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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 21:19:39 GMT -5
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Post by knot on Jan 18, 2019 21:26:20 GMT -5
2010
W.I.N.T.E.R.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 21:40:17 GMT -5
I went with 2003 for the warmer than average summer, plus it was Heathrow's sunniest year.
Then..
2018 - hottest summer at Heathrow, loses out to 2003 after the shocking start to spring
2004/2005 - both very average years but nothing went wrong either
2014 - warm spring and summer plus some very good MCS events in July. Loses points for severe winter flooding and being the 2nd wettest year on record after 1979.
Bottom 5...
2010 - very cold Jan, extreme cold in December, extremely crap August
2007 - wettest summer on record, extremely poor July/August combination
2008 - 2nd worst August on record, it snowed at Easter and at Halloween (the first October snowfall in 74 years)
2012 - very wet and cool/cloudy summer
2013 - Apart from the hot July and warm August, the rest of the year was a cold and/or very cloudy disaster.
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 18, 2019 21:55:45 GMT -5
The only ones with decent summers are 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013 and 2018.
2006 is too wet.
2013 is too cold and spring and summer is too short.
That leaves 2003, 2010 and 2018 as my top 3.
2003 has a better winter than 2018, a nice heat extreme and a drier winter.
2010 has the best winter but it’s not better enough to offset the lame summer.
2003 it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 21:58:12 GMT -5
The only ones with decent summers are 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013 and 2018. 2014 had a better summer than 2010 for sunshine, with similar temps. |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 18, 2019 22:02:16 GMT -5
2014 had a better summer than 2010 for sunshine, with similar temps. 2014 only hit 80 f in 1 month and was wetter |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 18, 2019 22:23:57 GMT -5
2010 is the best for me.
2003 was a notoriously hot/dry summer in western Europe.
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Post by sari on Jan 18, 2019 23:00:31 GMT -5
Another vote for 2010!
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 19, 2019 10:19:42 GMT -5
easily 2010
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Post by knot on Jan 19, 2019 12:57:33 GMT -5
2003 is an easy winner - sunniest, and a decent summer. 2010 is the worst - too cloudy. Seem to be a few people here seem to like cloudy climates, but not sure they would like it every year. I like my winters nice and snowy, mind you  Much better than the rest; boring, terribly stable summers, so I'll definitely go for the best winters. |
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 19, 2019 13:03:28 GMT -5
Everyone likes 2010 because it has a winter, the cloudiness is unfortunate but worth it for the winter (and the decent summer too)
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Post by knot on Jan 19, 2019 13:17:07 GMT -5
I can see most people getting get tired of 1370 hours of sunshine pretty quickly. London hasn't got any skiing, so any snow isn't much use anyway.Dead-wrong! I favour a lovely snowfall on my very own paddocks, as opposed to skiing only. Snow on property + skiing 1/2 hour's drive away = best  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 13:20:55 GMT -5
Everyone likes 2010 because it has a winter, the cloudiness is unfortunate but worth it for the winter (and the decent summer too) 2010 had an extremely cloudy summer. June was good, July was warm but very cloudy, and August was just a disaster in every way.
There's a big difference between getting 2010 sunshine every year (as opposed to a one off), and a year with average sun like 2002 or 2004.
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 19, 2019 13:24:08 GMT -5
Everyone likes 2010 because it has a winter, the cloudiness is unfortunate but worth it for the winter (and the decent summer too) 2010 had an extremely cloudy summer. June was good, July was warm but very cloudy, and August was just a disaster in every way.
There's a big difference between getting 2010 sunshine every year (as opposed to a one off), and a year with average sun like 2002 or 2004.
June and July were very warm and August was only 1C below average so a good summer overall. |
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Post by knot on Jan 19, 2019 13:29:01 GMT -5
Snow without skiing is okay (hunting in snow is a different experience, and walks etc are cool), but a few weeks of sometimes snow, is a poor exchange if it comes with 1370 hours of sunshine. You live 30 minutes away from skiing?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 13:31:47 GMT -5
2010 had an extremely cloudy summer. June was good, July was warm but very cloudy, and August was just a disaster in every way.
There's a big difference between getting 2010 sunshine every year (as opposed to a one off), and a year with average sun like 2002 or 2004.
June and July were very warm and August was only 1C below average so a good summer overall. It was one of the cloudiest summers on record. July was very cloudy and August was the 2nd cloudiest on record.
August was 1.1c below average, it was a very bad summer month combined with the extreme cloud and rainfall. That 'very warm' July was 1.3c above average.
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 19, 2019 13:34:34 GMT -5
2010 had a good summer for London with June and July being warm and dry but the record highs are weak and August was cool and wet.
Summer 2003 was significantly better though so it outweighs the better winter in 2010 imo.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 13:37:59 GMT -5
2010 had a good summer for London Temps were 0.5c above average, rainfall was 86% of average, sunshine was 79% of average. |
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Post by knot on Jan 19, 2019 13:40:48 GMT -5
I'm not sure that Selwyn would meet my skiing requirements, but that is still impressively close. How far to Perisher? A good photo  |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 19, 2019 13:44:12 GMT -5
Temps were 0.5c above average, rainfall was 86% of average, sunshine was 79% of average. The average highs were 2.5 c above average in June, 2 C above average in July, those two months only had 3-4 rain days and temps/rain are more important to me than sun. That’s 2/3 good summer months so that equals a good summer. |
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