Tales from G.B. for Ebuc.
Yep, 33 years ago.
My measure of Welsh temperature is based upon how many times I've been out for a bike ride and felt really comfortable in just shorts and short sleeved T-shirt.
And this year it has been just two times.
Ok, so if I went everyday that number would probably increase.
And I have been out in short sleeves on other occasions, but in conditions that I would only describe as tolerable.
This year in early summer we had a prolonged spell of dry sunny weather, though winds were persistently from the East and therefore cool.
Other than that, weather has been generally unsettled and cloudy, save for a couple of pleasant weeks in early September, when I was fortunate to be holidaying on the east coast. (Lincolnshire not Wales).
Late autumn and early winter have been noticeably mild, which is a GODSEND in terms of heating bills, but inevitably this means wet wet wet. Though mild certainly doesn't mean short sleeved cycling.
Really cold weather with snow usually occurs from late December through to March, though this year was predominately wet with a few dry frosty days and no memorable snow to speak of.
So to summarise this years weather, late winter into spring was wet, summer wasn't significantly hot, and late autumn into winter is mild and wet.
This seems to has been the trend over the past few years.
With regard to records.
I'm also not sure how comparable temperature recordings from specific protected locations are with overall temperature.
I would suggest that the former is likely to be higher than the latter.
