Reading 8.0; Chilton 8.2

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Plenty of 8s since last post. Today, reading 8.7; Chilton 9.2!! This is among the top scorers in the record.

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Camborne tops today, with a 9.0 after an 8.5 yesterday.

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Oh dear; Chilton and Camborne data not published since 9am.

Reading available: not high. 9s in the other sites of late.

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Last 4 days including today:

Reading     7.7  7.1  7.1  7.1

Chilton       8.3  8.6  8.0  7.8

Camborne  8.4  7.5   9.0   8.3

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Today, Reading: 7.1; Chilton: 8.1; Camborne: 8.8

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10.6 today.....in Cyprus. Cloudy UK.

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Camborne managed a 9.0 yesterday and Chilton 8.5; both a little lower today but yesterday's readings were notable a month after the solstice.

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Reading has had 3 x 6+ so far this month, and Chilton 4 (with 2 x 7+).

This without particularly settled weather.

Edit: Reading's last 7+ was an impressive 7.7 on 29th July.

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Reading managed a 6.2 yesterday.

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5.6 in Reading, 6.4 in Chilton.

Yesterday Camborne scraped a 7.0

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Yesterday and today.

Reading: 5.3, 5.0

Chilton 6.0, 6.1

Not great considering Reading made 6.3 on 21st august last year, and was still in the 5s by 10th Sep.

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MetO predicting UV 6 locally as late as Sunday. That is late.

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Reading clouded over pretty much bang on lunchtime today so assume that is the cause of the lower reading. Everyone complained about it just as they were going out for lunch, and not just about having to put up with those who have descended on the town for the Festival this weekend. Looks like this weekend will certainly be better from a UV perspective at least 😉

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Reading 5.7, 5.2

Chilton 6.3, 5.9

Camborne 6.2, 6.0

Leeds 5.0, 5.1

Belfast 5.7, 5.3

Glasgow 5.5, 4.5

Inverness 3.5  2.9

Lerwick 2.0, 4.1  That's a great late 4 for Lerwick

Cyprus  9.0  8.8

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Reading 5.7, 5.2

Chilton 6.3, 5.9

Camborne 6.2, 6.0

Leeds 5.0, 5.1

Belfast 5.7, 5.3

Glasgow 5.5, 4.5

Inverness 3.5  2.9

Lerwick 2.0, 4.1  That's a great late 4 for Lerwick

Cyprus  9.0  8.8

Loving these stats Bertie 

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Loving these stats Bertie 

Cheers Steve; interest a has dried up a bit but I don't want to lose the thread as ozone events change the predictable cycle.

Reading only managed 5.4 today I suspect due to pollutants/ haze from the continent?

Chilton managed 6.2 (higher ground) and Camborne 6.7.

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5.7 today in Reading in some clearer air. Lower over the past few days in the heat.

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Since last post, Reading's readings:

5.2   5.8    5.5    5.7

Although these class as moderate UV, they're still at the top end of that range, meaning it does still feel like summer in the afternoons.

5.7 is good for September as 5s are not that common and restricted to the first half of the month.

In Reading's record, back to 1993,the latest 5+ readings were 13th and 14th Sep 2003 (both 5.0) and 12th Sep 2011 (5.2).

The highest readings were in reverse order:

5.8   5.9.2007

6.0   5.9.1993

6.2  1.9.2008

6.4   3.9.1993.

The highest frequency of 5+ days was 1999 with 7 days of 5 or more.

 

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Looks like Camborne reached a staggering 6.8 today, 2nd September. 

https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/uv-index-graphs

Clear, dry air and a cleansing wind, no doubt. It was a frisky cool night last night.

Edit: it matched this on 28.8.2012 but I can't find a higher September reading since 1993. Could this be a UK September record?

Edit: just checked Chilton, @6.5 so comparable. Reading not publishing yet; doubting their eyes!

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