More Temperature Records Fall

[P.K.]

I'm starting to lose track here of all these records over the last couple of years. The Central England Temperature [CET] figure for April was 11.2C which is 0.6C above the highest on record back to 1659 of 10.6C set in 1865. The 1971-2000 mean is only 8.1C.

Apart from five days of SW-lies between 21st and 25th, high pressure lay over or close to the British Isles throughout April; overall it was the 11th most anticyclonic April in 134 years of records. As measured by the CET it was the warmest April since records began in 1659; it was also the eighth driest April since at least 1766, and the third sunniest April since at least 1881.

http://www.climate-uk.com/

[Yarrah]

April was almost 5°C warmer then normal here.

Full report about april 2007 can be found here: http://www.knmi.nl/kenniscentrum/zomer_ ... ex_en.html

[KWT]

Certainly safe to say that this April has been pretty stunning, at times the maxes have been a little above what you'd expect in summer here in the SE.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I thought 1659 was in the little ice age? This is weird.

[Yarrah]

^^ Yes, it was. The article doesn't say anything about the temperatures in 1659, only that observations started in that year.

[P.K.]

CET for April 1659 was 7C, much cooler than last month.