Great British Weather Disasters By Philip Eden Continuum, 2008 Hardback 351pp ISBN 978‐0‐8264‐7621‐0

See‐saws, oscillations and seasonal foreshadowing

“…This was the subject of controversy as the Met Office reported the highest that day as 38.5°C near Faversham. An article in this magazine (Burt and Eden, 2004) and a follow-up letter (Prichard, 2005) do not appear to have changed the Met Office's view. No doubt we will soon see a higher reading; it is to be hoped that when this happens great care will be taken to study all the evidence and not give the media erroneous figures that then enter the country's weather folklore.…”