It’s officially a historic summer, says Coventry weather expert

...and it could get even hotter

COVENTRY is officially enjoying a historic summer, according to one local weather expert.

For many it is a summer like no other with the latest sunny spell having lasted weeks .

And it looks set to continue until next week at least, and with the sun continuing to shine, records look set to tumble, too.

Local weather expert Steve Jackson, who provides updates from Bablake Weather Station, has been tracking the summer sunshine over the last few weeks.

He has taken to Twitter to reveal this summer is extraordinary due to the extended presence of the sun.

He said: “Let’s take a rain check!

“So that’s 31 ‘warm days’ in a row, 18 of which were ‘heatwave days,’ and 32 days without measurable rain at Bablake.

“Oh, and three consecutive months with more than 200 hours of sunshine! This is becoming a truly historic summer!”

While the weather has been scorching for a number of weeks now, the temperatures have consistently remained in the 20’s.

Coventry was cloudy but hot yesterday and on Monday temperatures soared above 30C for the first time this year. Just after 2pm local weather guru Steve Jackson tweeted to say it reached 29.9C but we’d have to wait to see if the mercury climbed to 30C.

And low and behold, later that evening, just before 7pm, it was confirmed officially that it was the hottest day of the year in Coventry.

The last time it reached 30C was only last year though on June 19, so not too much of a distant memory.

This week, we may see a new record set.

Steve Jackson tweeted to say it does look like this week, going into early August next week, we will see signs of more temperatures reaching 30C. He tweeted that it will get hot again by Thursday, with it going over 30C perhaps, but there will be a risk of thundery showers developing.

Beyond the weekend into next week and early August it will again get warmer with a continuing risk of showers.