtaken by the cool of the evening gloom, my thoughts turn to Autumn and of course winter, for me this is the most exciting time of the year, colourful displays by mother nature and farmers in fields collecting the harvest lead ones thoughts to frosty winter mornings and snow covered fields and roof tops.

But first how was summer 2012?

I have covered the months of June and July in previous blogs, which just leaves August, my favourite summer month for reasons other than the weather!
August was a much better month than the previous two with a welcome respite from the wave after wave of low pressure systems that characterised June and July ( and indeed spring)
A true (and rare) taste of summer hit mid-month with 3 days of temperatures hitting the late twenties and early thirties, and would you believe some of us were moaning that it was too hot!
The fact that I singled out three days really does highlight what a shocking summer this has been.
Official figures released by the Met Office confirm that this summer has been the wettest for a hundred years And one of the dullest with sunshine amounts much reduced.
When you consider that Spring 2012 was also one of the wettest on record then that is six months of dreadful weather, I blame the hosepipe ban!
So with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and most outdoor events a wash-out (Wimbledon having been very lucky for the most part) Summer 2012 will be one to forget from a weather perspective but at least we will remember Team GB and their stunning performances at the Olympics and Paralympics, imagine how miserable we would all be feeling if it wasn't for them!

Hawley Stats:

High Temp:    33.6
Low Temp:    7.7
Mean Temp:   17.9 (second warmest since 2005)
Rain:               32.4mm (second driest since 2005)
High Wind:     33mph  

SE temp anomaly: +0.9
Rain %                   68

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