Hottest August in 300 yrs?

[keslake]

Daily Express is at it again.....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/493781/SHOCK-...


Not overly concerned as the same paper predicted this....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443462/Winter-201...

[Gun]

I hope not.

[trickywoo]

It's the express utter trash.

[Hub]

Based on previous Express form, I'd expect it to be mildly hot. They must know that their daily scary weather headlines grab readers or something, because it is ridiculous how often they make such rubbish front page news!

[Silverbullet767]

Nathan Rao.

of the highest order, every single sensationalist weather article comes from that prick.

[V88Dicky]

So it was hotter 301 years ago?

Must've been all those airliners, power stations and internal combustion engines........

[Jim the Sunderer]

They show the temperature in Fahrenheit so it appears hotter, as per Viz Top Tips c1977.

[elster]

Weatherman was saying it will be a mild beginning of August, so I don't know who they are talking to.

[Dr Murdoch]

elster said:

Weatherman was saying it will be a mild beginning of August, so I don't know who they are talking to.

Michael Fish?

[elster]

Dr Murdoch said:

elster said:

Weatherman was saying it will be a mild beginning of August, so I don't know who they are talking to.

Michael Fish?

I think they must have been.

If the first 2 weeks are going to be cooler, does that mean the 2nd 2 weeks are going to be 40+ temperatures

[Thankyou4calling]

It won't be.

[anonymous-user]

Yes yes yes, but how is this going to affect Diana?

[FredClogs]

Symbolica said:

Yes yes yes, but how is this going to affect Diana?

And house prices...

[turbobloke]

V88Dicky said:

So it was hotter 301 years ago?

Must've been all those airliners, power stations and internal combustion engines........

Our great great great (etc) grandparents clearly weren't paying enough tax to placate the heat pixies over three centuries ago.

[TVR1]

It should read ...

'Hottest August in 290 years' ( that we could measure)

[Jasandjules]

We will see. But I struggle to remember the last time such a "news" story was accurate...

[Puggit]

First half of August looking cooler than June/July - above average in the SE, but generally Atlantic weather winning. Wet in the NW especially.

[colonel c]

[Jimbeaux]

We have had two genuine cold fronts, in July, pushing all the way down to tropical Louisiana. It was 61 degrees F. for a week in the mornings here. People in their 80s here cannot say they ever saw it that cool in the summer here in their lifetime.

[lamboman100]

The UK Summer temperature peak arrives on August 12th, in about a week.

After that, the UK stops heating up and starts cooling down and heading towards Winter.

The chances of a boiling August, given the next week looks like 25c at best, are low to zero.