What a difference a month makes!! Summer arrived in July bringing the first above average month of the year. It was the 5th warmest July since records began. The highest temperature for the month in the UK went to Heathrow & Northolt with 33.5c the warmest since 2006.
The month ended at over 2.5c above it has also been noteworthy for how dry it has been. Here in Watford we had 20 continuous days of no rainfall (see stats below). It hasn’t been extremely hot but the nighttime temperatures have been quite high. There have been numerous big thunderstorms across the country but we have missed them here in Watford hence our relatively low rainfall amount. Most of the rain fell in the last 2 days in the form of showers.
Looking onwards into the rest of August it isn’t looking great on the latest computer models. It will still be warm but the jet stream will slip lower down to below the UK. This will mean there is a big chance of cooler periods. The SE of the UK should fare best with summer hanging on.
The weather information below come from my weather station in Watford.
July Statistics for Watford
Temperature (°C):
Highest Temperature 33.3 °C 16:02 on 22 July
Lowest Temperature 10.6 °C 05:38 on 12 July
Warmest Night 20.0c 05:22 on 22 July
Mean (min+max) 20.7
Mean Minimum 14.3
Mean Maximum 27.0
Minimum 10.6 day 11
Maximum 33.3 day 22
Highest Minimum 20.0 day 22
Lowest Maximum 16.6 day 02
Over 30c 8 days
Over 25c 22 days
Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 29.7
Wettest day 10.2 day 29
High rain rate 54.0 day 29
Rain days 7
Dry days 23
Wind (mph):
Highest Gust 13.0 day 28
Average Speed 0.2
Wind Run 110.6 miles
Pressure (mb):
Maximum 1021.8 day 07
Minimum 996.0 day 02
The CET for the UK came out at 18.6c which as mentioned before makes July the 5th warmest.
Links
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html
https://www.climate-uk.com
More summer pics can be found on my Flickr account here https://www.flickr.com/photos/alalchan/
Thanks for reading….
