We all knew for a while that every prediction was too low, as occurred in  June.

So congratulations to Snowshoe who is the closest with a prediction of 16.6c.

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Table to September

Fifth different leader in as many months as Bolty takes over at the top with a one degree lead.

bolty                 5.95
dingle rob         7.03
grandad            7.03
rickm                 7.07
artzeman           7.31
gezm                 7.57
taylor1740         7.62
stomchaser        7.82
caz                     7.95
tierradelfuego   8.07
jmm2005           8.08
scillydave           8.34
kendalian           8.63
snowshoe          8.67
sswd                  8.87
ap snowman      9.32
windywillow      9.38
col                     9.57
hungry tiger      9.63
sussex snow magnet 10.27
frank h              10.46
lanky                 11.22
bertwhistle       11.38
redmoons        11.66

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16.99c is annoying sums up the Summer.
 

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Weird year. Flat temperature profile from June to September.

Similar to the winter of 2019/20 but at the opposite end of the year and with a tighter spread over one less month. Every month from November 2019 to March 2020 was between 5.7c and 6.8c.

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I think this is the first time this competition I haven't been rock bottom!!!

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Table to September

Fifth different leader in as many months as Bolty takes over at the top with a one degree lead.

bolty                 5.95
dingle rob         7.03
grandad            7.03
rickm                 7.07
artzeman           7.31
gezm                 7.57
taylor1740         7.62
stomchaser        7.82
caz                     7.95
tierradelfuego   8.07
jmm2005           8.08
scillydave           8.34
kendalian           8.63
snowshoe          8.67
sswd                  8.87
ap snowman      9.32
windywillow      9.38
col                     9.57
hungry tiger      9.63
sussex snow magnet 10.27
frank h              10.46
lanky                 11.22
bertwhistle       11.38
redmoons        11.66

Where is mine? 😕

I placed a prediction of 16.2C on 28 Aug at 10:21:13 (I have a screenshot to prove this). Presumably, it's must have been more than 11.66! 😲

Anyway, well done Bolty. 👍 🙂

One of few times a non-summer month has been warmer than all the summer months, although not unprecedented.

The only time I can find it happening before is 1890. That was with a September anomaly of 14.6°C, but a very cold summer.

Jun: 13.5
Jul:  14.5
Aug: 14.1
Sep:  14.6

 

We all knew for a while that every prediction was too low, as occurred in  June.

So congratulations to Snowshoe who is the closest with a prediction of 16.6c.

The benefit of having nothing to lose. Still surprised I came closest -  but still out by 0.4°C.
 

Where is mine? 😕

I placed a prediction of 16.2C on 28 Aug at 10:21:13 (I have a screenshot to prove this). Presumably, it's must have been more than 11.66! 😲

Anyway, well done Bolty. 👍

You are in the monthly competition but your 16.2c was only second best, beaten by Snowshoes 16.6c.

The table is the annual competition cumulative errors after 9 months; which you are not in as you only joined the competion in July.

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Just seen Hadley figures for September  17.0C . Quite amazing really.   🙂 

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You are in the monthly competition but your 16.2c was only second best, beaten by Snowshoes 16.6c.

The table is the annual competition cumulative errors after 9 months; which you are not in as you only joined the competion in July.

Indeed. I went high for October and if there is a rapid cool down mid-month, like the models are suggesting, then I may not have the lead for long. 😂

With how topsy-turvy this year has been, it's still anyone in the top 10's game at the moment.

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Just seen Hadley figures for September  17.0C . Quite amazing really.   🙂 

Yes, the warmest September CET ever recorded and the first ever time that the CET has been 16C+ for 4 consecutive months. 
The June to September period was the 2nd warmest ever recorded with an average of 16.63C. 2006 was the warmest at 17.18C so quite a big gap there. 
7 of the 20 warmest June to September periods have been in the 21st century. 5 of those have been in the last 8 years! 

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Thank you Frank.
Congratulations to Snowshoe.

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Mean temperature for September here was 18.1°C; for Heathrow it was a staggering 19.3°C.

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14.8c to the 6th

4.3c above the 61 to 90 average
2.5c above the 81 to 10 average

14.8c to the 6th

4.3c above the 61 to 90 average
2.5c above the 81 to 10 average

Think this is for the October thread Gavin?

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Not for the first time this year, we've set an all-time CET record... smashed it, in fact, by a couple of degrees.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/graphs/2023/daily_meantemp_cet_2023.png 

Wouldn't it be nice to set a cold record instead? Fat chance of that, though!

Can't see many days in any month higher than the 23.3 of 7th September. Highest of any September. 

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