Friday, September 30, 2011

UK Sets National Daily Heat Record for 3rd 4th Consecutive Day;
October Monthly Record in Jeopardy Also Broken

October 2 Update: The Met Office reports that today's high temperature of "29.3C at Cambridge (at 14:29 bst) and Santon Downham (at 14:43 bst)" is a new national record for October 2, exceeding the 28.1C in 1908 (unspecified location).
[Update: Location of previous record was Whitby, North Yorkshire.]

October 1, 3 PM BST Update: The October record has been exceeded by an additional 0.4°C:
The maximum daily temperature record for the UK as a whole for October has been broken with 29.9C recorded at Gravesend at 14:42 BST. The previous record value [29.4°C] was reported at March in Cambridgeshire on 1st October 1985. The Wales maximum temperature value for October has also been exceeded with Hawarden reporting 28.2C at 14:12 BST. The previous was 26.4C at Ruthin in Denbighshire (1st October 1985).
The BBC reports:
Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C
From the Guardian:
Indian summer brings out the crowds

October 1, 2 PM BST Update: The Met Office reports that the UK October monthly high temperature record has been broken:
The maximum daily temperature record for the UK as a whole for October has been broken with 29.5C recorded at Gravesend at 13:27 BST. The previous record value was reported at March in Cambridgeshire on 1st October 1985. The Wales maximum temperature value for October has also been exceeded with Trawscoed reporting 26.6C at 12:50 BST. The previous was 26.4C at Ruthin in Denbighshire Temperature values are still rising, and this message will be updated later this afternoon.
Original post:
The Beeb reports that UK national daily heat records were set for both September 29 and 30, beating previous records, each over a century old, by as much as 2 degrees:
On Friday, Cambridge set a new record temperature for the hottest ever 30 September with 29.2C (84.5F), beating the 27.8C (82F) set in Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1908.

Kew Gardens in west London set another record on Thursday with 28.8C (83.8F) - the highest ever 29 September temperature, beating the mark of 27.8C (82F) set in York in 1895.
With unseasonably hot temperatures continuing into the weekend, the monthly record for October is also in jeopardy of breaking:
The 29.4C (84.9F) record was set at March, Cambridgeshire on 1 October 1985

BBC weather forecaster Darren Bett said there was a "good chance" the October record would be broken on Saturday.
More from the Guardian:
Weather records tumble as Britons head for the beach

Image (click to enlarge): UK forecast temperatures for 4 pm, Saturday, October 1, from Met Office

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Minnesota Temperature Update: Record High at International Falls;
Century-Plus Records Fall in Dakotas

Midnight Update: The updated preliminary climate report shows a high temperature of 82°.

Other high temperature records in North and South Dakota were (old record in parentheses):
Grand Forks ND    88°  (85°, 1995)
Fargo ND 90° (89°, 1905)
Huron SD 93° (92°, 1897)
Mitchell SD 93° (tie, 1897)
The Huron high temperature represented a 50° swing from the morning low of 43°.

Original post:
After hitting a record September low 2 weeks ago, northern Minnesota temperatures have rebounded to summer levels. Today's high of 81° at International Falls broke the record of 80° set in 1922. With 3 days remaining in the month, the September average through yesterday remains at 0.3° above the 1981-2010 normal.

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