Really? I think the temperature profiles are much better so far. The next tipping point will be mid-July. Up to then we will probably be doing well
Originally Posted by: Sevendust
I would say that in this part of the world though, this month HAS been more like July 2014 than the summer of 2013. Back in July 2014 we had high pressure centred to our north which brought in a lot of easterly winds which caused the mornings to start off on a dull note. Those cloudy starts to each day extended quite far inland as well as I can remember from my period down in Hawick at that time, where the mornings would even start of dull there as a result.
By the afternoon, the Sun would break through and it would be really hot inland, whilst it continued to be a lot cooler here on the east coast even after the Sun came out due to those easterly winds. That is no different from what we are seeing just now in this part oft of the world. In the summer of 2013, the high pressure was centred more to either the south or SW of here at lot of the times but was close enough to still keep the jet stream well to the north of us.
This resulted in it not necessarily being all that sunny here all the time since we are under the influence of an Atlantic air mass. However, those winds were coming from the SW a lot of the time so that rather than getting the coolest weather as we are just not and did in July 2014, the east coast of Scotland was actually the hottest part of Sun with temperatures getting into the upper 20s C here on a more regular basis due to the Fohn Effect, even though it was often fairly windy at times.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.