The table below shows the CET competition order at the half way stage in the year and the distance each of us is from the leader.

Ricm has taken over from Caz at the top but its very close.

Interesting to see that last year's bottom 2 , Artzeman and Bolty, are in the top 6 and challenging for the title whereas  December 2022's top 5 , shown  in bold, are all towards the bottom of the table.

We've lost around one quarter of the original 2023 entrants; mostly from around the bottom of the table.

rickm           0

caz               0.18

artzeman     0.24

Gavin D       0.63

grandad      0.66

bolty            0.68

tierradelfuego 0.80

dingle rob   0.86

taylor1740   1.05

windywillow 1.11

stomchaser  1.56

scillydave     1.70

norseman    1.73

kendalian     2.06

hungry tiger 2.26

jmm2005      2.31

gezm            2.46

lanky             2.48

redmoons     2.54

sussex snow magnet 2.60

jacee            2.73

snowshoe    2.96

sswd            2.96

col               3.01

frank h        3.80

ap snowman 4.15

bertwhistle  4.51

17.0c to the 24th

2.9c above the 61 to 90 average

2.9c above the 81 to 10 average

Metcheck                  16.84c          Anomaly          2.69c

Netweather               17.49c          Anomaly          3,4c

Peasedown St John    18.0c           Anomaly          1.8c.   

17.1c to the 25th

3.0c above the 61 to 90 average

3.0c above the 81 to 10 average

February and June have been the months that really did for me , in Feb I bought into all the hype about a late SSW/easterly which then turned up in March in diminished form... And in June the month actually started off pretty cool and while I anticipated a warm up, what has transpired has blown me and indeed all of us away .

In fairness it was about time . Nearly half a century since June 1976 and the nearest approach was almost 1C cooler ?? It was never gonna last ! 

Metcheck                16.83c          Anomaly       2.68c

Netweather             17.43c          Anomaly       3.39c

Peasedown St John  17.56c         Anomaly       1.72c.    

17.1c to the 26th

3.0c above the 61 to 90 average

2.9c above the 81 to 10 average

Curiously July also looks to start cool but with hints of something warmer later. Hmm!

I'm going to the Balearic Isles for a week starting very early tomorrow - almost the perfect timing you might say - so will send my CET estimate shortly. Arguably a handicap but to be honest, the 2nd half of the month tends to be subject to so much uncertainty that any disadvantage on my part likely pales by comparison.

Potential for a 'shock to the system' for me upon return, depending on whether ECM's right to keep the trough parked overhead rather than shifting it westward to enable a warmup despite continued showery conditions.

Enjoy your holiday!  👍

Metcheck                 16.88c             Anomaly       2.73c

Netweather              17.48c             Anomaly       3.39c

Peasedown St John  17.78c             Anomaly       1.64c.  

Not true as no way is it going to get past 18.0C

They are talking about UK wide not the CET. Records go back to the 1880s for the UK so a significant record.  

17.0c to the 27th

2.9c above the 61 to 90 average

2.8c above the 81 to 10 average

Metcheck               16.90c          Anomaly          2.75c

Netweather            17.54c          Anomaly          3.45c

Peasedown St John   17.32c       Anomaly          1.18c.            

17.1c to the 28th

3.0c above the 61 to 90 average

2.8c above the 81 to 10 average

Metcheck                 16.04c            Anomaly           2.70c

Netweather              17.51c            Anomaly           3.42c

Peasedown St John  17.76c            Anomaly           1.62c.  

17.1c to the 29th

3.0c above the 61 to 90 average

2.8c above the 81 to 10 average

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Just under, I think - close, but no cigar!

It's 16.96 going by the daily data on the MetO website, but that itself is rounded of course!

Just beat 1976 though (although that was 17.0 on the old HadCET database. The duration of the warmth was remarkable I think. Locally, only 5 days failed to reach maxima of 22C and these were all in the 19s. There were 16 days of 25 or more and from 8th to 29th no day was colder than 23.7C. However, the highest was 29.0 which of course doesn't get near 1976.

My mean max = 24.9, ranking not far off of of the best Julys and Augusts I've had. Mean min =13.4 (not far off 1976).