Last week was the warmest week 31 in #Coventry since 2003 & the sunniest since 2007; mean weekly temperature 1.3C above normal, rainfall 40% of average & sunshine 110% compared to 30-year #Bablake averages 1981-2010.




In the first 10 weeks of summer in #Coventry, it has been 2.2C warmer than average, with just 35% of average rainfall & 130 of average sunshine; comparisons with 30 year #Bablake averages 1981-2010.




In the first 31 weeks of 2018 at #Bablake, temperatures have averaged 0.6C higher than 30 year #Coventry means (1981-2010), with 4% more rainfall than average & sunshine 15% above normal.




A year of great contrasts in #Coventry! The first 13 weeks of the year were cold with mean temperatures 1.1C below normal; meanwhile, the last 13 weeks have all been warmer than average, 2.1C above normal!

Yet more 2018 contrasts!

Rainfall totals were 136% of normal in the first 21 weeks of 2018 in #Coventry, though in the past 10 weeks, all in Summer, we have recorded just 25% of average rainfall at #Bablake




Steve Jackson

Bablake Weather Station

Coventry UK