Summer’s over, what was it like? Better than 2015 – but don’t get carried away…
Summer Weather – Better than 2015, let’s leave it at that…:
So what was the weather like over the summer?
- It’s not a secret, here’s the Met Office data.
| 2015 | 2016 | |
| JUNE | ||
| · Temperature | 0.3 degrees below av. | 0.9 above |
| · Rainfall | ‘above average’ | 39% > av. |
| · Minimum | Minus 1.9 degrees | Minus 0.1 |
| · Sunshine | 12% > av. | 19% < av. |
| JULY | ||
| · Temperature | 0.7 degrees below av. | 0.2 above |
| · Rainfall | ‘above average’ | 4% > av. |
| · Minimum | Minus 0.6 degrees | Plus 0.5 |
| · Sunshine | 7% < av. | 8% < av. |
| AUGUST | ||
| · Temperature | 0.2 degrees below av. | 0.6 above |
| · Rainfall | ‘in line with average’ | 1% < av. |
| · Minimum temp | Plus 0.3 degrees | Minus 1.0 |
| · Sunshine | ‘dull month’ | 10% > av. |
What does it mean?
- Well we have to ask ourselves why on earth we live in a country that can be (and is) regularly below freezing in August
- Temperatures don’t vary far from average – but the little that they do counts for a lot
- Don’t listen to any twaddle about droughts, there’s plenty of water out there
But more seriously…
- 2016 was a better summer than 2015
- Early summer was impacted by the Euros & the Olympics impacted July & August
- A ‘good’ summer boosts outdoor spend (beer gardens, bicycle sales, BBQ guff etc.)
- It hurts indoor spend – cinemas, restaurants, bowling alleys & the like
- We will get the Peach data in a week or so & JDW comments tomorrow
- The August Bank Holiday was good overall, spend will have been high
- We would expect pub operators to be moderately pleased with trading to date