When people discuss the weather in 1947, many people talk about it's incredibly cold and snowy February. What some don't realise is that 1947 was a very interesting year as a whole for weather fans, as the summer of 1947 was equally as remarkable.
After the cold spell broke in March, the UK was left with quite severe flooding due to heavy rain and snowmelt. This was followed by a topsy-turvy April, before a very warm May set up. May 1947 had a CET of 13.5C, making it currently the joint eighth warmest May for the CET. The month saw lots of warm anticyclonic weather, but it was the final week of the month that was most interesting, with a very potent plume bringing exceptionally high temperatures for the end of spring.
The heat wave kicked off properly on the 29th, with every day from the 29th of May to the 3rd of June recording 30C or higher somewhere in the UK. June 3 was the peak of the temperatures, with 34.4C being recorded in both London and Lincoln. The following are the daily maximas for every day of the heat wave. Interestingly, they all still hold the date records:
29 May: 31.7C at Lincoln
30 May: 31.7C at Kensington Palace
31 May: 32.2C at Mildenhall and Camden Square (this is one of the only occasions where 90F has been recorded in May)
1 June: 31.7C at Mildenhall, Suffolk
2 June: 33.3C at Hunstanton, Norfolk
3 June: 34.4C at Kensington Palace and Waddington, Lincs
What was even better is that this was only the beginning of an excellent summer. July 1947 was a warm month (17.0C) and August 1947 was a hot month (18.6C). What a year for weather?
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21 May 2017 11:05:51
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